AelevafMedieval English Younger form of Old English Ælfgifu created with the Germanic elements ael meaning "hall, temple" and ewa meaning "ever." Compare Aelfeva.
ÆrinvífOld Norse Old Norse name with several possible meanings. The first element can be derived from Old Norse ǫrn or ari, both meaning "eagle". It's also identical to Old Swedish ærin (Old Norse arinn) "hotbed, hearth"... [more]
ÆvarmIcelandic Modern Icelandic form of Ævarr or Ǣvarr, an Old Norse name in which the first element derived from ǣvi meaning "eternity, time, life" (compare Aiva, from the Gothic cognate); the second element may have been herr "army" or geirr "spear".
Aghuvehm & fArmenian Derived from the Armenian elements աղու (aghu) "suave" and վեհ (veh) "sublime".
AghvanmArmenian Means "Caucasian Albanian" in Armenian. Caucasian Albania was an ancient country in the Caucasus, not connected to the modern state in the Balkans.
Ahvaf & mHebrew Ahva is from the Hebrew word, Ahava (ah-hav-ah.) Ahva is a twist on the more common, Ava. It sounds more exotic and lively. Ahva can be used for either gender.
AisvydasmLithuanian (Rare) Derived from the old Lithuanian verb aiti meaning "to go, to walk" combined with Baltic vyd meaning "to see" (see Vytautas). Also compare other names that end in -vydas, such as Alvydas and Tautvydas.
AivafLatvian Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a feminine form of Aivars (cognate with the Estonian Aive) and a direct derivation from Latvian aiva "quince; quincetree".
AivafSwedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare) Modern coinage derived from Gothic aiws meaning "time; age; eternity". This name first appeared in Sweden in the late 19th century.
AkrivifGreek Means "expensive" and "precise" in Greek. Akrive was the name of a 4th-century Eastern Orthodox martyr, one of 40 holy virgins who were martyred with the deacon Ammon (or Ammoun) in Thrace.
AlavivmGermanic The first element of this Gothic name is derived from Gothic alls "all" or from Gothic alhs (alah in Old High German) "temple." The etymology of the second element is uncertain; it may be derived from Gothic qvivs "alive, living"... [more]
AlgvilasmLithuanian The first element of this name is derived from Lithuanian alga meaning "salary, wage, pay" as well as "reward". The second element is derived from Baltic vil meaning "hope" (see Viltautas).
ƏlövsətmAzerbaijani Derived from Arabic علي الأوسط ('ali al-awsat) meaning "Ali the middle".
AlsvartrmOld Norse, Norse Mythology Derived from the Germanic name elements allr "all, everybody, entire" and svartr "black". This is the name of a giant in Norse Mythology.
AlsvidmNorse Mythology Means "all-swift; very fast" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology this is the name of one of the horses that pulls the Sun.
AlsviðrmOld Norse, Norse Mythology Derived from Old Norse ala "entire, all" and svinnr "fast, clever". In Norse mythology this is the name of both a jotunn and one of Sól's horses.
AltannavchfMongolian Means "golden leaf" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and навч (navch) meaning "leaf".
Altanpürevm & fMongolian From Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and пүрэв (pürev) meaning "Thursday" or "Jupiter".
AltansuvdfMongolian Means "golden pearl" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and сувд (suvd) meaning "pearl".
AlvaidasmLithuanian (Rare) The first element of this name is derived from Lithuanian al meaning "everything, every last one". The second element is derived from the old Lithuanian verb vaidyti meaning "to visit, to appear", which is related to the modern Lithuanian verb vaidentis meaning "to haunt" as well as "to appear, to see"... [more]
AlvaritomSpanish Spanish diminutive of Álvaro. A known bearer of this name is the Spanish retired soccer player Álvaro Rodríguez Ros (b. 1936), who is commonly known as Alvarito.
AlverdinefEnglish Apparently a feminized form of Alfred via the Latin Alvredus. 'Used from time to time in the 19th century, and has been noted in the 20th century as Alvedine.'
AlvernemEnglish Derived from the Manor of Alverton on the west side of Penzance in Cornwall. The first person with this name is likely to be Edward Alverne Bolitho born 1842.
AlvicefMedieval French Old French name derived from the continental Germanic name Adelwidis, which was composed of Old High German adal meaning "noble, well-bred" and wit meaning "wide"... [more]
AmartaivanmMongolian Means "peace, quiet; safety" in Mongolian, from амар (amar) meaning "rest, ease, comfort" and тайван (taivan) meaning "peace, tranquility".
Amârtivatf & mGreenlandic Archaic spelling of Amaartivat (using the old Kleinschmidt orthography, used to write Greenlandic until 1973).
Amartüvshinm & fMongolian From Mongolian амар (amar) meaning "peace, ease, rest" and түвшин (tüvshin) meaning "level, degree".
AmmavarufIndian, Hinduism An ancient goddess of India who existed before the beginning of time. She laid an egg that hatched into the divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
AñatervemGuanche, Spanish (Canarian) Possibly means "fast" or "swarthy" in Guanche. It was borne by an acting mencey (leader) of Tenerife at the time of the conquest of the Canary Islands by the Crown of Castille.