ayasmina's Personal Name List

Aara
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أرى(Arabic)
Means "one who adorns, beautifier" in Arabic.
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) A-bəl(Dutch)
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.
Abelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Catalan (Rare)
Feminine form of Abel. Abelia is also a type of flowering shrub in the honeysuckle family, named after British surgeon and naturalist Clarke Abel (1780-1826).
Abelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare), Spanish, Provençal, Niçard
Spanish elaboration of Abelia, Niçard diminutive Abelìa as well as a German feminine form of Abel and a German elaboration of Abela.
Abilene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Other Scripts: Ἀβιληνή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AB-i-leen(English) ab-i-LEE-nee(English)
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.
Abriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AW-bree-EL-a
Variant of Aubriella or a combination of the prefix a and Briella.
Abrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
Combination of the prefix a and Brielle, or a variant of Aubrielle.
Abyssinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: ab-i-SIN-ee-ə(American English)
Transferred used of the former name of Ethiopian Empire as a given name. Cited from Wiktionary, it is derived from New Latin Abissini, of Abissīnus (“Abyssinian, Ethiopian”), from Arabic الْحَبَشَة‎ (al-ḥabaša), and from حَبَش‎ (ḥabaš), means "to collect, to earn, to reap".
Acacia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-KAY-shə
From the name of a type of tree, ultimately derived from Greek ἀκή (ake) meaning "thorn, point".
Acai
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
From the name of the Açaí palm; derived from Old Tupi asa'y or ybasa'y, meaning "fruit that expels water".
Acantha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἄκανθα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-KAN-thə(English)
Latinized form of Greek Ἄκανθα (Akantha), which meant "thorn, prickle". In Greek legend she was a nymph loved by Apollo.
Acca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
In Roman legend this was another name of Larentia, the foster mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, and wife of the shepherd Faustulus. In her honour the Romans celebrated in December a feast called Larentalia or Accalia. This name also occurs in Virgil's Aeneid, belonging to a companion of Camilla.
Accalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology (?), English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-KAY-lee-ə(English)
According to questionable sources, such as baby name books and websites, this was another name for Acca, the human foster-mother of Romulus and Remus in Roman legend, also known as Acca Larentia (see Acca). It coincides with the Latin word Accalia referring to a Roman festival celebrating Acca Larentia, meaning literally "things pertaining to Acca".
A known bearer of this name is Accalia Hipwood, an English radio personality in Dubai.
Accia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English (Rare)
Feminine form of Accius.
Accorsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian
Italian accorsa from Latin accursia "aided, helped".

The hypocoristic Corsa was more common than the full form.

Accursa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sicilian
Variant of Accursia.
Accursia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sicilian (Rare)
Feminine form of Accursio.
Ace 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AYS
From the English word meaning "highest rank". More commonly a nickname, it is occasionally used as a given name.
Acelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Variant of Aceline.
Aceline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French, Medieval English
Feminine form of Acelin.
Achaea
Usage: Greek
Achaea or Achaia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras which is the third largest city in Greece.
Achara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อัจฉรา(Thai)
Pronounced: at-cha-RA
Alternate transcription of Thai อัจฉรา (see Atchara).
Achariya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อาจริย(Thai)
Pronounced: a-cha-ree-YA
Means "teacher, scholar, sage" in Thai.
Achirana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Quechua
Means "thanksgiving offering" in Quechua.
Aciana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Feminine form of Aciano. Means “cornflower”
Aciano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ah-see-AH-no
Means "the blue bottle flower" in Spanish.
Adaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Spanish
Hebrew variant and Spanish form of Adaiah.
Adaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: Uh-DARE-uh
Feminine form of Adair.
Adalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Adelia.
Adaluna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure, Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare, ?)
Combination of Ada 1 and Luna. This was also the Roman name of the River Lune in Cumbria and Lancashire, England.
Adamantia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Αδαμαντία(Greek)
Feminine form of Adamantios.
Adamia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Feminine form of Adam.
Adamina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ad-ə-MEEN-ə
Feminine form of Adam.
Adamira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Combination of Ada 1 and the popular suffix -mira.
Adanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Means "eldest daughter of the father" in Igbo.
Adara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַדָרָה(Hebrew)
Means "noble" in Hebrew.
Adaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲדָיָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-dah-yah
Variant transcription of Adaiah.
Addison
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AD-i-sən
From an English surname meaning "son of Adam". Its recent popularity as a feminine name stems from its similarity in sound to Madison.
Addolorata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ad-do-lo-RA-ta
Means "grieving" in Italian, from the title of the Virgin Mary, Maria Addolorata. It is most common in southern Italy. It is the equivalent of Spanish Dolores.
Adelaida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-dheh-LIE-dha
Spanish form of Adelaide.
Adelaide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Portuguese
Pronounced: A-də-layd(English) a-deh-LIE-deh(Italian) a-di-LIE-di(European Portuguese) a-di-LIED(European Portuguese) a-deh-LIE-dee(Brazilian Portuguese)
Means "nobleness, nobility", from the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, which was composed of adal "noble" and the suffix heit "kind, sort, type". It was borne in the 10th century by Saint Adelaide, the wife of the Holy Roman emperor Otto the Great.

In Britain the parallel form Alice, derived via Old French, has historically been more common than Adelaide, though this form did gain some currency in the 19th century due to the popularity of the German-born wife of King William IV, for whom the city of Adelaide in Australia was named in 1836.

Adelasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian, Theatre, Italian, Sardinian
Medieval Italian variant of Adelaide.

Adelasia of Torres (1207-1259) was the Judge of Logudoro from 1236 and Judge of Gallura from 1238, while Adelasia del Vasto (c. 1075 – 16 April 1118) was the third wife of Roger I of Sicily and mother of Roger II of Sicily, as well as Queen consort of Jerusalem due to her later marriage to Baldwin I of Jerusalem, as his third wife.

Adelasia ed Aleramo (1806) is an opera composed by Johann Simon Mayr.

Adelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish
Pronounced: ə-DEHL-ee-ə(English) a-DHEH-lya(Spanish)
Elaborated form of Adela.
Adelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Other Scripts: Аделина(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: a-deh-LEE-na(Italian) a-dheh-LEE-na(Spanish)
From a Germanic name that was derived from the element adal meaning "noble" (Proto-Germanic *aþalaz).
Adella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-DEHL-ə
Variant of Adela.
Adhara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-DEHR-ə(English)
Derived from Arabic عذارى ('adhara) meaning "maidens". This is the name of the second brightest star (after Sirius) in the constellation Canis Major.
Adiela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), South African
Other Scripts: עדיאלה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-dee-EL-ə(Hebrew) AD-ee-el-ə(English)
Feminine form of Adiel.
Adina 1
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲדִינָא(Ancient Hebrew) Ἀδινά(Ancient Greek) עֲדִינָה(Hebrew)
From Hebrew עֲדִינָא ('adina') meaning "delicate". This name is borne by a soldier in the Old Testament. It is also used in modern Hebrew as a feminine name, typically spelled עֲדִינָה.
Adonai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Theology
Other Scripts: אֲדֹנָי(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "my lord" in Hebrew. This was the title used to refer to the God of the Israelites, Yahweh, whose name was forbidden to be spoken.
Adonaiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew
Means "my lord is God" in Hebrew. This was the name of an angel mentioned in the Testament of Solomon.
Adonis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄδωνις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-DAW-NEES(Classical Greek) ə-DAHN-is(English) ə-DO-nis(English)
From Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾadon) meaning "lord, master". In Greek myth Adonis was a handsome young shepherd killed while hunting a wild boar. The anemone flower is said to have sprung from his blood. Because he was loved by Aphrodite, Zeus allowed him to be restored to life for part of each year. The Greeks borrowed this character from Semitic traditions, originally Sumerian (see Dumuzi).
Adora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: a-DHO-ra
Short form of Adoración.
Adorabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-dawr-ə-BEL-ə(American English)
This name can be a derivation of the Latin adjective adorabilis meaning "adorable, worthy of adoration" as well as be a combination of the names Adora and Bella.
Adrasteia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀδράστεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-DRAS-TEH-A(Classical Greek)
Feminine form of Adrastos. In Greek mythology this name was borne by a nymph who fostered the infant Zeus. This was also another name of the goddess Nemesis.
Adria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-dree-ə
Short form of Adriana.
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)
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.
Adriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Slovak, Czech, Bulgarian, English, Dutch
Other Scripts: Адриана(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: a-dree-A-na(Italian, Dutch) a-DHRYA-na(Spanish) a-DRYA-na(Polish) ay-dree-AN-ə(English) ay-dree-AHN-ə(English)
Feminine form of Adrian. A famous bearer is the Brazilian model Adriana Lima (1981-).
Adriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: עַדְרִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "flock of God" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a man who married Saul's daughter Merab.
Adriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Feminine form of Adriel.
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)
Feminine form of Adriel.
Adriette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Feminization of Adrian (via the French form Adrien) by way of adding the French diminutive suffix -ette.
Adroa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African Mythology
The God of the Lugbara, who dwell in the area between Zaire and Uganda. Adroa had two aspects: good and evil. He was looked on as the creator of heaven and Earth, and was said to appear to a person who was about to die. Adroa was represented as tall and white, with only half a body --- one eye, one ear, one arm, one leg. His children are the Adroanzi.
Adsila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cherokee
From Cherokee ᎠᏥᎳ (atsila) "fire" or ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (atsilunsgi) "flower, blossom".
Aelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: IE-lee-a
Feminine form of Aelius.
Aeliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Aelianus.
Aella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄελλα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-EHL-LA(Classical Greek)
Means "whirlwind" in Greek. In Greek myth this was the name of an Amazon warrior killed by Herakles during his quest for Hippolyta's girdle.
Aeolia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Αἰολία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ie-o-lee-a(Attic Greek) eh-o-LEE-a(Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek) ee-OL-i-ə(English)
Latinized form of Greek Αἰολία (Aiolia), itself derived from αἰόλος (aiolos) meaning "moving, swift" (see Aiolos).
Agate
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish, French (Rare), Picard, Basque
Pronounced: A-GAT(French) a-gha-teh(Basque)
French variant and Nordic, Picard, Basque and Latvian form of Agathe. In French and Basque, the name coincides with the word for the gemstone.
Ahana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 亜華, 天花, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-HAH-NAH
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" or 天 (a) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 華 (hana) or 花 (hana) both meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ai 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛, 藍, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-EE
From Japanese (ai) meaning "love, affection", (ai) meaning "indigo", or other kanji with the same pronunciation.
Aijia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 爱嘉(Chinese)
From the Chinese 爱 (ài) meaning "love" and 嘉 (jiā) meaning "fine, good, auspicious, excellent".
Aijin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛人, 愛臣, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-EE-JEEN
From Japanese 愛人 (aijin) meaning "lover". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Aika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛華, 愛花, 愛香, 愛加, 愛歌, 愛嘉, 藍花, 藍香, 藍加, 藍華, 藍嘉, 藍歌(Japanese Kanji) あいか(Japanese Hiragana) アイカ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: AH-EE-KAH
This name combines 愛 (ai, ito.shii, o.shimu, kana.shii, mana, me.deru) meaning "affection, love" or 藍 (ran, ai) meaning "indigo" with 華 or 花 (ka, ke, hana) which both mean "flower," 香 (kyou, kou, ka, kao.ri, kao.ru) meaning "incense, perfume, smell", 加 (ka, kuwa.eru, kuwa.waru) meaning "add, include, join", 歌 (ka, uta, uta.u) meaning "sing, song, poem" or 嘉 (ka, yoi, yomi.suru) meaning "applaud, esteem, praise."
Aikaterine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αἰκατερίνη(Ancient Greek)
Ancient Greek form of Katherine.
Aila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: IE-lah
Finnish form of Áile.
Ailana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish
Aimelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Gascon
Gascon form of Ameline.
Ain
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Astronomy, Arabic
Means "eye" in Arabic. This is the traditional name of the star Epsilon Tauri in the constellation Taurus.
Aina 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あいな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-EE-NA
From Japanese (ai) meaning "love, affection" and (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", as well as other character combinations.
Ainara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish
Pronounced: ie-NA-ra
Variant of Enara.
Aira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: あいら(Japanese Hiragana) 亜伊羅, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-EE-ṘA
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 伊 (i) meaning "Iraq, Iran" combined with 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Airi 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛莉, 愛梨, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あいり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-EE-REE
From Japanese (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or (ri) meaning "pear". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
Aisara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αἰσάρα(Ancient Greek)
Original form of Aesara.
Aiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Aiyana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: ai-AHN-ah
Variant of Ayanna.
Aiza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛座, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-EE-ZAH
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with 座 (za) meaning "seat". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Aja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-zhə(English)
Variant of Asia 1.
Ajay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: 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)
Means "unconquered", from Sanskrit (a) meaning "not" and जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest".
Aji
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
Indonesian form of Haji.
Ajia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 亜細亜(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-JEE-AH
From Japanese 亜細亜 (ajia) meaning "Asia".
Ajin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tamil
Pronounced: AH-jin
Rare masculine name of unknown meaning.
Ajra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian
Akana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: あかな(Japanese Hiragana) 茜菜, 茜奈, 紅菜, 紅奈, 朱菜, 朱奈, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-KAH-NAH
From Japanese 茜 (aka) meaning "deep red, dye from the rubia plant", 紅 (aka) meaning "crimson" or 朱 (aka) meaning "cinnabar, vermilion" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
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
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.
Akeria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American, Jamaican Patois
Pronounced: ah-KARE-ee-yuh(African American) ah-KARE-yuh(Jamaican Patois)
Unknown meaning. Possibly derived from Akira
Aki 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 晶, 明, 秋, 亜希, 亜樹, 亜紀, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE
From Japanese (aki) meaning "clear, crystal", (aki) meaning "bright, light, clear" or (aki) meaning "autumn". It can also come from (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with (ki) meaning "hope". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name too.
Akia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 明空, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-KEE-AH
From Japanese 明 (aki) meaning "clear, tomorrow, bright" combined with 空 (a) meaning "sky". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, African American
Pronounced: ah-kee-YAH-nuh
Elaboration of Kiana with the prefix a-
Akiane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Russian, English
Other Scripts: Akianne, Akiana, Akianna
Pronounced: ah-kee-AH-nuh(Lithuanian, Russian) ah-kee-AHN(English) ah-kee-ANNE(English)
Russian girls’ name meaning “ocean.”
Akira
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 昭, 明, 亮, 晶, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あきら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE-RA
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 .
Akiya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Aki means multiple things with different kanji :
"clear,obvious", "bright", "clear,crystal", "autumn", or a mix of "a" meaning "second,Asia" and "ki"meaning "hope" in this name. Ya could be for "night" or "also".
So the name could mean: "Autumn Night","Autumn Also","Bright Night","Bright Also","Clear/Crystal Night", and so on.
Akyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: Ah-Kee-Rah-lahn-ah
Combination of the prefix a- with Kyra.
Alaia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Means "joyful, happy" from Basque alai.
Alaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LAYN-ə
Variant of Alana, probably influenced by Elaine.
Alan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Scottish, Breton, French, Polish
Pronounced: AL-ən(English) A-lahn(Breton) A-LAHN(French)
The meaning of this name is not known for certain. It was used in Brittany at least as early as the 6th century, and it possibly means either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton. Alternatively, it may derive from the tribal name of the Alans, an Iranian people who migrated into Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries.

