This is a list of submitted names in which the place is Quebec; and the first letter is A.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Aanakwadikwe f OjibweDerived from the Ojibwe word
aanakwad meaning "cloud" and
ikwe meaning "woman".
Aanakwadinini m OjibweDerived from the Ojibwe word
aanakwad meaning "cloud" and
inini meaning "man".
Aanakwadmeskwa m & f OjibweDerived from the Ojibwe word
aanakwad meaning "cloud" and
meskwa meaning "red".
Abbott m EnglishFrom the English surname
Abbott, from Old English
abbot, ultimately from Latin
abbas "priest".
Abedabun f OjibwePossibly means "she/he sees in the distance" in Ojibwe, from Ojibwe
waabi "she/he has vision, sees" and
debaabam "see at a distance". It also means "seen at dawn; dawn" in Chippewa.
Abeque f OjibwePossibly means "she stays at home" in Ojibwe, from Ojibwe
abi "s/he is at home, sits in a certain place" and
ishkwii "s/he stays behind" or
nazhikewabi/
anzhikewabi "s/he lives alone, is home alone, sits alone".
Aberdeen f & m EnglishMeans "mouth of the Don (river)" in Scottish Gaelic. This is the name of the name of a city in northern Scotland, as well as several other cities worldwide named after the Scottish city.
Abigaile f EnglishVariant of
Abigail. This name was given to 35 girls born in the United States in the year 2010.
Abs f EnglishA shortening that derives from Abigail.
Absalon m Danish (Rare), Faroese, Norwegian (Rare), Polish, Gascon, French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), Haitian CreolePolish, French, Gascon, Haitian Creole, Danish, Faroese and Norwegian form of
Absalom.
Acai m & f English (Modern, Rare)From the name of the Açaí palm; derived from Old Tupi
asa'y or
ybasa'y, meaning "fruit that expels water".
Accalia f Roman 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
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Acony f English (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.
Acre m EnglishPotentially transferred use of the surname
Acre or from Old English
æcer (denoting the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
akker and German
Acker ‘field’, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit
ajra ‘field’, Latin
ager, and Greek
agros.
Adagio m English (Modern, Rare)From the Italian
adagio meaning "slowly, at ease", a word to indicate a musical composition should be played slowly.
Adamantine f French, EnglishMeans "of unyielding quality" or "diamond like". From the Latin
adamantinus meaning 'incorruptible, inflexible', itself from the Greek
adamantinos (ἀδαμάντινος) of the same meaning, with the Greek or Latin suffix of -
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Adekagagwaa m IroquoisAdekagagwaa is the name of the Iroquois Spirit of Summer. According to myth, Adekagagwaa oversees other weather gods, including
Gǎ-oh (wind),
Hé-no (thunder), and
Gohone (winter), and departs for southern skies during winter, leaving behind a "sleep spirit."
Adi f EnglishDiminutive of Adelaide, Adeline, Addison, and other names containing the same sound.
Adnaè f FrenchIt is the french form of the hebrew name Adna, which means "delight".
Adore f EnglishLate Middle English via Old French from Latin
adorare ‘to worship’, from
ad- ‘to’ +
orare ‘speak, pray’.
Adragon m English (Rare)Combination of the prefix
a and the English word
dragon, a legendary serpentine or reptilian creature. Child prodigy Adragon De Mello was given the name because he was born in the Chinese year of the dragon.
Aelian m English, HistoryEnglish form of
Aelianus. A bearer of this name was Claudius Aelianus - often called Aelian in English - a Roman author and philosopher from the 3rd century AD.
Aemelia f EnglishAlternate spelling of Aemilia. Some versions of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors spell Aemelia this way.
Aeone f English (Rare)Possibly a variant of
Ione, borne by British singer-songwriter Aeone Victoria Watson (1959-).