This is a list of submitted names in which the pattern is _a*.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
PayufIndigenous Australian, Pintupi Of Australian Aboriginal origin (Pintupi, to be precise), the meaning of this name is not yet known to me at the moment. A known bearer of this name is Payu Napaltjarri (b. circa 1952), an Australian Aboriginal artist who also happens to be the sister of fellow artists Yakari Napaltjarri (b... [more]
PazfFilipino Short form of Pascuala, Pacencia, and other names starting with a similar sound. Usage of this name is inspired by the Spanish word and name "Paz 1" meaning "peace".
PazumPopular Culture This is the name of one of the main characters in the Studio Ghibli movie, "Castle in the Sky".
Qa'amAncient Egyptian From Egyptian qꜣ-ꜥ, possibly meaning "the one whose arm is raised", derived from Egyptian qꜣ "raised" and ꜥ "arm". This was the name of the last king of the First Dynasty of Egypt.
QachafMongolian (Rare) Possibly derived from Mongolian хацар (khatsar) meaning "cheek, face; flank".
QaçhanmKarachay-Balkar Either from къачхан (kaçhan) meaning "escaped, fugitive" or къач (kaç) meaning "cross" or "honour" and the Turkic title khan meaning "king, ruler".
QaharmArabic From Arabic قاهار (qahar) meaning "subduer, conqueror"
QahedjetmEgyptian Mythology From Egyptian qꜣ-ḥḏt, meaning "he whose White Crown is high", from Egyptian qꜣj "high" and ḥḏt "White Crown", This was the name of a possibly Egyptian pharaoh who may have ruled during the 3rd Dynasty or could be a voluntarily archaistic representation of Thutmose III.
QaiammMandaean Means "constant" in Mandaic, or otherwise from the Mandaic qaiamta meaning meeting "dedication, prayer of dedication, offering up, raising up".
QalandarmTajik (Rare), Uzbek (Rare) Derived from the Islamic religious title of qalandar, which is also known in English as calender (not to be confused with calendar). It is derived from Persian قلندر (qalandar) meaning "wandering dervish", which is ultimately derived from the older Persian word کلندر (kalandar) meaning "uncouth man".
QamaitsfNew World Mythology Etymology unknown. This was the name of a Nuxalk warrior goddess associated with death, beginnings, creation, earthquakes, forest fires, and sickness.
QamariyyafArabic From masculine قَمَرِيّ (qamariyy) or feminine قَمَرِيَّة (qamariyya), both meaning "lunar, related to the moon" in Arabic. It may therefore be seen as a strictly feminine variant of Qamar.
QamarjamolfUzbek Derived from Uzbek qamar meaning "moon" and jamol meaning "beauty".
QamarunnisafIndian (Muslim), Urdu Means "moon among women" from Arabic قمر (qamar) meaning "moon" (figuratively "something or someone beautiful, especially a face") and نساء (nisa) meaning "women"... [more]
QarachaqaymHistory Possibly derived from Turkic *qarčïğa(y) meaning "hawk". Qarachaqay Khan was a 17th-century Iranian military commander of Armenian origin.
QaraçiqmKarachay-Balkar From the Karachay-Balkar къара (qara) meaning "black" and the diminutive suffix -чыкъ (çıq).
Qarchig'ayfUzbek Uzbek feminine name refering to a kind of sparrowhawk.
QardaghmAncient Aramaic Meaning and origin unknown. He is a 4th saint venerated in Chaldean Catholic Church, Assyrian Church of the East, Syro-Malabar Church. Mar Qardagh (Mar means "lord" and it's like "holy"a honorific title) was a Sassanid prince who was martyred for converting to Christianity... [more]
QardaşağamAzerbaijani From the Azerbaijani qardaş meaning "brother" and ağa meaning "lord, master".
QasallakmGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "lightweight red wood". It was also a term for a piece of soft red wood shaped as human with a weapon and placed in the inner forefront of a qajaq to ward off witches, since it was believed that they were afraid of this piece of wood... [more]
QasietfKazakh Means "property, attribute" or "dignity" in Kazakh.
QasmūnafMedieval Arabic (Moorish), Judeo-Arabic Derived from قَسَمَ (qasama) meaning "to divide, to distribute". This was the name of a twelfth century Arabic-language Jewish poetess in Andalusia.
Qassim & fBerber (Arabized, Rare), Persian (Modern, Rare) Arabized form of Kaci. In Arabic, Qassi (قاسي) means "hard", "tough", or "stern". For example, قاسي الملامح (qāsī al-malāmiḥ) is a phrase meaning "stern features" (used to describe someone with a tough or serious expression)... [more]
QasṭormClassical Syriac Classical Syriac form of Castor, via the Greek form Κάστωρ (Kastor). It is also the ordinary vocabulary word for both "beaver" and "quaestor, secretary", although the latter sense can also be transliterated as qesṭōr.
QawimArabic (Rare) From Arabic قَوِيّ (qawiyy), meaning "strong, powerful, mighty." In Islamic tradition ٱلْقَوِيُّ (al-Qawi or al-Qawiyy), meaning The All-Strong, is one of the 99 names of Allah.
QawilmAtayal A knife used for clearing mountain land
QaymoqfUzbek Means "cream", "flower", or "fruit (reward)" in Uzbek.
QaynanmNear Eastern Mythology Qaynan was a god worshipped by the Sabaean people in pre-Islamic South Arabia. Based on etymology, Qaynan may have been the god of smiths.
RaamamJapanese From Japanese 羅 (ra) meaning "gauze, thin silk" combined with 天 (ama) meaning "heavens, sky". Other kanji combinations are possible.
RaamahmBiblical Means "exalted" or "thunder". In the Bible, this is a son of Cush.
RaamiahmBiblical Means "thunder of Yahweh" in Hebrew. This is a minor character in the Bible, a prince who returns from exile in the book of Nehemiah.
RaamlafAfrican American In the case of American television writer Raamla Mohamed she was named after a little girl who had the same name her mom later added an extra a so her name could be pronounced correctly
Raanum & fIndian Raanu was the Agori leader of the Fire Tribe.
RabadanmDargin Dargin form of Ramadan. Another source suggests that it is derived from Arabic رب (rabb) meaning "master, lord, king" and Persian دانا (dana) meaning "wise, learned".
RabadashmLiterature The ambitious crown prince of Calormen in 'The Horse and His Boy' by C.S. Lewis.
RabahmArabic (Maghrebi) Means "profitable, gainful, winner" in Arabic, from the root ربح (rabiha) meaning "to gain, to win, to profit".
RabastanmLiterature Invented variant of Rastaban. This is the name of Rabastan Lestrange, a character in the "Harry Potter" series written by J.K. Rowling.
Rabgaym & fTibetan From Tibetan རབ་རྒྱས (rab-rgyas) meaning "very broad, very wide", derived from རབ (rab) meaning "very, extremely" and རྒྱས (rgyas) meaning "extensive, broad, wide".
RabicanomCarolingian Cycle, Literature Means "white tail", derived from Spanish rabo "tail" and Spanish cano "white". The original word described a horse with white hairs in its tail, though nowadays rabicano refers to a certain coat color for horses, specifically in roans... [more]
RabumifJapanese (rabu) means love and (mi) means beauty or beautiful
RabunofJapanese From Japanese 愛 (rabu) meaning "love, affection" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.