armydad3_8's Personal Name List

Aaden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-dən
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Aidan.
Aadrika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sanskrit, Indian
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Means "mountain" or "celestial" in Sanskrit.
Aagney
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Indian
Pronounced: AHG-nee
Rating: 33% based on 10 votes
Modern transcription of Agneya.
Aagneya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Pronounced: AHG-nee-ah
Rating: 34% based on 11 votes
Variant of Agneya.
Aahana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Sanskrit, Hindi
Pronounced: Aa-Hah-Nah(Indian)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Ahana.
Aalijah
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Elijah perhaps influenced by Aaliyah.

According to the USA Social Security Administration, 11 boys and 15 girls were recorded with the name Aalijah in 2017.

Aalisha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Aaliyah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, English (Modern), African American (Modern)
Other Scripts: عالية(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘A-lee-yah(Arabic) ə-LEE-ə(English) ah-LEE-ə(English)
Rating: 43% based on 12 votes
Feminine form of Aali. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by the singer Aaliyah Haughton (1979-2001), who was known simply as Aaliyah. This name received a boost in popularity after she released her debut album in 1994, and also in 2001 after her untimely death in an airplane crash.
Aaniyah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Aniya.
Aanya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From a Sanskrit word meaning "inexhaustible"
Aaralyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Feminine elaboration of Aaron using the popular name suffix lyn.
Aaren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EHR-ən, AR-ən
Rating: 24% based on 7 votes
Variant or feminine form of Aaron.
Aaric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: ER-ik
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Eric influenced by Aaron.
Aaron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Finnish, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אַהֲרֹן(Hebrew) Ἀαρών(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHR-ən(English) AR-ən(English) A-RAWN(French) A-rawn(German) AH-ron(Finnish)
Rating: 49% based on 10 votes
From the Hebrew name אַהֲרֹן ('Aharon), which is most likely of unknown Egyptian origin. Other theories claim a Hebrew derivation, and suggest meanings such as "high mountain" or "exalted". In the Old Testament this name is borne by the older brother of Moses. He acted as a spokesman for his brother when they appealed to the pharaoh to release the Israelites from slavery. Aaron's rod produced miracles and plagues to intimidate the pharaoh. After the departure from Egypt and arrival at Mount Sinai, God installed Aaron as the first high priest of the Israelites and promised that his descendants would form the priesthood.

As an English name, Aaron has been in use since the Protestant Reformation. This name was borne by the American politician Aaron Burr (1756-1836), notable for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

Aarya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Marathi
Other Scripts: आर्य(Marathi)
Rating: 51% based on 10 votes
Variant of Arya 1.
Aasiyah
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: آسية(Arabic)
Pronounced: A-syah, As-yah
Rating: 36% based on 8 votes
Variant of Asiya.
Aatrey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi (Rare)
Pronounced: Ah-TRAY
Rating: 36% based on 7 votes
Meaning unknown.
Aatreya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi (Rare)
Rating: 35% based on 8 votes
Variant of Aatrey.
Abaddon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲבַדּוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ə-BAD-ən(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "ruin, destruction" in Hebrew. In Revelation in the New Testament this is another name of the angel of the abyss.
Abbas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Azerbaijani, Urdu
Other Scripts: عبّاس(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: ‘ab-BAS(Arabic)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Means "austere" in Arabic. This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle. It was also borne by a son of Ali, the fourth caliph.
Abbott
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: A-but
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
From the English surname Abbott, from Old English abbot, ultimately from Latin abbas "priest".
Abdallah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: عبد الله(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘ab-dool-LAH
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Abd Allah.
Abdellah
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: عبد الله(Arabic)
Pronounced: AB-DEH-LA(French)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Alternate transcription of Abd Allah chiefly used in Northern Africa.
Abdiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: עֲבְדִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew) Ἀβδιήλ(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Means "servant of God" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this is the name of a member of the tribe of Gad. In John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667), this is the name of a seraph who withstands Satan when he urges the angels to revolt.
Abel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Georgian, Armenian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: აბელ(Georgian) Աբել(Armenian) הֶבֶל(Ancient Hebrew) Ἄβελ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AY-bəl(English) A-BEHL(French) a-BEHL(Spanish, European Portuguese) a-BEW(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) meaning "breath". In the Old Testament he is the second son of Adam and Eve, murdered out of envy by his brother Cain. In England, this name came into use during the Middle Ages, and it was common during the Puritan era.
Abernathy
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: Aber-nath-y
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
A different form of Abernethy, which originally meant "person from Abernethy", Perth and Kinross ("confluence of the (river) Nethy"). This was one of the surnames of the Scots who settled in northern Ireland during the ‘plantation’ in the 17th century, and it was brought to the U.S. as the name of a Southern plantation owner.
Abigail
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical German, Biblical Italian, Biblical Portuguese, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: אֲבִיגַיִל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AB-i-gayl(English)
Rating: 59% based on 15 votes
From the Hebrew name אֲבִיגָיִל ('Avigayil) meaning "my father is joy", derived from the roots אָב ('av) meaning "father" and גִּיל (gil) meaning "joy". In the Old Testament this is the name of Nabal's wife. After Nabal's death she became the third wife of King David.

As an English name, Abigail first became common after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular among the Puritans. The biblical Abigail refers to herself as a servant, and beginning in the 17th century the name became a slang term for a servant, especially after the release of the play The Scornful Lady (1616), which featured a character named Abigail. The name went out of fashion at that point, but it was revived in the 20th century.

Abilene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Other Scripts: Ἀβιληνή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AB-i-leen, ab-i-LEE-nee
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From a place name mentioned briefly in the New Testament. It is probably from Hebrew אָבֵל ('avel) meaning "meadow, grassy area". It has occasionally been used as a given name in modern times.
Abner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: אַבְנֵר(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AB-nər(English)
Rating: 26% based on 9 votes
Means "my father is a light" in Hebrew, from אָב ('av) meaning "father" and נֵר (ner) meaning "lamp, light". In the Old Testament, Abner was a cousin of Saul and the commander of his army. After he killed Asahel he was himself slain by Asahel's brother Joab.

A famous bearer was the 14th-century Jewish philosopher Abner of Burgos, called Alfonso of Valladolid after he converted to Christianity. It has been used as an English Christian given name since the Protestant Reformation. It was popular with the Puritans, who brought it to America in the 17th century.

Abraham
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Swedish, Dutch, German (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: אַבְרָהָם(Hebrew)
Pronounced: AY-brə-ham(English) a-bra-AM(Spanish) A-BRA-AM(French) AH-bra-ham(Swedish) A-bra-hahm(Dutch) A-bra-ham(German)
Rating: 42% based on 11 votes
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of Abram 1 and הָמוֹן (hamon) meaning "many, multitude". The biblical patriarch Abraham was originally named Abram but God changed his name (see Genesis 17:5). With his father Terah, he led his wife Sarah, his nephew Lot and their other followers from Ur into Canaan. He is regarded by Jews as being the founder of the Hebrews through his son Isaac and by Muslims as being the founder of the Arabs through his son Ishmael.

As an English Christian name, Abraham became common after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was the American president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), who pushed to abolish slavery and led the country through the Civil War.

Abram 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Other Scripts: אַבְרָם(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AY-brəm(English)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Means "high father" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament God changed Abram's name to Abraham (see Genesis 17:5).
Abrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
Rating: 58% based on 8 votes
Combination of the prefix a and Brielle, or a variant of Aubrielle.
Aceley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic), English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Acelin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French
Rating: 39% based on 7 votes
Double diminutive of Asce.
Acheson
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Scots form of Atkinson.
Acilino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ah-see-LEE-no
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Spanish variant of Aquilino.
Acker
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: AK-ər(English)
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Denoted a person who lived near a field, derived from Middle English aker or Middle High German acker meaning "field".
Ackley
Usage: English
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
From an Old English surname: a place name which meant "Oak meadow". A variation of this is: "dwells at the oak tree meadow".


Etymology for first half of name:
Oak - Old English ac. From Germanic *aik-. Cognate with Old Frisian ēk, Old Saxon ēk (Dutch eik), Old High German eih (German Eiche), Old Norse eik (Swedish ek).

Noun
āc f. (plural ǣċ)

1. oak (wood or tree)
2. (poetic) an oaken ship
3. The runic character ᚪ (/a/)


Etymology for second half of name:
Lea, Old English lēah (meaning 'meadow') --

Meadow: Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd, from Germanic *mǣdwon, from Proto-Indo-European *metwa- (*me-, ‘mow’).

Ackroyd
Usage: English
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Topographic name from northern Middle English ake "oak" and royd "clearing".
Acton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AK-tən
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Transferred use of the surname Acton.
Ada 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Hungarian, Finnish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AY-də(English) A-dha(Spanish) A-da(Polish) AW-daw(Hungarian) AH-dah(Finnish)
Rating: 65% based on 12 votes
Originally a short form of Germanic names such as Adelaide or Adelina that begin with the element adal meaning "noble". Saint Ada was a 7th-century Frankish abbess at Le Mans. This name was also borne by Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), the Countess of Lovelace (known as Ada Lovelace), a daughter of Lord Byron. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early mechanical computer.
Adalai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Hebrew
Pronounced: add-a-lie
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Variant of Adlai.
Adalaide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ad-uh-layd
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Variant of Adelaide.
Adalind
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic (Anglicized), Hungarian (Rare), Popular Culture
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Adalindis.

The name came to prominence with Adalind Schade, a main character on the television show "Grim" (2011-2017).

Adalynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AD-ə-lin
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Variant of Adeline using the popular name suffix lynn.
Adalynne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: AD-ə-lin
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Variant of Adalynn.
Adam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Romanian, Catalan, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: Адам(Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Macedonian) Αδάμ, Άνταμ(Greek) אָדָם(Hebrew) آدم(Arabic) ადამ(Georgian) Ἀδάμ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AD-əm(English) A-DAHN(French) A-dam(German, Polish, Czech, Arabic) A-dahm(Dutch) AH-dam(Swedish) u-DAM(Russian, Ukrainian) ə-DHAM(Catalan)
Rating: 50% based on 9 votes
This is the Hebrew word for "man". It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew אדם ('adam) meaning "to be red", referring to the ruddy colour of human skin, or from Akkadian adamu meaning "to make".

According to Genesis in the Old Testament Adam was created from the earth by God (there is a word play on Hebrew אֲדָמָה ('adamah) meaning "earth"). He and Eve were supposedly the first humans, living happily in the Garden of Eden until they ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. As a result they were expelled from Eden to the lands to the east, where they gave birth the second generation, including Cain, Abel and Seth.

As an English Christian name, Adam has been common since the Middle Ages, and it received a boost after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was Scottish economist Adam Smith (1723-1790).

Adante
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Combination of the name prefix a and the name Dante. It might also be influenced by Adonis.
Adanya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: ah-DAHN-yah
Rating: 51% based on 8 votes
Variant of Adanna used in the United States.
Adarius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-DEHR-ee-əs
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Combination of the popular phonetic prefix a and Darius.
Addington
Usage: English
Rating: 43% based on 9 votes
Habitational name from any of various places named in Old English as Eaddingtun 'settlement associated with Eadda' or Æddingtun 'settlement associated with Æddi'.
Addison
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AD-i-sən
Rating: 40% based on 12 votes
From an English surname meaning "son of Adam". Its recent popularity as a feminine name stems from its similarity in sound to Madison.
Addisyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern)
Pronounced: AD-i-sin
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Variant of Addison.
Adele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English, Italian
Pronounced: a-DEH-lə(German) ə-DEHL(English) a-DEH-leh(Italian)
Rating: 60% based on 13 votes
Form of Adela used in several languages. A famous bearer was the dancer and actress Adele Astaire (1896-1981). It was also borne by the British singer Adele Adkins (1988-), known simply as Adele. Shortly after she released her debut album in 2008 the name reentered the American top 1000 chart after 40-year absence.
Adelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish
Pronounced: ə-DEHL-ee-ə(English) a-DHEH-lya(Spanish)
Rating: 63% based on 11 votes
Elaborated form of Adela.
Adelio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Italian and Spanish masculinization of Adelia.

Known bearers of this name include the Italian former soccer player Adelio Moro (b. 1951), the Paraguayan former soccer player Adelio Salinas (b. 1968) and the Argentine television and radio host Adelio Suárez (1940-2007).

Adelynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AD-ə-lin
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Adeline using the popular name suffix lynn.
Aderyn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Rating: 29% based on 9 votes
Means "bird" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
Adkyn
Usage: English
Rating: 18% based on 5 votes
Variant of Adkin.
Adlai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: עַדְלָי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AD-lay(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Contracted form of Adalia. This is the name of the father of one of King David's herdsmen in the Old Testament.
Adleigh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Adley.
Adlen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: عدلان(Maghrebi Arabic)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Variant of Adlène.
Adler
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AD-lər
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
From a German surname meaning "eagle".
Adley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Pronounced: AD-lee(American English)
Personal remark: Female spelling Adleigh
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
Variant of Hadley.
Adlyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: AD-lin
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Variant of Adlynn.
Admiral
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Rare), Medieval English
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the English word admiral meaning "a commander of a fleet or naval squadron, or a naval officer of very high rank".
Adontay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: a-DAHN-tay
Rating: 10% based on 6 votes
Variant of Adante.
Adora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: a-DHO-ra
Rating: 41% based on 10 votes
Short form of Adoración.
Adrian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
Other Scripts: Адриан(Russian)
Pronounced: AY-dree-ən(English) a-dree-AN(Romanian) A-dryan(Polish) A-dree-an(German) u-dryi-AN(Russian)
Rating: 71% based on 13 votes
Form of Hadrianus (see Hadrian) used in several languages. Several saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adrian IV, and the only Dutch pope, Adrian VI. As an English name, it has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it was not popular until modern times.
Adrianus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: a-dree-A-nuys, A-dree-a-nuys
Rating: 33% based on 7 votes
Official Dutch form of Adrian, used on birth certificates but not commonly in daily life.
Adrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, English, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced: ah:-drhee-EL(Dutch) ah:-drhee-EL-lə(Dutch) AY-dree-EL(English, Brazilian Portuguese) ah-dree-EL(English, Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 49% based on 8 votes
Feminine form of Adriel.
Adrienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: A-DREE-YEHN(French)
Rating: 60% based on 14 votes
French feminine form of Adrian.
Aebig
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Low German (Archaic)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Short form of Adalbert, used in the 16th century.
Aedus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Latinized, Archaic)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Possibly a Latinized form of Aodh.

Some dictionaries dating back to the 1800s have Aedus listed as an Irish saint.

Aerielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Variant of Aerial.
Aeson
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Αἰσών(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
From the Greek Αἰσών (Aison), which is of unknown meaning. Aeson was the father of Jason in Greek mythology.
Affleck
Usage: Galician, Scottish
Rating: 20% based on 6 votes
Variation of Auchinleck, a town near Dundee, Scotland... Ben & Casey Affleck are famous bearers of the name. Auchinleck appears to have been one of those places where the ancient Celts and Druids held conventions, celebrated their festivals, and performed acts of worship. Also from the fields of Stone.
Afiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African, Arabic
Rating: 41% based on 8 votes
Means "health" in Arabic.
Afton
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AF-tən
Personal remark: girl spelling Aftyn
Rating: 15% based on 6 votes
Transferred use of the surname Afton. It is also the name of a river in Scotland, and it coincides with the Swedish noun afton meaning "evening".

This name enjoyed a brief revival in the early 1980s, thanks to the character of Afton Cooper from the popular American television series Dallas (1978-1991).

Aftyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AF-tən, AF-tin
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Afton.
Agassi
Usage: Armenian, Persian, Italian
Pronounced: AG-uh-see
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
The surname Agassi most likely evolved from a nickname for someone resembling a mappie, perhaps jokingly referred to as chattering or nagging person.

The last name of one of the great modern American tennis champs could conceivably be used as a hero name by tennis-loving parents.

Andre Agassi is a famous bearer.

Agatha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀγαθή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AG-ə-thə(English) a-GHA-ta(Dutch)
Rating: 47% based on 11 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀγαθή (Agathe), derived from Greek ἀγαθός (agathos) meaning "good". Saint Agatha was a 3rd-century martyr from Sicily who was tortured and killed after spurning the advances of a Roman official. The saint was widely revered in the Middle Ages, and her name has been used throughout Christian Europe (in various spellings). The mystery writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was a famous modern bearer of this name.
Agathias
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀγαθίας(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Derived from Greek agathos meaning "good" (see Agathon). It was borne by a 6th-century Greek historian and poet, who chronicled the reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
Agathon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀγάθων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-GA-TAWN
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Greek masculine form of Agatha.
Agner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Danish form of Agnar.
Agnes
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Estonian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἁγνή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AG-nis(English) AK-nəs(German) AHKH-nehs(Dutch) ANG-nehs(Swedish) OW-nes(Danish)
Rating: 54% based on 13 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name Ἁγνή (Hagne), derived from Greek ἁγνός (hagnos) meaning "chaste". Saint Agnes was a virgin martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian. The name became associated with Latin agnus "lamb", resulting in the saint's frequent depiction with a lamb by her side. Due to her renown, the name became common in Christian Europe.

As an English name it was highly popular from the Middle Ages until the 17th century. It was revived in the 19th century and was common into the 20th, but it fell into decline after the 1930s. It last appeared on the American top 1000 rankings in 1972.

Agneya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Indian
Other Scripts: आग्नेय(Sanskrit)
Pronounced: AHG-nee-ah
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means "child of Agni 1" in Sanskrit.
Agriya
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hinduism
Pronounced: a-GREE-a
Rating: 33% based on 7 votes
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Ahira
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲחִירַע(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-ee-rah(Biblical English) ə-HIE-rə(English)
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Means "my brother is evil" in Hebrew. In the Bible, Ahira was a son of Enan. He was the chief of the tribe of Naphthali at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai.
Ahiram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Pronounced: ah-ee-rawm(Biblical English)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Means "brother of craft" or "my brother is exalted" in Hebrew. In the Bible, he is a son of Benjamin.
Aidan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-dən(English)
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
Anglicized form of Aodhán. In the latter part of the 20th century it became popular in America due to its sound, since it shares a sound with such names as Braden and Hayden. It peaked ranked 39th for boys in 2003.
Aiken
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Aikman
Usage: Dutch, English, Scottish
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Originally a surname or a nickname meaning oak man.
Aileen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish, Irish, English
Pronounced: ie-LEEN(English) IE-leen(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Eileen.
Ailstreena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Manx (Rare)
Pronounced: ahl-STREE-nə
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Manx form of Alastríona.
Aimée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-MEH
Rating: 50% based on 12 votes
French form of Amy.
Aimee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-mee
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Variant of Amy, influenced by French Aimée.
Ainsleigh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AYNZ-lee
Rating: 11% based on 7 votes
Variant of Ainsley.
Ainsley
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AYNZ-lee(English)
Rating: 10% based on 3 votes
From an English surname that was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves derive from Old English anne "alone, solitary" or ansetl "hermitage" and leah "woodland, clearing".

