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This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is archaic.
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Aabel m Estonian (Archaic), Finnish (Rare)
Estonian form and Finnish variant of Abel.
Aacine f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a variant of Åsine.
Aagaat f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Aage, or perhaps a variant spelling of Ågot.
Aai m Frisian (Archaic)
Archaic Frisian short form of names that contain the element agjō or adal.
Aaljet f East Frisian (Archaic)
Possibly a variation of Aalheit.
Aamunkoi f Finnish (Archaic)
Translates as Morning Dawn.
Abacil f Hungarian (Archaic)
Found in the Arvisurák (Arvisuras), an eclectic system of myths and a book summarising the beliefs contained in them, written down by Zoltán Paál. Not supported by scholars.
Abadir m Near Eastern Mythology, Coptic (Bohairic), Coptic (Sahidic), Arabic (Archaic), Ethiopian, Somali (Archaic)
Means "mighty father". This was a Phoenician name for the highest deity. It was borne by a legendary Coptic saint who was martyred with his sister Irais (or Iraja, Herais, Rhais).
Abagor m Russian (Archaic, ?)
Derived from the Biblical Hebrew name, potentially meaning "father of Gor."
Abaqa m Mongolian (Archaic)
Means "paternal uncle" in Mongolian.
Abatur m Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, Near Eastern Mythology, Arabic (Archaic)
Means literally, "father of the Uthre" in Mandaean, which translates roughly to "father of the angels," derived from aba "father" combined with uthra ('utria) "angel". In the Mandaean Gnostic cosmology, Abatur is "the third of four emanations from the supreme, unknowable deity", and the father of Ptahil, the Mandaean demiurge.
Abbcke m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abbe with the diminutive suffix -cke recorded in the 16th and 17th centuries in East Frisia.
Abbell m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abbe recorded in the 16th century in East Frisia.
Abben m & f East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abbe recorded in the 16th century for men and in the 17th century for women in East Frisia.... [more]
Abbing m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abbe recorded in the 16th century in East Frisia.... [more]
Abbodo m East Frisian (Archaic)
Possibly a variation of Abbo.
Abbyck m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abbe recorded in the 15th century in East Frisia.
Abdal m Pashto (Rare, Archaic)
Means "strong" in archaic Pashto.
Abdal m Armenian (Rare, Archaic)
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish abdal, meaning "careless man", which in turn is derived from Arabic أَبْدَال‎, abdal, meaning "hermit". Nowadays the name is rare.
Abdulia f Spanish (Rare, Archaic)
Femenine form of Abdul or possibly a variation of Obdulia.
Abejundio m Spanish (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly from Spanish abeja (meaning "bee"), ending in a similar fashion to Abundio.
Abeke m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abbe with the diminutive suffix -ke recorded in the 15th and 16th centuries in East Frisia.
Abel f Swedish (Archaic)
Short form of Abela.
Abel f German (Archaic)
Short version of Appollonia, Alberta or a version of Abelina.
Abela f German (Rare), Low German (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic), Icelandic (Modern)
Obsolete Low German short form of both Apollonia and Alberta. There is, however, another theory which derives this name from Old Saxon aval "strength; force; fortitude"... [more]
Abelken m & f East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abbe recorded in the 17th century for men and women in East Frisia.
Abell f German (Archaic)
Variation of Abel (user submitted names), it's a short version on Appolonia of Adelberta.
Aberam m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abraham recorded in the 17th century in East Frisia.
Abergam m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abraham recorded in the 16th century in East Frisia, possibly a misspelling.
Aberham m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abraham recorded in the 17th century in East Frisia.
Aberria f Basque (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]
Abi m Romani (Archaic)
Diminutive of Abraham.
Abiatar m Georgian (Archaic), Romanian (Rare)
Georgian and Romanian form of Abiathar.
Abick m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abbe recorded in the 17th century in East Frisia.
Abieta f Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a town in the Basque region of Spain.
Abigal f Biblical Hebrew, Biblical, Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Abigail. In some Bible translations Abigal is mentioned as the daughter of Nacha and the mother of Amasa.
Abigall f Medieval Scottish, Romani (Archaic)
Medieval Scottish form of Abigail.
Abimelik m Armenian (Rare, Archaic)
Armenian form of Abimelech. Rarely used nowadays.
Abisak f & m Armenian (Archaic)
Armenian form of Abishag.
Abisha m English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Abishai. This was borne by Abisha Woodward (1752-1809), an early American lighthouse builder.
Åbjørn m Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Danish and Norwegian form of Ábiǫrn, common in 17th century Norway.
