This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the pattern is _a*.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Samarinde f Dutch, Literature, Popular CultureThe use of this extremely rare name was inspired by a character from the 1992 book "Ik ook van jou" (English: "I love you too" - the literal translation is "I also of you"), who is featured much more prominently in the 2000 sequel "Ik omhels je met duizend armen" (English: "I embrace you with a thousand arms")... [
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Şamarıu f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balker
шам (şam) meaning "holy, sacred", "native, dear" or "beautiful" and
ариу (ariw) meaning "beautiful, good".
Samarra f English (Rare)Variation of
Samara used by bibliophiles in reference to the novel
Appointment in Samarra in which Samarra refers to the location in Samarra, Egypt.
Samatha f IndianDerived from Sanskrit
समाधान (
samādhāna) "calm, tranquility; concentration" or "unity, joining; equality, justice". This is also a form of Buddhist meditation.
Samawah m & f ArabicMeans "loftiness, highness, exaltedness" or "sky, firmament" in Arabic.
Samawi m & f ArabicMeans "celestial" or "sky blue" in Arabic.
Samaya f Sanskrit, IndianMeans "tranquil, peaceful" in Sanskrit. From the Sanskrit
सामय (sAmaya), from
सामयति (sAmayati).
Samba f LubaMeans "to console" in Luba-Kasai.
Sambath m & f KhmerMeans "fortune, wealth, prosperity" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit सम्पत्ति
(sampatti).
Sambice f Iranian (Archaic)Sambice was a late 5th-century Iranian noblewoman from the Sasanian dynasty, who was the sister-wife of king (shah) Kavad I.
Sambit f UzbekUzbek girls' name derived from the name of a type of willow.
Samboja f PolishDerived from the Slavic name elements
sam "alone; oneself" and
boji "battle; to fight".
Şamdariy f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balker
шам (şam) meaning "holy, sacred", "native, dear" or "beautiful" and
дарий (dariy) meaning "silk".
Samdup m & f Tibetan, BhutaneseFrom Tibetan བསམ་གྲུབ
(bsam-grub) meaning "fulfillment (of one's desires or wishes)".
Samee m & f Urdu, English (Rare)As an Urdu masculine name, means "one who hears." It is a convention to use either a prefix
Abdus or a suffix
Ullah along the name, which gives meanings of the servant of All Hearing or hearer of God respectively.... [
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Sameiro f PortugueseFrom the Portuguese title of the Virgin Mary,
Nossa Senhora do Sameiro, meaning "Our Lady of Sameiro," venerated at the sanctuary in Espinho in the municipality of Braga in northern Portugal.
Samela f Literature, EnglishLikely coined by the English poet Robert Greene in the late sixteenth century for his poem "Samela", Samela is most likely a reworking of
Semele.
Samhain m & f English (Modern, Rare), Scottish (Modern, Rare)From Irish and Scottish Gaelic
Samhain, referring to the Gaelic festival, marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter, which is celebrated on the evening of 31st October and 1st November.
Sami f JapaneseFrom Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean", 望 (mi) meaning "hope, wish, desire", 味 (mi) meaning "flavour", 未 (mi), referring to the Sheep, the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches or 弥 (mi) meaning "universally"... [
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Sami f SanskritLord Vishnu name; SkandajitLord Vishnu Wife of Lord Vishnu SomatraLord Vishnu Excelling the Moon SragviLord Vishnu Tulasi Sacred
Sami f AymaraMeans "colour" or "fortune, good luck" in Aymara.
Samiao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
飒 (sà) meaning "the sound of the wind, melancholy" and
淼 (miǎo) meaning "wide expanse of water".
Samidori f JapaneseFrom Japanese 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, thin silk", 早 (sa) meaning "already, now" or 小 (sa) meaning "little, small" combined with 翠, 緑 (midori) meaning "green" or 碧 (midori) meaning "blue, green"... [
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Samiko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 沙 (
sa) meaning "sand", 美 (
mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Samima f UrduMeans "true, sincere, genuine" in Urdu.