In America, this name received a boost of popularity in 2000 when a character bearing it began appearing on the television series The West Wing.

Ainsworth
Usage: English
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
Habitational name for a person from the village of Ainsworth near Manchester, itself from the Old English given name Ægen and worþ meaning "enclosure".
Aiswaran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hinduism
Pronounced: I-SWAHR-un
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Means "belongs to the lord; lordly".
Aiswari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Rare)
Other Scripts: ऐस्वरि(Sanskrit)
Pronounced: i-SWAHR-ee
Rating: 40% based on 8 votes
Means "one who belongs to Iswara (the Lord)" in Sanskrit.
Aiswarya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
Other Scripts: ഐശ്വര്യ(Malayalam) ஐஸ்வர்யா(Tamil) ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ(Kannada)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Southern Indian transcription of Aishwarya.
Ajalon
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, English (American, Rare)
Rating: 32% based on 6 votes
Variant of Aijalon occurring in some translations of the Old Testament.
Ajay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Other Scripts: अजय(Hindi, Marathi) અજય(Gujarati) অজয়(Bengali) అజయ్(Telugu) ಅಜಯ್(Kannada) അജയ്(Malayalam) அஜய்(Tamil)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "unconquered", from Sanskrit (a) meaning "not" and जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest".
Ajay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (African, Modern)
Pronounced: AY-jay(African English)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Phonetic spelling of the initials A and J.

A famous bearer is Ajay Stephens, a musical artist.

Ajayan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian, Malayalam
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Variant of Vijaya.
Akaela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: ah-KAY-lah(American English)
Rating: 41% based on 8 votes
Variant of Akeela.
Akaisha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: a-KAY-sha(American English)
Rating: 38% based on 8 votes
Variant of Acacia.
Akaiyah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: ə-KIE-ə
Rating: 41% based on 8 votes
Possibly a combination of the phonetic prefix a and Kaya 2. It shares a sound with names such as Makiyah.
Akari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 明里, 朱里, 朱莉, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あかり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KA-REE
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
From Japanese (aka) meaning "bright" or (aka) meaning "vermilion red" combined with (ri) meaning "village" or (ri) meaning "white jasmine". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Akash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Other Scripts: आकाश(Hindi, Marathi) আকাশ(Bengali)
Pronounced: a-KASH(Hindi)
Rating: 18% based on 6 votes
Means "open space, sky" in Sanskrit.
Akimeyon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Akira
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 昭, 明, 亮, 晶, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あきら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE-RA
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (akira) meaning "bright", (akira) meaning "bright" or (akira) meaning "clear". Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name. A famous bearer was the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), given name written .
Akridge
Usage: English
Pronounced: Ack-ridge
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Possibly English, a habitational name from a place with a name meaning ‘oak ridge’, as for example Aikrigg in Cumbria (from Old Norse eik ‘oak’ + hryggr ‘ridge’), or any of the many places called Oakridge (from Old English āc + hrycg). However, neither Akridge nor Oakridge are found as surnames in current English records.
Aksana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Аксана(Belarusian)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Belarusian form of Xenia.
Akuma
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: Uh-ku-mah
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Means "devil" or "demon" in Japanese This is the name of one of the antagonists in the fighting-game series 'Street Fighter'. In the original Japanese game his name is Gouki.
Alamar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic, Portuguese (Brazilian), American (Hispanic)
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
The first element of this name is derived from Gothic alls "all" or from Gothic alhs (alah in Old High German) "temple." The second element is derived from Old High German mâri "famous."
Alandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Alannis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-LAN-is
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Variant of Alanis.
Alara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Medieval Turkic (Rare)
Pronounced: Ah-LAH-rah(Turkish)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Alara appears in Turkic Mythology as a beautiful water fairy. She lives in the lakes and rivers of the Caspian basin and grants the wishes of those she deems worthy. She is said to be capable of repairing broken hearts and making them capable of love again.
Alaric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃(Gothic)
Pronounced: AL-ə-rik(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the Gothic name *Alareiks meaning "ruler of all", derived from the element alls "all" combined with reiks "ruler, king". This was the name of a king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in the 5th century.
Alayna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LAYN-ə
Rating: 34% based on 11 votes
Variant of Alaina.
Albanie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Archaic)
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of Alban.
Albany
Usage: English
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Albert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, French, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Romanian, Hungarian, Albanian, Germanic [1]
Other Scripts: Альберт(Russian)
Pronounced: AL-bərt(English) AL-behrt(German, Polish) AL-BEHR(French) əl-BEHRT(Catalan) ul-BYEHRT(Russian) AHL-bərt(Dutch) AL-bat(Swedish) AWL-behrt(Hungarian)
Rating: 41% based on 8 votes
From the Germanic name Adalbert meaning "noble and bright", composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This name was common among medieval German royalty. The Normans introduced it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Æþelbeorht. Though it became rare in England by the 17th century, it was repopularized in the 19th century by the German-born Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.

This name was borne by two 20th-century kings of Belgium. Other famous bearers include the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), creator of the theory of relativity, and Albert Camus (1913-1960), a French-Algerian writer and philosopher.

Alberta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Pronounced: al-BUR-tə(English) al-BEHR-ta(Italian)
Rating: 43% based on 9 votes
Feminine form of Albert. This is the name of a Canadian province, which was named in honour of a daughter of Queen Victoria.
Albrecht
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: AL-brekht
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
German variant of Albert.
Alcott
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Pronounced: AHL-coht
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname Alcott.
Alda 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AL-da(Italian)
Rating: 44% based on 9 votes
Feminine form of Aldo.
Alden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWL-dən
Rating: 48% based on 8 votes
From a surname that was derived from the Old English given name Ealdwine.
Alderson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ALL-der-son
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Patronymic from the Middle English forename Alder, derived from two Old English names, Ealdhere ‘ancient army’ and Æ{dh}elhere ‘noble army’. Means "son of Aldert".
Aldis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Latvian
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Aldridge
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Aldridge.
Alectra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: a-LEHK-trə
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Possibly a modern combination of the male name Alec and the female name Electra.
Aleczander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Alexander. According to the USA Social Security Administration, 64 boys were recorded with the name Aleczander in 2013.
Aleisha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: uh-LEE-shuh
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
Variant of Alicia.
Aleksandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Александра(Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) ალექსანდრა(Georgian)
Pronounced: u-lyik-SAN-drə(Russian) a-lehk-SAN-dra(Polish) u-lyehk-SAN-dru(Lithuanian)
Rating: 73% based on 11 votes
Form of Alexandra in several languages.
Aleksey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Rating: 62% based on 9 votes
Russian form of Alexis. This was the name of a 17th-century czar of Russia.
Alerick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Pronounced: ah-LAYR-ick(American English)
Rating: 71% based on 7 votes
Variant of Alaric.
Alexan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Personal remark: female spelling Alexyn
Rating: 63% based on 7 votes
Variant of Aleksan.
Alexander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀλέξανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: al-ig-ZAN-dər(English) a-leh-KSAN-du(German) a-lehk-SAHN-dər(Dutch) a-lehk-SAN-dehr(Swedish, Latin) A-lehk-san-tehr(Icelandic) AW-lehk-sawn-dehr(Hungarian) A-lehk-san-dehr(Slovak)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, help" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). In Greek mythology this was another name of the hero Paris, and it also belongs to several characters in the New Testament. However, the most famous bearer was Alexander the Great, king of Macedon. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. Due to his fame, and later medieval tales involving him, use of his name spread throughout Europe.

The name has been used by kings of Scotland, Poland and Yugoslavia, emperors of Russia, and eight popes. Other notable bearers include English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744), American statesman Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), Scottish-Canadian explorer Sir Alexander MacKenzie (1764-1820), Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), and Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the Scottish-Canadian-American inventor of the telephone.

Alexia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, French, Spanish, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: Αλεξία(Greek)
Pronounced: A-LEHK-SEE-A(French) ə-LEHK-see-ə(English)
Rating: 59% based on 12 votes
Feminine form of Alexis.
Alexis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: French, English, Greek, Spanish, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αλέξης(Greek) Ἄλεξις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-LEHK-SEE(French) ə-LEHK-sis(English)
Rating: 66% based on 10 votes
From the Greek name Ἄλεξις (Alexis) meaning "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, to help". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek comic poet, and also of several saints. It is used somewhat interchangeably with the related name Ἀλέξιος or Alexius, borne by five Byzantine emperors. In the English-speaking world it is more commonly used as a feminine name.
Alfonzo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: al-FAHN-zo(English)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Variant of Alfonso.
Alfred
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Dutch, Albanian
Pronounced: AL-frəd(English) AL-FREHD(French) AL-freht(German, Polish) AHL-frət(Dutch)
Rating: 49% based on 11 votes
Means "elf counsel", derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel, advice". Alfred the Great was a 9th-century king of Wessex who fought unceasingly against the Danes living in northeast England. He was also a scholar, and he translated many Latin books into Old English. His fame helped to ensure the usage of this name even after the Norman Conquest, when most Old English names were replaced by Norman ones. It became rare by the end of the Middle Ages, but was revived in the 18th century.

