This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and a substring is a.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Hebat f Near Eastern MythologyHebat, was the mother goddess of the Hurrians, known as "the mother of all living". She is also a Queen of the deities. During Aramaean times Hebat also appears to have become identified with the goddess
Hawwah, or
Eve.
Hebbla f Old SwedishOld Swedish name of unknown origin. Found in Östergötland in Sweden and in Finland.
Heiana f TahitianFrom the Tahitian
hei meaning "wreath, garland of flowers" and
ana meaning "he, she, it", or "belonging to him/her". Another commonly suggesting etymology is
anaana meaning "bright, shining".
Heiani f TahitianPossibly from Tahitian
hei meaning "wreath, garland of
flowers" and
ani meaning "request".
Heiarii m & f TahitianMeans "crown king, royal crown" in Tahitian; derived from
ari'i meaning "king".
Heiata m & f TahitianMeans "cloud crown" in Tahitian; a combination of
ata "cloud" and
hei "crown".
Heiava f & m PolynesianPolynesian name, meaning "garland" or "garland of waters".
Heifara m & f TahitianFrom Tahitian
hei meaning "garland, crown" and
fara meaning "screwpine, pandan".
Heilgard f Germanic, GermanThe first element of this name is derived from Old High German
heil "happy, hearty, healthy." The second element is derived from
gardan "to hedge in, to enclose, to fence in" or from Gothic
gards "house, garden, (court)yard."
Heimana f & m TahitianFrom Polynesian meaning "powerful crown moving the sky".
Heimanu f & m TahitianMeans "bird crown" or "crown of the bird"; a combination of
hei "crown" and
manu "bird".
Heinoa f Tahitian, PolynesianName of Tahitian origin, composed by "hei", meaning "garland" and "noa", meaning "free. Hence the meaning can be interpreted as "garland of freedom".
Heiraaura f PolynesianPolynesian origin name, composed by "hei", meaning "garland", "rau", that means "hundred" or "leaf" and "ura", meaning "red"; hence the meaning can be interpreted as "garland of red leaves", or "garland of hundred red
flowers".
Heirava f TahitianTahitian name, meaning "precious garland" or "sparkly garland".
Hei'ura f TahitianFrom Tahitian
hei meaning "wreath, garland of flowers" and
'ura an archaic term meaning "red".
Heiura f TahitianMeans either "crown of feathers" or "crown of fire" depending on the pronunciation.
Heiva f PolynesianName of Polynesian origin, meaning "garland" or "dancing garland".
Heivanui m & f PolynesianPolynesian name, composed by "heiva", referred to a typical local festival, celebration and "nui", meaning "great", "big".
Heiwa f & m Japanese (Rare)This name is used as 平和 which means "peace, harmony" {from 平 (hyou, byou, hei, tai.ra, -daira, hira, hira-) meaning "even, flat, peace" and 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften."}... [
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Hejia f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 和 (hé) meaning "harmony, sum", 河 (hé) meaning "river", 荷 (hé) meaning "mint, peppermint, lotus", 合 (hé) meaning "combine", or 鹤 (hè) meaning "crane" combined with 佳 (jiā) meaning "good, auspicious, beautiful", 嘉 (jiā) meaning "fine, nice, good", or 家 (jiā) meaning "home, family"... [
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Hekja f Old Norse, LiteratureAppears in
Eiríks saga rauða (c. late 1100s) as the name of a Scottish bondswoman sent by Karlsefni to reconnoitre Vinland. ... [
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Hela f Popular CultureAn alternate form of
Hel. This is the form used by Marvel for their version of the Norse goddess.
Hela f Sanskrit, Indian, Hinduism, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, BengaliName: Hela हेला... [
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Helaena f LiteraturePossibly a spelling variant of
Helena. In George R. R. Martin's fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" and the television adaptation "House of the Dragon", Helaena Targaryen is the queen consort of Westeros to her brother, Aegon II, during his reign which is disputed by their older half-sister Rhaenyra.
Helaés f Arthurian Cycle, LiteratureHelaes was an orphan, the Countess of Limos, the sister of one Clapor le Riche and the niece of one Meleager le Rous, a sister or cousin of the Damoisele à la Harpe, and also unmarried and a determined lover of Sir Gawaine... [
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Helale f KurdishMeans "tulip" in Kurdish, possibly from the Turkish
lale.
Helava f Rotuman (Modern)A common name in Rotuman culture. The word
helava means "beautiful". A fitting name for an adorable child who will grow into their name. Interestingly, like most other words in the Rotuman language,
helava when added to other words will create a deeper meaning for the name.
Heleia f Greek MythologyFrom a Greek title of the goddess
Artemis meaning "of marshes" (which may reflect her role as a goddess of streams and marshes). It is derived from Greek ἕλειος
(heleios), from ἕλος
(helos) "marsh-meadow"... [
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Heliane f GermanFeminine form of
Helios. This name was used in the German opera "The Miracle of Heliane" in 1927. It has also been used in France.
