AniarafSwedish (Modern, Rare), Literature, Astronomy From Greek ἀνιαρός (aniarós) meaning "sad, despairing". The name was invented by Swedish author Harry Martinson for the space ship in his poem of science fiction 'Aniara: en revy om människan i tid och rum' published in 1956... [more]
AnitrafTheatre, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Hungarian (Rare), English (American) Coined by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen for a Bedouin princess in his play Peer Gynt (1867). The popularity of this name spiked in the United States in the 1970s when the model Anitra Ford (1942-) appeared on the game show The Price Is Right from 1972 to 1976.
Anjaram & fMalagasy Means "lot, share" or "destiny" in Malagasy.
Anjarasoam & fMalagasy From the Malagasy anjara meaning "lot, share" or "destiny" and soa meaning "good".
AnnapurnafHinduism, Bengali, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu Means "filled with food" from Sanskrit अन्न (anna) meaning "food, grains" combined with पूर्ण (pūrṇa) meaning "filled with, full of". This is the name of the Hindu goddess of food and nourishment, considered a manifestation of Parvati or Durga.
AnnonariafRoman Mythology Means "she who supplies corn" in Latin, derived from annona "yearly produce", "crop, harvest" or "corn, grain" (also the name of a Roman goddess who personified the year), which was ultimately from annus "year"... [more]
AnoshiruvanmOld Persian Means "immortal soul", derived from Middle Persian anōš (also anōsh) meaning "immortal" combined with Middle Persian ruwān meaning "soul". This was an epithet of Khosrau I, a popular 6th-century emperor of the Sassanid Persian Empire.
AnriyafChinese "王" means king. "安" means peace. 睿 means astute. 雅 means lovely. 王 is the last name, because in Chinese they put the last name first. So, according it English tradition, it should be 安睿雅王.
AntarammArmenian From the Armenian word անթառամ (antʿaṙam) meaning "unfading, brilliant, everlasting, doesn't wilt". This is the Armenian version of Amaranth.
AntarcticafEnglish The name Antarctica is the romanised version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική (antarktiké), feminine of ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), meaning "opposite to the Arctic ", "opposite to the north".
AntaurafGreek Mythology Perhaps derived from Greek ἀντί (anti) meaning "against, opposed, compared to, like" and αὔρα (aura) meaning "breeze"... [more]
Antawaraf & mAymara Means "colour of the clouds at sunset" in Aymara.
AntevortafRoman Mythology, Astronomy Meaning uncertain. This was another name for the goddess Prorsa. It is also an alternative name for Gamma Virginis, a binary star system in the constellation of Virgo.
AnthrakiafGreek Mythology Means "embers, burning charcoal" in Greek. In Greek myth this name belonged to one of the nurses of the infant Zeus.
AntianeirafGreek Mythology Derived from Greek ἀντιάνειρα (antianeira) meaning "a match for men", itself from ἀντί (anti) "against, compared to, like" and ἀνήρ (aner) "man"... [more]
AnuramSinhalese From the name of the seventeenth lunar mansion (or constellation along the moon's path) equivalent to the constellation Libra.
AnuradhmSanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Marathi MEANING - accomplished, worship, happiness, born under the asterism 'Anuradha', Seventeenth of twenty -eight lunar mansions... [more]
AnushirvanmPersian From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭱𐭪𐭩 𐭫𐭥𐭡𐭠𐭭 (anōšag ruwān) meaning "immortal soul", derived from 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭱𐭪𐭩 (anōšag) meaning "immortal" and 𐭫𐭥𐭡𐭠𐭭 (ruwān) meaning "soul"... [more]
AnushravmHindi Means Vedic(vedic or the anient and great period) Practises
AorafGreek Mythology In Greek mythology, Aora was a nymph by whom the town of Aoros in Crete was named after. Aristocrats from the town of Eleutherna claimed descent from Aora and her husband Eleuther, one of the Kouretes.
AoranmChinese From the Chinese 奥 (ào) meaning "mysterious, obscure, profound" or 傲 (ào) meaning "proud, haughty" and 然 (rán) meaning "yes, certainly; pledge, promise".
Aorangim & fMaori Means "bright sky" or "cloud in the sky" in Māori from ao "world, bright, cloud" and rangi "sky". Aorangi is also the Māori word for "planet".
AoureganfBreton Breton name, in which the first element is aour meaning "gold" (ultimately from Latin aurum). The second element may be Breton gen "cheek, face" or gwenn "shining, holy"... [more]
AparekamGeorgian (Archaic), Popular Culture Derived from Georgian აპარეკა (Apareka), which is the name of a famous folk song from Khevsureti, the mountain region of Georgia. In the song itself, Apareka is the name of a young man.
AphatsarafThai From Thai อาภัสระ (aphatsara) meaning "bright, clear, shining", ultimately from Sanskrit आभास्वर (abhasvara). This is also the name of a heavenly realm in Buddhist tradiiton.
AphiradifThai From Thai อภิ (aphi) meaning "greater, higher, above" and รดี (radi) meaning "pleasure, amusement".
AphirakmThai From Thai อภิ (aphi) meaning "greater, more, above" and รักษ์ (rak) meaning "to guard, to watch over, to protect".
AphiratmThai From Thai อภิ (aphi) meaning "greater, higher, above" and รัตน์ (rat) meaning "gem, jewel".
Aphrahf & mEnglish, English (Puritan) From the biblical place Aphrah in the Book of Micah, meaning "dust." This name was used by Puritans, but has since become rare.