Famous bearers include the British poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), the Swedish inventor and Nobel Prize founder Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), and the British-American film director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980).

Ali 1
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Avar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik, Dhivehi, Albanian, Bosnian
Other Scripts: عليّ(Arabic) علی(Persian, Urdu) علي(Pashto) ГӀали(Avar) Әли(Kazakh) Али(Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Russian) Алӣ(Tajik) ޢަލީ(Dhivehi)
Pronounced: ‘A-lee(Arabic) a-LEE(Persian)
Rating: 47% based on 9 votes
Means "lofty, sublime" in Arabic. Ali ibn Abi Talib was a cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the fourth caliph to rule the Muslim world. His followers were the original Shia Muslims, who regard him as the first rightful caliph.

This name is borne by the hero in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, the tale of a man who finds the treasure trove of a band of thieves. Another famous bearer was the boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016), who changed his name from Cassius Clay upon his conversion to Islam.

Ali 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-ee
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Alison, Alexandra and other names beginning with the same sound.
Alias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Elias. It coincides with the English alias meaning "a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name".
Alijah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LIE-zhə
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Variant of Elijah.
Alinna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: a-LEE-na
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Alina.
Alison
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: AL-i-sən(English) A-LEE-SAWN(French)
Rating: 58% based on 12 votes
Norman French diminutive of Aalis (see Alice) [1]. It was common in England, Scotland and France in the Middle Ages, and was later revived in England in the 20th century via Scotland. Unlike most other English names ending in son, it is not derived from a surname.
Alistair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: AL-i-stər(English)
Rating: 86% based on 13 votes
Anglicized form of Alasdair.
Aliston
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-ih-ston
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Variant of Allerston, a habitational surname derived from a place so named in North Yorkshire.
Alistryn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Manx
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Alister.
Alivia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LIV-ee-ə
Rating: 21% based on 9 votes
Variant of Olivia.
Allen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-ən
Rating: 55% based on 8 votes
Variant of Alan, or from a surname that was derived from this same name. A famous bearer of this name was Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), an American beat poet. Another is the American film director and actor Woody Allen (1935-), who took the stage name Allen from his real first name.
Allyson
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-i-sən
Rating: 31% based on 7 votes
Variant of Alison.
Alma 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Albanian, Slovene, Croatian
Pronounced: AL-mə(English) AL-ma(Spanish)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a victory for Britain and France. However, the name was in rare use before the battle; it was probably inspired by Latin almus "nourishing". It also coincides with the Spanish word meaning "the soul".
Almyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: awl-MIE-rə, al-MIE-rə
Rating: 57% based on 7 votes
Variant of Almira 1, perhaps influenced by Myra.
Alois
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Czech
Pronounced: A-lois
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
German and Czech form of Aloysius.
Alonzo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 25% based on 8 votes
Variant of Alonso in use in America.
Aloysius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-o-ISH-əs
Rating: 30% based on 8 votes
Latinized form of Aloys, an old Occitan form of Louis. This was the name of a 16th-century Italian saint, Aloysius Gonzaga. The name has been in occasional use among Catholics since his time.
Althea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀλθαία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 57% based on 11 votes
From the Greek name Ἀλθαία (Althaia), perhaps related to Greek ἄλθος (althos) meaning "healing". In Greek myth she was the mother of Meleager. Soon after her son was born she was told that he would die as soon as a piece of wood that was burning on her fire was fully consumed. She immediately extinguished the piece of wood and sealed it in a chest, but in a fit of rage many years later she took it out and set it alight, thereby killing her son.
Altman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, German
Rating: 23% based on 6 votes
Variant of Aldman.
Alton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWL-tən
Rating: 38% based on 9 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "town at the source of the river" in Old English.
Altonio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: al-to-nio
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Possibly a bona fide variant of Antonio influenced by the name Alto.
Altonious
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Most likely a variant of Altonio.
Alva 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-və
Rating: 36% based on 10 votes
Variant of Alvah. A famous bearer of this name was the inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931).
Álvarez
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: AL-ba-reth(European Spanish) AL-ba-rehs(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Means "son of Álvaro".
Alvarez
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Rare)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname Alvarez.
Álvaro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: AL-ba-ro(Spanish)
Rating: 33% based on 8 votes
Spanish form of Alvarus, the Latinized form of a Visigothic name, possibly derived from the elements alls "all" and wars "aware, cautious" or wards "guard". Álvar Fáñez was an 11th-century military commander and duke of Toledo, who appears as a general of El Cid in the epic poem El Cantar de mio Cid. Verdi also used the name in his opera The Force of Destiny (1862).
Alvaro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ahl-VAH-ro
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Italian form of Álvaro.
Alvera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), American
Rating: 56% based on 7 votes
Alverson
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-var-son
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Variant of Swedish Halvarsson or Alvarsson
Alves
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Alves.
Alvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Swedish
Pronounced: AL-vin(English)
Rating: 36% based on 9 votes
From a medieval form of any of the Old English names Ælfwine, Æðelwine or Ealdwine. It was revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the Old English names. As a Scandinavian name it is derived from Alfvin, an Old Norse cognate of Ælfwine.
Alvis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Latvian
Personal remark: female spelling Alvys
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
From the Old Norse Alvíss meaning "all wise". In Norse mythology this was the name of a dwarf who was to marry Thor's daughter Thrud. Thor was not pleased with this so he tricked Alvis by asking him questions until the sun rose, at which time the dwarf was turned into stone.
Alyse
Usage: Haitian Creole
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
Alyssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-LIS-ə
Rating: 48% based on 8 votes
Variant of Alicia. The spelling has probably been influenced by that of the alyssum flower, the name of which is derived from Greek (a), a negative prefix, combined with λύσσα (lyssa) meaning "madness, rabies", since it was believed to cure madness.
Alyxzandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Variant of Alexandra.
Amanda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Late Roman
Pronounced: ə-MAN-də(English) a-MAN-da(Spanish, Italian)
Rating: 55% based on 13 votes
In part this is a feminine form of Amandus. However, it was not used during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century it was recreated by authors and poets who based it directly on Latin amanda meaning "lovable, worthy of love". Notably, the playwright Colley Cibber used it for a character in his play Love's Last Shift (1696). It came into regular use during the 19th century.
Amari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African, Yoruba, Western African
Pronounced: Uh-mar-ee(Yoruba)
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
A noted bearer was a Damel of Cayor, Amari Ngoné Ndella, who ruled from 1790 AD to 1809 AD. The Kingdom of Cayor was one of the largest of most powerful kingdoms in what is now Senegal, existing from 1549 AD to 1879 AD.
Amari
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-MAHR-ee(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Arabic Ammar. This name has risen in popularity in America at the same time as similar-sounding names such as Jamari and Kamari.
Amaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: a-MA-ya(Spanish) ə-MIE-ə(English)
Rating: 45% based on 11 votes
Variant of Amaia.

In America, this name was popularized in 1999 by a contestant on the reality television series The Real World [1].

Amberley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Amberly.
Amberlyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Amberlynn.
Ambrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Blend of Amber and Brielle, or a feminine form of Ambriel.
Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
Rating: 47% based on 9 votes
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.
Ambrosia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀμβροσία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AM-BRO-SEE-A
Rating: 45% based on 12 votes
Feminine form of Ambrosios (see Ambrose).
Amelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Medieval French
Pronounced: ə-MEE-lee-ə(English) ə-MEEL-yə(English) a-MEH-lya(Spanish, Italian) an-MEH-lya(Polish)
Rating: 64% based on 13 votes
Variant of Amalia, though it is sometimes confused with Emilia, which has a different origin. The name became popular in England after the German House of Hanover came to the British throne in the 18th century — it was borne by daughters of both George II and George III. The author Henry Fielding used it for the title character in his novel Amelia (1751). Another famous bearer was Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), the first woman to make a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean.

This name experienced a rise in popularity at the end of the 20th century. It was the most popular name for girls in England and Wales from 2011 to 2015.

Amell
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Variant of Amal.
Americus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Latin form of Amerigo.
Amerigo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-meh-REE-go
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Medieval Italian form of Emmerich. Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512) was the Italian explorer who gave the continent of America its name (from Americus, the Latin form of his name).
Ames
Usage: English
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Derived from the Old French and Middle English personal name Amys, Amice, which is either directly from Latin amicus ‘friend’, used as a personal name, or via a Late Latin derivative of this, Amicius.
Amherst
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Amherst.
Amias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
Variant of Amyas.
Amirah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أميرة(Arabic)
Pronounced: a-MEE-rah
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Amir 1.
Amity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: A-mi-tee
Rating: 42% based on 12 votes
From the English word meaning "friendship", ultimately deriving from Latin amicitia.
Amiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), African American (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-MIE-ə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Amiyah.
Amos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: עָמוֹס(Hebrew) Ἀμώς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AY-məs(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From Hebrew עָמַס ('amas) meaning "load, burden". Amos is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Amos, which speaks against greed, corruption and oppression of the poor. Written about the 8th century BC, it is among the oldest of the prophetic books. As an English name, Amos has been used since the Protestant Reformation, and was popular among the Puritans.
Amparo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: am-PA-ro
Rating: 14% based on 9 votes
Means "protection, shelter, refuge" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Amparo, meaning "Our Lady of Refuge".
Amy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-mee
Rating: 53% based on 8 votes
English form of the Old French name Amée meaning "beloved" (modern French aimée), a vernacular form of the Latin Amata. As an English name, it was in use in the Middle Ages (though not common) and was revived in the 19th century.
Amycus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἄμυκος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
This was the name of the first king of the Bebryces tribe in eastern Bithynia (northwestern Anatolia) in Greek legend, the son of Poseidon and the nymph Melia. When the Argonauts passed through his territory, Polydeuces managed to defeat Amycus boxing.