This was the name of several dukes of Brittany, and Breton settlers introduced it to England after the Norman Conquest. Famous modern bearers include Alan Shepard (1923-1998), the first American in space and the fifth man to walk on the moon, and Alan Turing (1912-1954), a British mathematician and computer scientist.

Alana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Breton
Pronounced: ə-LAN-ə(English) a-LAHN-a(Breton)
Feminine form of Alan.
Alara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Medieval Turkic (Rare)
Pronounced: Ah-LAH-rah(Turkish)
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.
Alasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-LA-see-ə
Alasia is the name of the star HD 168746. The star is named after an ancient name for Cyprus.
Alcina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Carolingian Cycle
Used by Ludovico Ariosto in his poem Orlando Furioso (1532), where it belongs to a sorceress who abducts Ruggiero. Ariosto may have borrowed the name from the mythological Alcinoe or directly from the Greek word ἀλκή (alke) meaning "strength, prowess". George Frideric Handel adapted the story into his opera Alcina in 1735.
Aleida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: a-LAY-da
Dutch short form of Adelaide.
Alejandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-leh-KHAN-dra
Spanish form of Alexandra.
Alessandro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-lehs-SAN-dro
Italian form of Alexander. A famous bearer was Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), the Italian physicist who invented the battery.
Alessia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-LEHS-sya
Italian feminine form of Alexius.
Alessio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-LEHS-syo
Italian form of Alexius.
Aletheia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀλήθεια(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek ἀλήθεια (aletheia) meaning "truth". (Compare English Alethea.) According to some Greek myths she was the personification of truth, a daughter of Zeus and one of the nurses to Apollo.
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)
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 Alexander MacKenzie (1764-1820), Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), and Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the Scottish-Canadian-American inventor of the telephone.

Alexandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Catalan, Russian, Ukrainian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Αλεξάνδρα(Greek) Александра(Russian, Ukrainian) Ἀλεξάνδρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: al-ig-ZAN-drə(English) a-leh-KSAN-dra(German, Romanian) a-lehk-SAHN-dra(Dutch) A-LUG-ZAHN-DRA(French) a-leh-KSAN-dhra(Greek) u-li-SHUN-dru(European Portuguese) a-leh-SHUN-dru(Brazilian Portuguese) A-lehk-san-dra(Czech, Slovak) AW-lehk-sawn-draw(Hungarian) A-LEH-KSAN-DRA(Classical Greek)
Feminine form of Alexander. In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name of Cassandra. It was borne by several early Christian saints, and also by the wife of Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia. She was from Germany and had the birth name Alix, but was renamed Александра (Aleksandra) upon joining the Russian Church.
Alexandrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese, Romanian, English (Rare)
Pronounced: al-ig-zan-DREE-nə(English)
Elaborated form of Alexandra. This was the first name of Queen Victoria; her middle name was Victoria.
Alexei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Alternate transcription of Russian Алексей (see Aleksey).
Alexia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, French, Spanish, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: Αλεξία(Greek)
Pronounced: A-LEHK-SEE-A(French) ə-LEHK-see-ə(English)
Feminine form of Alexis.
Alexina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-ik-SEE-nə
Feminine form of Alex, or a diminutive 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)
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 this name is more commonly given to girls. This is due to the American actress Alexis Smith (1921-1993), who began appearing in movies in the early 1940s. It got a boost in popularity in the 1980s from a character on the soap opera Dynasty.

Ali 1
Gender: Masculine
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)
Means "lofty, sublime" in Arabic, from the root علا ('ala) meaning "to be high". 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.

Alia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: علياء(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘al-YA
Alternate transcription of Arabic علياء (see Alya 1).
Alicia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English, Swedish, French
Pronounced: a-LEE-thya(European Spanish) a-LEE-sya(Latin American Spanish) ə-LEE-shə(English) ə-LEE-see-ə(English)
Latinized form of Alice.
Aliciana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, English (American)
Pronounced: uh-lee-see-on-uh(English)
Elaboration of Alicia by adding Ana. This name was given to 25 girls in 2017.
Alina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Slovene, German, Italian, Spanish
Other Scripts: Алина(Russian) Аліна(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: a-LEE-na(Romanian, Polish, German, Italian, Spanish)
Short form of Adelina, Albina and names that end in alina.
Alira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Aliria and feminine form of Aliro.
Aliria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Alirio.
Alirio
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare)
Origin uncertain, though it could be derived from the Roman name Hilarius or the Greek Hilarion, as suggested by Hanks and Hodges in 'A Dictionary of First Names' (they also go on to note a possible connection with Allyre, the name of a Gallo-Roman saint). Use of Alirio as a feminine name is probably inspired by Spanish lirio meaning "iris flower" or "lily" (Portuguese lírio).
Aliro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Variant form of Alirio.
Alisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Finnish, Georgian
Other Scripts: Алиса(Russian) Аліса(Ukrainian) ალისა(Georgian)
Pronounced: u-LYEE-sə(Russian) AH-lee-sah(Finnish)
Form of Alice used in several languages.
Alita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Alethea.
Alivia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LIV-ee-ə
Variant of Olivia.
Aliya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Tatar, Arabic
Other Scripts: Әлия(Kazakh) Алия(Tatar) عليّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘a-LEE-yah(Arabic)
Kazakh and Tatar form of Aliyah 1, as well as an alternate transcription of Arabic عليّة (see Aliyah 1).
Aliyah 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: عليّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘a-LEE-yah
Feminine form of Ali 1.
Alizara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Allison
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-i-sən
From the middle of the 20th century this has primarily been used as a variant of the feminine name Alison 1. However, prior to that it was used as an uncommon masculine name, derived from the English and Scottish surname Allison.
Alluka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: ah-loo-kah
Anglicization of the Japanese name Aruka. Alluka is a young female character in Yoshihiro Togashi’s manga “Hunter X Hunter.” She has a cursed alter-ego named Nanika.
Allura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: ə-LUR-ə, ə-LAWR-ə
Apparently based on the English word allure. This was the name of a princess in the 1980s anime television show 'Voltron'.
Alondra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: a-LON-dra
Derived from Spanish alondra meaning "lark".
Alora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Variant of Elora.
Altaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
The name of a character in the classic 1956 science fiction film, Forbidden Planet. Altaira Morbius was the daughter of the scientist and space voyager Dr. Edward Morbius. The name Altaira is derived from Altair, the brightest star in the constellation of the Eagle (Aquila).
Alvaro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: AL-va-ro
Italian form of Alvarus (see Álvaro).
Alvera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), American
Alverio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: AL-VAYR-EE-O
Alyssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-LIS-ə
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.
Amadea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, German, Italian, Sicilian, Hungarian, Galician, Polish, Slovene
Late Roman and German feminine form of Amadeus, Italian and Galician feminine form of Amadeo, Sicilian feminine form of Amadeu, Hungarian and Polish feminine form of Amadeusz and Slovene variant of Amadeja.
Amadeo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: a-ma-DEH-o(Italian)
Spanish form of Amadeus, as well as an Italian variant. This was the name of a 19th-century king of Spain (born in Italy).
Amadeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Pronounced: ahm-ə-DAY-əs(English) ahm-ə-DEE-əs(English)
Means "love of God", derived from Latin amare "to love" and Deus "God". A famous bearer was the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), who was actually born Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart but preferred the Latin translation of his Greek middle name. This name was also assumed as a middle name by the German novelist E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), who took it in honour of Mozart.
Amaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Means "the end" in Basque. This is the name of a character in the historical novel Amaya, or the Basques in the 8th century (1879) by Francisco Navarro-Villoslada (Amaya in the Spanish original; Amaia in the Basque translation).
Amalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Greek, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, German, Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Other Scripts: Αμαλία(Greek)
Pronounced: a-MA-lya(Spanish, German) a-MA-lee-a(Dutch)
Short form of Germanic names beginning with the element amal. This element means "unceasing, vigorous, brave", or it can refer to the Gothic dynasty of the Amali (derived from the same root).

