This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the pattern is _a*.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Aaban m Arabic, IndianMeans "name of the angel" in Arabic. It is rarely used in India.
Aadi m IndianMeans "first, most important" in Sanskrit. It can also be used as a diminutive of
Aditya.
Aafko m East FrisianVariant of
Affo with the diminutive suffix -ko recorded in the 19th century in East Frisia.
Aafrin m PakistaniDerived from the Persian
آفرین (âfarin) meaning "bravo!, well done!".
Aahel m ArabicA variant of the Arabic name Aahil, meaning "great king" or "emperor."
Aaike f & m DutchDiminutive of names beginning with
Agi or
Adal.
Aaju m & f GreenlandicFrom a childish pronunciation of the Greenlandic word
angaju "older sibling of the same sex" (see
Angaju).
Aajunnguaq m & f GreenlandicMeans "dear older sibling" in Greenlandic, from a combination of
Aaju and the diminutive suffix
nnguaq "sweet, dear, little".
Aake m & f FinnishFinnish diminutive of many names with the
ak sound, both masculine and feminine ones.
Aale m & f East FrisianVariant of
Ale 2 recorded in the 18th century for men and in the 17th and 18th centuries for women in East Frisia.
Aalik m GreenlandicEast Greenlandic name of uncertain meaning, perhaps partly derived from the Greenlandic suffix -
lik meaning "equipped with" (which indicates that the first element is amuletic or a form of helper spirit).
Aalisaikhan m & f MongolianMeans "nice character, good disposition" in Mongolian, from ааль
(aali) meaning "disposition, conduct" and сайхан
(saikhan) meaning "nice, beautiful, handsome".
Aalto m & f FinnishMeans "wave" in Finnish. More commonly used as a surname.
Aamannguaq f & m GreenlandicDerived from Greenlandic
aama "glow, glowing coal" (cf.
Aamaq) combined with the diminutive suffix
nnguaq meaning "sweet, dear, little".
Aamanz m Arthurian CycleAccording to Diu Crône, a knight whose nickname was “the other Gawain,” due to his uncanny physical similarity to Sir Gawain.
Aameen f & m ArabicMeans "oh Allah, accept our prayer" in Arabic. This is a cognate of the English word
amen.
Aamish m Indian, Sanskrit, Hindi, Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali, MarathiMeans "bait, lure, something that tempts" in Sanskrit.
Aanakwadinini m OjibweDerived from the Ojibwe word
aanakwad meaning "cloud" and
inini meaning "man".
Aanakwadmeskwa m & f OjibweDerived from the Ojibwe word
aanakwad meaning "cloud" and
meskwa meaning "red".
Äänis m & f Finnish (Rare)From
Äänisjärvi, the Finnish name for Lake Onega, a lake in East Karelia Russia.
Aara f & m ArabicMeans "one who adorns, beautifier" in Arabic.
Aare m YorubaMeans "commander" in Yoruba. Aàrẹ is a title, usually in the military of the Yoruba warriors company. The leader of the company from a clan takes the title when they join up with a coalition.
Aarit m Bengali (Hindu)The name Aarit has its origins in Sanskrit and is primarily used in Indian cultures. It carries meanings associated with nobility and virtue, often interpreted as "one who seeks the right path" or "honorable."
Aarsh m SanskritMeans "words of the Rishis" or "ancient" in Sanskrit. Rishis were Vedic poets who composed hymns and invoked deities with poetry.
Aarsheya m & f Indian (Rare)Derived from Sanskrit आर्षेय
(arśeya) meaning "of sacred descent" or "respectable, venerable".
Aarvi f & m HindiPossibly meaning "peace" or "soundless".
Aato m Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 亜 (
a) meaning "second, Asia", 々 used to duplicate 亜 combined with 人 (
to) meaning "person", 斗 (
to), which refers to a Chinese constellation or 都 (
to) meaning "metropolis, capital, all, everything"... [
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Aatxe m Basque Mythology, Popular CultureMeans "calf" or more specifically, "young bull" in Basque. In Basque mythology, Aatxe is either the androgynous deity
Mari 3 embodied as a young cow or bull, or a lesser shapeshifting spirit that takes the form of a bull and occasionally a human; the latter emerges at night, especially in stormy weather, from his cave dwelling in the Basque mountains.
A'azz m ArabicFrom Arabic أعزّ (
'aʿazz) meaning "mightiest; strongest".
Ba m & f ChineseDerived from the Chinese character 巴 (
bā) meaning "to greatly desire" or referred to a mythological snake. It can also derive from 芭 (
bā) referred to a kind of fragrant grass or 笆 (
bā) meaning "bamboo fence".... [
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Ba m Ancient EgyptianPossibly from Egyptian
bꜣ (
ba), the part of the soul that makes an individual unique according to the Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul. This was the throne name of an early Egyptian or ancient Egyptian king who may have ruled at the end of the 1st Dynasty, the latter part of 2nd Dynasty or during the 3rd Dynasty.
Bá m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 伯
(bá) meaning "paternal uncle, father's older brother".
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-hanan m BiblicalMeans "lord of grace", ultimately derived from Hebrew בעל (ba'al) meaning "to be lord" and חנן (hanan) meaning "to be gracious". The name was featured by two men in the Bible (Genesis 36:38 and 1 Chronicles 27:28).
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.