This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the pattern is *a*r*.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Aziraphale m LiteratureAziraphale is the name of a the angel in the Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett collaboration, Good Omens. The authors state that though the name is made up of real elements, it's made up.
Aziura m Filipino (Modern)taken from the word "Azure" which means 'bight blue' or 'sky blue'. It can also be the "Azure" that means 'heaven'.
Azjargal m & f MongolianMeans "happiness, bliss" in Mongolian, from аз
(az) meaning "fortune, luck" and жаргал
(jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
Aznavur m ArmenianMeaning ''bulky, offensive, sullen and tough person'', ultimately from Persian.
Azrai m MalayFrom the Arabic surname الأذرعي
(al-ʾAdhraʿī), borne by 14th-century Sunni scholar Shihab al-Din al-Adhrai. The name indicates that he came from the city of Daraa (which was known as Adhraat in ancient times) in present-day Syria.
Azrin m & f MalayMeaning uncertain, probably of Arabic origin.
Azrul m MalayPossibly from Arabic عزز
('azz) meaning "strengthen, reinforce".
Azur m BosnianBosnian male form of
Azure. Number 96 in top 100 in 2012 for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Azwar m IndonesianDerived from Arabic أزور
('azwar) meaning "visit, visiting".
Baal-berith m BiblicalMeans "lord of the covenant", ultimately derived from Hebrew בעל (ba'al) meaning "to be lord" and ברית (berit) meaning "covenant". He is a deity that is mentioned in Judges 8:33 and Judges 9:4.
Baal-peor m BiblicalMeans "lord of the wide opening", ultimately derived from Hebrew בעל (ba'al) meaning "to be lord" and פער (pa'ar) meaning "open wide". In the Bible, he was a deity that is mentioned in Numbers 25:3, Numbers 25:5, Deuteronomy 4:3, Psalms 106:28, and Hosea 9:10.
Baasandorj m MongolianFrom Mongolian баасан
(baasan) meaning "Friday" and дорж
(dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra".
Baasansüren f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian баасан
(baasan) meaning "Friday" combined with Tibetan ཚེ་རིང
(tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
Baatarsüren m MongolianFrom Mongolian баатар
(baatar) meaning "hero" combined with Tibetan ཚེ་རིང
(tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
Babhru m & f IndianIndian unisex name also written as Babhrú
(बभ्रु), masculine and sometimes feminine, or Babhrū
(बभ्रू), which is purely feminine, meaning "reddish-brown, tawny".
Babiker m Northern African, ArabicSudanese name possibly derived from the given name
Bakr or from Arabic بَكَرَ
(bakara) meaning "first born" or "to be early, to rise early".
Bəbir m Azerbaijani (Rare)Derived from the Azerbaijani noun
bəbir meaning "leopard". As such, this name could be considered to be the Azerbaijani form of
Babur.... [
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Baburam m NepaliMeaning "Leader of the Rebellion". Referring to
Lord Ram.
Babürşah m TurkishBabür, combined with a Perso-Turkic royal title,
şah meaning "shah". As a whole, it means "shah as strong as a tiger". This was the nickname of Zahir ud-Din Muhammad, the 16th-century founder of the Mughal Empire in India.
Bachar m ArabicAlternate transcription of Arabic بشار (see
Bashar) influenced by French orthography.
Baderic m Germanic, HistoryMeans "powerful battle", derived from the Germanic elements
badu "battle" and
rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic
rîg or
rix and Gothic
reiks, which all mean "king, ruler." Baderic was a 6th-century co-king of the Thuringii, a Germanic tribe.
Badraa m & f MongolianFrom Sanskrit भद्र
(bhadra) meaning "good, excellent, fortunate" or "prosperity, happiness, health".
Badr ad-Din m ArabicMeans "full moon of the religion" from Arabic بدر
(badr) meaning "full moon" combined with دين
(dīn) meaning "religion, faith".
Badral m & f MongolianMeans "flourishing, thriving; creation" in Mongolian.
Badr az-Zaman m ArabicMeans "full moon of the era" from Arabic بدر
(badr) meaning "full moon" combined with زمان
(zamān) meaning "time, age, era".
Bädretdin m TatarDerived from Arabic
Badr, meaning ”full moon”, and Din, meaning ”religion”.
Bądzimir m PolishThe first element of this name is derived from Polish
bądź, which is the second-person singular imperative form of the verb
być "to be". The second element is derived from Slavic
mir "peace"... [
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Bæglir m Old NorseOld Norse name deriving from a verb related to Nynorsk
begla meaning "to hinder, to stand in someone's way" or a noun related to Nynorsk
begla meaning "contrary, sullen, obstinate person".
Bagacithra m Old PersianMeans "form of god", "offspring of god", or "of divine origin", from Old Persian 𐏎
(baga) meaning "god" and
*ciθrah meaning "shining, brilliant", "form, appearance" or "lineage, origin"
Bagaskoro m JavaneseFrom Javanese
bagaskara meaning "sun", ultimately from Sanskrit भास्कर
(bhāskara).
Bagheera m LiteratureBagheera is a black panther (black Indian leopard) who is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book (coll. 1894) and The Second Jungle Book (coll. 1895). The word Bagh (बाघ) means tiger in Hindi.
Bağır m AzerbaijaniAzerbaijani form of
Baqir. It coincides with the Azerbaijani word
bağır meaning "liver, heart".
Bagrati m GeorgianForm of
Bagrat with the nominative suffix, used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Bagryan m BulgarianPossibly from the old Slavic term
bãgrъ (bagr') meaning "red, crimson".
Bahar m IndonesianMeans "sea" in Indonesian, ultimately from Arabic بحر
(baḥr).