Ablayar m Uzbek (Archaic)
Meaning uncertain. It looks like this is a compound name, of which the first element is probably either 'Abla or Ablay... [more]
Abnody m Russian (Rare, Archaic)
Abnody (Russian: Абно́дий) is an old and rare Russian male first name. The patronymics derived from this first name are "Абно́диевич" (Abnodiyevich), "Абно́дьевич" (Abnodyevich; both masculine); and "Абно́диевна" (Abnodiyevna), "Абнодьевна" (Abnodyevna; both feminine).
Ábram m Faroese (Archaic)
Faroese form of Abram 1.
Abrama f & m English (Rare), Indonesian (Rare), Italian (Archaic)
Variant or feminine form of Abram 1 and Abramo.
Abramina f Dutch (Rare), Italian (Archaic)
Dutch variant of Abrahamina as well as an Italian diminutive of Abrama, since the name contains the Italian feminine diminutive suffix -ina.
Absalon m Danish (Rare), Faroese, Norwegian (Rare), Polish, Gascon, French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), Haitian Creole
Polish, French, Gascon, Haitian Creole, Danish, Faroese and Norwegian form of Absalom.
Absolom m English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Absalom, possibly influenced by its French form Absolon. A known bearer of this name was Absolom M. West (1818-1894), an American Confederate general and state politician.
Abundi m Basque (Archaic), Catalan (Archaic), Georgian (Archaic)
Basque, Catalan and Georgian form of Abundius.
Abuy m Romani (Archaic)
Diminutive of Abraham.
Acario m Italian (Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical, Italianized), Theatre, Spanish (Rare, Archaic)
Italian and Spanish form of Acharius. The 7th-century Frankish saint Acharius, bishop of Noyon-Tournai, is known as Acario in Italian and Spanish. This was used by Gigio Artemio Giancarli for a character in his play La Zingana (1545)... [more]
Achsa f Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Achsah used in some versions of the Old Testament, including the Vulgate and the Douay-Rheims Bibles. It was borne by American spiritualist Achsa W. Sprague (1827-1862), a popular trance medium lecturer in the 1850s.
Achsia f English (American, Archaic)
Possibly an elaboration of Achsah.
Achta f Romansh (Archaic)
Short form of Agata.
Achton m Danish (Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Achton that means "without land".
Acibella f Medieval Occitan, Gascon (Archaic)
Variant of Aizivella via the variant Azivelle.
Acilio m Italian (Rare, Archaic), Portuguese (Rare)
Italian and Portuguese form of Acilius.
Acorn f Romani (Archaic)
In Romani lore, the acorn was an ancient fertility and phallic symbol.
Acracia f Spanish (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]
Acsád m Hungarian (Archaic)
Means "kin; relation" in Hungarian.
Adakichi f Literature, Japanese (Archaic)
From Japanese 仇 (ada) meaning "enemy, foe" and 吉 (kichi) meaning "good luck". This is the name of a geisha character in the 1832-1833 novel Shunshoku Umegoyomi by Japanese novelist Tamenaga Shunsui (1790-1844)... [more]
Adalbarn m German (Archaic, ?), East Frisian (Archaic)
Containing name elements adal and bearn the name was recorded in the 9th and 11th centuries in East Frisia.
Adalbertu m Corsican (Archaic), Sicilian
Sicilian and Medieval Corsican form of Adalbert.
Adamer m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Adam recorded in the 17th century in East Frisia.
Adamus m Hebrew (Latinized), Medieval Latin, Dutch (Rare), English (Archaic), German (Archaic)
Latinized form of Adam, used primarily as a baptismal name or as an official name on birth certificates. In western Europe, this name was especially common in the medieval period.
Adarnase m Georgian (Archaic), History
Georgian form of Adurnarseh, probably via its hellenized form Adarnases. This name was borne by a medieval king of Abkhazia and by several princes of Iberia and Tao-Klarjeti (also in medieval times).
Adas m Indian (Anglicized, Modern, Archaic)
Means "free man, not a slave" in Sanskrit.
Adatte f Medieval French, French (Archaic)
Archaic French name of unkown origin and meaning. It seems to have been a local name only found in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Addell f Luxembourgish (Archaic)
Luxembourgish form of Adèle.
Addig m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Addo recorded in the 17th century in East Frisia.
Ade m Alsatian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Adam.
Adeleia f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly an American variant of Adelaide.
Adelisa f English (Archaic)
Variant of Adeliza, recorded in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Ademar m Polish (Archaic)
Contracted form of Adalmar.
Ader f American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Likely a variant of Ada 1 based on the Appalachian pronunciation of the name.
Adige m & f Italian (Archaic)
Name of an Italian river that runs through the regions of Trentino-Alto-Adige-Südtirol and Veneto.
Adolar m History (Ecclesiastical), German (Rare, Archaic)
A dithematic Germanic name with prototheme adal "noble" and deuterotheme aro "eagle" or hari "army".... [more]
Adolfu m Corsican (Archaic), Sicilian
Corsican and Sicilian form of Adolph.