It is probably associated with Latin amicus "friend".

Anakin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: AN-ə-kin(English)
Rating: 54% based on 11 votes
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a character (also known as Darth Vader) in the Star Wars movie saga, created by George Lucas. Lucas may have based it on the surname of his friend and fellow director Ken Annakin.
Anastasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, English, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αναστασία(Greek) Анастасия(Russian) Анастасія(Ukrainian, Belarusian) ანასტასია(Georgian) Ἀναστασία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: a-na-sta-SEE-a(Greek) u-nu-stu-SYEE-yə(Russian) u-nu-stu-SYEE-yu(Ukrainian) a-na-sta-SYEE-ya(Belarusian) an-ə-STAY-zhə(English) a-na-STA-sya(Spanish) a-na-STA-zya(Italian) A-NA-STA-SEE-A(Classical Greek)
Rating: 74% based on 17 votes
Feminine form of Anastasius. This was the name of a 4th-century Dalmatian saint who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian. Due to her, the name has been common in Eastern Orthodox Christianity (in various spellings). As an English name it has been in use since the Middle Ages. A famous bearer was the youngest daughter of the last Russian tsar Nicholas II, who was rumoured to have escaped the execution of her family in 1918.
Anaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Rare), Pakistani (Rare)
Other Scripts: अनया(Sanskrit)
Rating: 61% based on 7 votes
Feminine form of Anay, which is said to be derived from Sanskrit anay "misfortune, adversity; without a superior".
In Hinduism, the masculine form Anay is an epithet of Vishnu, generally interpreted to mean "not conducted by anyone; he is one whom none can lead".
Anaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-NIE-ə, ə-NAY-ə
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, possibly from the Spanish surname Anaya (itself from the name of a Spanish town), used because of its similarity to Amaya [1].
Andelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African
Pronounced: An-da-lin
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Anderson
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AN-dər-sən
Rating: 42% based on 9 votes
From a surname meaning "son of Andrew".
Andjelija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian (Germanized)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Germanized form of Anđelija.
Andora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Endora.
Andrea 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Андреа(Serbian)
Pronounced: AN-dree-ə(English) an-DREH-a(German, Spanish) AN-dreh-a(Czech, Slovak) AWN-dreh-aw(Hungarian)
Rating: 51% based on 10 votes
Feminine form of Andrew. As an English name, it has been used since the 17th century, though it was not common until the 20th century.
Andres
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Estonian form of Andrew.
Andressa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Variant of Andréa, possibly influenced by the Spanish name Andrés.
Andretti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Caribbean (Rare), South American (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Likely a transferred use of the surname Andretti. This is borne by Bahamian sprinter Andretti Bain (1985-).
Andrew
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: AN-droo(English)
Rating: 54% based on 11 votes
English form of the Greek name Ἀνδρέας (Andreas), which was derived from ἀνδρεῖος (andreios) meaning "manly, masculine", a derivative of ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man". In the New Testament the apostle Andrew, the first disciple to join Jesus, is the brother of Simon Peter. According to tradition, he later preached in the Black Sea region, with some legends saying he was crucified on an X-shaped cross. Andrew, being a Greek name, was probably only a nickname or a translation of his real Hebrew name, which is not known.

This name has been common (in various spellings) throughout the Christian world, and it became very popular in the Middle Ages. Saint Andrew is regarded as the patron of Scotland, Russia, Greece and Romania. The name has been borne by three kings of Hungary, American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), and, more recently, English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-).

Andrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Antillean, Rare)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Variant of Andrik.
Andriya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Andry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Archaic)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
French form of Andric.
Angel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Ангел(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: AYN-jəl(English)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus, which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived from the Greek word ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger"). It has never been very common in the English-speaking world, where it is sometimes used as a feminine name in modern times.
Angelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: an-JEHL-ee-ə
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Elaborated form of Angela.
Angelica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Romanian
Pronounced: an-JEHL-i-kə(English) an-JEH-lee-ka(Italian)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger". The poets Boiardo and Ariosto used this name in their Orlando poems (1483 and 1532), where it belongs to Orlando's love interest. It has been used as a given name since the 18th century.
Angelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Armenian
Other Scripts: Ангелина(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian) Αγγελίνα(Greek) Անգելինա(Armenian)
Pronounced: ang-jeh-LEE-na(Italian) an-jə-LEE-nə(English) un-gyi-LYEE-nə(Russian) ang-kheh-LEE-na(Spanish)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Latinate diminutive of Angela. A famous bearer is American actress Angelina Jolie (1975-).
Angelique
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Dutch form of Angélique.
Angelita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ang-kheh-LEE-ta
Rating: 26% based on 10 votes
Spanish diminutive of Angela.
Angelo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ANG-jeh-lo
Rating: 43% based on 8 votes
Italian form of Angelus (see Angel).
Angelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Variant of Angeline.
Anias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Anius.
Aniston
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Transferred use of the surname Aniston.

The first is that it is an obscure English locational surname, which is said to mean "town of Anis". Anis is a medieval English form of Agnes, which is also found spelled as Annice, Annise, Annis and Annys. Interestingly, there is no town in the modern-day United Kingdom that is called Aniston or a variant spelling thereof. It seems that over time, the original town must either have perished or been renamed. Perhaps we could even go so far as to say that such a town never existed in the first place, in that Aniston might have originated as a nickname for any town (with a different name) that had a church that was devoted to Saint Agnes.

The second possibility is that the surname is an anglicization of the Gaelic surname McAniston, which in turn is a variant spelling of McAnistan. The meaning of the surname as a whole is uncertain, but we can at least say that it is a patronymic surname, as Mc means "son of".

The third possibility is that the surname is a variant spelling of the rare English surname Aneston, which itself may be a variant form of the surname Haneston (also found spelled as Haniston, Heneston and Heniston). The meaning of these surnames is uncertain.

The fourth and final possibility is that the surname Aniston is an anglicization of Greek surnames starting with Anastas-, such as Anastasides. A famous example of this is the Greek-American actor John Aniston (b. 1933), who is best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis on the NBC daytime drama "Days of our Lives" (1965-present). His father anglicized the family's surname of Anastasakis to Aniston, sometime after the family had emigrated to the United States. The family's original surname meant "little Anastasius" in Greek. John Aniston's daughter Jennifer (b. 1969) went on to become an actress in her own right, her fame eventually surpassing that of her father's. Due to her iconic role as Rachel Green in the television sitcom "Friends" (1994-2004), her popularity became such that it can be argued that most parents naming their child Aniston were probably inspired (to do so) by her in one way or the other.

Finally, as a given name, Aniston can be a variant spelling of Anniston in some cases, which has an entirely different etymology.

Anita 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, Slovene, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Latvian, Hungarian
Pronounced: a-NEE-ta(Spanish, Dutch, German) ə-NEET-ə(English) AH-nee-tah(Finnish) a-NYEE-ta(Polish) AW-nee-taw(Hungarian)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene diminutive of Ana.
Annabelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: AN-ə-behl(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Variant of Annabel. It can also be interpreted as a combination of Anna and French belle "beautiful".
Annemarie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German, Danish
Pronounced: ah-nə-ma-REE(Dutch) A-nə-ma-ree(German)
Rating: 54% based on 15 votes
Combination of Anna and Marie.
Annette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch
Pronounced: A-NEHT(French) ə-NEHT(English) a-NEH-tə(German)
Rating: 51% based on 12 votes
French diminutive of Anne 1. It has also been widely used in the English-speaking world, and it became popular in America in the late 1950s due to the fame of actress Annette Funicello (1942-2013).
Annika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Estonian, German, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AN-ni-ka(Swedish) AH-nee-ka(Dutch) AHN-nee-kah(Finnish) A-nee-ka(German) AN-i-kə(English) AHN-i-kə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Swedish diminutive of Anna.
Anniston
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Derived from the name of the city of Anniston in the state of Alabama. The city was founded in the late 19th century by Samuel Noble and Daniel Tyler, who named the city after the latter's daughter-in-law, Annie Tyler. As a result, the meaning of the name is literally "Annie's town".

In some cases, Anniston as a given name can also be a variant spelling of Aniston.

A known bearer of this name is the youngest daughter of American actress Chyler Leigh (b. 1982) and her husband Nathan West (b. 1978).

Anson
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AN-sən
Rating: 29% based on 8 votes
From an English surname meaning "son of Agnes".
Antero
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHN-teh-ro
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
Finnish form of Andrew.
Anthonius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Flemish, Afrikaans
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Variant of Antonius.
Anthony
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AN-thə-nee(American English) AN-tə-nee(British English)
Rating: 66% based on 13 votes
English form of the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin. The most notable member of the Roman family was the general Marcus Antonius (called Mark Antony in English), who for a period in the 1st century BC ruled the Roman Empire jointly with Augustus. When their relationship turned sour, he and his mistress Cleopatra were attacked and forced to commit suicide, as related in Shakespeare's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra (1606).

The name became regularly used in the Christian world due to the fame of Saint Anthony the Great, a 4th-century Egyptian hermit who founded Christian monasticism. Its popularity was reinforced in the Middle Ages by the 13th-century Saint Anthony of Padua, the patron saint of Portugal. It has been commonly (but incorrectly) associated with Greek ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower", which resulted in the addition of the h to this spelling in the 17th century.