Baharum m MalayMeaning uncertain, possibly of Arabic origin.
Bahr ad-Din m Arabic (Rare)Means "scholar of the religion" from Arabic بحر
(baḥr) meaning "scholar, noble man, great man" (literally meaning "sea", but taken here to mean a person who possesses a vast sea of knowledge) combined with دين
(dīn) meaning "religion, faith".
Bahradin m Arabic (Rare)Derived from Arabic
Bahr al-Din, which means "sea of religion", itself derived from Arabic بَحْر
(bahr) "sea, ocean" combined with Arabic دين
(din) "religion, faith".
Bairui m & f ChineseFrom the Chinese
百 (bǎi) meaning "one hundred, numerous, many" or
柏 (bǎi) meaning "cypress, cedar" and
瑞 (ruì) meaning "felicitous omen, auspicious".
Bajuri m IndonesianFrom the Arabic surname الباجوري
(al-Bājūrī) borne by 19th-century Egyptian Sunni scholar Ibrahim al-Bajuri. The name indicates that he was from the city of Bajur (now El Bagour).
Bakar m GeorgianMeaning and origin uncertain. Some Georgian scholars view the name as a variant of
Bakur, whilst others deem it more likely that the name is the Georgian form of the Arabic name
Bakr.... [
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Bakare m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian "bꜣ-kꜣ-rꜥ", meaning "glorious is the soul of Ra" or "the ba of the ka of Ra", from Egyptian
bꜣ "working power; soul, personality" combined with
ka "soul, life-force" and the name of the Egyptian god
Ra... [
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Bakary m ArabicAn indirect Quranic name from Arabic Bakūr / Bakr, an ancient name of Arabian tribes, meaning "young camel".
Bakenranef m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
bꜣk-n-rn.f meaning "servant of his name", derived from
bꜣk "servant" combined with
n(j) "of, belonging to, possessing",
rn "name, identity, reputation", and the suffix
.f "he, him, his".
Bakhriddin m Tajik, UzbekDerived from Tajik баҳр
(bahr) meaning “sea”, ultimately from Arabic بَحْر
(baḥr) meaning “sea, river”, combined with Arabic دِين
(dīn) meaning “religion, creed, faith”.
Bakhtawar f & m UrduMeans "bringing happiness" derived from Persian بخت
(bakht) meaning "fortune, happiness" and آور
(avar) meaning "bringing, giving".
Bakri m Arabic, Malay, IndonesianMeans "early riser" in Arabic, from the word بكر
(bakara) meaning "to be early". Alternately it could be considered a derivative of the name
Bakr.
Bakur m Armenian (Rare), GeorgianArmenian and Georgian form of
Pakur. Some of the earliest known bearers of this name are the 2nd-century kings Bakur of Armenia and Bakur of Lazica (in Colchis), who are both better known under the Latin name Pacorus... [
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Balagangadharanatha m Obscure, Indian (Rare, ?)Means "finding refuge in the might of the Ganges-supporter (i.e.
Shiva)" in Sanskrit, from a combination of Sanskrit बल
(bala) "might, strength" with
Gangadhara, a name of the god Shiva meaning "
Ganga-supporter, Ganges-receiver, the ocean", and नाथ
(nātha) "patron, protector, lord" or "refuge"... [
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Balavarman m Sanskrit, HistoryFrom Sanskrit
बल (
bala) "strength, might" with
वर्मन् (
varman) "armor, protection". This was the name of the 3rd ruler of the Varman dynasty, ruling from 398 to 422 AD.
Balbar m & f TibetanDerived from the Tibetan word དཔལ་ (
dpal) meaning "glory, fortune, luck" and འབར་ (
'bar) meaning "to burn, blaze".
Baldemar m GermanicDerived from Old High German
bald "bold, brave" combined with Old High German
mâri "famous."
Balzer m Romansh, Danish (Archaic)Romansh regular and Danish vernacular form of
Balthasar. It was borne by Danish politician Balzer Jacobsen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1655 to 1661.
Bamrung m & f ThaiMeans "care for, nourish, maintain" in Thai.
Banastre m English (Archaic)Transferred use of the surname
Banastre. This was borne by the British officer and politician Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), known for fighting in the American War of Independence.
Bandobras m LiteratureBandobras Took, commonly known as Bullroarer, was a Hobbit of the Shire and the hero of the Battle of the Green Fields.
Banetjer m Ancient EgyptianProbably from Egyptian
bꜣ-nṯr, perhaps meaning "soul of a god", from Egyptian
bꜣ, a being's soul or personality, combined with
nṯr "god, king". This was the throne name of
Nynetjer.
Bangaru m IndianTranslates to "golden" in Telugu. Also used to express "fine", "noble", "beautiful" or "admirable".
Bangrui m ChineseFrom the Chinese
邦 (bāng) meaning "nation, country" and
瑞 (ruì) meaning "felicitous omen, auspicious".
Bangura m & f MendeMeans "strong" and "child of God" in Mende.
Banjhākri m & f NepaliFrom
Ban, meaning “forest”, and
Jhākri, meaning “healer”.
Banri m & f JapaneseFrom 万里
(banri) meaning "thousands of miles," the second kanji referring to a unit of distance called
ri.... [
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Banzragch m & f MongolianDerived from Sanskrit पञ्चरक्षा
(Pañcaraksha) meaning "five protections" or "five rakshas", the name of a Buddhist text and the five dharanis (protective chants or incantations) it contains, as well as the five goddesses identified with them.
Baoren m ChineseFrom 宝 (
bǎo) meaning "treasure, riches, valuables" and 仁 (
rén) meaning "compassionate, humane".
Bar m & f HebrewMeans "son" or "grain, cereal" in Hebrew.