Samin m & f Indonesian, Persian, Bengali, UrduDerived from Arabic ثمين
(thamin) meaning "valuable, precious". It is a unisex name in Iran, Bangladesh and Pakistan while it is solely masculine in Indonesia.
Samiri f JapaneseFrom Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Samoe m & f ThaiMeans "always, constantly" or "even, level" in Thai.
Samora f EnglishPossibly a variant of
Samara. It was given to 16 girls born in the United States in 2011.
Sampaguita f FilipinoFrom Tagalog
sampagita meaning "jasmine flower", which may have been derived from the Tagalog phrase
sumpa kita meaning "I promise you" or from Spanish
champaquita, a diminutive of
champaca meaning "champak flower".
Sampashree f Sanskrit, Hindi, OdiaPossibly derived from Marathi element
sampa (संप) meaning "lightning, striking" and Sanskrit
sri (श्री) meaning "beauty".
Samphas f & m KhmerMeans "perception, sensation, contact" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit स्पर्श
(sparsha).
Samphel m & f Tibetan, BhutaneseFrom Tibetan བསམ་འཕེལ
(bsam-phel) meaning "increasing, becoming, establishing one's desires or wishes", derived from བསམ
(bsam) meaning "aspiration, wish, intent" and འཕེལ
(phel) meaning "increase, grow, multiply".
Samphoss f & m KhmerMeans "perception, sensation, contact" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit स्पर्श
(sparsha).
Şamqız f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balker
шам (şam) meaning "holy, sacred", "native, dear" or "beautiful" and
къыз (qız) meaning "girl".
Samra f Sanskrit* Samra / Saamra /Saamara सामरा- accompanied by immortals, accompanied by god. It is feminine of सामर. Here स (sa) means with + अमरा ( amaraa) means immortal... [
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Samra f MandaeanPossibly from the Mandaic meaning "keeping, possessing".
Samroeng m & f ThaiMeans "rejoice" or "festive, cheerful" in Thai.
Samruai f & m ThaiMeans "foppish, extravagant, dapper" in Thai.
Şämsegöl f TatarFrom the Arabic
شَمْس (šams) meaning "sun" and Persian
ګُل (gul) meaning "flower, rose".
Šämsiä f BashkirFrom Arabic
شَمْسِيَّة (šamsiyya) meaning "parasol".
Šämsibanat f BashkirFrom Arabic
شَمس (shams) meaning "sun" and Bashkir
банат (banat) meaning "girl".
Šämsibikä f BashkirFrom Arabic
شَمس (shams) meaning "sun" and feminine name element
бикә (bikä). Samsin Halmoni f Korean MythologyThe name of the triple goddess of childbirth and fate in Korean mythology. It is derived from the hanja
三 (sam) meaning "three",
神 (sin) meaning "god, goddess, spirit" and
할머니 (halmoni) meaning "grandmother", an honourific term for goddesses highlighting their wisdom.
Šämsinur f BashkirFrom Arabic
شَمس (shams) meaning "sun" and
نور (nur) meaning "light".
Sam-sun f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 三 "three" and 顺 "obey, submit to, go along with". It is also translated as "third daughter".
Samta f HindiSamta is a name originating from Hindi meaning ‘To be a competitor’.
Samten m & f Tibetan, BhutaneseFrom Tibetan བསམ་གཏན
(bsam-gtan) meaning "meditative concentration, stable attention, awareness", derived from བསམ
(bsam) meaning "thought, thinking" and གཏན
(gtan) meaning "constant, perpetual"... [
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Samu m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help", 作 (sa) meaning "make, production, prepare, build", 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 夏 (sa) meaning "summer", 彩 (sa) meaning "colour", 珊 (sa) meaning "coral, centimeter", 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, gossamer", 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" or 瑳 (sa) meaning "polish, brilliant white luster of a gem, artful smile" combined with 夢 (mu) meaning "dream" or 武 (mu) meaning "military, martial"... [
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San f JapaneseThis name is used as 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three."... [
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San m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 山
(san) meaning "mountain".
San f & m BurmeseMeans "model, standard, ideal" or "to enjoy, to take delight in" in Burmese.
Şana f KurdishPossibly from the Kurdish
şan meaning "honeycomb".
