AalikmGreenlandic East 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).
AanorfBreton Variant of Azenor. Folk etymology likes to associate this name with Eléonore due to confusing the variant Aenor with the possibly Germanic name Aenor borne by the mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine (see Eleanor for further information).
AatxemBasque Mythology, Popular Culture Means "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.
AbacomItalian (Rare) Variant of Abacucco. It concides with the Italian word for abacus, a calculating tool that was in use in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu–Arabic numeral system.
AbasafBosnian Bosnian female form of Abbas. It is also the name of the 80th sura of the Qur'an.
AbayemHebrew Means "little father" in Hebrew. The rabbi Nachmani (see Nachman) (c. 280 – c. 339) was known as Abaye, to differentiate him from his grandfather with the same name.
AbbadmArabic Abbad is an Arabic name that is named after a companion of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
Abckem & fEast Frisian Variant of Abbe with the diminutive suffix -cke recorded from the 16th to 18th centuries for men and in the 18th century for women in East Frisia.
AbdalmArmenian (Rare, Archaic) Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish abdal, meaning "careless man", which in turn is derived from Arabic أَبْدَال, abdal, meaning "hermit". Nowadays the name is rare.
AbdelmHebrew, Jewish Hebrew name meaning "God’s servant/Slave." The Hebrew equivalent to the Arabic name Abdullah (same meaning) but uses the Hebrew name El for G-d rather than Allah in the Arabic language.
AbdelmArabic Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد ال (see Abdul).
AbdesmAncient Aramaic (Latinized) The name is formed with the word Abd "servant (of)" and Es which is less clear. It may refer to Yah, the Judeo-Christian God, making the name a variant of Abdias, or to the Egyptian goddess Isis.... [more]
AbianmGuanche, Spanish (Canarian) From Guanche *abbian, meaning "thief". This was the name of a pre-Hispanic warrior from Telde (Gran Canaria) who was known for stealing cattle.
AbihafPakistani Means "her father" in Arabic, from the kunya (nickname or byname) of Fatimah bint Muhammad أمّ أبیها (Umm Abiha), literally "the mother of her father"... [more]
AboodmArabic From the Arabic word عَبَدَ (abada) meaning "worship"
AboramGuanche Mythology From a Guanche name for the star Canopus, which was derived from Guanche *ăbōra "seed (of a plant)", literally "coarse-grained sorghum" (sorghum being a tall cereal grass). This was the name of the supreme god of the heavens in the mythology of the Guanche (Berber) people native to La Palma, one of the Canary Islands.
AbruymKazakh (Rare), Uzbek (Rare) Probably derived from the Persian noun آبروی (aberuy) meaning "reputation, standing" as well as "honour, prestige". A more literal meaning would be "the face of honour", since the word consists of the Persian noun آب (ab) meaning "honour, reputation, standing" combined with the Persian noun روی (roy) meaning "face" as well as "copper, brass, bronze"... [more]
AbtetmEast Frisian Either a short version of Athalbert or a short version of Abbe with adding of the name element têt meaning "glad".
AcesofGreek Mythology (Latinized) From the Greek Ἀκεσώ (Akeso), derived from ἄκεσις (akesis) meaning "healing, curing". She was the Greek goddess of healing (wounds) and curing (illness); unlike her sister Panakeia (Panacea), Aceso personified the process of a curing rather than the cure itself.
Ach'ikfArmenian Derived from the diminutive form of աչ (ačʿ), a poetic term meaning "eye".
Achimmebraică Numele de băiat Achim este un derivat de la prenumele Ioachim. Nu are corespondent feminin și are o frecvență scăzută, deși în ultima perioadă a început să fie ales de părinții din România.... [more]
AchinmBengali (Hindu) My maternal grandfather gave it as a name that represents unknown happeness and indistinguishable, he was trying to find a name that is different from others and well-defined the felling he had when he saw me saved from death due to a tumer, growing with me and sucking all the water in her... [more]
AchsafBiblical Latin, Biblical Greek, English (American, Archaic) Variant of Achsah used in some versions of the Old Testament, including the Vulgate and the Douay-Rheims Bibles. It was borne by American spiritualist Achsa W. Sprague (1827-1862), a popular trance medium lecturer in the 1850s.
AconyfEnglish (Rare) From the Hitchiti word oconee meaning "water eyes of the hills", which lent itself to the name of a wildflower found in the Appalachians Mountains, Acony Bell.
AcrabmAstronomy Acrab is a name of a star in constellation Scorpius, also known as Beta Scorpii. Beta Scorpii bore the traditional names Acrab, Akrab or Elacrab, all deriving from the Arabic name (Arabic: العقرب) al-'Aqrab "the Scorpion"
ActormGreek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Ἄκτωρ (Aktor), which is derived from Greek ἄκτωρ (aktōr) meaning "leader", which in turn is ultimately derived from Greek ἄγω (agō) meaning "to lead"... [more]
AdalafHungarian, Swedish (Rare) Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Adela and a short form of names containing the element adal-.
AdaldmFrankish From Old Frankish ad, perhaps a reduction of Old High German adal "noble" and Old High German walt "power, authority".