Adolt m East Frisian, German (Rare, Archaic)
A dithematic name formed from the Germanic name elements adal "noble" and walt "to rule".
Adorato m Italian (Archaic)
Masculine form of Adorata.
Adser m Old Danish, Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Archaic)
Danish and Icelandic form of Asher.
Adtben m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Addo or a name on it's own containing name elments adal and bern recorded in the 16th century in East Frisia.
Advikie f Cornish (Archaic)
Cornish verison of Vicky.
Ae m Manx (Archaic)
Manx cognate of Áed.
Aebig m Low German (Archaic)
Short form of Adalbert, used in the 16th century.
Aebke m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Abbe recorded in the 16th century in East Frisia.
Aedus m Irish (Latinized, Archaic)
Possibly a Latinized form of Aodh.... [more]
Aefie f Dutch (Archaic)
Older form of Aafje.
Aele m & f East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Ale 2 recorded in the 17th century for men and in the 15th and 17th centuries for women in East Frisia.
Aeltje f Dutch (Rare, Archaic)
Obsolescent variant of Aaltje primarily used in the 1600s and briefly between the 1930s and the 1960s.
Aerloff m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Arnulf recorded in the 15th century in East Frisia.
Aetko m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Ate 3 with the diminutive suffix -ko.
Aeynd m East Frisian (Archaic)
Short version of the name Ainard recorded in the 15th century in East Frisia.
Aeynder m East Frisian (Archaic)
Short version of the name Ainard.
Aeyne m East Frisian (Archaic)
Short version of the name Ainard recorded in the 16th century in East Frisia.
Aeyner m East Frisian (Archaic)
Short version of Ainard recorded in the 17th century in East Frisia.
Aeynt m East Frisian (Archaic)
Short version of the name Ainard.
Afeke m & f East Frisian (Archaic), East Frisian
Variant of Affo with the diminutive suffix -ke recorded in the 16th century for men and in the 16th to 18th centuries for women in East Frisia.
Affa m East Frisian (Archaic)
Short version of the name Alfwin.
Affeke m & f East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Affe with the diminutive suffix -ke.
Affke f & m East Frisian, East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Affe with the diminutive suffix -ke.
Affrica f Manx (Archaic)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a Manx form of Affraic.
Afingh m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Affe recorded in the 16th century in East Frisia.... [more]
Afon m Russian (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Athos.
Afre f French (Archaic)
French form of Afra 1.
Africain m French (Archaic)
French form of Africanus. It coincides with the modern French adjective africain "African" and the noun Africain "(man) from Africa".
Afrodisio m Italian (Archaic), Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Aphrodisius (see Aphrodisios).
Afrykan m Polish (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic)
Polish and Ukrainian form of Africanus.
Ág m Hungarian (Archaic)
Old Hungarian name, meaning "branch".
Agathine f French (Archaic)
Diminutive of Agathe, as it contains the French feminine diminutive suffix -ine.
Agätt f Luxembourgish (Archaic)
Luxembourgish form of Agathe.
Agazia f Italian (Archaic)
Italian feminine form of Agazio.
Agdar m Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Norwegian masculine form of Agda.
Agesandro m Italian (Archaic), Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Agesander.
Aget f Alsatian (Archaic)
Vernacular form of Agathe.
Aghapap m Armenian (Archaic)
Derived from Persian aga ("master") and Armenian pap ("grandfather").
Aghapi m Georgian (Archaic)
Georgian form of Agapios.
Aghasar m Armenian (Archaic)
Derived from Persian aga ("master").
Aghexandr m Armenian (Archaic)
Obsolete Armenian form of Alexander.
Aghgyul f Armenian (Rare, Archaic, ?)
According to one online source, this is a rare Armenian name meaning "white rose" from Proto-Turkic *ak "white" and Persian گل (gol) "rose", 'now especially used in villages.'
Agio m Italian (Archaic)
Means "ease" in Italian.... [more]
Aglaida f Russian (Archaic), Bulgarian (Rare), Moldovan (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Cognate of Aglaia. According to Orthodox Christian ecclesiastical traditions, Aglaida is venerated as a Virgin-Martyr alongside Saint Drosis.
Agnesine f American (Rare, Archaic)
Elaboration of Agnes using the suffix -ine.
Agneszka f Silesian, Czech (Archaic)
Silesian form of Agnes via Polish Agnieszka.
Agnet f German (East Prussian), North Frisian (Archaic), East Frisian (Archaic)
East Prussian German, North Frisian and East Frisian variant of Agnes via the variant Agnete. As a North Frisian name, Agnet was recorded on the island of Föhr.
Agnete f Gascon (Archaic)
Gascon diminutive of Agnès.
Agnetis f Dutch (Rare), English (Archaic), German (Archaic)
From Latin Agnetis, which is the genitive of the third declension of Agnes, the latinized form of the Greek name Hagne.... [more]
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