AphrahatmMiddle Persian Name of a 4th century Christian hermit who settled in Edessa (now known as Urfa, Turkey)
ApiranamMaori Māori form of Abidan. Notable Maori bearers of this name include the politician Apirana Ngata (1874-1950) and the professional rugby player Apirana "Api" Pewhairangi (b... [more]
AporiafGreek Mythology Means "difficulty, impossibility" in Greek, from ἄπορος (aporos) meaning "impassable, without passage", i.e. "having no way in, out, or through" (itself composed of the negative prefix α (a) and πόρος (poros) "means of passing a river, ford, ferry" as well as "way or means of achieving, accomplishing, discovering")... [more]
ApranikfMiddle Persian, History The name of a commander of the Sasanian army against the invading Arab-Muslim forces during the reign of Yazdegerd III (632-651 CE). After the Sasanian defeat, she continued to the resistance, fighting a guerilla war until she was killed in battle.
AprasionmGeorgian (Rare) Georgian sources state that this name is of Persian origin and means "angry, wrathful" and "ferocious, truculent". This indicates that Aprasion might be the Georgian form of افراسیاب (Afrasiyab) (see Afrasiab), probably via its archaic Georgian form აფრასიობ (Aprasiob) or აფრასიობი (Aprasiobi).... [more]
AprianifIndonesian From the name of the month of April, usually used as a given name for a girl born in April.
ApriliafItalian (Modern, Rare) It comes from the Italian name of the month aprile (April). It is the name of a town in the same region of Rome which was given this name because it was established on April, 25 1936 during Fascism on a reclaimed swamps... [more]
Aprilianm & fIndonesian From the name of the month of April, usually used as a given name for someone born in April.
AprilianafIndonesian From the name of the month of April, usually used as a given name for a girl born in April.
AprilianifIndonesian From the name of the month of April, usually used as a given name for a girl born in April.
AproniafAncient Roman, History (Ecclesiastical) Feminine form of Apronius. In Latin this was also a name for black bryony (species Tamus communis), a medicinal plant. The 6th-century saint Apronia was a sister of Saint Aprus, Bishop of Toul.
AprusiafAncient Greek (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Απρουσία (Aprousia), possibly derived from Greek α (a), a negative prefix, combined with προύση (prouse) "rain".
ArafGreek Mythology A Greek goddess of vengence and destruction, the personification of curses. Her name is derived from the Ancient Greek word ἀρά (ara) meaning "prayer, vow; curse".
ArafKorean From Korean 알아 "to know". Using hanja it can mean "be beautiful; good" from Sino-Korean 娥 (a) or "elegant, graceful, refined" (雅, a) and "net for catching birds" (羅, ra)... [more]
ArafPashto Means "original" or "unique" in Pashto.
ArafJapanese From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good". Other kanji combinations are possible.
ArabertmGermanic The meaning and origin of the first element in this Germanic name is rather uncertain, and so there are various possibilities to the name's meaning. The most likely possibility is that the first element is derived from Proto-Germanic aran or arna "eagle" (ara in Gothic and arn in Old High German)... [more]
ArabifJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 亜 (a), a phonetic character, combined with 羅 (ra), a phonetic character, combined with 美 (bi) meaning "beauty; beautiful".
ArabiafHistory Arabia (fl. 565) was the only recorded daughter of Byzantine Emperor Justin II (r. 565–578) and Empress Sophia. While mentioned in several primary sources, her name is only recorded in the Patria of Constantinople... [more]
Arachiem & fIgbo Possibly means "to have chosen a portion ahead of another; to supplant" in Igbo.
AracifTupi, Brazilian Derived from either Tupi arasy "mother of day", itself derived from ara "day" and sy "mother; origin, source", and thus referring to the sun, or from Tupi aracê "sunrise, daybreak, morning"... [more]
AracyfTupi, Brazilian Variant of Araci. A known bearer of this name was Aracy de Almeida (1914-1988), a Brazilian singer.
AracynthiasfGreek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Αρακυνθιας (Arakynthias), an epithet of the goddess Aphrodite meaning "of Arakynthos", Arakynthos or Aracynthus being a mountain upon which there was a temple dedicated to her... [more]
AradiafFolklore (Italianized, ?) Allegedly a Tuscan dialectical form of Erodiade. According to 'Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches' (1899), a book composed by American folklorist Charles Leland, she was a goddess in regional Italian folklore, who gave the knowledge of witchcraft to women.
AragogmPopular Culture From J K Rowling's Harry Potter series, Aragog is the name of the giant spider that lives in the Forbidden Forest. He fears basilisks and is a great friend of Rubeus Hagrid, who rescued him when he was a child and cared for him... [more]
AragundfGermanic The meaning and origin of the first element in this Germanic name is rather uncertain, and so there are various possibilities to the name's meaning. The most likely possibility is that the first element is derived from Proto-Germanic aran or arna "eagle" (ara in Gothic and arn in Old High German)... [more]
ArahanmHistory From Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat) meaning "deserving, entitled to, worthy, venerable". This was the name of an 11th-century Burmese monk who helped to stabilize the presence of Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia.
ArahiafMaori Means "pathfinder", feminine word for chief, leader, one who leads the way. From ara meaning "path" and "to rise up" in Maori.
Araif & mBasque, Medieval Basque Name originally found on a Roman tombstone in Araba, Basque Country. Although the original namebearer was male, the name was revived as a unisex name at the end of the 20th century.
ArakmThai Means "protection" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit आरक्ष (ārakṣa).
ArakánomLiterature Means "high commander" in Quenya. In Tolkien's Legendarium, this is the original name of Argon, the youngest child of Fingolfin and Anairë... [more]
ArakelmArmenian (Rare) Derived from the Armenian word arak'eal, which literally means "sent", but signifies "apostle" in its original context, as it is a calque from Greek apostolos (e.g. Tovmas Arakael, which means Thomas the Apostle).