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Aksa f & m Arabic, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic أقصى (see Aqsa), as well as the Indonesian (strictly masculine) form.
Aktar m & f Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali আখতার (see Akhtar).
Akte f Greek Mythology
The ninth of the twelve Horai (hours) and goddess of an hour of the afternoon.
Akúá f Akan
Variant of Akua.
Akua f Japanese
From Japanese pronunciation of the Latin word aqua. It can be spelled with 藍 (a) meaning "indigo", 紅 (ku) meaning "crimson" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
Akue f Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 久 (ku) meaning "long time" combined with 江 (e) meaning "creek, bay". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akuma f & m Popular Culture
Means "devil" or "demon" in Japanese This is the name of one of the antagonists in the fighting-game series 'Street Fighter'. In the original Japanese game his name is Gouki.
Akumi f Japanese
"The Dark"... [more]
Akuru f & m Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 渥 (aku) meaning "kindness, moisten", 開 (aku) meaning "open, unfold, unseal", 空 (aku) meaning "sky", 曙 (akuru) meaning "dawn, daybreak", 蒼 (a) meaning "blue" or 明 (akuru, a) meaning "bright, light", 玖 (ku) meaning "beautiful black jewel, nine", 空 (ku) meaning "sky" or 来 (ku) meaning "come, due, next, cause, become" combined with 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli", 来 (ru) meaning "come, due, next, cause, become", 流 (ru) meaning "current, a sink, flow, forfeit" or 琉 (ru) meaning "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli"... [more]
Akyla f Arabic
Variant of Akilah.
Akyra f African American
Combination of the prefix a- with Kyra.
Alaba f Medieval Basque
Means "daughter" in Medieval Basque. It was documented from the 12th century onwards.
Alabi m & f Yoruba
Means "born of the white cloth, born of purity" in Yoruba, from ala "white cloth, purity" and bí "to give birth, be born".
Alai m & f Basque
Means "happy, joyful" in Basque.
Alair m & f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Probably a combination of the elements al- (like in Alaíde) and -ir (like in Ademir, Edir and Lucelir).
Alair f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Alair, itself a variant of the French surname Allaire.
Alaís f Provençal
Provençal form of Alaïs.
Alaïs f Occitan, French (Rare)
Contracted form of Azalaïs.
Alaka f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Alta.
Alake f Yoruba
Means "survived to be cherished" in Yoruba, from là "to survive" and kẹ́ "to care for, cherish".
Alal f Kurdish
Possibly from the Kurdish al meaning "banner, flag".
Alala f Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ἀλαλή (alalē) meaning "war-cry, battle-cry". This onomatopoeic name belonged to the female personification of the war-cry in Greek mythology. She was an attendant of the war god Ares, whose war-cry was her name: Alale alala.
Alale f Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian آلاله (see Alaleh).
Alan f & m Chinese
Combination of Ah and Lan 1.
Alana f Hawaiian
From alana meaning "awakening, rise" in Hawaiian, or from ʻālana meaning "offering" in Hawaiian.
Aland m & f Dutch (Rare), West Frisian (Archaic)
Dutch and West Frisian contracted form of Adelland. Also compare Eland.... [more]
Alang m & f Malay
Means "third-born" in Malay.
'Alani f Hawaiian
Meaning 'orange tree' or 'orange fruit.'
Alara f Turkish, Medieval Turkic (Rare)
Alara appears in Turkic Mythology as a beautiful water fairy. She lives in the lakes and rivers of the Caspian basin and grants the wishes of those she deems worthy. She is said to be capable of repairing broken hearts and making them capable of love again.
Alara f Breton (Rare)
Feminine form of Alar.
Âlare f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Alata f Ijaw
Means "royal wife" in Ijaw.
Alaw f Welsh
Derived from Welsh alaw "melody, tune; lily, water lily".
Alawa f Cree
Means "Pea" in Cree.
Alawo f & m Yoruba
Alawo means "white, green" in Yoruba.... [more]
Alaya f Sanskrit
"memory", "void", "consciousness"
Alaz m & f Turkish
Means "flame" in Turkish
Alba f Medieval Romanian
Derived from Romanian albă, the feminine form of the adjective alb "white; (figuratively) clean, pure, immaculate".
