This is a list of submitted names in which the ending sequence is a or ah.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Sanya m ThaiMeans "contract, agreement, promise" in Thai.
Sanzhima f BuryatMeans "clean, honest" in Buryat, from Tibetan གཙང་མ
(gtsang ma) "clean".
Sânziana f Romanian, Romanian Mythology, TheatreSânziana, also known as
Iana Sânziana, is a fairy in Romanian mythology. Her name is a contraction of Romanian
sfânt "holy" and
zână "fairy" - but, according to Mircea Eliade, ultimately also influenced by the Latin phrase
Sancta Diana "Holy
Diana"... [
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Saparinah f JavaneseOf uncertain etymology, name borne by a prominent Indonesian psychologist.
Saphia f Arabic (Maghrebi)Variant transliteration of
صفية (see
Safiyyah). Saphia Azzeddine (*1979) is a French naturalized Moroccan writer, actress, and screenwriter.
Sapientia f Late Roman (?), Medieval LatinMeans "wisdom" in Latin, a literal translation of the Greek name
Sophia. This was borne by the Blessed Sapientia, a prioress of the Cistercian nunnery of Mont Cornillon near Liège, present-day Belgium, who brought up Saint Juliana (ca... [
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Sapta m & f IndonesianMeans "seven" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit सप्तन्
(saptan).
Sʷaqʷa m UbykhDerived from
sʷa meaning "white" and
qʷa meaning "son".
Sara f JapaneseFrom Japanese 幸 (
sa) meaning "happiness" or 紗 (
sa) meaning "gauze" combined with 楽 (
ra) meaning "music" or 羅 (
ra) meaning "silk". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [
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Sara f SanskritName - Sara/Saara सारा- essence, Durva grass, best, strong,... [
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Sara f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 紗 (sa) meaning "silk" and 羅 (ra) meaning "display". Other hanja character combinations can also form this name.
Saraana f MongolianMeans "lily" in Mongolian, often referring to the Coral lily (Lilium pumilum), a red flower native to Mongolia and surrounding areas.
Sarafina f SwahiliApparently means "bright star" in Swahili. The name might be best known from the South African musical "Sarafina!" Also, the name is often easily confused with the Hebrew name
Seraphina, but despite looking similar in appearance, both names clearly have completely different etymologies.
Sáráhkká f Sami, Sami MythologyCombination of the male name
Sárra and the word
áhkká "wife, woman, mother". Sáráhkká is the goddess of childbirth in Sami mythology.
Sarama f Hinduism, PetThe name of a mythological being referred to as the dog of the gods, or Deva-shuni (देव-शुनी,
devaśunī), in Hindu mythology. She first appears in one of Hinduism's earliest texts, the Rig Veda, in which she helps the god-king
Indra to recover divine cows stolen by the Panis, a class of demons... [
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Sarana f JapaneseFrom Japanese 新 (
sara) meaning "new" combined with 菜 (
na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Saranda f AlbanianFrom
Saranda (or
Sarandë), the name of a city in Albania. The name itself derives from the Greek Άγιοι Σαράντα (
Agioi Saranda), meaning "Forty Saints", honouring the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.
Saranya f Hinduism, Indian, Tamil, Malayalam, ThaiFrom Sanskrit शरण्य
(sharanya) meaning "protector, defender, refuge" or सरण्यु
(saranyu) meaning "nimble, quick, agile". This is the name of a Hindu goddess.
Sarasa f JapaneseFrom 紗 (
sa) meaning "gauze, gossamer, silk, thread", 良 (
ra) meaning "virtuous, good, respectable", and 沙 (
sa) meaning "sand". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Sarayma f Spanish (Modern)In the case of Spanish flamenco singer Sarayma (1991-) who helped popularise the name within the last several years, it originated from her full given name
Saray Macarena.
Sardaana f YakutFrom Yakut сардаана
(sardaana) meaning "Siberian lily", referring to a type of flower that grows in Yakutia.
Sarela f GalicianFrom the Galician river Sar and the femenine suffix
-ela.
Sarepta f English (American, Archaic)From a biblical place name, Σάρεπτα
(Sarepta) in Greek, derived from the Hebrew verb צָרַף
(sarap) meaning "to smelt, refine and test (metal)". The Phoenician town of Zarephath (or Sarepta, its Greek name) was the site of a miracle of the prophet
Elijah, who met a widow of Sarepta and restored her dying son to life... [
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Sarıada f YakutFrom
сарыал (sarıal) meaning "radiance, halo, shining".
Saribola m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
sari meaning "yellow" or "best" and
bola meaning "child, boy".
Sarina f JapaneseFrom Japanese 咲 (
sa) meaning "blossom", 梨 (
ri) meaning "pear" combined with 菜 (
na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sarisa f JapaneseFrom Japanese 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, thin silk", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear" combined with 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sarixo'ja m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
sari meaning "yellow" or "best" and
xo'ja meaning "master".
Sarizha f ChechenPossibly derived from Arabic سرى
(sara) meaning "to travel at night".
Sarjig'a f UzbekUzbek feminine name refering to a tassle attached to a traditional headress.
Sarla f HindiSarla Thakral firs Indian woman to earn a pilots license
Sarma f LatvianDirectly taken from Latvian
sarma "hoarfrost, rime".
Saroya f American (Modern, Rare)Possible spelling of Soraya. It is also used as a form of the Hebrew name Sarah, meaning "princess." Saroya was/is a character in the series StarCrossed.
