This is a list of submitted names in which the meaning contains the keyword stranger.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Agur m BiblicalMeans "stranger" or "gathered together" in Hebrew. In the Bible, he is a son of Jakeh and a contributor to Proverbs.
Alagast m GermanicThe first element of this name is derived from Gothic
alls "all" or from Gothic
alhs (
alah in Old High German) "temple." The second element is derived from Gothic
gasts (
gast in Old High German) "guest, stranger."... [
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Aliena f Theatre, LiteratureMeans "stranger" in Latin. This was the false identity of
Celia in Shakespeare's play 'As You Like It' (1599) when she goes into hiding in the forest of Arden, presumably a pun on the word
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Andar m IndonesianDerived from Arabic أَنْدَر
(ʾandar) meaning "rarer, stranger".
Arbogast m GermanicDerived from Gothic
arbi "inheritance" combined with Gothic
gasts (
gast in Old High German) "guest, stranger." Saint Arbogast was a 7th-century bishop of Strasbourg.
Bodegast m GermanicDerived from Gothic
biutan "to offer" or Old High German
boto "bid, offer" combined with Gothic
gasts (
gast in Old High German) "guest, stranger."
Dakhil m ArabicMeans "to enter, to sieze" or "foreign, exotic; foreigner, stranger" in Arabic.
Estrangia f Medieval EnglishPossibly derived from Old French
estrange, which is also derived from Latin
extraneus meaning "stranger, foreigner".
Euxenos m Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek adjective εὔξενος
(euxenos) meaning "kind to strangers, hospitable", which consists of Greek εὖ
(eu) meaning "good, well" combined with Greek ξένος
(xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest".
Gest m Medieval EnglishPossibly derived from the germanic name element
gest meaning "stranger" or "guest."
Hadegast m GermanicDerived from Old High German
hadu "battle" combined with Gothic
gasts (
gast in Old High German) "guest, stranger."
Malidoma m Western AfricanAccording to the Burkinabé writer Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956-2021), his name means "he who befriends the enemy" or "friend of the stranger" in the Dagaare language.
Munigast m GermanicThe meaning and origin of the first element is rather uncertain: we know that it comes from
muni, but we don't exactly know where
muni itself comes from. But there are a few possibilities... [
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Philoxenos m Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek adjective φιλόξενος
(philoxenos) meaning "loving strangers, hospitable". It consists of the Greek noun φίλος
(philos) meaning "friend, lover" combined with Greek ξένος
(xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest".
Radgast m GermanicDerived from Old High German
rât "counsel" combined with Gothic
gasts (
gast in Old High German) "guest, stranger."
Rotgast m GermanicDerived from the Germanic element
hrôthi "fame" combined with Gothic
gasts (
gast in Old High German) "guest, stranger."
Salagast m GermanicThe meaning and origin of the first element in this Germanic name is rather uncertain, and so there are various possibilities to the name's meaning. The most likely possibility is that the first element is derived from Old High German
salo "black." Other possibilities are
sal "house, living room" and Gothic
sêls "kind, friendly." The second element is derived from Gothic
gasts (
gast in Old High German) "guest, stranger."
Vahinala m & f MalagasyFrom the name of a plant native to Madagascar, ultimately from the Malagasy
vahiny meaning "stranger" and
ala meaning "forest".
Xenakis m & f Greek (Cypriot)Transferred use of the surname, which comes from 'xenos' meaning "stranger, foreigner" and the suffix '-akis'.
Xenos m GreekDerived from Greek ξενος (xenos) meaning "stranger, foreigner".
Xenu m MythologyPossibly based on Greek ξενος
(xenos) meaning "foreigner, guest, stranger". This is the name of an alien that appears in Scientology.