Albe f German (East Prussian), Estonian
East Prussian German variant of Alba, as well as a short form of Albine.
Albi f & m Arabic
Means "my heart" in Arabic.
Albia f Basque, Spanish (Latin American)
Taken from the name of a grotto in the Aralar Range in the Basque Mountains where a dolmen was discovered in 1915, as well as from the name of a suburb of Bilbao where Sabino Arana Goiri was born. Goiri was a writer, creator of the Basque flag, founder of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and is generally considered "the father of Basque nationalism".
Álbma f Northern Sami
Northern Sami variant of Alma 1.
Alča f Czech
Diminutive of Alena 1, not used as a given name in its own right.
Alcea f Italian
Feminine form of Alceo.
Alcia f Polish
Diminutive of Alicja
Alçıu f Karachay-Balkar
Means "beginning" in Karachay-Balkar.
Alda f Basque
From the name of a town in the Basque region of Spain.
Alda f Alanic, History, Georgian (Rare)
This name was most notably borne by the Alan princess Alda of Alania (11th century), who was the second wife of king Giorgi I of Georgia.... [more]
Alda f Lithuanian
Most likely a contracted form of Aldona.
Alda f Estonian (Rare)
Short form of Miralda.
Aldar m & f Mongolian
Means "glory, fame" in Mongolian.
Alde f Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of the Alanic name Alda. A known bearer of this name was the Georgian artist Alde Kakabadze (1932-2016).
Alde m & f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch short form of Germanic given names that begin with the element ald meaning "old" as well as (via metathesis) the element adal meaning "noble". Also compare Aldo and Alda 1.
Aldea f Hungarian
Variant of Alda 1.
Aldey f Icelandic
Derived from the Icelandic elements alda "heavy swelling wave, a roller" and ey "island".
Aldir m & f Filipino
Meaning “smart but timid”
Aldís f Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse name, derived from *alu "protection, fortune" and dís "goddess", or possibly a variant of Alfdís.
Aldka f Kashubian
Diminutive of names ending in -alda, such as Rómùalda.
Aldyn m & f Tuvan
Means "gold, golden" in Tuvan.
Álea f Hungarian
Hypocoristic of Eulália.
Ale'a f Hawaiian
Hawaiian name, meaning "joy", "cheerfulness".
Alea f Manx (Archaic)
Variant of Ally.
Alea f North Frisian
Originally a short form of names containing the element adal- (compare Adelheid), now used as a given name in its own right.
Alea f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include an adoption of an obsolete German diminutive of Eulalia and an elaboration of the obsolete East Frisian name Ale.
Alea f Asturian (Modern, Rare)
From the name of a village in Asturias, Spain.
Aleca f American
Diminutive of Alexandra.
Aleda f English (Rare)
Likely a variant of Alida.
Alee f English (Rare)
Variant of Alea or Allie, or a combination of a- and the name suffix -lee.
Aleen f English
Variant of Aline.
Alef m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Alef is the first letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. ... [more]
Alei'o m & f Hawaiian
Possibly from lei'ō meaning "to act wild" or Hawaiian form of Alejo.
Aleja f Spanish
Diminutive of Alejandra. It might also be the feminine form of Alejo.
Alek f Eastern African, Dinka
Means "black-and-white cow" in Dinka.... [more]
Alek m & f Serbian
Shortened form of the Serbian names Aleksandar (M) and Aleksandra (F) which derive the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, help" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός).
Aleĸa f Greenlandic
Means "older sister (of a boy)" in Greenlandic.
Aleka f Low German (Rare), Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic)
Originally a Low German diminutive of names containing the element adal, particularly Adelheid, now used as a given name in its own right.
Aleka f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Alice.
Aleke f Low German (Rare)
Originally a diminutive of names containing the element adal, particularly Adelheid, now used as a given name in its own right.
Aléna f Occitan (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Alena.
Aléna f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Alena 1.
Alèna f Sardinian
Variant of Alene.
Alena f Occitan
Variant of Elena.
Alena f Russian
Variant transcription of Alyona.
Alène f Walloon (Gallicized)
Variant of Aline via the form Alene.