Antoinette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AHN-TWA-NEHT
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Feminine diminutive of Antoine. This name was borne by Marie Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution. She was executed by guillotine.
Antonio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Croatian
Pronounced: an-TO-nyo(Spanish, Italian) an-TO-nee-o(English)
Rating: 41% based on 8 votes
Spanish and Italian form of Antonius (see Anthony). This has been a common name in Italy since the 14th century. In Spain it was the most popular name for boys in the 1950s and 60s.

A famous bearer was the Italian Renaissance painter Antonio Pisanello (c. 1395-1455). It is also the name of the main character in The Merchant of Venice (1596) by William Shakespeare.

Antravious
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: an-trav-ee-us, an-tray-vee-us
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Apollo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀπόλλων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-PAHL-o(English)
Rating: 59% based on 10 votes
From Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apollon), which is of unknown meaning, though perhaps related to the Indo-European root *apelo- meaning "strength". Another theory states that Apollo can be equated with Appaliunas, an Anatolian god whose name possibly means "father lion" or "father light". The Greeks later associated Apollo's name with the Greek verb ἀπόλλυμι (apollymi) meaning "to destroy". In Greek mythology Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin of Artemis. He was the god of prophecy, medicine, music, art, law, beauty, and wisdom. Later he also became the god of the sun and light.
Apollon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀπόλλων(Ancient Greek) Απόλλων(Greek)
Pronounced: A-POL-LAWN(Classical Greek)
Rating: 44% based on 8 votes
Greek form of Apollo.
Apollos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Biblical
Other Scripts: Ἀπολλώς, Ἀπολλῶς, Ἀπόλλως(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 65% based on 6 votes
Contracted form of Apollodoros, Apollodotos, Apollonios and similar masculine Greek names. Also compare Apollas and the Late Greek verb ἀπόλλω (apollo) meaning "to destroy".

Apollos was a 1st century Alexandrian Jewish Christian mentioned several times in the New Testament. A contemporary of Paul the Apostle, he played an important role in the early development of the churches of Ephesus and Corinth.

April
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-prəl
Rating: 56% based on 11 votes
From the name of the month, probably originally derived from Latin aperire "to open", referring to the opening of flowers. It has only been commonly used as a given name since the 1940s.
Aquila
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: AK-wil-ə(English) ə-KWIL-ə(English)
Rating: 32% based on 6 votes
From a Roman cognomen meaning "eagle" in Latin. In Acts in the New Testament Paul lives with Aquila and his wife Priscilla (or Prisca) for a time.
Aquilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Variant of Aquila.
Arabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ar-ə-BEHL-ə
Rating: 51% based on 10 votes
Medieval Scottish name, probably a variant of Annabel. It has long been associated with Latin orabilis meaning "invokable, yielding to prayer", and the name was often recorded in forms resembling this.

Unrelated, this was an older name of the city of Irbid in Jordan, from Greek Ἄρβηλα (Arbela).

Aramis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
The surname of one of the musketeers in The Three Musketeers (1844) by Alexandre Dumas. Dumas based the character on the 17th-century Henri d'Aramitz, whose surname was derived from the French village of Aramits (itself from Basque aran meaning "valley").
Aras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
Means "eagle" in Lithuanian (a poetic word).
Arcelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: ar-SEH-lya(Latin American Spanish) ar-THEH-lya(European Spanish)
Rating: 29% based on 11 votes
Variant of Araceli.
Archer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-chər
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
From an English surname meaning "bowman, archer", of Old French origin. Although already slowly growing in popularity, this name accelerated its rise after the premiere of the American television series Archer in 2009.
Archibald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: AHR-chi-bawld
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Germanic name Ercanbald, composed of the elements erkan meaning "pure, holy, genuine" and bald meaning "bold, brave". The first element was altered due to the influence of Greek names beginning with the element ἀρχός (archos) meaning "master". The Normans brought this name to England. It first became common in Scotland in the Middle Ages (sometimes used to Anglicize the Gaelic name Gilleasbuig, for unknown reasons).
Arden
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-dən
Personal remark: female spelling Ardyn
Rating: 38% based on 8 votes
From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, which were derived from a Celtic word meaning "high".
Ardyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Feminine variant of Arden.
Aretha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-REE-thə
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Possibly derived from Greek ἀρετή (arete) meaning "virtue". This name was popularized in the 1960s by American singer Aretha Franklin (1942-2018).
Ari 3
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Արի(Armenian)
Pronounced: ah-REE
Rating: 57% based on 10 votes
Means "brave" in Armenian.
Ariah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AHR-ee-ə
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Aria 1.
Arianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English (Modern)
Pronounced: a-RYAN-na(Italian) ar-ee-AN-ə(English) ar-ee-AHN-ə(English)
Rating: 65% based on 11 votes
Italian form of Ariadne.
Arianne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: A-RYAN
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Variant of Ariane.
Ariano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), German
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
Italian form of Hadrian and masculine form of Arianna.
Arias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Galician
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Of obscure origin and meaning.
Aric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 35% based on 8 votes
Variant of Eric.
Arica
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-REE-ka
Rating: 49% based on 7 votes
It is the name of province, and town in Chile. It is also the name of a town in Colombia.
Arica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Variant of Erica.
Ariel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Polish, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֲרִיאֵל(Hebrew) Ἀριήλ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: a-ree-EHL(Hebrew) EHR-ee-əl(English) AR-ee-əl(English) A-RYEHL(French) a-RYEHL(Spanish) A-ryehl(Polish)
Rating: 68% based on 11 votes
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew, from אֲרִי ('ari) meaning "lion" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God". In the Old Testament it is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem. Shakespeare utilized it for a spirit in his play The Tempest (1611) and Alexander Pope utilized it for a sylph in his poem The Rape of the Lock (1712), and one of the moons of Uranus bears this name in his honour. As an English name, it became more common for females in the 1980s, especially after it was used for the title character in the Disney film The Little Mermaid (1989).
Ariella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ar-ee-EHL-ə, ehr-ee-EHL-ə
Rating: 51% based on 10 votes
Strictly feminine form of Ariel.
Arien
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "sun maiden" in the fictional language Quenya, derived from Quenya árë meaning "sun" or "day" and -ien meaning "maiden" or simply a feminine suffix. It also later gained the meaning "daisy" in Sindarin, another Elvish language. In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion (published posthumously in 1977), Arien is the Maia (angelic being) who sails the sun across the sky.
Aries
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: A-ree-ehs(Latin) EHR-eez(English)
Rating: 54% based on 8 votes
Means "ram" in Latin. This is the name of a constellation and the first sign of the zodiac. Some Roman legends state that the ram in the constellation was the one who supplied the Golden Fleece sought by Jason.
Arilyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Variant of Aerilyn.
Arissa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Ariston
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀρίστων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-REES-TAWN
Rating: 29% based on 8 votes
Derived from Greek ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "the best".
Ariyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Bengali
Other Scripts: آرین(Persian) আরিয়ান(Bengali)
Pronounced: aw-ree-YAN(Persian)
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Variant of Arya 1.
Ariyanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare), English (Modern)
Pronounced: ar-ee-AH-nah(American) Ah-ree-AN-ah(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Arianna.
Ariza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Hebrew
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Either transferred use of the surname Ariza or from a Hebrew word meaning "cedar panels".
Arizona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare), Popular Culture
Pronounced: Ar eh ZOH nah(American)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Etymology of Arizona is still debated, they may include:

From the Basque word aritz ona meaning "the good oak." This name was adopted for the US state.

From O'odham or Papago-Pima, an Uto-Aztecan language of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, where the Tohono O'odham (formerly called the Papago) and Pima reside. It is said to derive from the phrase "ali ṣona-g via Arizonac" meaning "Having a little spring."

From the Spanish phrase, "zonas áridas" meaning "arid zones."

Arjay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Phonetic spelling of the initials RJ.
Arkady
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аркадий(Russian)
Pronounced: ur-KA-dyee
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Russian Аркадий (see Arkadiy).
Arkin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: AR-KN
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Old and wise man.
Arlandus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Possibly a quasi-Latinization of Roland via variants like Orlando.
Arleigh
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: Ar-LEE
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Arlie.
Arlene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Filipino
Pronounced: ahr-LEEN(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Arline. Since the onset of the 20th century, this is the most common spelling of this name.
Arley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-lee
Personal remark: female spelling Arleigh
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Variant of Arlie.
Arlin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ARR-linn
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Variant of Arlen.
Arlington
Usage: English
Pronounced: arl-in-tahn
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Three possible places called Arlington in Gloucestershire, Devon, and East Sussex.
Arlington
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AHR-ling-tun
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Arlington. Notable bearer the American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson received the name rather unusually when a man from Arlington, Massachusetts was selected to pull a name out of a hat to bestow his first name, Edwin.
Arlyn
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-lin
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Possibly a variant of Arlen or Arline.
Armando
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Pronounced: ar-MAN-do(Spanish, Italian)
Rating: 46% based on 8 votes
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Herman.
Armani
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ahr-MAHN-ee
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
From an Italian surname meaning "son of Ermanno". It has been used as a given name due to the fashion company Armani, which was founded by the clothing designer Giorgio Armani (1934-).
Armie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Armand. A known bearer of this name is American actor Armand "Armie" Hammer (b. 1986).
Armie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Araminta dating back to the 19th century. This name was first used in 1917 when it was given as a first name to 6 baby girls.
Armstead
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of surname Armstead.
Armstrong
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHRM-strawng
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Means "strong arm" from Middle English. Tradition holds that the family is descended from Siward, an 11th-century Earl of Northumbria. Famous bearers of this name include the Americans Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), a jazz musician, and Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), an astronaut who was the first person to walk on the moon.
Armstrong
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Pronounced: AHRM-strawng, AHRM-strong
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Armstrong.
Army
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: AHR-mee(American English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Possibly taken from the English word army.
Arnett
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ar-NET
Personal remark: female spelling Arnette
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Arnett.
Arnette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
A feminine form of Arno.
Arnold
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Polish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AHR-nəld(English) AR-nawlt(German, Polish) AHR-nawlt(Dutch)
Rating: 36% based on 10 votes
From a Germanic name meaning "eagle power", derived from the elements arn "eagle" and walt "power, authority". The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Earnweald. It died out as an English name after the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century.