Sarraounia f HausaFrom the name of Sarraounia Mangou, a Nigerian chief or priestess who fought the French colonial troops of the Voulet–Chanoine Mission at the Battle of Lougou in 1899. According to Wikipedia, her name means "queen" or "female chief".
Šarruma m Near Eastern MythologyMeaning "king of the mountains". Šarruma or Sharruma is originally a Hurrian god who was adopted into the Hittite pantheon.
Sārta f Latvian (Rare)Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from the Latvian adjective
sārts, sārta "pink, rosy" and the Latvian noun
sārts "bonfire".
Sartika f IndonesianMeaning uncertain, possibly of Sanskrit origin. A notable bearer was Indonesian women's education activist
Dewi Sartika (1884-1947).
Saruultuyaa f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian саруул
(saruul) meaning "clear, bright, lucid" or "healthy, robust" and туяа
(tuyaa) meaning "ray, beam (of light)".
Saruulzayaa f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian саруул
(saruul) meaning "clear, bright, lucid" or "healthy, robust" and заяа
(zayaa) meaning "future, fortune, fate".
Sasaha f Japanese (Rare)This name is used as 笹葉 with 笹 (sasa - kokuji) meaning "bamboo grass" and 葉 (you, ha) meaning "leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece."... [
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Sasha f JapaneseFrom Japanese 桜 (sa) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 紗 (sha) meaning "gauze, thin silk". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [
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Sasipha f ThaiFrom Thai ศศิ
(sasi) meaning "moon" and ภา
(pha) meaning "light".
Säskäbikä f BashkirFrom Bashkir
сәскә (säskä) meaning "flower" and feminine name element
бикә (bikä). Sassia f EnglishThis name derives from the Germanic “*sakhsan > sachs (Old English: sæx; Latin: sachsum)”, meaning “knife, short sword, dagger”. The Anglo-Saxons were the population in Britain partly descended from the Germanic tribes who migrated from continental Europe and settled the south and east of the island beginning in the early 5th century... [
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Satanaya f Caucasian MythologyMeans "mother of one-hundred (sons)" from Persian صد
(sad) (through the Iranian root
*/sata-/) meaning "(one) hundred" combined with the Northwest Caucasian root
/na/ meaning "mother" (descended into Kabardian анэ
(ānă) and Adyghe ны
(nə)) and the Indo-Iranian suffix
/-ya/ meaning "the one who is"... [
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Satanduhepa f Hittite, HurrianMeaning unknown, although the second element of the name (hepa) likely derives from the Hurrian sun goddess
Ḫepat. Name borne by a Hittite queen (1390 BC-1365 BC)... [
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Satella f EnglishPossibly derived from Latin
satelles "attendant, guard". A known bearer of this name was Satella Sharps (1856-1875), daughter of American gunsmith Christian Sharps (1810-1874). Another known bearer is her daughter (who was named after her mother, because she had died while giving birth to her), American author Satella Sharps Waterstone (1875-1938).
Satiada f Celtic MythologyThe name of a Celtic goddess worshipped in Roman Britain. Etymology is uncertain, but may be related to the Proto-Celtic
*sāti- meaning ‘saturation’ or
*satjā- meaning ‘swarm’.
Satinka f AmericanMany sites list it as meaning "sacred dancer" or "magical dancer" in 'Native American', but this is false and there is no known word or name in any Native American language. It's likely an invented name, perhaps a variant of
Katinka.
Sativa f American (Rare)Derived from the Latin
sativa, meaning "sown, cultivated". This name can be given in reference to
Cannabis sativa, a plant which produces the drug cannabis.
Satoka f JapaneseJapanese feminine name derived from 里 (
sato) meaning "village" and 佳 (
ka) meaning "excellent, beautiful". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Satoma m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Satowa f JapaneseFrom Japanese 里 (sato) meaning "village" combined with 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Satria m IndonesianMeans "knight, warrior, hero" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit क्षत्र
(kshatra) meaning "power, might, rule".
Satsita f ChechenDerived from Chechen сацо
(satso) meaning "stop". It was traditionally given to girls when her parents wanted a son.
Satsuya m JapaneseFrom 幸 (
satsu) meaning "good fortune, happiness" and 矢 (
ya) meaning "arrow". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Satya m & f Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Odia, Bengali, Punjabi, Kannada, Assamese, Nepali, IndonesianMeans "pure, virtuous" or "truthful, true" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form सत्य and the feminine form सत्या.
Satyana f Indian (Rare)From Sanskrit
satya meaning "truth" (compare
Sati). American actress Alyson Hannigan gave the name to her daughter in 2009.
Saufeia f Ancient RomanFeminine form of
Saufeius. While Saufeia Alexandria was a Vestal Virgin, another bearer of this name was apparently a priestess of the Bona Dea, whose immodest sexual desires and drunkenness in connection with the rites of that goddess are twice mentioned by Juvenal.
Saumya f & m Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, BengaliMeans "cool, moist, northern" or "pleasing, agreeable, gentle" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the feminine form सौम्या and the masculine form सौम्य.
Saurimonda f Folklore, Medieval OccitanFrom Old Occitan
saur "blond" and
mond "world". This is the name of an evil entity who manifested herself as a girl with fair hair and blue eyes.
Šauška f Hurrian Mythology, Hittite MythologyMeans "the great one" or "the magnificent one", deriving from the Hurrian element
šavuši ("great, big"). Name borne by the Hurrian goddess of love, war, and healing. She was later associated with the Mesopotamian goddess
Ishtar, and was also incorporated into the Hittite pantheon.