AstyanassafGreek Mythology Feminine form of Astyanax. This was the name of Helen of Troy’s maid, supposedly the first author of erotic texts and poetry.
AstypalaeafGreek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Ἀστυπάλαια (Astypalaia) which meant "ancient city", derived from Greek ἄστυ (astu, asty) meaning "town, city" and παλαιός (palaios) meaning "old (in years), aged, ancient" (compare the related word πάλαι (palai) meaning "long ago, in days of yore")... [more]
AsuhafJapanese From Japanese 明日 (asu) meaning "tomorrow" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf, needle, blade", or from 飛 (asu) meaning "to fly" and 羽 (ha) meaning "plume, feather". Other kanji combinations can be used.
AsumamJapanese From Japanese 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection", 明日 (asu) meaning "tomorrow", 明 (asu) meaning "bright, light", 未来 (asu) meaning "future", 遊 (asu) meaning "play" or 飛 (asu) meaning "fly", 洲 (su) meaning "continent, sandbar, island, country" combined with 馬 (ma) meaning "horse", 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality", 磨 (ma) meaning "grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)", 茉 (ma) meaning "jasmine", 麻 (ma) meaning "flax, linen, hemp" or 海 (ma) meaning "sea, ocean"... [more]
AsunafJapanese (Rare) From kanji 明日 (asu) meaning "tomorrow" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "greens, vegetables" or 奈 (na) meaning "Nara, what?, apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
AtaeginafCeltic Mythology, Old Celtic The name of a goddess worshiped by the ancient Iberians, Lusitanians, and Celtiberians. Her name possibly comes from the proto-Celtic *atte- and *geno- which together mean "reborn", or else *ad-akwī- meaning "night".
AtalafLiterature The titular heroine of François-René de Chateaubriand's novella, 'Atala' and a character in 'The Hunger Games' series.
AtalafIndian MEANING : not shaky, firm, unchangeable... [more]
ĀtarepātamAvestan Derived from Avestan ātar "fire" combined with Avestan pāiti "to protect, to defend" or Avestan pāyu "protector". As such, the name either means "protected by the fire" or "protector of the fire"
Atchariyaf & mThai Means "marvellous, wonderful, exceptional" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit आश्चर्य (āścarya). The spelling อัจฉริยา is used for females while อัจฉริยะ is used for males.
Ateam & fPolynesian Mythology, Polynesian Atea is a creator deity in several Polynesian cultures. Atea means "clear, white" in different Polynesian languages. Atea, a shapeless being, was the giver of light to the universe. This gave rise to Rangi and Papa, who's children eventually divided their parents into heaven and earth... [more]
AthenodorafAncient Greek Feminine form of Athenodoros. This was used by American author Stephenie Meyer for a character in her novel Breaking Dawn (2008) of the Twilight series.
ÄtheriafLiterature, Late Roman (Germanized) Germanised form of Etheria, from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr) 'purer upper air of the atmosphere; heaven, sky; theoretical medium supposed to fill unoccupied space and transmit heat and light', related to German Äther 'ether' and English ether.... [more]
AthittayafThai Derived from Thai อาทิตย์ (athit) meaning "sun", itself from the name of the Hindu god Aditya.
AthulamSinhalese Derived from Sanskrit अतुल (atula) meaning "incomparable, unequalled, unparalleled".
AthwennafCornish Athwenna is the latinized form of ADWYN, the name of the missionary remembered ad Advent, near Camelford. She is said to have been one of the daughters of the semi-historical King Brychan of Wales.
AtiafAncient Roman Feminine form of the Roman family name Atius, which is of unknown origin. This was the name of the mother of the Roman emperor Augustus.
AtienafSwahili Means "guardian of the night" in Swahili.
AtikafArabic, Indonesian, Malay, Bengali From Arabic عاتك (ʿātik) meaning "clear, limpid, pure". This was the name of an aunt of the Prophet Muhammad, as well as one of his disciples.
