AithonmGreek Mythology Derived from Greek αἴθων (aithon), which can be an adjective meaning "fiery, burning" as well as be a noun meaning "fire, burning heat".... [more]
AitianfChinese From the Chinese 爱 (ài) meaning "love" and 恬 (tián) meaning "quiet, calm, tranquil".
AitionmAncient Greek, Greek Mythology Derived from the Greek adjective αἴτιος (aitios) meaning "responsible" as well as "culpable, guilty, blameworthy", which is ultimately derived from the Greek noun αἰτία (aitia) meaning "responsibility" as well as "guilt, blame, accusation"... [more]
AiwanfChinese From the Chinese 爱 (ài) meaning "love" or 蔼 (ǎi) meaning "lush, affable, friendly" and 婉 (wǎn) meaning "amiable, congenial", 晚 (wǎn) meaning "night, evening" or 菀 (wǎn) meaning "luxuriance of growth".
AiwenfChinese From the Chinese 瑷 (ài) meaning "fine quality jade" or 嫒 (ài) meaning "daughter" and 玟 (wén) meaning "streaks in jade" or 雯 (wén) meaning "cloud patterns".
AixianfChinese From the Chinese characters 叆 (ài) meaning "cloudy sky; dark, obscure" or 瑷 (ài) meaning "fine quality jade" and 娴 (xián) meaning "elegant, refined; skillful" or 纤 (xiān) meaning "fine, delicate, graceful".
AixinfChinese From the Chinese 爱 (ài) meaning "love", 嫒 (ài) meaning "daughter" or 蔼 (ǎi) meaning "lush, affable, friendly" and 心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul", 馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant, aromatic, distant fragrance" or 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous".
AixunfChinese From the Chinese 爱 (ài) meaning "love" and 寻 (xún) meaning "seek, search, look for".
AiyanfChinese From Chinese 蔼 (ai) meaning "friendly, lush", or 爱 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 艳 (yan) meaning "beautiful, gorgeous" or 岩 (yan) meaning "rocks, cliff". Other hanzi combinations can form this name.
AiyuanfChinese From the Chinese 嫒 (ài) meaning "daughter" or 爱 (ài) meaning "love" and 原 (yuán) meaning "source, origin, beginning", 园 (yuán) meaning "garden, park, orchard" or 缘 (yuán) meaning "hem, margin; reason, cause; fate".
Aizenm & fJapanese The name Aizen is derived from two Japanese kanji characters: “ai” (愛) meaning “love” or “affection,” and “zen” (善) meaning “good” or “virtuous.” Together, Aizen can be translated as “lover of good” or “one who does good deeds out of love and compassion.”... [more]
AizhenfChinese From the Chinese 叆 (ài) meaning "cloudy sky; dark, obscure" and 珍 (zhēn) meaning "precious, valuable, rare".
A-jinf & mKorean Combination of an a hanja, like 雅 meaning "clean, pure" or 娥 meaning "pretty, lovely, beautiful," and a jin hanja, such as 真 meaning "true, real, genuine," 珍 meaning "treasure" or 鎭 meaning "quellable."
AjinmTamil Rare masculine name of unknown meaning.
AjinoánfBiblical Spanish Spanish form of Ahinoam, occurring in several Spanish translations of the Bible. It is not commonly used as a given name.
A-junm & fKorean Combination of an a hanja, like 娥 meaning "pretty, lovely, beautiful" or 雅 meaning "clean, pure," and a jun hanja, such as 俊 meaning "talented, capable; handsome," 埈 or 峻, both meaning "high, tall; steep."
AkenmEgyptian Mythology The custodian of the ferryboat who ferries the souls of the deceased to the Egyptian underworld of Duat, and he was also said to rule Duat in general on behalf of Osiris... [more]
AkezhanmKazakh From Kazakh әке (ake) meaning "father" and жан (zhan) meaning "soul".
AlagernmGermanic The 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 gairns "eager, desiring."
AlahtinfNew World Mythology The name of the Chumash goddess of the moon who also governs over purification, health and menstruation.
Alam al-DinmArabic Means "mark of the religion" from Arabic علم ('alam) meaning "sign, mark, flag, banner" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".
AlamanmGermanic, Gascon (Archaic) The 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 man "man."
AlamonmTagalog, Cebuano, Filipino From the Tagalog word alam (ultimately from Arabic عَالَم ālam) meaning "knowledge, learning, wisdom, understanding".
AlanmOssetian From Alan, the historical name of an Iranian nomadic pastoral people of the Caucasus (commonly referred to as 'Indo-Iranians'). The word itself is derived from Aryan (see Aryan), in turn from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya) meaning "noble, honourable, respectable".
ÄläwetdinmTatar Derived from the Arabic ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn, meaning ”servant of Allah, nobility of faith, nobility of religion, nobility of the faith”. It is one of a large class of names ending with ad-Din.
AlawinmGermanic The 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 Old High German wini "friend."
AlawnmWelsh Derived from Welsh alaw meaning "melody, harmony" (see Alaw). This was the name of an early bard, said to be one of the three founders of druidism.
AlbijnmDutch Generally the Dutch form of Albinus, but in some instances it can be derived from Albuin as well. A bearer of this name was the Flemish painter Albijn Van den Abeele (1835-1918).
AlbionmEnglish From the ancient name of Great Britain, which is said to have been inspired by the White Cliffs of Dover. The word is ultimately of Celtic origin (of which the meaning is not entirely certain), but it is etymologically related to Latin albus "white"... [more]
AlbonmAmerican (Rare) Variant of Alban. A notable namesake is American attorney, scientist and inventor Albon Man (1826-1905) who experimented with early forms of photography and in the development of the incandescent light bulb, an invention later famously perfected by ThomasAlvaEdison (1847 -1931).