Alene f Sardinian
Variant of Elene (compare Aleni).
Alene f Hawaiian (Modern, Rare)
Hawaiian form of Arlene, and variant of Alena, Hawaiian form of Allen. Could be interpreted as a modern variant of Hawaiian name Alana meaning "awakening, rise", or from ala 'āina meaning "land path" or 'ale nē meaning "murmuring wave".
Aleni f Sardinian
Sardinian form of Elena.
Aleqa f Greenlandic
Variant of Aleĸa.
Alera f Breton (Rare)
Feminine form of Aler.
Alera f & m Ogoni
Means "enough" or "it is enough" in Khana.
Aleša f Slovene
Feminine form of Aleš.
Alesa f English (Rare)
Variation of Alisa.
Aless f & m Italian
Short form in any name that starts with "Aless". Examples would be Alessia or Alessandra.
Alett f Hungarian
Hungarian variant of Aletta.
Alev f & m Turkish
Means "flame" in Turkish.
Aleva f Medieval English
Middle English form of Æðelgifu.
Alewa f & m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of Alva 1 / Alva 2.
Álexa f Spanish
Short form of Alejandra or Alexandra.
Alexe f English (Rare)
Variant of Alex and Alexy.
Alexx f & m English
Variant of Alex.
Alexz f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Alex.
Aleya f Arabic (Egyptian)
Variant transcription of Aliaa.
Aleyd f German (Silesian, Archaic), Medieval German
Variant of Aleit. It was recorded in Silesia in the 14th century.
Aleys f Medieval Flemish
Contracted form of Aleidis.
Alfa f Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian
Feminine form of Alf 1, Scandinavian form of Alpha and a short form of Alfrida.
Alfia f Italian, Russian
Feminine form of Alfio.
Alfný f Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic name elements alf "elf" and ny "new".
Alfre f English (Modern)
In the case of American actress Alfre Woodard (1952-) her godmother claimed she saw a vision of Alfre's name written out in gold letters.
Algė f Lithuanian
Short form of names beginning with the element Al-, like Algirdė. This name is also considered a feminine form of Algis.
Álgen f Sami
Variant of Álgen.
Algı f Turkish
Means "perception" in Turkish.
Alhet f Low German, German (Archaic)
Low German short form of Adelheid.
Äliä f Tatar, Bashkir
Possible variation of the Arabic Aliyah 1 or Alya 1.
Alia f Hebrew
Heaven
Aliaa f Arabic (Egyptian), Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic علياء (see Alya 1) chiefly used in Egypt, as well as a Malay form of the name.
Alian m & f Chinese (Modern, Rare)
Chinese form of Arian or Aryan or a combination of the names Ah, Li 1 and An 1.
Aliç f Gascon, Lengadocian
Gascon and Languedocian form of Alix.
Aliça f Provençal, Niçard
Niçard form of Alice.
Alída f Icelandic (Modern)
Icelandic form of Alida.
Alīda f Latvian
Latvian form of Alida.
Alie f & m Dutch, English (Rare)
Diminutive of names beginning with Al, most typically Alida.... [more]
Alie f Albanian
Variant of Alije.
Alie f Crimean Tatar
Crimean Tatar form of Aliyah 1.
Alien f Dutch (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]
Alifa f Arabic
Feminine form of Alif.
Ali'i f & m Hawaiian
Means "chief, royal" in Hawaiian.
Aliis f Estonian
Variant of Aliise.
Alije f Albanian
Feminine form of Ali 1.
Alik f Kurdish
Means "starling" in Kurdish.
Alika f Swedish (Archaic), Greenlandic (?)
Variant of Aleka, as well as a Greenlandic name of unknown meaning.
Alike f Dutch (Rare)
Variant spelling of Alieke.
Alike f Greek
Alternate transcription of Aliki.
Alile f Yao
Means "she weeps" in Yao.
Alim f & m Mongolian
Means "apple" or "pear" in Mongolian.
Alime f Crimean Tatar
Means "knowledgeable, learned" from Arabic عَلِمَ (ʿalima) meaning "to know, to have knowledge, to be informed" (see Alim).
A-lin f Chinese
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.
