Behind the Name: PyrateMommy86's Personal Name List

Aaliyah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, English (Modern), African American (Modern)

Other Scripts: عالية(Arabic)

Pronounced: ‘A-lee-yah(Arabic) ə-LEE-ə(English) ah-LEE-ə(English)

Feminine form of Aali. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by the singer Aaliyah Haughton (1979-2001), who was known simply as Aaliyah. This name received a boost in popularity after she released her debut album in 1994, and also in 2001 after her untimely death in an airplane crash.

Aaralyn

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Feminine elaboration of Aaron using the popular name suffix lyn.

Abia

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek

Other Scripts: Ἀβιά(Ancient Greek)

Biblical Greek and Latin form of Abijah.

Abigaëlle

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French

Pronounced: A-BEE-GA-EHL

Variant of Abigaïl.

Sarai

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew, Spanish

Other Scripts: שָׂרָי(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: SEHR-ie(English) sə-RIE(English)

Means "my princess" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this was Sarah's name before God changed it (see Genesis 17:15).