Saints bearing the name include an 8th-century musician in the court of Charlemagne and an 11th-century French bishop who is the patron saint of brewers. It was also borne by Arnold of Brescia, a 12th-century Augustinian monk who rebelled against the Church and was eventually hanged. Famous modern bearers include American golfer Arnold Palmer (1929-2016) and Austrian-American actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-).

Arrington
Usage: English
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Arrington, a place in Cambridgeshire, named from an Old English byname, Earn(a), meaning ‘eagle’ + -inga- ‘people or followers of’ + tūn ‘settlement’.
Arrington
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Arrington. The USA Social Security Administration has recorded 17 boys and 15 girls with the name Arringtion in 2001.
Arrow
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AR-o, ER-o
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the English word arrow, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- "bow, arrow".
Artem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian, Russian
Other Scripts: Артем(Ukrainian) Артём(Russian)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Ukrainian form of Artemios. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Артём (see Artyom).
Artemi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Артемий(Russian)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Russian Артемий (see Artemiy).
Artemis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἄρτεμις(Ancient Greek) Άρτεμις(Greek)
Pronounced: AR-TEH-MEES(Classical Greek) AHR-tə-mis(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, possibly related either to Greek ἀρτεμής (artemes) meaning "safe" or ἄρταμος (artamos) meaning "a butcher". Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was known as Diana to the Romans.
Arthur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: AHR-thər(English) AR-TUYR(French) AR-tuwr(German) AHR-tuyr(Dutch)
Rating: 71% based on 13 votes
The meaning of this name is unknown. It could be derived from the Celtic elements *artos "bear" (Old Welsh arth) combined with *wiros "man" (Old Welsh gur) or *rīxs "king" (Old Welsh ri). Alternatively it could be related to an obscure Roman family name Artorius.

Arthur is the name of the central character in Arthurian legend, a 6th-century king of the Britons who resisted Saxon invaders. He may or may not have been based on a real person. He first appears in Welsh poems and chronicles (perhaps briefly in the 7th-century poem Y Gododdin and more definitively and extensively in the 9th-century History of the Britons [1]). However, his character was not developed until the chronicles of the 12th-century Geoffrey of Monmouth [2]. His tales were later taken up and expanded by French and English writers.

The name came into general use in England in the Middle Ages due to the prevalence of Arthurian romances, and it enjoyed a surge of popularity in the 19th century. Famous bearers include German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), mystery author and Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), and science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008).

Arturo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: ar-TOO-ro
Rating: 46% based on 8 votes
Italian and Spanish form of Arthur.
Arvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English (Archaic)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Either a Scandinavian form of Arwin (see Erwin) or a combination of the Old Norse name elements ari "eagle" and vinr "friend".
Arvina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Arvis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Latvian
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Form of Arvīds. First recorded in 1943.
Asa
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: אָסָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: AY-sə(English)
Rating: 46% based on 9 votes
Possibly means "healer" in Hebrew. This name was borne by the third king of Judah, as told in the Old Testament.
Ashanti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 40% based on 11 votes
From the name of an African people who reside in southern Ghana. It possibly means "warlike" in the Twi language.
Ashawnte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-SHAHN-tay
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Ashante, or a combination of the phonetic element a with the name Shantae (or with the name Shawn and the phonetic element tay).
Ashby
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Ashby.
Asher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: אָשֵׁר(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ASH-ər(English)
Rating: 44% based on 9 votes
Means "happy, blessed" in Hebrew. Asher in the Old Testament is a son of Jacob by Leah's handmaid Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The meaning of his name is explained in Genesis 30:13.
Ashford
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ASH-fərd
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Ashford, which itself is derived from the name of one of several places called Ashford in England. All but one of these derive the second element of their name from Old English ford meaning "ford" - for the one in North Devon, it is derived from Old English worō or worth meaning "enclosure".

As for the first element of their name: for most places, it is derived from Old English æsc(e) meaning "ash tree(s)". But for Ashford in the county of Kent, it is derived from Old English æscet or æsceat meaning "clump of ash trees". And for the one in the county of Surrey (formerly Middlesex), it is derived from the medieval personal name Eccel, which itself is ultimately derived from Old English ecg or ecca meaning "sword".

As such, depending on the place that the ancestor of a bearer of the surname originally came from, the meaning of the surname can be: "ford by the (clump of) ash trees", "enclosure full of ash trees" and "Eccel's ford".

Ashleigh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ASH-lee
Rating: 20% based on 9 votes
Feminine variant of Ashley.
Ashley
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ASH-lee
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was originally derived from place names meaning "ash tree clearing", from a combination of Old English æsc and leah. Until the 1960s it was more commonly given to boys in the United States, but it is now most often used on girls. It reached its height of popularity in America in 1987, but it did not become the highest ranked name until 1991, being overshadowed by the likewise-popular Jessica until then. In the United Kingdom it is still more common as a masculine name.
Ashlyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ASH-lin
Rating: 41% based on 10 votes
Combination of Ashley and the popular name suffix lyn.
Ashton
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ASH-tən
Rating: 56% based on 9 votes
From an English surname, itself derived from a place name meaning "ash tree town" in Old English. This was a rare masculine name until the 1980s, when it gradually began becoming more common for both genders. Inspired by the female character Ashton Main from the 1985 miniseries North and South, parents in America gave it more frequently to girls than boys from 1986 to 1997 [1]. Since then it has been overwhelmingly masculine once again, perhaps due in part to the fame of the actor Ashton Kutcher (1978-).
Ashwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
Other Scripts: अश्विन(Hindi, Marathi) அசுவின், அஸ்வின்(Tamil) అశ్విన్(Telugu) ಅಶ್ವಿನ್(Kannada)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From Sanskrit अश्विन् (ashvin) meaning "possessed of horses". The Ashvins are twin Hindu gods of the sunrise and sunset.
Ashwynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Modern)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Modern form of the Old English name Æscwynn, formed of the elements æsc "ash tree" and wynn "joy, rapture, pleasure".
Asmodeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pronounced: az-mə-DEE-əs(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From Greek Ἀσμοδαῖος (Asmodaios) and Hebrew אשְׁמְדּאי ('Ashmed'ai), probably from Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬆𐬨𐬀 (aēshəma) meaning "wrath" and 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (daēuua) meaning "demon". In the apocryphal Book of Tobit this is the name of a demon who successively kills seven of Sarah's husbands on their wedding nights. He also appears in the Talmud.
Aspen
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AS-pən
Personal remark: female spelling Aspyn
Rating: 54% based on 7 votes
From the English word for a variety of deciduous trees in the genus Populus, derived from Old English æspe. It is also the name of a ski resort in Colorado.
Aspyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AS-pən
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Variant of Aspen.
Asriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Literature
Other Scripts: Ἀσριήλ, Ἀσριὴλ(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Azriel used in the Geneva Bible (1560), Douay-Rheims Bible (1582-1610), the Clementine Vulgate (1592) and the Nova Vulgata ("Neo-Vulgate", 1979). The latter two are respectively the former and current official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church.

In the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) Asriel occurs only in verse 25:18 of 1 Chronicles, where it is a form of Azarel.

In literature, the English author Philip Pullman (b. 1946) used the name for a character in his His Dark Materials series, first released in 1995.

Astley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Aston
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AS-tən
Rating: 34% based on 8 votes
From a surname that was originally derived from either a place name meaning "east town" in Old English or from the given name Æðelstan.
Astrid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French, English
Pronounced: AS-trid(Swedish, English) AHS-tree(Norwegian) AS-trit(German) AS-TREED(French)
Rating: 80% based on 11 votes
Modern Scandinavian form of Ástríðr. This name was borne by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the author of Pippi Longstocking. It was also borne by a Swedish princess (1905-1935) who became the queen of Belgium as the wife of Leopold III.
Astro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Masculine form of Astra.
Asvard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Variant form of Åsvard (see Ásvarðr).
Asya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ася(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: A-syə(Russian)
Rating: 49% based on 11 votes
Diminutive of Anastasiya or Aleksandra.
Atarino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Ataya
Usage: Arabic (Egyptian)
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Athan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
English form of Tathan.
Athan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Αθάν(Greek)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Short form of Athanasios.
Athena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Ἀθηνᾶ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-TEH-NA(Classical Greek) ə-THEE-nə(English)
Rating: 80% based on 11 votes
Meaning unknown. Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron goddess of the city of Athens in Greece. It is likely that her name is derived from that of the city, not vice versa. The earliest mention of her seems to be a 15th-century BC Mycenaean Greek inscription from Knossos on Crete.