Alin f Armenian
Means "bearer of light" in Armenian.
Alin f Hebrew (Modern)
a Hebrew form of Aline.
Aliña f & m Aymara
Means "grow" in Aymara.
Alina f Scottish
Feminine form of Alistair.
Alina f Chinese
Combination of Ah , Li 1 and Na.
Alina f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Arlene.
Alina f Provençal, Niçard
Niçard form of Aline.
Alina f Medieval English
Diminutive of Alice.
Alinä f Tatar
Tatar form of Alina.
Alini f Brazilian
Brazilian phonetic variant of Aline.
Alino f Provençal
Provençal form of Aline.
Aliqa f Aymara
Means "peaceful, tranquil" in Aymara.
Alíra f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Alira.
Alira f Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Aliria and feminine form of Aliro.
Alira f Indigenous Australian, Wurundjeri, Arrernte
Means "clear quartz crystal" from the word allirea in Wurundjeri, spoken near Melbourne, Australia. ... [more]
Älis f Estonian (Modern)
Estonian variant of Alice.
Alísa f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Alisa.
Alisa f Hebrew
Variant of Aliza.
Alisä f Tatar
Tatar form of Alisa.
Âlíse f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Alice.
Alise f French (Archaic)
Local French form of Alice recorded up to the 1700s in the French Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and the Canton of Châtenois in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Lorraine.
Alisi f Tongan
Tongan form of Alice.
Aliss f English
Variant of Alice.
Âlît f Greenlandic
Archaic spelling of Aaliit, a Greenlandic form of Alice.
Aliti f Fijian
Fijian form of Alice.
Alitz f Provençal
Provençal form of Alice.
Aliva f Medieval English
Medieval form of Æðelgifu.
Alixa f English
Variant of Alexa.
Aliyä f Tatar
Tatar version of Turkish Aliye.
Aliza f Hungarian, Basque, Dutch, Flemish, Afrikaans
Basque form of Alice, Hungarian variant of Alíz and Dutch and Afrikaans variant of Alisa.
Aliza f Old Swedish
Contracted form of Adaleiz.
Alize f Basque
Basque form of Alice.
Alja f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Alya 1.
Alka f Croatian
Derived from the Greek element αλκη (alke) meaning "strength, force". A famous bearer is Croatian singer Alka Vuica (1961-).
Alka f Indian, Hindi, Marathi
From Sanskrit अलक (alaka) meaning "curl, lock (of hair)".
Alka f Polish
Diminutive of Alicja.
Alka f Low German, Swedish (Rare)
Contracted form of Alika 2.
Alkaa f Indian
Variant of Alka.
Alke f Low German
Diminutive of names that contained the name element adal, most notably Adelheid.
Alkes m & f Astronomy
This is the name of a star Alpha Crateris in the constellation Crater. It bore the traditional name Alkes, from the Arabic الكاس alkās or الكأس alka's meaning "the cup".
Alki f Greek
Diminutive of Angeliki. This name was borne by Angeliki „Alki“ Zei (December 15, 1925 – February 27, 2020), a Greek novelist and children's writer.
Älla f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish variant of Ella 2.
Alla f Galician
Truncated form of Olalla.
Alla f Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic (Rare), Greenlandic (Rare)
Diminutive of names containing A(i)l, like Áila or the name element adal, like Aliisa.
Allæ f Ossetian
Ossetian form of Alla.
Allat f Near Eastern Mythology
Means "the Goddess" from Arabic al-Lat. She was an ancient mother and fertility goddess of the pre-Islamic Arabs.
Állet f Sami
Sami form of Alet.
Allex m & f English (American)
Variant of Alex.
Alley f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ally 1 coinciding with the English word alley.
Allia f English (Rare)
Meaning unknown. It may be derived from Latin allium meaning "garlic."
Allin m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Allen.
Allin f Luxembourgish (Archaic)
Vernacular form of Aline.
Allis f Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Romani (Archaic)
Scandinavian and Romani variant of Alice.
Alliw f Literature
Meaning unknown. It is used in Robert Beatty’s novel Willa of the Wood. In this case, it was used as an inverse of Willa.
