All Elements

usage
type
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a 1 ἀ Ancient Greek
Greek negative prefix.
a 2 安 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of ān.
a 3 愛 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of ài.
a 4 亜, 亞 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of yā.
a 5 अ Sanskrit
Sanskrit negative prefix.
a 6 English
Phonetic element /ɑ/ in English names (often in an unstressed position, as /ə/).
a 7 Western African, Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "we".
a 8 雅, 아 Korean
Korean reading of yǎ.
a 9 娥, 아 Korean
Korean reading of é.
á Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "river, stream, creek".
ā 阿 Chinese
Chinese character that has no distinct meaning. It can be prefixed to a given name to make it a diminutive.
ab آب Persian
Persian word meaning "water".
aba Southern African, Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "allocate, share".
abate Italian
Italian form of abbas.
abbas ἀββᾶς Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman
Means "abbot, priest" in Greek and Latin, derived from Aramaic meaning "father".
'abd عبد, Arabic, Phoenician
Arabic and Phoenician word meaning "servant, slave".
abhaya अभय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fearless".
abhijita अभिजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "victorious".
abhilasha अभिलष Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "desire, wish".
abhinava अभिनव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "young, fresh".
abhisheka अभिषेक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "anointing".
abrisham ابریشم Persian
Persian word meaning "silk".
abu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "father".
ac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "oak".
'ach אָח Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "brother".
achter Dutch
Dutch word meaning "behind".
ackar Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German word meaning "field".
acutus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sharp".
àdá Western African, Igbo
Igbo word meaning "eldest daughter".
adal Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "noble".
'adala عَدَلَ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to act justly".
adé Western African, Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "crown".
adelphos ἀδελφός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "brother".
'adil عَادِل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "fair, honest, just".
'adin עָדִין Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "delicate".
adler German
German word meaning "eagle".
admiror Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to admire".
adnos ἀδνός Ancient Greek
Cretan Greek form of hagnos.
'adon אָדוֹן, Ancient Hebrew, Phoenician
Hebrew and Phoenician word meaning "lord, master".
advocatus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "advocate, supporter".
æcer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "field".
æcermann Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ploughman".
áed Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "fire".
aeido ἀείδω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to sing, to chant".
ael Welsh
Welsh word meaning "brow".
ælf Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "elf".
Aeneid English
English form of Latin Aeneis, the name of an epic poem by Virgil about the hero Aeneas.
aeneis Ancient Roman
Latin form of Aeneid.
ængle Anglo-Saxon
Old English name of the Germanic tribe the Angles.
æppel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "apple".
aeron Welsh
Welsh word meaning "berries".
æsc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ash tree".
æðel Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "noble".
aetos ἀετός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "eagle".
Afghan افغان Persian
Persian word meaning "Afghan".
afi Polynesian
Polynesian word meaning "fire".
Àfọ̀ Western African, Igbo
Igbo word referring to a day of the week.
ag Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "edge (of a sword), blade".
agape ἀγάπη Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "love".
agapetos ἀγαπητός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beloved".
agathos ἀγαθός Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "good".
agellus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "little field".
ager Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "field, terrain, country".
agi Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "awe, terror".
agil Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "edge (of a sword), blade".
agoda агода Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "berry".
agora ἀγορά Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "assembly, marketplace".
agrios ἄγριος Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "wild".
agrom Ancient Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "battle, carnage".
'aḥ Phoenician
Phoenician word meaning "brother".
ahad أحد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Sunday", usually written with the definite article: الأحد (al-ahad).
'ahav אָהַב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to love".
ahi Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "fire".
ahsa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "axle".
aḫu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "brother".
ài 1 爱, 愛 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "love, affection".
ài 2 艾 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sagebrush, wormwood".
ǎi 蔼, 藹 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "friendly, lush".
ai 1 愛 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of ài.
ai 2 藍 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of lán.
aina Latvian
Latvian word meaning "scene, sight".
aire Medieval French
Old French word meaning "nest, family, lineage, bloodline".
aishwarya ऐश्वर्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "prosperity, wealth".
ajaya अजय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unconquered".
ajita अजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unconquered, invincible".
áká Western African, Igbo
Igbo word meaning "hand".
aka 1 明 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of míng.
aka 2 朱 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of zhū.
aka 3 赤 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of chì.
akane 茜 Japanese
Means "rubia plant, dye from the rubia plant, deep red", from a Japanese kun reading of qiān.
akasha आकाश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "open space, sky".
ake 明 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of míng.
akh Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "to be effective, to be useful".
akhila अखिल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "whole, complete, without a gap".
aki 1 秋 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of qiū.
aki 2 明 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of míng.
aki 3 昭 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhāo.
aki 4 晶 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of jīng.
aki 5 章 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhāng.
akira 1 昭 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhāo.
akira 2 明 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of míng.
akira 3 亮 Japanese
Means "clear", from a Japanese nanori reading of liàng.
akira 4 晶 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of jīng.
akouo ἀκούω Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "to hear, to listen".
akr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "field".
akshaya अक्षय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "undecaying, imperishable".
akshi अक्षि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "eye".