This was another name for the 7th-century saint Amalberga of Maubeuge.

Amaliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: ah-mahl-LYAH-nah(Italian) ah-mah-lee-YAH-nah(Spanish)
Elaboration of Amalia with the suffix -na
Amalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sicilian
Diminutive of Amalia.
Amalinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sorbian
Amalthea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀμάλθεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: am-əl-THEE-ə(English)
From the Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amaltheia), derived from μαλθάσσω (malthasso) meaning "to soften, to soothe". In Greek myth she was a nymph (in some sources a goat) who nursed the infant Zeus.
Amancia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Jamaican Patois
Spanish, Galician, and Jamaican Patois feminine form of Amantius.
Amancio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-MAN-thyo(European Spanish) a-MAN-syo(Latin American Spanish)
Spanish form of Amantius.
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)
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.
Amande
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Feminine form of Amand.
Amandine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-MAHN-DEEN
French diminutive of Amanda.
Amando
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Pronounced: a-MAN-do(Spanish)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Amandus.
Amani
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أماني(Arabic)
Pronounced: a-MA-nee
Means "wishes" in Arabic.
Amante
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Filipino, Italian
Pronounced: a-MAN-te
Derived from Latin Amantius.
Amar 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi
Other Scripts: अमर(Hindi, Marathi) অমর(Bengali) ਅਮਰ(Gurmukhi)
Means "immortal" in Sanskrit.
Amara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 天笑, 天良, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-MAH-ṘAH
From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "sky, heaven" combined with 笑 (ra) meaning "to laugh, to smile" or 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Amarantha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
From the name of the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek ἀμάραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading". Ἀμάραντος (Amarantos) was also an Ancient Greek given name.
Amari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: あまり(Japanese Hiragana) 亜鞠, 亜真利, 亜真梨, 亜摩利, 亜麻梨, 亜麻莉, 亜万莉, 亜茉里, 天莉, 天里, 天梨, 天理, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-MAH-ṘEE
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality" and 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit".

From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "sky, heaven" and 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine".

Other kanji combinations are possible.

Amaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Amariana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Amari and Ana
Amarin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อมรินทร์(Thai)
Pronounced: a-ma-REEN
From Thai อมร (amara) meaning "immortal" and อินทร์ (in) referring to the Hindu god Indra.
Amarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish
Pronounced: a-ma-REE-na
Elaboration of Marina with the prefix a-
Amarisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Variant of Marisa, influenced by the name Amara.
Amarlia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Amaro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Galician, Portuguese, Spanish
Pronounced: a-MA-ro(Spanish)
Meaning uncertain, perhaps related to Latin amarus "bitter", or maybe from the Visigothic name Amalric. This was the name of a legendary saint who was said to have sailed across the Atlantic to a paradise. He is especially popular in Galicia and Asturias in Spain.
Amaryllida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek (Rare)
Other Scripts: Αμαρυλλίδα(Greek)
Greek variant of Amaryllis, from the genitive form Αμαρυλλίδος (Amaryllidos). This is also the Greek name for the amaryllis flower.
Amaryllis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: am-ə-RIL-is(English)
Derived from Greek ἀμαρύσσω (amarysso) meaning "to sparkle". This is the name of a character appearing in Virgil's pastoral poems Eclogues [1]. The amaryllis flower is named for her.
Amaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: a-MA-ya(Spanish) ə-MIE-ə(English)
Variant of Amaia.

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

Ambara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Ambara - female form; Ambar, Ambaro - male form.
Sanskrit names.
Meaning: the sky.
Ambarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian (Rare), Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)
Amber
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: AM-bər(English) AHM-bər(Dutch)
From the English word amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow colour. The word ultimately derives from Arabic عنبر ('anbar). It began to be used as a given name in the late 19th century, but it only became popular after the release of Kathleen Winsor's novel Forever Amber (1944).
Ambera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian (Modern, Rare)
Latvian adaptation of Amber.
Amberella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Pronounced: am-bur-EL-lah
Elaboration of Amber with the suffix -ella
Amberetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Amberine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: am-bur-EEN
Elaboration of Amber with the suffix -ine
Amberlea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AM-bər-LEE-ə, AM-bər-lee
Elaborated form of Amberly, influenced by Leah.
Amberline
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Hamelin.
Amberlynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AM-bər-lin
Elaboration of Amber using the popular name suffix lyn.
Ambra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Italian cognate of Amber.
Ambracia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Άμβρακία(Ancient Greek)
In Greek mythology Ambracia was the daughter of Melaneus, son of Apollo and Oechalia. The ancient Greek city of Ambracia in Epirus was named after her.
Ambria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: am-bree-uh(English)
Ambriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Ambrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Blend of Amber and Brielle, or a feminine form of Ambriel.
Ambrietta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Pronounced: am-bree-EH-tah
Elaboration of Ambre with the suffix -etta
Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
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
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, Polish)
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.

Ameliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brazilian
Amelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Old German form of Emmeline.
Amelinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Ameline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, French (Belgian), Flemish
French form of Amelina.
America
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-MEHR-i-kə
In the English-speaking world, this name is usually given in reference to the United States of America (see Amerigo). It came into use as an American name in the 19th century.
Amethyst
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AM-ə-thist
From the name of the purple semi-precious stone, which is derived from the Greek negative prefix (a) and μέθυστος (methystos) meaning "intoxicated, drunk", as it was believed to be a remedy against drunkenness. It is the traditional birthstone of February.
Amianda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Amilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-MEE-lee-ə
Variant of either Amalia or Emilia.
Amilinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Philippines)
Pronounced: ah-mee-LEEN-du(Filipino Spanish)
From Spanish 'a' + 'mi' + 'linda', directly translated as "to my pretty." It may also be a combination of Spanish 'amigo' and 'linda,' meaning "pretty friend."
Amin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: أمين(Arabic) امین(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: a-MEEN(Arabic, Persian)
Derived from Arabic أمين (amin) meaning "truthful". This was the name of the sixth Abbasid caliph.
Amina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Modern)
Other Scripts: 亜美娜, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-MEE-NAH
Combination of Ami 3 and Na.
Amir 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir, Malay, Indonesian, Bosnian
Other Scripts: أمير(Arabic) امیر(Persian, Urdu) Әмір(Kazakh) Әмир(Tatar, Bashkir) Амир(Russian)
Pronounced: a-MEER(Arabic)
Means "commander, prince" in Arabic. This was originally a title, which has come into English as the Arabic loanword emir.
Amira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛鏡, 愛美良, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-MEE-ṘAH
From Japanese 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection" combined with 鏡 (mira) meaning "mirror". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Amiran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian, Literature
Other Scripts: ამირან(Georgian)
Variant of Amirani. This is the name of the central character in the medieval Georgian romance Amiran-Darejaniani by Moses of Khoni. The author was inspired by the mythical Amirani and the stories surrounding him, and loosely based his tale on them.
Amirani
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian Mythology
Other Scripts: ამირანი(Georgian)
Pronounced: AH-MEE-RAH-NEE(Georgian)
Meaning unknown, probably of Proto-Kartvelian origin. This is the name of a hero from Georgian mythology whose story is similar to that of Prometheus from Greek mythology.
Amiri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Pronounced: ah-MEER-ee
Means "prince" in Arabic.
Amiria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 亜美莉杏, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-MEE-ṘEE-AH
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" combined with 杏 (a) meaning "apricot". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Amelia.

Amisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 青海砂, 阿美沙, 亜魅沙, 亜美沙, 亜実沙, 明未彩, 有美紗, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-MEE-SAH
From Japanese 青 (a) meaning "blue", 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with 砂 (sa) meaning "sand". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Amisha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Gujarati
Other Scripts: अमीषा(Hindi) અમીષા(Gujarati)
Derived from Sanskrit आमिष (amiśa) meaning "lust, desire, longing".
Amita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Other Scripts: अमिता(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Feminine form of Amit 1.
Amon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized)
Pronounced: AH-mən(English)
From Ἄμμων (Ammon), the Greek form of Egyptian jmn (reconstructed as Yamanu) meaning "the hidden one". In early Egyptian mythology he was a god of the air, creativity and fertility, who was particularly revered in Thebes. Later, during the Middle Kingdom, his attributes were combined with those of the god Ra and he was worshipped as the supreme solar deity Amon-Ra.
Amor
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Late Roman, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Pronounced: A-mor(Latin) a-MOR(Spanish)
Means "love" in Latin. This was another name for the Roman god Cupid. It also means "love" in Spanish and Portuguese, and as a feminine name it can be derived directly from this vocabulary word.
Amora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Apparently a modern coinage based on Latin amor meaning "love".
Amoretta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare), Theatre, Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Latinate form of Amoret, from Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590).
Amorette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: a-mo-REHT
Variant of Amoret; see also Amoretta.
Amyria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Anahera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori
Means "angel" in Maori.
Anamaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Combination of Ana and Maria.
Ananta
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: अनन्त, अनंत, अनन्ता, अनंता(Sanskrit)
Means "infinite, endless" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form अनन्त / अनंत (an epithet of the Hindu god Vishnu) and the feminine form अनन्ता / अनंता (an epithet of the goddess Parvati).
Anara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Анара(Kazakh, Kyrgyz)
From Kazakh and Kyrgyz анар (anar) meaning "pomegranate", a word ultimately derived from Persian.
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)
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.
Anatolia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Feminine form of Anatolius. This was the name of a 3rd-century Italian saint and martyr. This is also a place name (from the same Greek origin) referring to the large peninsula that makes up the majority of Turkey.
Ancellina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Andelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Andia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Feminine form of Andi and Andis.
Andorra
Usage: Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Ανδόρρα(Greek) Андорра(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: ən-DO-rə(Catalan) an-DO-ra(Catalan, Romanian, Spanish) AN-do-ra(Czech) ahn-DAW-ra(Dutch) an-DAW-rə(English) an-DAWR-ə(English) ahnd-OR-rah(Estonian) AHN-dor-rah(Finnish) ahn-DO-rah(Norwegian) un-DO-ru(Portuguese) un-DO-rə(Russian)
The name of the country of Andorra, whose name is possibly derived from a Basque word andurrial (“shrub-covered land”), but it may come from Arabic الدرا (“the forest”) or Spanish andar (“to walk”).
Andra 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Short form of Alexandra.
Andre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, African American
Pronounced: AHN-dray(English)
English form of André.
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)
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.
Andreas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ανδρέας(Greek) Ἀνδρέας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: an-DREH-as(German, Swedish) ahn-DREH-ahs(Dutch) AN-DREH-AS(Classical Greek)
Ancient Greek and Latin form of Andrew. It is also the form used in Modern Greek, German and Welsh.
Andreia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of Andrew.
Andria
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian, Corsican, Sardinian
Other Scripts: ანდრია(Georgian)
Pronounced: AHN-DREE-AH(Georgian)
Georgian, Corsican and Sardinian form of Andrew.
Andriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ανδριάνα(Greek) Андриана(Bulgarian)
Feminine form of Andreas (Greek) or Andrey (Bulgarian).
Andrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: an-DREEN-ə
Feminine form of Andrew.
Andromeda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀνδρομέδα, Ἀνδρομέδη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-DRO-MEH-DA(Classical Greek) an-DRAH-mi-də(English)
Derived from Greek ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός) combined with one of the related words μέδομαι (medomai) meaning "to be mindful of, to provide for, to think on" or μέδω (medo) meaning "to protect, to rule over". In Greek mythology Andromeda was an Ethiopian princess rescued from sacrifice by the hero Perseus. A constellation in the northern sky is named for her. This is also the name of a nearby galaxy, given because it resides (from our point of view) within the constellation.
Anemone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-NEHM-ə-nee
From the name of the anemone flower, which is derived from Greek ἄνεμος (anemos) meaning "wind".
Angel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Ангел(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: AYN-jəl(English)
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.
Angela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Macedonian, Greek, Late Roman
Other Scripts: Ангела(Russian, Macedonian) Άντζελα(Greek)
Pronounced: AN-jəl-ə(English) AN-jeh-la(Italian) ANG-geh-la(German) AN-gyi-lə(Russian)
Feminine form of Angelus (see Angel). As an English name, it came into use in the 18th century. A notable bearer is the former German chancellor Angela Merkel (1954-).
Angelica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Romanian, Carolingian Cycle
Pronounced: an-JEHL-i-kə(English) an-JEH-lee-ka(Italian)
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 she is the love interest of both Orlando and Rinaldo. 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)
Latinate diminutive of Angela. A famous bearer is American actress Angelina Jolie (1975-).
Angelo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: AN-jeh-lo
Italian form of Angelus (see Angel).
Anhelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Ангеліна(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Angelina.
Aniara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Modern, Rare), Literature, Astronomy
Pronounced: a-nee-A-ra
From Greek ἀνιαρός (aniarós) meaning "sad, despairing". The name was invented by Swedish author Harry Martinson for the space ship in his poem of science fiction 'Aniara: en revy om människan i tid och rum' published in 1956. This is the name of the star HD 102956 in the constellation Ursa Major, orbited by the planet Isagel.
Aniela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: a-NYEH-la
Polish form of Angela.
Anima 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AN-i-mə
Means "soul, spirit" in Latin. In Jungian psychology the anima is an individual's true inner self, or soul.
Anjana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Indian, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Hindi, Assamese, Malayalam, Tamil
Other Scripts: অঞ্জনা(Bengali, Assamese) अंजनी(Marathi) ଅଞ୍ଜନା(Odia) अंजना(Hindi) അഞ്ജന(Malayalam) அஞ்சனா(Tamil)
Feminine form of Anjan. In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Anjana is the mother of the god Hanuman.
Anjara
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Malagasy
Means "lot, share" or "destiny" in Malagasy.
Anna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 杏奈, 安奈(Japanese Kanji) あんな(Japanese Hiragana) アンナ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: A-NA
From Japanese 杏 (an) meaning "apricot" or 安 (an) meaning "quiet, peaceful" combined with Japanese 奈 (na) a phonetic character. Other kanji combinations are possible.