AlbrunfGermanic Combination of Old High German alb "elf; supernatural being" (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *albh- "to shine; gleam") and run "secret lore" (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rûno- "secret; magic; murmur; session").
AlbulaanmAstronomy This is the name of two stars in the constellation Aquarius: Mu Aquarii and Nu Aquarii. The name comes from an Arabic term al-bulaʽān (ألبولعان) meaning "the two swallowers".
AlbwinmPolish (Rare) Derived from Old High German alb (which comes from Old Norse âlfr) "elf" combined with Old High German wini "friend".
AlcmanmAncient Greek (Latinized) Latinized form of Doric Greek Alkman. This was the name of an Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta. He is the earliest representative of the Alexandrian canon of the Nine Lyric Poets.
AldánmGalician From the town of Aldán in Galicia. It is named after the medieval owner of those lands, whose name comes from the Germanic root aldiz ("age, time") or aldaz ("old").
AldebaranmAstronomy, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend Derived from Arabic الدبران (al-Dabarān) meaning "follower" (from دبر (dábar) "to turn one's back"). This is the name of the brightest star in the constellation Taurus, presumably so named because it appears to follow the Pleiades rightward across the night sky... [more]
Alderaminm & fAstronomy This is the name of the star Alpha Cephei in the constellation Cepheus. It bore the traditional name Alderamin, a contraction of the Arabic phrase الذراع اليمين al-dhirā‘ al-yamīn, meaning "the right arm".
AldmanmGermanic Means "old man", derived from Gothic alds (alt in Old High German) "old" combined with man "man." The name might also be a metathesis of Adalman.
AlectryonmGreek Mythology, Ancient Greek The Ancient Greek word for "rooster". In Greek mythology, Alectryon was a youth, charged by Ares to stand guard outside his door while the god indulged in illicit love with Aphrodite.
AlénmGalician (Modern, Rare) From the Galician adverb alén meaning "beyond", ultimately from Latin illinc "from there". It gives its name to various hamlets in Ourense and Pontevedra, as well as to a common Galician surname.
AlfarinnmNorse Mythology Has several possible etymologies. Maybe derived from Old Norse alfr ("elf, supernatural being") and ǫrn ("eagle"); alf and arinn ("fire, immolation place"), a word meaning "far, long" and far ("to travel"), or ala ("entire, all") and a word meaning "deserted".... [more]
AlfbjǫrnmOld Norse Combination of the Old Norse elements alfr "elf" and bjǫrn "bear".
AlfianmIndonesian Possibly a form of the name Alvin or perhaps derived from Arabic ألف (alf) meaning "thousand".
AlienfDutch (Rare) Dutch phonetical spelling of the French name Aline. The name also occurs as a short form of the related name Alina, in which case it is used strictly informally (i.e. not as an official name on birth certificates).... [more]
AliminmIndonesian Derived from Arabic عالمين ('alimin) meaning "knowers", the plural of عالم ('alim) meaning "scholar, knowledgable person".
ÄlimjanmKazakh, Persian, Uyghur Combination of the Islamic name Alim, meaning "scholar", and the Kazakh and Persian word jan, meaning "soul" or "dear".
AlimkhanmKazakh, Chechen, Dagestani From Arabic عليم meaning "learned, expert, scholar" and the tital khan meaning "king, ruler"
AlimzhanmKazakh, Kyrgyz Derived from Arabic عليم (alim) meaning "learned, expert, scholar" combined with Kazakh/Kyrgyz жан (zhan) meaning "soul".
A-linfChinese Nickname for 黄丽玪 (huáng lì lín), 黄 meaning yellow, 丽 meaning beauty and 玪 meaning tinkling, A-Lin is also a stage name of a talented Chinese songstress.
Aliwenm & fMapuche From Mapudungun aliwen meaning "tree."
ƏlixanmAzerbaijani Combination of Əli and the Turkic title khan meaning "ruler, leader".
Alizarinf & mLiterature From alizarin crimson, the English name of a shade of red. The color is named after a red dye originally obtained from the root of the madder plant, ultimately from Arabic al-usara meaning "the juice"... [more]
AlkiphronmAncient Greek The first element of this name is derived from the Greek noun ἀλκή (alke) meaning "strength". The second element is derived from either the Greek noun φρόνις (phronis) meaning "prudence, wisdom" or the Greek verb φρονέω (phroneo) meaning "to think" as well as "to be minded"... [more]
Allahbergenm & fKazakh Kazakh word for "God-given" or "brought by God". Combination of the Kazakh word Allah, meaning "God" (ultimately derived from Arabic Allah, meaning "God" as well).
AllahverənmAzerbaijani Means "given by God", from Arabic الله (Allah) and Azerbaijani verən "giver", the participle of vermək "to give".
AlmarianfLiterature A character mentioned in JRR Tolkien's works. The name is derived from the fictional Quenya language, possibly from the Quenya word almare meaning "blessedness".
AlusianmBulgarian Tsar of Bulgaria for short time in 1041. One night, during dinner, Alusian took advantage of Peter II's inebriation, and cut off his nose and blinded him with a kitchen knife in 1041... [more]
ƏlvanmAzerbaijani Means "multicolored, variegated" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic ألوان ('alwān) (compare Elvan).
AlvanmBiblical Derived from the Hebrew verb עָלָה ('alah) meaning "to ascend, to rise". Also compare the related name Alvah... [more]