AldmanmGermanic Means "old man", derived from Gothic alds (alt in Old High German) "old" combined with man "man." The name might also be a metathesis of Adalman.
AldonasmLithuanian (Rare) Derived from the Lithuanian name Aldonis, which consists of two elements. The first element is either derived from the old Lithuanian verb aldėti meaning "to echo, to (re)sound" (see Aidas) or from the related old Lithuanian verb aldoti meaning "to shout, to scream" as well as "to make noise"... [more]
AldorniafAmerican (South, Rare, Archaic) Perhaps derived from the Old English aldor, a form of ealdor meaning "elder, parent, head of family, chief, lord; author, source; age, old age" with the name suffix -nia to feminize the name.... [more]
AldredmAnglo-Saxon (Latinized) A form of Ealdræd recorded in Domesday Book, which was written in Medieval Latin. It is also the form of the name used in the Phillimore translation of Domesday Book.
AldulfmGermanic Means "old wolf", derived from Gothic alds (alt in Old High German) "old" combined with Gothic vulfs "wolf." The name might also be a metathesis of Adalwulf (see Adolf).
AldulfinmAstronomy This is the name of the star Epsilon Delphini in the constellation Delphinus.
AldwardmGermanic Means "old guard", derived from Gothic alds (alt in Old High German) "old" combined with Old High German wart "guard." The name might also be a metathesis of Adalward.
AlemSwedish, Old Norse, Folklore Probably a short form of various Old Norse names, for example Áleifr and Alríkr. Oldest known usage of the name is from a runic inscription from the 9th century.
AlemMormon The second name in a double-name alias used by Joseph Smith. See Baurak.
Alealanif & mHawaiian (Rare) Means "the sweet voice of the heavens", from the Hawaiian 'ale'a, meaning "sweet voiced" and lani, meaning "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".
AlecrimmPortuguese Alecrim is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region.... [more]
AlectronafGreek Mythology An early goddess who was a daughter of the sun. It is speculated by some that she was possibly a goddess of the morning, or of man's waking sense, which causes him to wake up in the morning; the Doric form of her name is akin to the Greek word for "rooster" (Alectrona, the feminine genitive of Αλεκτορ, Alektor, the Greek word for "rooster"), while the Greek form Electryone is akin to the word for "amber" (Ἠλέκτρα, Elektra), as in the amber color of sunrise (as opposed to sunset, implied by Helios being her father); naturally, either of which would be an appropriate name for a solar goddess.
AlectryonmGreek Mythology, Ancient Greek The Ancient Greek word for "rooster". In Greek mythology, Alectryon was a youth, charged by Ares to stand guard outside his door while the god indulged in illicit love with Aphrodite.
AlefernafLow German (Archaic) Aleferna was Prioress of the Hohenholte monastery in Northern Germany (attested 1237–1240). The name is only partially explained ALA means "all", but the FERNA part is obscure. ... [more]
AlegenormGreek Mythology The first element of this name is derived from either the Epic Greek verb ἀλέγω (alego) meaning "to have a care, to mind, to heed" or the adjective ἀλεγεινός (alegeinos), which is the Epic Greek form of ἀλγεινός (algeinos) meaning "painful, grievous"... [more]
AlegríafSpanish, Galician (Rare) Derived from Spanish and Galician alegría "joy, happiness", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de la Alegría, meaning "Our Lady of Joy".
Alekm & fSerbian Shortened form of the Serbian names Aleksandar (M) and Aleksandra (F) which derive the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, help" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός).
Aleĸatsiaĸf & mGreenlandic Means "beautiful, precious older sister of a boy" in Greenlandic, from a combination of Aleĸa and the suffix -tsiaq "beautiful, precious".
AlekefLow German (Rare) Originally a diminutive of names containing the element adal, particularly Adelheid, now used as a given name in its own right.
AleksismFinnish, Latvian Finnish and Latvian form of Alexis. This name was borne by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi (originally Alexis Stenvall) who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, 'Seitsemän veljestä' ('Seven Brothers') in 1870.
AleksiymBulgarian, Russian Bulgarian and Russian form of Alexios (see Alexius). At least in Russia, the difference between this form and the more common Aleksey is possibly that Aleksiy comes directly from Alexios, while Aleksey comes directly from Alexis... [more]
AlemandefJudeo-French, Judeo-Anglo-Norman Derived from Old French alemande, the feminine form of the adjective alemant "German". This name might originally have been given to someone of German ancestry or to someone whose ancestors came from the town of Allemagne in Normandy (present-day Fleury-sur-Orne).
AlemandinefArthurian Romance Possibly from Old French alemandine, the name of a gem of a deep red colour (and the source of English almandine); this word was a corruption of Latin alabandicus "Alabandic (stone)", the name applied by Pliny the Elder to a variety of carbuncle worked at the city of Alabanda in Asia Minor (see Alabandus)... [more]
AlemonafRoman Mythology Roman birth deity that feeds the embryo or generally nourished growth in utero.
AlemoniafRoman Mythology Perhaps related to Greek ἀλήμων (ălēmon) "a wanderer, rover". In Roman mythology, Alemona or Alemonia was a minor, tutelary goddess of the fetus, the entity responsible for feeding the unborn child (i.e., nourishing growth in utero).
Alemşahf & mOttoman Turkish From Ottoman Turkish alem meaning "world, universe" combined with şah meaning "shah, king".
AlénmGalician, Spanish (Rare) Of toponymic origin, it gives its name to various places in Ourense and Pontevedra. It comes from the adverb beyond "on the other side of", "from the part beyond", "beyond"; it is also a noun, with the meaning "the beyond"... [more]