Its use as a given name was most likely inspired by Western sources and further popularized by anime characters. It's not a traditional Japanese name.

Annabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English (Modern)
Pronounced: a-na-BEHL-la(Italian) an-ə-BEHL-ə(English)
Latinate form of Annabel. It can also be interpreted as a combination of Anna and Latin/Italian bella "beautiful".
Annabelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: AN-ə-behl(English)
Variant of Annabel. It can also be interpreted as a combination of Anna and French belle "beautiful".
Annachiara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: an-na-KYA-ra
Combination of Anna and Chiara.
Annadora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: an-a-DO-ra
Short form of Anna-Dorothea.
Annagail
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AN-ə-gayl
Blend of Anna and Abigail.
Annaisha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Japanized, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: AN-ə ee - sh ah
Helpful Guide To Others.
Annajade
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Annajade Desmarais is a basketball player.
Annalena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Combination of Anna and Lena.
Annalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Anna and the popular name suffix -lia.
Annalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Anneline.
Annalisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Combination of Anna and Lisa.
Annaluna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Annamíra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Combination of Anna and Míra.
Annarosa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Sardinian, Romansh
Combination of Anna and Rosa 1.
Annastella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Annavera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Combination of Anna and Vera 1.
Annia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Annius. Annia Aurelia Faustina (c. 201 AD – c. 222 AD) was an Anatolian Roman noblewoman. She was an Empress of Rome and third wife of the Roman emperor Elagabalus briefly in 221.
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)
Swedish diminutive of Anna.
Annora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Medieval English variant of Honora.
Anri
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Modern)
Other Scripts: 杏里, 杏理, 安吏, 安莉, 杏莉, 杏吏, 杏梨, 杏璃, 安李, 安梨, 安理, 安璃, 安里(Japanese Kanji) あんり(Japanese Hiragana) アンリ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: AHN-ṘEE
As a unisex name, this name can be used as 杏里, 杏理, 安吏, 安莉 with 杏 (an, kyou, kou, anzu) meaning "apricot," 安 (an, yasu, yasu.i, yasu.maru, yasu.raka) meaning "cheap, low, peaceful, rested," 里 (ri, sato) meaning "parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village," 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "justice, logic, reason, truth," 吏 (ri) meaning "an official, officer" and 莉 (rai, ri, rei), part of 茉莉 (matsuri) meaning "jasmine."
As a feminine name, it can be used as 杏莉, 杏吏, 杏梨, 杏璃, 安李, 安梨, 安理, 安璃, 安里 with 梨 (ri, nashi) meaning "pear tree," 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy, gem" and 李 (ri, sumomo) meaning "plum."

One bearer of this name is J-Pop singer/songwriter Anri (杏里), born Eiko Kawashima (川嶋 栄子) (1961-).

Usage of this name, for males, is likely influenced by the phonetic similarity to Henri.

Ansel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AN-səl
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Anselm. A famous bearer was American photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984).
Anthea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἄνθεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-thee-ə(English)
From the Greek Ἄνθεια (Antheia), derived from ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Hera.
Anthelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Coptic (Archaic), Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Anthelia was a water nymph and a dainaid. She is said to be a daughter of Polyxo and the wife of Cisseus.
Anton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Slovene, Slovak, Macedonian, Croatian, Romanian, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, English
Other Scripts: Антон(Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Macedonian) ანტონ(Georgian)
Pronounced: AN-ton(German) un-TON(Russian) AHN-tawn(Dutch) un-TAWN(Ukrainian) an-TON(Belarusian, Slovene) AHN-ton(Finnish) AN-TAWN(Georgian) AN-tahn(English)
Form of Antonius (see Anthony) used in various languages. A notable bearer was the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1860-1904).
Antoni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Catalan
Pronounced: an-TAW-nyee(Polish) ən-TAW-nee(Catalan)
Polish and Catalan form of Antonius (see Anthony). A notable bearer was the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926).
Anxela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician
Variant of Ánxela.
Anxelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Angelina.
Anxo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Galician
Pronounced: AN-sho
Galician form of Angelus (see Angel).
Anya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English
Other Scripts: Аня(Russian)
Pronounced: A-nyə(Russian) AN-yə(English)
Russian diminutive of Anna.
Aphrodisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀφροδισία(Ancient Greek)
Feminine form of Aphrodisios.
Aphrodite
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀφροδίτη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-PRO-DEE-TEH(Classical Greek) af-rə-DIE-tee(English)
Meaning unknown, possibly of Phoenician origin. Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love and beauty, identified with the Roman goddess Venus. She was the wife of Hephaestus and the mother of Eros, and she was often associated with the myrtle tree and doves. The Greeks connected her name with ἀφρός (aphros) meaning "foam", resulting in the story that she was born from the foam of the sea. Many of her characteristics are based on the goddess known as Ashtoreth to the Phoenicians and Ishtar to the Mesopotamian Semitic peoples, and on the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
April
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-prəl
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.
Aqila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: عقيلة, عاقلة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘a-KEE-lah, ‘A-kee-lah
Feminine form of Aqil.
Aqua
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: A-kwa
Derived from Latin aqua meaning "water". It is also used in English in reference to a bluish-green colour.
Aquamarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: AH-kwə-mə-REE-nah(Latin American Spanish)
Aquila
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: AK-wil-ə(English) ə-KWIL-ə(English)
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.
Aquilina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Aquilinus. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint from Byblos.
Aquilino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Galician
Italian, Spanish and Galician form of Aquilinus.
Ara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: アラ(Japanese Katakana) 亜羅, 亜良, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-ṘAH
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Arabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ar-ə-BEHL-ə
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).

