AbadiafPortuguese (Brazilian) Derived from Portuguese abadia "abbey", this name is usually used in reference to the title of the Virgin Mary Nossa Senhora da Abadia "Our Lady of the Abbey". The title itself goes back to a Marian apparition near the Abadia do Bouro in Braga, Portugal... [more]
Abaiam & fGilbertese Means 'east' or dawn' and comes from the Gilbertese language (the language of Kiribati)
AbeliafSpanish (Rare), Catalan (Rare) Feminine form of Abel. Abelia is also a type of flowering shrub in the honeysuckle family, named after British surgeon and naturalist Clarke Abel (1780-1826).
AberriafBasque (Archaic) Coined in the 19th century by Sabino Arana Goiri who based it on Basque aberri "fatherland; homeland" (ultimately derived from Basque aba "father" and herri "country; village; people, nation")... [more]
AbyssiniafEnglish (American, Rare) Transferred used of the former name of Ethiopian Empire as a given name. Cited from Wiktionary, it is derived from New Latin Abissini, of Abissīnus (“Abyssinian, Ethiopian”), from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša), and from حَبَش (ḥabaš), means "to collect, to earn, to reap".
AccaliafRoman Mythology (?), English (Rare) According to questionable sources, such as baby name books and websites, this was another name for Acca, the human foster-mother of Romulus and Remus in Roman legend, also known as Acca Larentia (see Acca)... [more]
AcraciafSpanish (European, Rare, Archaic) From Spanish acracia, which stands for the doctrine that advocates the suppression of all authority, ultimately from the Ancient Greek words ἀκράτεια (akráteia, "no power") or ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (akrāsíā, "intemperance")... [more]
AculiafGaulish Derived from Gaulish *acu- "quick, fast".
AdamanteiafGreek Mythology (?) Apparently derived from Greek ἀδάμαντος (adamantos) meaning "unbreakable, inflexible". The 1st-century BC Roman writer Hyginus called the nymph Amaltheia by this name in his Fabulae (139).
AdelàsiafSardinian Sardinian form of Adelasia. Adelàsia Cocco Floris (born 1885, died 1983) was a 20th century Sardinian doctor. Born in Sardinia, she became one of the first female doctors in Italy.
AdelciafBelarusian, Polish Belarusian diminutive of Adelaida as well as a Polish diminutive of Adelajda and other feminine names that contain the Germanic element adal meaning "noble".
AdrestiafGreek Mythology (Latinized) Variant form of Adrastia, which is one of the various latinized forms of Adrasteia. In Greek mythology, this was the name of a war figure and goddess of revenge and balance, who often battled in war... [more]
AergiafGreek Mythology Means "idleness" in Greek, derived from the negative prefix α (a) and ἔργον (ergon) "work". This was the name of the Greek personification of sloth and idleness.
AfreliafHistory (Ecclesiastical) Afrelia was a late 6th century saint, and princess of Powys. It has been suggested that she may be identical to the little-known Saint Arilda of Gloucester.
AgenoriafRoman Mythology Goddess who endowed a child with the capacity to lead an active (actus) life. Her name is presumably derived from the Latin verb ago, agere, egi, actum, "to do, drive, go."
Agustiaf & mIndonesian From the name of the month of August (Agustus in Indonesian), usually used as a given name for a child born in August.
AhaniafLiterature Ahania is the Emanation, or female counterpart, of Urizen, Zoas of reason, in William Blake's mythology. She is the representation of pleasure and the desire for intelligence.
AiafGreek Mythology A Naiad associated with a well, spring or fountain of the town of Aia, also known as Kolkhis, on the Black Sea. Her name was taken from that place. According to myth she was loved and pursued by the local river-god Phasis, and saved from him by the gods who transformed her into an island bearing that name.
AiafBasque From the name of a town situated on the slopes of Mount Pagoeta in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain.
AiafJapanese From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia". Other kanji combinations are possible.
AiniafGreek Mythology Ainia was an Amazon who presumably accompanied Penthesilea to the Trojan War and was eventuelly killed by Achilles. She is known only from an Attic terracotta relief fragment.
AixiafChinese From the Chinese characters 叆 (ài) meaning "cloudy sky; dark, obscure" or 瑷 (ài) meaning "fine quality jade" and 霞 (xiá) meaning "rosy clouds".
AkiafJapanese From Japanese 明 (aki) meaning "clear, tomorrow, bright" combined with 空 (a) meaning "sky". Other kanji combinations are possible.
AkosiafWestern African, Akan A name of Ashanti origin meaning "born on a Sunday" in Akan culture. Notable name bearers include actor Akosia Sabet and mononymic musician Akosia. Akosua is a variation of this name.
AlagiafMedieval Italian, Italian (Archaic) Contracted form of Adelagia. The Genoese noblewoman Alàgia dei Fieschi, who Dante praises in his 'Purgatorio' (c.1318), was a niece of Pope Adrian V and the wife of Dante's friend Moroello III Malaspina.
AlasiaAstronomy This is the name of the star HD 168746. In 2019 each country was assigned a star with an orbiting planet to be named by that country. HD 168746 was assigned to Cyprus who named it after an ancient name of their country... [more]
AlbaniafEnglish From the name of the country in the Balkans, as well as various other places, perhaps ultimately from a pre-Indo-European word *alb meaning "hill" or from the Indo-European root *alb "white" (see Albus).... [more]
AlbiafBasque, Spanish (Latin American) Taken from the name of a grotto in the Aralar Range in the Basque Mountains where a dolmen was discovered in 1915, as well as from the name of a suburb of Bilbao where Sabino Arana Goiri was born. Goiri was a writer, creator of the Basque flag, founder of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and is generally considered "the father of Basque nationalism".
AlbiniafAncient Roman, English Feminine form of Albinius and Albin. It was introduced to Britain in the 17th century, and was frequently used by members of the aristocratic Cecil family.
AlbriniafGermanic Mythology, History Albruna, Aurinia or Albrinia are some of the forms of the name of a probable Germanic seeress who would have lived in the late 1st century BC or in the early 1st century AD. She was mentioned by Tacitus in Germania, after the seeress Veleda, and he implied that the two were venerated because of true divine inspiration by the Germanic peoples, in contrast to Roman women who were fabricated into goddesses... [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]
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".
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).
AletheiafAncient Greek, Greek Mythology Derived from Greek ἀλήθεια (aletheia) meaning "truth". (Compare English Alethea.) According to some Greek myths she was the personification of truth, a daughter of Zeus and one of the nurses to Apollo.
AlexirrhoiafGreek Mythology Derived from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, to help" and ῥοία (rhoia) meaning "flow, flux", which is related to ῥοή (rhoe) meaning "river, stream".... [more]