àkụ̀ Western African, Igbo
Igbo word meaning "wealth".
al Medieval Baltic
Baltic element meaning "all".
'ala عَلَاء Arabic
Arabic word meaning "excellence, height".
àlà Western African, Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "white cloth".
ala 1 Ancient Germanic, Old Norse
Germanic element meaning "all".
ala 2 Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "way, path".
'alah עָלָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to ascend, to climb".
alba Ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of albus, later acquiring the meaning "dawn" in Vulgar Latin.
Albanoi Ἀλβανόι Ancient Greek
Greek word referring to an ancient tribe of the Illyrians.
albus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "white".
ald Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "old".
aletheia ἀλήθεια Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "truth".
alexo ἀλέξω Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "to defend, to help".
alf 1 Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "elf".
alf 2 ألْف Arabic
Arabic word meaning "thousand".
alfr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "elf".
alga Medieval Baltic
Lithuanian and Latvian word meaning "salary, pay".
'aliy عَلِيّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "lofty, sublime, high, exalted".
alja Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "other, foreign".
aljan Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "strength, power".
alke ἀλκή Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "strength".
alkyon ἀλκυών Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "kingfisher".
allegro Italian
Italian word meaning "quick, lively".
almas الماس Persian
Persian word meaning "diamond".
almr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "elm".
almus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "nourishing".
alnus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "alder tree".
aloha Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "love".
alp Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "brave, hero".
alt Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "old".
altan алтан Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "golden".
altus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "high".
alu Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "defense, protection, luck".
'am עַם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "people, nation, folk".
am อํา Thai
Thai word meaning "to hide, to conceal".
ama 天 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of tiān.
àmádí Western African, Igbo
Igbo word meaning "freeborn man".
amal Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "work, labour".
amala अमल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "clean, pure".
aman أمان Arabic
Arabic word meaning "peace".
amandla Southern African, Nguni
Nguni word meaning "strength, power".
'amar אָמַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to say, to speak".
amar Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "calf".
'amara عَمَرَ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to live long, to thrive".
àmàrà Western African, Igbo
Igbo word meaning "grace, kindness".
amara अमर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "immortal, undying".
amarantus ἀμάραντος Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latin word for the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek ἀμάραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading".
ambara अम्बर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "garment, sky".
ambra Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "amber", ultimately of Arabic origin.
ami Medieval French
Old French word meaning "friend".
amicus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "friend".
amin أمين Arabic
Arabic word meaning "true, trustworthy".
amina أمِنَ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be safe".
amir أمير Arabic
Arabic word meaning "prince, commander, amir".
amira أميرة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "princess".
amita अमित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "immeasurable, infinite".
amor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "love".
amrita अमृत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "immortal".
amuna أمُنَ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be faithful".
amygdala Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "almond".
àn 岸 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "beach, shore, bank".
ān 安 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "peace, quiet".
an 1 安 Vietnamese
Means "safe, secure", derived from ān.
an 2 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "heaven, sky" and later "god, goddess".
an 3 Old Welsh
Old Welsh intensive prefix.
ana ἀνά Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "up".
'anah 1 עָנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to answer".
'anah 2 עָנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be afflicted, to be depressed, to be humbled".
'anan עָנָן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "cloud".
ananda आनन्द Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "happiness, bliss".
ananta अनन्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "infinite, endless".
anar انار Persian
Persian word meaning "pomegranate", ultimately of Arabic origin.
anatole ἀνατολή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sunrise".
anax ἄναξ Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "master, lord".
and Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "wrath, zeal".
anda Southern African, Nguni
Nguni word meaning "increase".
andreios ἀνδρεῖος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "manly, masculine".
andros ἀνδρός Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "of a man" (genitive form of aner).
aner ἀνήρ Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "man". The genitive form is ἀνδρός (andros).
áng 昂 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "raise, lift".
angelica Late Roman
Latin word meaning "angelic".
angelma ἄγγελμα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "news, message".
angelos ἄγγελος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "messenger", later acquiring the sense "angel".
angelus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "angel".
angil Ancient Germanic
Germanic element referring to the Germanic tribe the Angles (see Angel).
anglii Ancient Roman
Latin name of the Germanic tribe the Angles.
anh 英 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of yīng.