Araleya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: sri lanka
Other Scripts: araliya
Pronounced: a,ra, lay, a
Aralia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Arelia.
Aralina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Araline.
Araline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Variant of Arline.
Arancia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ah-RAHN-cha
Arancia is the Italian word for orange (the fruit, not the color)
Aranxia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: Ah-ran-see-ya, A-rain-sha
Araresa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Guarani
Means "eye of the universe" in Guarani.
Aravera
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Guarani
Means "flash of lightning" in Guarani.
Arawan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Thai
Meaning: “sun”
Araya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อารยา(Thai)
Pronounced: a-ra-YA
From Thai อารย (araya) meaning "good, noble, righteous", ultimately from Sanskrit आर्य (arya).
Arcadia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: ar-KA-dhya
Feminine form of Arcadius. This is the name of a region on the Greek Peloponnese, long idealized for its natural beauty.
Arcadian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Romanian
Arcadio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Galician, Italian (Rare), Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Arkadios.
Arcana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Sanskrit
Possibly a variant of Archana or from the English word "arcana" meaning "specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated; mysteries or deep sercrets; elixirs". From the Latin arcanum 'secret'.
Arcángel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Spanish
Spanish cognate of Arcangelo.
Arcángela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Louisiana Creole
Pronounced: ar-KAN-khe-la(Latin American Spanish, Louisiana Creole)
Feminine form of Arcángel.
Arcangelo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ar-KAN-jeh-lo
Means "archangel" in Italian.
Arelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Aurelia.
Arena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Modern, Rare), Catalan (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: a-REH-na(Spanish) ə-REH-nə(Catalan)
Means "sand" in Spanish and Catalan. The word is derived from Latin arēna, harēna, from the earlier form *hasēna, which may be Etruscan in origin.
Ares
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄρης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-REHS(Classical Greek) EHR-eez(English)
Perhaps from either Greek ἀρή (are) meaning "bane, ruin" or ἄρσην (arsen) meaning "male". The name first appears as a-re in Mycenaean Greek writing. Ares was the bloodthirsty god of war in Greek mythology, a son of Zeus and Hera.
Ari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 安璃, 有里, 亜李, 明里, 亜利, 亜吏, 亜梨, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-RYEE
From Japanese 安 (a) meaning "peace, quiet", 有 (a) meaning "have, possess, exist", 亜 or 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", or 明 (a) meaning "bright, light" and 璃 (ri) meaning "lapis lazuli", 里 (ri) meaning "village", 李 (ri) meaning "plum", 利 (ri) meaning "benefit, advantage", 吏 (ri) meaning "officer, official", or 梨 (ri) meaning "pear". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Aria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛梨亜, 安莉阿, 亜里亜, 似暁, 明里和, 有梨愛, 亞里亞, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ありあ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: AH-ṘEE-AH
From Japanese 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ariadna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Catalan, Russian, Polish
Other Scripts: Ариадна(Russian)
Pronounced: a-RYADH-na(Spanish) ə-RYADH-nə(Catalan) a-RYAD-na(Polish)
Spanish, Catalan, Russian and Polish form of Ariadne.
Ariadne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀριάδνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-REE-AD-NEH(Classical Greek) ar-ee-AD-nee(English)
Means "most holy", composed of the Greek prefix ἀρι (ari) meaning "most" combined with Cretan Greek ἀδνός (adnos) meaning "holy". In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos. She fell in love with Theseus and helped him to escape the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, but was later abandoned by him. Eventually she married the god Dionysus.
Ariana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 亜凛愛菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-ṘEE-AH-NAH
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 凛 (ri) meaning "dignified, severe, cold", 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Arianna and Ariana.

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)
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
Strictly feminine form of Ariel.
Arielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: A-RYEHL(French)
French feminine form of Ariel, as well as an English variant.
Aries
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: A-ree-ehs(Latin) EHR-eez(English)
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.
Arietta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture (Rare)
Pronounced: ahr-ee-ET-ə, ar-ee-ET-ə
Either a diminutive of Aria 1, or from the major antagonist and God-General in Tales of the Abyss. Given after the musical term for a small song, from the Italian word "arietta."
Arina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: ありな(Japanese Hiragana) 亜莉菜, 亜璃菜, 亜鈴菜, 可菜, 光菜, 有菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-ṘEE-NAH
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine", 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy, lapis lazuli", 鈴 (ri) meaning "bell" or 可 (ari) meaning "passable", 光 (ari) meaning "light" or 有 (ari) meaning "exist" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other combinations of kanji are also possible.

Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Alina.

Famous bearer of this name is Japanese actress Arina Watanabe, known for Flying Rabbits (2008) and 3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei (1979).

Arina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Арина(Russian)
Russian variant of Irina.
Arista
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-RIS-tə(English)
Means "ear of grain" in Latin. This is the name of a star, also known as Spica, in the constellation Virgo.
Aristea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Spanish (Mexican), English (American, Modern, Rare, ?)
Other Scripts: Αριστέα(Greek)
Pronounced: a-rees-TEH-a(Spanish)
Feminine form of Aristeo (Spanish). As a Greek name, it is a feminine form of names beginning with the element ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best". Aristea is also a genus of purple/lilac flowers of African origin; the species Aristea ecklonii is known under the common names blue flies, blue stars, blue-eyed iris, or blue corn-lily.
Aristeo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Archaic), Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Aristaeus.
Aristia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Pronounced: ah-reez-TIE-ah
Feminine form of Aristides or delivered from Arista
Aristo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀρίστων, Ἀριστο(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-RIS-to(English)
Variant of Ariston.
Ariya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Variant of Aria 1 or Arya 2.
Armani
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ahr-MAHN-ee
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-).
Art
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHRT
Short form of Arthur.
Arta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Feminine form of Art.
Artemis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἄρτεμις(Ancient Greek) Άρτεμις(Greek)
Pronounced: AR-TEH-MEES(Classical Greek) AHR-tə-mis(English)
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.
Artemisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀρτεμισία(Ancient Greek)
Feminine form of Artemisios. This was the name of the 4th-century BC builder of the Mausoleum, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. She built it in memory of her husband, the Carian prince Mausolus.
Aruka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 在香, 或華, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あるか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: AH-ṘUU-KAH
From Japanese 在 (aru) meaning "country; countryside" combined with 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Aruna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 亜月, 亜瑠奈, 阿留奈, 有菜, 有那, 有納, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-ṘUU-NAH
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 月 (runa) meaning "moon". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Asana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 旭菜, 旭凪, 旭和, 朝菜, 朝凪, 朝南, 朝和, 麻菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-SAH-NAH
From Japanese 旭 (asa) meaning "rising sun", 朝 (asa) meaning "morning" or 麻 (asa) meaning "flax" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 凪 (na) meaning "calm", 和 (na) meaning "peace, harmony" or 南 (na) meaning "south". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Asar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Hypothetical)
Reconstructed Egyptian form of Osiris.
Asaya
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 朝也, 朝弥, 麻矢, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-SAH-YAH
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning" or 麻 (asa) meaning "flax" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also", 哉 (ya), an exclamation or 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Asena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Possibly of Scythian origin meaning "blue". In Turkic mythology Asena was a grey wolf who gave birth to the ancestor of the Ashina tribe of Turks.
Ash
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ASH
Short form of Ashley. It can also come directly from the English word denoting either the tree or the residue of fire.
Ashanti
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Various
From the name of an African people who reside in southern Ghana. It possibly means "warlike" in the Twi language.
Asher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: אָשֵׁר(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ASH-ər(English)
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.
Asherah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Pronounced: ə-SHEER-ə(English)
Perhaps derived from Semitic roots meaning "she who walks in the sea". This was the name of a Semitic mother goddess. She was worshipped by the Israelites before the advent of monotheism.
Ashira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אָשִׁירָה, עֲשִׁירָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-shee-rah
Means "I will sing", directly from the Hebrew word in the Old Testament.
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Means "rich" in Hebrew.
Ashura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 阿修羅(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: ASH-URA
Either from 阿 meaning A, 修 meaning osamu, and 羅 meaning luo.
Asia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Italian (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-zhə(English) A-zya(Italian)
From the name of the continent, which is perhaps derived from Akkadian asu, meaning "east".
Asiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ay-ZHƏ-awn-ə, ay-SEE-awn-ə, aw-ZEE-awn-ə
A contraction of Asia 1 and Ariana.

