Behind the Name: yeohye's Personal Name List

Ananta

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hinduism, Odia, Bengali

Other Scripts: अनन्त, अनंत(Sanskrit) ଅନନ୍ତ(Odia) অনন্ত(Bengali)

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Means "infinite, endless" in Sanskrit. This is an epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu.

Amala

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Tamil, Malayalam

Other Scripts: அமலா(Tamil) അമല(Malayalam)

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Derived from Sanskrit अमल (amala) meaning "clean, pure".

Aisha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Hausa, Swahili, Kazakh, African American

Other Scripts: عائشة(Arabic) عائشہ(Urdu) Айша(Kazakh)

Pronounced: ‘A-ee-sha(Arabic) ie-EE-shə(English)

Means "living, alive" in Arabic. This was the name of Muhammad's third wife, the daughter of Abu Bakr. Some time after Muhammad's death she went to war against Ali, the fourth caliph, but was defeated. Her name is used more by Sunni Muslims and less by Shias.

This name began to be used in America in the 1970s, possibly inspired by Princess Aisha of Jordan (1968-), the daughter of King Hussein and his British-born wife. It received a boost in popularity after Stevie Wonder used it for his first daughter in 1975.