Heliantha f Dutch (Rare)Means "sunflower" in Greek, from ‘Ηλιος (
helios) "sun" and ανθος (
anthos), "flower".
Helianthe f Dutch (Rare)Derived from
Hélianthe, the French name for
Helianthus, which is a genus of plants. It is ultimately derived from Greek
helianthos meaning "sun-flower", from Greek
helios "sun" and
anthos "flower".
Helicia f EnglishApparently from the name of a plant genus meaning "spiral-shaped" from Greek
helix (genitive
helikos; see
Helice), perhaps via Latin.
Helinä f FinnishDerives from Finnish word
helinä, which means "jingle" in Finnish. It may possibly have been used also as a variant of
Helena.... [
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Helisoa m & f MalagasyPossibly from the Malagasy
hely, a dialect form of
kely meaning "little, small", and
soa meaning "good".
Heljä f FinnishVariant of
Helena and/or
Helinä. It may also be derived from a Finnish word "heleä", meaning "bright, vivid".
Helka f Hungarian MythologyThe name of a fairy from the region around Lake Balaton. The origin and meaning of her name are uncertain, theories include a diminutive of
Heléna.
Hellanis f Ancient GreekDoric Greek variant of Ἑλληνίς
(Hellenis), an Attic Greek vocabulary word meaning "Greek woman", the feminine form of Ἕλλην
(Hellen) (see
Ellada).
Hellawes f Arthurian CycleProbably a variant of
Helewise. It occurs in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation of Arthurian legends 'Le Morte d'Arthur' belonging to a sorceress who creates the chapel perilous, the setting of one of the quests of Sir Lancelot, and falls in love with the knight... [
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Hellicha f Medieval DutchHellicha of Wittelsbach was Duchess consort of Bohemia from 1189 to 1198, married to Duke Conrad II.
Hellivesa f Germanic MythologyA minor Germanic goddess whose functions have been lost to time. She was worshipped in Germania Inferior, a Roman province located on the west bank of the Rhine and bordering the North Sea.
Helva f LiteratureIn John Greenleaf Whittier's poem 'Kallundborg Church' (1865), Helva is the daughter of Lord Nesvek and the love of
Esbern Snare. Her father rejected Esbren's marriage proposal to her unless he built a church, causing him to bargain with trolls... [
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Helvetia f ObscureLikely taken from the name of the national personification of Switzerland. It comes from
Helvetii, the name of a Celtic tribe. A bearer of this name was Helvetia "Vet" Boswell, a member of The Boswell Sisters, a close harmony singing trio.
Hemda f Hebrew (Rare)From the Hebrew
חֶמְדָּה (Khemdah) meaning "Desire, passion, will". It was borne by Hemda Ben-Yehuda (1873–1951), the second wife of the Jewish linguist Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. The name Hemda was mostly used pre-establishment of the Israeli state and is rarely given to girls nowadays.
Hemithea f Greek MythologyMeans "demigoddess" in Greek. In Greek myth this name belonged to a goddess who was formerly the mortal woman
Molpadia. It was also borne by the sister of Tenes, locked in a chest with her brother and cast out to sea and together landing on an island where Tenes reigned as king... [
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Hemlata f Indian, Marathi, HindiPossibly derived from Sanskrit हेमलता
(hemalatā) referring to a type of unspecified plant, possibly the golden creeper (
Ernodea littoralis).
Henako f JapaneseFrom Japanese 平 (
he) meaning "level; even; flat", 成 (
na) meaning "to become" combined with 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hendina f Medieval EnglishMeaning uncertain. According to heraldry.sca.org, the name was derived from the Old English word
(ge)hende meaning "courteous, handsome". But in Wiktionary, it is said that the word
gehende means "close, near, nearby".
Henedina f History (Ecclesiastical)Possibly from Greek ἐνηδύνω
(enedýno) meaning "to cheer, to gratify". This was the name of an early Christian Sardinian saint who was martyred alongside saints
Justa and
Justina in 130 AD.
Hengameh f PersianPossibly derived from Persian هنگام (
hengam) meaning "time; occasion; season".
Henna f English (American)From the North African henna plant. The leaves are the source of a reddish-brown dye, also known as henna.
Henuttadesh f Ancient EgyptianPossibly derived from Egyptian
ḥnwt "mistress, lady" and
tꜣ "land, country" combined with an uncertain third element.
Henuttawy f Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
ḥnwt-tꜣwj meaning "mistress of Egypt", or more literally "lady of the two lands", derived from
ḥnwt "lady, mistress" combined with the dual form of
tꜣ "land, realm, country", referring to the single entity of Upper and Lower Egypt... [
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Heonae f KoreanThe name of a 1st century Korean queen, derived from the sino-korean
獻 (heon) meaning "to show, display, offer, present" and
哀 (ae) meaning "sad, grief, sorrow".
Ḫepat f Hurrian MythologyMeans "She of Halab". Ḫepat was the mother goddess of the Hurrian people. Her name occurs frequently as an element of personal names, examples being the names
Puduḫepa, and
Tadukhipa.