AtlahuamAztec and Toltec Mythology Probably from Nahuatl atlatl, "spear-thrower", and -huah, a possessive suffix, meaning "lord of the spear-thrower" or "possessor of the spear-thrower". The first element may alternately be from atl, "water; ninth day-sign of the tonalpohualli"... [more]
AtlantafEnglish (Modern, Rare) From the name of the city in the American state of Georgia, originally a short form of Atlantica, which is ultimately from the name of the Atlantic Ocean (itself the genitive of Atlas).... [more]
AtlanteiafGreek Mythology (Latinized) Variant latinization of Greek Ἀτλαντείη (Atlanteie), because its proper latinized form is Atlantia. In Greek mythology Atlanteie was a Hamadryad nymph who consorted with King Danaus of Libya and was perhaps the mother of some of the Danaïdes: Hippodamia, Rhodia, Cleopatra, Asteria, Glauce, Hippomedusa, Gorge, Iphimedusa, and Rhode.
AtsukafJapanese From Japanese 篤 (atsu) meaning "honest" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
AtsumamJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 渥 (atsu) meaning "moist" or 敦 (atsu) meaning "kindness, affinity" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
AtsumasamJapanese From 厚 (atsu) meaning "thick, heavy, kind" or 京 (atsu) meaning "capital city, Tokyo, Kyoto, ten quadrillion, ten thousand billion" combined with 雅 (masa) meaning "elegant, graceful"... [more]
AtsunafJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 津 (tsu), a place name, such as Tsu city in Mie prefecture combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
AtsutakamJapanese From Japanese 篤 (atsu) meaning "honest" or 熱 (atsu) meaning "passion, temperature" combined with 孝 (taka) meaning "filial piety" or 堯 (taka) meaning "high, far". Other kanji combinations are possible.
AtsuyamJapanese Derived from 纂 (atsu) meaning "compile, gather" or 敦 (atsu) meaning "candid, sincere, honest" and 也 (ya) meaning "also". Other kanji combinations can spell this name.
AttafPopular Culture Atta is used in the Pixar movie 'A Bug's Life' (1998) for the main character Princess Atta. Atta is named after a genus of ants.
AttagorafGuanche Name borne by three Guanche women, aged 26, 28 and 30, who were sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.
AttakullakullamCherokee Means "leaning wood" in Cherokee, from *ada meaning "wood", and *gulkalu, a verb that implies something long, leaning against some other object.
AttalamGermanic Derived from an Ancient Germanic word meaning "fatherly, paternal".
AttanatdafGuanche From Guanche *hata-tanaṭda, meaning "here is the (personified) authority". This was recorded as the name of a 35-year-old Guanche woman from Tenerife who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.
AttenyafGuanche, Spanish (Canarian) Means "here is the melody" in Guanche (compare Atteneri). This name was borne by a 12-year-old Guanche girl sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1495.
AttesorafGuanche Borne by a 12-year-old Guanche girl presented for sale at the slave market in Valencia in 1495.
AttractafIrish, Medieval Irish (Latinized), History (Ecclesiastical) Latinized form of the Gaelic name Athracht, which is of uncertain meaning. The Latinization was perhaps influenced by attractus "attracted". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint who was known as a healer and miracle worker.
AtzimbafPurépecha Meaning uncertain. It was used for the title character in Ricardo Castro's historical opera Atzimba (1900), about the relationship between a Purépecha princess and the Spanish captain Villadiego.
AudatafHistory Audata (ruled c. 359 – 336 BC) was an Illyrian princess and wife of Philip II of Macedon.
AudéliafFrench, Jewish Both a French elaboration of Aude and a variant of Odélia. In the Jewish community, however, this name is considered and used as a variant of Odelia 2.
AudigernafGermanic West Germanic name composed from *aud "wealth, riches, fortune" and gern "eager, willing"; for the second element, cf. Gothic cognate *gairns, which can also mean "desirous, covetous".... [more]
AudingafLithuanian The name is composed of the Lithuanian elements = au (be neturintis) "without" and ding- (= dingti (manyti, įsivaizduoti) "imagination; thoughts."
AudofledafGermanic, History Derived from the Germanic element auda "wealth, property" (also see Audovacar) combined with flâdi "beauty, respectability." Audofleda was the wife of Theodoric the Great, a 6th-century king of the Ostrogoths.
AufidiafAncient Roman, History Feminine form of Aufidius. A bearer of this name was Aufidia, a daughter of the Roman magistrate Marcus Aufidius Lurco. Her own daughter, Livia Drusilla, would later become Roman Empress (as the wife of Emperor Augustus).
AurafGreek Mythology Derived from Greek αὔρα (aura) "breeze". In Greek mythology, Aura is the goddess of the morning breeze. According to Nonnus, Aura was the daughter of the Titan Lelantos and the mother, by Dionysus, of Iacchus.