ànị̀ Western African, Igbo
Igbo word meaning "earth, land" (àlà in Central dialect).
anika अनीक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "splendour, appearance, face, army".
aniketa अनिकेत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "homeless".
anisha 1 अनीश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "supreme, paramount, without a ruler".
anisha 2 अनिश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "nightless, sleepless".
anita अनीत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "not guided".
anjali अञ्जलि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "salutation".
anker Old High German
Old High German word meaning "anchor".
ankh 1 анх Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "first".
ankh 2 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "life".
ankita अङ्कित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "marked".
ankura अङ्कुर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sapling, sprout, shoot".
anne Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "alone, solitary".
annuntiation Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "annunciation".
ans Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "god".
ansetl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hermitage".
ant Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "giant".
anthos ἄνθος Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "flower".
anti ἀντί Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "against, compared to, like".
anu 1 Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "ancestor, father".
anu 2 अनु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "under, down, away, after".
anu 3 Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "coolness".
anuja अनुज Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "born later, younger".
anupa अनूप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "watery, near the water".
anupama अनुपम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "incomparable, matchless".
Anuradha अनुराध Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to a constellation in Hindu astrology.
ànyị́ Western African, Igbo
Igbo word meaning "we" (first-person plural pronoun).
ào 奥, 奧 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "difficult to understand".
ao 1 碧 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of bì.
ao 2 青 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of qīng.
aoi 葵 Japanese
Means "hollyhock, althea", from a Japanese kun reading of kuí.
aoide ἀοιδή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song".
aparajita अपराजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unconquered".
aplaz Ancient Germanic
Germanic word meaning "apple".
aplu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "son, heir".
appel Dutch
Dutch word meaning "apple".
aprilis Ancient Roman
Latin name of the fourth month of the year (originally the second).
apurva अपूर्व Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unpreceded, new".
aqua Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "water".
aquila Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "eagle".
aquilentum Late Roman (Hypothetical)
Vulgar Latin word meaning "prickly, eglantine".
ar Old Welsh
Old Welsh prefix meaning "above, beyond".
ara آرا Persian
Persian word meaning "decorate, adorn".
ará Western African, Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "family, relative".
ara coeli Late Roman
Latin phrase meaning "altar of the sky".
aras Lithuanian
Poetic Lithuanian word meaning "eagle".
arata 新 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of xīn.
aratrika आरात्रिक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to a ritual in which offerings of lamps or candles are made to various gods.
aravinda अरविन्द Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lotus".
arbeid Dutch
Dutch word meaning "work".
arbeit German, Old High German
German word meaning "work".
arbën Albanian
Albanian word meaning "Albanian", probably related to Greek Albanoi.
arbi'a أربعاء Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Wednesday", usually written with the definite article: الأربعاء (al-arbi'a).
arbor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tree".
arc Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "chest, coffer", ultimately from Latin arca.
archana अर्चन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "honouring, praising".
archiater Late Roman
Latin word meaning "doctor, physician".
archos ἀρχός Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "master".
ard Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "high".
arena Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sand".
arestos ἀρεστός Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "pleasing".
arete ἀρετή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "virtue".
argant Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "silver".
argentum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "silver".
argi Basque
Basque word meaning "light".
argyros ἄργυρος Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "silver".
'ari אֲרִי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "lion".
ari 1 Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "eagle".
ari 2 ἀρι Ancient Greek
Greek strengthening element meaning "most".
ari 3 अरि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "enemy".
ari 4 有 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yǒu.
arijit अरिजित् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "conquering enemies".
aristos ἄριστος Ancient Greek
Greek element meaning "best".
armbrust German
German word meaning "crossbow".
arn Ancient Germanic, Old Norse
Germanic and Old Norse element meaning "eagle".
arnaq ᐊᕐᓇᖅ Indigenous American, Inuit
Inuit word meaning "woman".
arr Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "warrior", from Proto-Norse *harjaz "leader of an army".
arslan Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "lion".
arth Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "bear".
artha अर्थ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "goal, purpose, wealth, property".
artos Ancient Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "bear".
arvo Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "value".
arya Ancient Persian
Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble".
asa 1 麻 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of má.
asa 2 浅, 淺 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of qiǎn.
'asal عَسَل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "honey".
ašarēdu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "preeminent".
asc Ancient Germanic
Germanic element meaning "ash tree".
ascia Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "axe".
'asha عاش Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to live".
asha आशा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wish, desire, hope".
'ashar אָשַׁר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be happy, to be blessed".
ashisha आशिष Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "prayer, blessing".
ashvin अश्विन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "possessed of horses".
'ashyah אָשְׁיָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "support, column, buttress".
asil асыл Kazakh
Kazakh word meaning "precious, noble".
asiman असीमन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "boundless, limitless".
aslama أَسْلَمَ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to surrender, to submit".
áss Old Norse
Old Norse element meaning "god, Æsir".
assumption Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "taking up".
aster ἀστήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "star".
asu 1 飛 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of fēi.
asu 2 明日 Japanese
Japanese character meaning "tomorrow".
'ata عطاء Arabic
Arabic word meaning "gift".
'atal עֲתַל Ancient Hebrew (Hypothetical)
Unattested Hebrew word possibly meaning "exalted".
atha Ancient Germanic
Germanic element perhaps meaning "father".