The daughter of Zeus, she was said to have sprung from his head fully grown after he impregnated and swallowed her mother Metis. Athena is associated with the olive tree and the owl.

Athens
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From Greek Athenai (plural because the city had several distinct parts), traditionally derived from Athena, but probably assimilated from a lost name in a pre-Hellenic language.
Atherton
Usage: English
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Placename meaning Ather's town.
Atlanta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: at-LAN-tə
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
From the name of the city in the American state of Georgia, originally a short form of Atlantica, which is ultimately from the name of the Atlantic Ocean (itself the genitive of Atlas).

It may also be considered a contracted form of Atalanta.

Atlas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄτλας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-TLAS(Classical Greek) AT-ləs(English)
Rating: 53% based on 9 votes
Possibly means "enduring" from Greek τλάω (tlao) meaning "to endure". In Greek mythology he was a Titan punished by Zeus by being forced to support the heavens on his shoulders.
Atleigh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Feminine variant of Atlee and Atley.
Atley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AT-lee
Personal remark: female spelling Atleigh
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Variant of Atlee.

English politician Clement Attlee, is a famous bearer.

Atley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British, Anglicized, Rare)
Pronounced: At-lee(British English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Atley.
Atticus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀττικός(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 57% based on 14 votes
Latinized form of Greek Ἀττικός (Attikos) meaning "from Attica", referring to the region surrounding Athens in Greece. This name was borne by a few notable Greeks from the Roman period (or Romans of Greek background). The author Harper Lee used the name in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) for an Alabama lawyer who defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
Atwater
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Atwater.
Aubrey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWB-ree
Rating: 32% based on 10 votes
From Auberi, an Old French form of Alberich brought to England by the Normans. It was common in the Middle Ages, and was revived in the 19th century. Since the mid-1970s it has more frequently been given to girls, due to Bread's 1972 song Aubrey along with its similarity to the established feminine name Audrey.
Aubrianne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AW-BREE-ANN, ah-bree-AN
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Combination of Aubrey and Anne 1.
Aubrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Combination of Aubrey and the popular name suffix elle.
Audra 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWD-rə
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Variant of Audrey, used since the 19th century. It jumped in popularity in the United States after the debut of the television series The Big Valley (1965-1969), which featured the character Audra Barkley.
Audrey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: AWD-ree(English) O-DREH(French)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Medieval diminutive of Æðelþryð. This was the name of a 7th-century saint, a princess of East Anglia who founded a monastery at Ely. It was also used by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy As You Like It (1599). At the end of the Middle Ages the name became rare due to association with the word tawdry (which was derived from St. Audrey, the name of a fair where cheap lace was sold), but it was revived in the 19th century. A famous bearer was British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).
August
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English
Pronounced: OW-guwst(German) OW-goost(Polish) OW-guyst(Swedish) AW-gəst(English)
Rating: 58% based on 13 votes
German, Polish, Scandinavian and Catalan form of Augustus. This was the name of three Polish kings.

As an English name it can also derive from the month of August, which was named for the Roman emperor Augustus.

Augustus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: ow-GOOS-toos(Latin) aw-GUS-təs(English) ow-GHUYS-tuys(Dutch)
Rating: 49% based on 11 votes
Means "exalted, venerable", derived from Latin augere meaning "to increase". Augustus was the title given to Octavian, the first Roman emperor. He was the adopted son of Julius Caesar who rose to power through a combination of military skill and political prowess. In 26 BC the senate officially gave him the name Augustus, and after his death it was used as a title for subsequent emperors. This was also the name of three kings of Poland (August in Polish).
Augustyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ow-GOO-stin
Rating: 30% based on 10 votes
Polish form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1).
Aurelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Pronounced: ow-REH-lee-a(Latin) ow-REH-lya(Italian, Spanish, Polish)
Rating: 67% based on 13 votes
Feminine form of Aurelius.
Aurelian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian, History
Rating: 65% based on 6 votes
Romanian form of Aurelianus, as well as the usual English form when referring to the Roman emperor.
Aurelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: ow-REH-lee-oos(Latin) aw-REEL-ee-əs(English)
Rating: 46% based on 9 votes
Roman family name that was derived from Latin aureus meaning "golden, gilded". Marcus Aurelius was a 2nd-century Roman emperor and philosophical writer. This was also the name of several early saints.
Auren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
Aurora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: ow-RAW-ra(Italian) ow-RO-ra(Spanish, Latin) ə-RAWR-ə(English) OW-ro-rah(Finnish)
Rating: 65% based on 15 votes
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since the Renaissance.
Austin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWS-tin
Rating: 35% based on 11 votes
Medieval contracted form of Augustine 1. Modern use of the name is probably also partly inspired by the common surname Austin, which is of the same origin. This is also the name of a city in Texas.
Austine
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Austyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AWS-tin
Rating: 22% based on 10 votes
Variant or feminine form of Austin.
Autry
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWD-ree, AW-tree
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Audrey.
Autumn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AW-təm
Rating: 68% based on 10 votes
From the name of the season, ultimately from Latin autumnus. This name has been in general use since the 1960s.
Ava 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-və
Rating: 45% based on 11 votes
Variant of Eve. A famous bearer was the American actress Ava Gardner (1922-1990). This name became very popular throughout the English-speaking world in the early 21st century, entering the top ten for girls in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It began to rise sharply after 1997, possibly inspired by the actress Heather Locklear and musician Richie Sambora when they used it for their baby daughter that year.
Avaleigh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: AY-vuh-lee(American English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Avalee
Avalon
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AV-ə-lahn
Rating: 61% based on 12 votes
From the name of the island paradise to which King Arthur was brought after his death. The name of this island is perhaps related to Welsh afal meaning "apple", a fruit that was often linked with paradise.
Avani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi
Other Scripts: अवनी(Marathi, Hindi) અવની(Gujarati)
Rating: 47% based on 12 votes
Means "earth" in Sanskrit.
Avaya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Aven
Usage: Biblical
Pronounced: AY-vən(Biblical English)
Rating: 63% based on 6 votes
A Biblical place name meaning "vanity", "nothingness", "iniquity" and "sorrow".

Aven is mentioned in the Bible as the once magnificent city of Heiropolis or 'city of the sun'. Forty-two miles outside of Damascus, this city is now known for the colossal ruins of its temples.

Aven
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Anglicized)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Anglicization of Aoibheann.
Averett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Avery
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-və-ree, AYV-ree
Rating: 46% based on 10 votes
From an English surname that was itself derived from the Norman French form of the given names Alberich or Alfred.

As a given name, it was used on the American sitcom Murphy Brown (1988-1998) for both the mother and son of the main character. By 1998 it was more popular as a name for girls in the United States, perhaps further inspired by a character from the movie Jerry Maguire (1996).

Avin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian
Pronounced: AY-vin
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Diminutive of Avinash.
Avis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-vis
Rating: 45% based on 10 votes
Probably a Latinized form of the Germanic name Aveza, which was derived from the element awi, of unknown meaning. The Normans introduced this name to England and it became moderately common during the Middle Ages, at which time it was associated with Latin avis "bird".
Avonte
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: ə-VAHN-tay
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Combination of the phonetic elements a, von and tay.
Avril
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: A-VREEL(French) AV-ril(English)
Rating: 49% based on 8 votes
French form of April. A famous bearer is the Canadian musician Avril Lavigne (1984-).
Axel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, French, English
Pronounced: A-ksehl(Swedish) A-ksəl(German) A-KSEHL(French) AK-səl(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Medieval Danish form of Absalom.
Axton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Axton, meaning "Acca's stone", from the Old English given name Acca plus stān 'stone'.
Ayanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African, African American (Modern), Jamaican Patois
Pronounced: ie-AHN-ə, ay-AHN-ah
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Possibly means "flower" in Amharic.
Ayasha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Rare), American (Modern), Cheyenne
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Variant of Ayashe.
Aylene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Variant of Aileen.
Ayler
Usage: English
Pronounced: Aye-ler
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
occupational name from Old French aillier ‘garlic seller’, from ail ‘garlic’ (from Latin allium).

variant of Aylor

Ayman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أيمن(Arabic)
Pronounced: IE-man
Rating: 15% based on 8 votes
Means "right-handed, blessed, lucky" in Arabic.
Aymerick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant of Aymeric.
Aysel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
Means "moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, from Turkic ay "moon" and sel "flood, stream".
Ayser
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Means "easier, better off, living better" in Arabic.
Aysun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 21% based on 8 votes
Means "as beautiful as the moon" in Turkish.
Ayton
Usage: English
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
From the name of towns in Berwickshire and North Yorkshire. They are derived from Old English ea "river" or ieg "island" combined with tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Ayton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-tən
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Ayton.
Ayzlin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: Ay-z-lin(American English)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Americanized variant of Aisling which is traditionally said ASH-lin. Ayzlin was given to 5 girls in 2018 according to the SSA.
Azariah
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲזַרְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: az-ə-RIE-ə(English)
Rating: 36% based on 9 votes
Means "Yahweh has helped" in Hebrew, derived from עָזַר ('azar) meaning "help" and יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of many Old Testament characters including of one of the three men the Babylonian king ordered cast into a fiery furnace. His Babylonian name was Abednego.
Azlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Malay
Other Scripts: عزلن(Malay Jawi)
Pronounced: AZ-lan
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Malay form of Aslan.
Azra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: عذراء(Arabic) عذرا(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: ‘adh-RA(Arabic)
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Means "virgin, maiden" in Arabic.
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