Sana f JapaneseFrom Japanese 紗 (
sa) meaning "gauze, thread" combined with 夏 (
na) meaning "summer".
Sana f Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Hinduism, Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Nepali, SinhaleseName- Sana
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Sana m & f ManipuriMeans "gold" in Meitei, ultimately from the Bengali.
Sanae f JapaneseFrom 早 (
sa) meaning "fast" and 苗 (
nae) meaning "seedling, sprout". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Sanaka f JapaneseFrom Japanese 咲 (
sa) meaning "blossom", 南 (
na) meaning "south" combined with 花 (
ka) meaning "flower". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
Sanako f JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sanam f Persian, UrduMeans "image, idol" or "love, sweetheart" in Persian and Urdu, ultimately from Arabic صنم
(ṣanam).
Sanamacha m & f ManipuriFrom the Meitei
sana meaning "gold" and
macha meaning "small, little".
Sanamgul f UzbekDerived from
sanam meaning "beauty, beautiful woman", which is also the name of a classical Uyghur music genre, and
gul meaning "rose, flower".
Sanamoy f UzbekDerived from
sanam meaning "beauty, beautiful woman", which is also the name of a classical Uyghur music genre, and
oy meaning "moon".
Sananda f & m Hindi, Bengali, HinduismDerived from Sanskrit आनन्द
(ananda) meaning "happiness, bliss". In Shaiva tradition, this name belongs to one of the four sages created by the god
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San'atgul f UzbekDerived from
san'at meaning "art, craft" and
gul meaning "rose, flower".
Sanathoi m & f ManipuriDerived from the Meitei
sana meaning "gold, precious" and
thoi meaning "winning".
Sanatsu f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 咲 (
sa) meaning "blossom" combined with 夏 (
natsu) meaning "summer". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sənay f AzerbaijaniFrom the Azerbaijani
sən meaning "you" and
ay meaning "moon".
Sança f ProvençalProvençal form of
Sancha. This was the native name of Sanchia of Provence (c. 1228-1261), third daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and a daughter-in-law of John, King of England; she was described as being "of incomparable beauty".
Sancho Abarca f Spanish (European, Rare)From Spanish
Virgen de Sancho Abarca ("Virgin of Sancho Abarca"), an obscure title of the Virgin
Mary venerated in the town of Tauste (Spain). This Marian devotion stems from a wooden sculpture of Mary found in the 16th century in the castle ruins of Navarrese king Sancho II of Pamplona, also known as
Sancho Abarca.
Sandaara f YakutDerived from Yakut сандаар
(sandaar) meaning "to shine".
Sandara f Korean (Rare)Means "grow up brightly and healthily" in Korean. A famous bearer is South Korean singer Sandara Park (1984-). Her name comes from the childhood nickname of general Kim Yu-shin (595 – 673).
Sandaramet f Armenian MythologyThe Armenian goddess of death, the underworld and hell, also associated with the land and the earth. Her name and part of her mythology is taken from the Zoroastrian divinity
Spenta Armaiti.
Sandauka m & f Old PersianFrom Old Persian
sanda meaning "to appear" or "to accomplish" and the hypocoristic suffix
-auka.
Sandisiwe f XhosaMeans "increased" or "we have been added to" in Xhosa.
Sandraudiga f Germanic MythologySandraudiga is a Germanic goddess, attested on a stone with a Latin inscription, found in North Brabant, the Netherlands. The origin and meaning of her name are debated: theories include a derivation form Germanic
*sanþ "true, real" and Gothic
audags "rich; fortunate" and Old English
*sand "sand" and Gothic
rauds "red".
Sandugas' f MariDerived from the Tatar
сандугач (sandugach) meaning "nightingale".
Sane f JapaneseFrom Japanese 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, thin silk" combined with 寧 (ne) meaning "rather". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sanelma f FinnishOld Finnish name of uncertain origin and meaning. One theory, however, connects this name to the Finnish word for "story; poem" and ultimately to the Finnish verb
sanella "to dictate". Sanelma may also be derived from the name
Anelma.
Sáng m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 灲
(sáng) meaning "morning, bright".
Sang m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 創
(sang) meaning "start, do, create, establish".