Ally f Manx
Derived from Manx aaley "fairer" and aalin "fair, handsome, beautiful, splendid". It is also considered a cognate of Ailie.
Allý f Icelandic (Modern)
Icelandic form of Ally 1.
Alma f Kazakh
Means "apple" in Kazakh.
Almas f Persian
Possibly means "diamond" in Farsi.
Almaz m & f Tatar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani, Eastern African, Amharic
Means "diamond" in various languages, all derived from Persian الماس (almas). It is only used as a masculine name in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan while it is feminine in Azerbaijan and Ethiopia.
Almi m & f German
Diminutive of names with Alm- such as Alma 1 or Almar.
Almu f Spanish
Short form of Almudena.
Almut f German
Younger form of Adalmut.
Alna f Lithuanian
Either derived from Lithuanian alnė or alnis, dialectal words for elnė "deer" and elnias "roebuck", or a direct adoption of the name of the river Alna (referred to by its Polish name Łyna in English), whose name is derived from Old Prussian... [more]
Alode f Basque
Basque name coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as an equivalent to Alodia.
Aloe f English (Modern, Rare)
Aloe is a genus containing over 500 species of flowering succulent plants. The most widely known species is Aloe vera, or "true aloe". It is called this because it is cultivated as the standard source for assorted pharmaceutical purposes.
Aloé m & f French (Rare)
French version of Aloe, The name is often used in fiction for the joke "Aloé Véra". Also a other version of Aloés
Aloha f & m Hawaiian (Rare), American
Short form of Kealoha and other Hawaiian names containing aloha meaning "love" or otherwise derived directly from the word.
ʻAlohi f & m Hawaiian
Means "shine, shining" in Hawaiian.
Aloia f Galician
Transferred use of the name of Monte Aloia, a summit in the mountains of Galicia, Spain.
Alola f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Aurora.
Alóma f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Aloma 1.
Aloma f English (Rare), Theatre, Popular Culture
A pseudo-Hawaiian name invented by LeRoy Clemens and John B. Hymer for the title character of their 1925 Broadway play Aloma of the South Seas, which was twice adapted to film, in 1926 and again in 1941... [more]
Aloma f Catalan (Rare), Literature
This name was used by the medieval writer and philosopher Ramon Llull in his novel Blanquerna (1283), where it belongs to the mother of the main character. Llull possibly based it on the masculine name Alomar (nowadays found as a surname - see Alomar), which derives from the Germanic name Aldemar... [more]
Aļona f Latvian
Latvian form of Alyona.
Aloña f Basque (Rare), Basque Mythology
Taken from the name of a massif on the Basque Mountains range.... [more]
Alope f Apache
Borne by the first wife of the Apache chief Geronimo (1829-1909), daughter of Noposo, from the Nedni-Chiricahua band of Apache. She and her three children with Geronimo were killed by Mexican raiders.
Alope f Greek Mythology
Unknown etymology, although it may be linked to the word ᾰ̓λώπηξ (alṓpēx) meaning "fox".
Ålov f Norwegian (Rare)
Modern form of Álǫf.
Aloy f Popular Culture
Aloy is the protagonist in the 2017 video game Horizon Zero Dawn and its upcoming sequel Horizon Forbidden West.
Alpan f Etruscan Mythology
The Etruscan goddess of love and the underworld. She belongs to the Lasas and is usually portrayed naked.
Alphy f & m Indian (Christian)
Possibly a variant of Alfie.
Alpia f Pictish
Possible 7th century Pictish princess. Etymology unknown.
Alrai m & f Astronomy
Gamma Cephei is a binary star system in the constellation Cepheus. The system bore a traditional name variously spelled as Errai, Er Rai or Alrai, deriving from the Arabic الراعي (ar-rā‘ī), meaning "the shepherd".
Alrún f Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Alrun.
Alrun f German (Rare)
Younger form of Adelrun and Albrun.
Alsa f German (East Prussian)
East Prussian German short form of Aldone.
Alson f Medieval Irish (Anglicized), Anglo-Norman
Anglicized form of Allsún, recorded in late medieval Ireland on women born into English and Anglo-Norman families.
Alswn f Medieval Welsh
Medieval Welsh form of Alison.
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