A variant of Asianna.

Asimina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ασημίνα(Greek)
Derived from Greek ασήμι (asemi) meaning "silver", literally "without mark" from α (a), a negative prefix, combined with σῆμα (sema) "sign, mark, token". This name is sometimes regarded as a feminine form of Asimakis.
Asiri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Quechua
Means "smile" in Quechua.
Asiria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Asmara
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Pronounced: as-MA-ra
Means "love" in Indonesian.
Asmira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian
Feminine form of Asmir.
Asra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أسرى(Arabic)
Pronounced: AS-ra
Means "travel at night" in Arabic. It is related to Isra.
Astoria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: as-TAWR-ee-ə
Feminine form of Astor. This is also the name of several American towns, after the businessman John Jacob Astor.
Astra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AS-trə
Means "star", ultimately from Greek ἀστήρ (aster). This name has only been (rarely) used since the 20th century.
Astraia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀστραία(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of Astraea.
Astriel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Greek
Fictional name intended to mean "star of god", from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star" and Hebrew אֵל ('el) meaning "God".
Atalanta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀταλάντη(Ancient Greek)
From the Greek Ἀταλάντη (Atalante) meaning "equal in weight", derived from ἀτάλαντος (atalantos), a word related to τάλαντον (talanton) meaning "a scale, a balance". In Greek legend she was a fast-footed maiden who refused to marry anyone who could not beat her in a race. She was eventually defeated by Hippomenes, who dropped three golden apples during the race causing her to stop to pick them up.
Atalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲתַלְיָה(Hebrew)
Modern Hebrew transcription of Athaliah.
Atanasio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: a-ta-NA-syo(Spanish)
Spanish and Italian form of Athanasius.
Atara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲטָרָה(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew עֲטָרָה (see Atarah).
Atari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Ateia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Pronounced: Ah-tay-ah
“(All this will be) a reward from thy Sustainer, a gift in accordance with (His Own) reckoning Quran 78:36

“We help and those, a gift from your Lord; and your Lord’s gift is not restricted. Quran 17:20

Athanasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αθανασία(Greek) Ἀθανασία(Ancient Greek)
Feminine form of Athanasios (see Athanasius).
Athena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Ἀθηνᾶ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-TEH-NA(Classical Greek) ə-THEE-nə(English)
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.

Atiena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swahili
Pronounced: ah-tea-E-nah
Means "guardian of the night" in Swahili.
Atiya
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: عطيّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘a-TEE-yah
Means "gift" in Arabic.
Atlantia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
A hamadryad (tree nymph) and the wife of Danaus in Greek Mythology.
Atlas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄτλας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-TLAS(Classical Greek) AT-ləs(English)
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.
Atria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: AY-tree-ə
A star in the constellation Triangulum Australe
Aubrey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWB-ree
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.
Aubrianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: aw-bree-AN-ə, aw-bree-AHN-ə
Combination of Aubrey and Anna.
Aubriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Combination of Aubrey and the suffix -ella.
Aubrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Combination of Aubrey and the popular name suffix elle.
Aubrietta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Aubriette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Audiarda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Occitan, Gascon, Lengadocian
Gascon and Languedocian feminine form of Edward.
Audiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Pronounced: ow-DHYEHL(Spanish)
Audina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Basque
Audovera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Derived from Old Frankish aud "wealth, fortune" combined with war "true" or war "aware, cautious". This was the name of the first wife of Chilperic I of Neustria.
Audra 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWD-rə
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.
Audrea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AWD-ree-ə
Variant of Audrey.
Audrey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: AWD-ree(English) O-DREH(French)
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).
Audrianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Variant of Audriana.
Audriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Combination of Audrey and the suffix -ella.
Audrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
Variant of Audriel.
Audrietta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Elaboration of Audrey with the suffix -etta
Aura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Finnish
Pronounced: AWR-ə(English) OW-ra(Spanish) OW-rah(Finnish)
From the word aura (derived from Latin, ultimately from Greek αὔρα meaning "breeze") for a distinctive atmosphere or illumination.
Aurel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian, German (Rare)
Pronounced: ow-REHL(German)
Romanian and German form of Aurelius.
Aurelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Pronounced: ow-REH-lee-a(Latin) ow-REH-lya(Italian, Spanish, Polish)
Feminine form of Aurelius.
Aurelio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: ow-REH-lyo
Italian and Spanish form of Aurelius.
Auren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Aurica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Romanian diminutive of Aurelia.
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)
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since the Renaissance.
Autumn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AW-təm
From the name of the season, ultimately from Latin autumnus. This name has been in general use since the 1960s.
Auva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Auva is the medieval name of Delta Virginis, a star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo.
The name is derived from Arabic عوى ((c)awwa’), meaning "barking (dog)".
Auxesia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Αὐξησία(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek αὔξησις (auxesis) meaning "growth, increase". This was the name of the goddess of spring growth, one of the Horai. The name also functioned as a title of the goddess Persephone, whose ascent from the underworld marked the transition from winter into spring.
Ava 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-və
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.
Avaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Avaiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Variant of Avaya.
Avamaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of Ava 1 and Maria, possibly inspired by the name of the prayer Ave Maria, in which Ave is Latin meaning "greetings, salutations".
Avamira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Combination of Ava and Mira.
Avana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Hindi, Indian (Sikh), Fijian
Other Scripts: अवना(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali)
Pronounced: avanaa(Sanskrit)
Feminine form of Avan.
Avani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi
Other Scripts: अवनी(Marathi, Hindi) અવની(Gujarati)
Means "earth" in Sanskrit.
Avania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sicilian
Avaya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian
Avelina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Diminutive of Avila.
Aveline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AV-ə-lien, AV-ə-leen
From the Norman French form of the Germanic name Avelina, a diminutive of Avila. The Normans introduced this name to Britain. After the Middle Ages it became rare as an English name, though it persisted in America until the 19th century [1].
Avera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: ə-VE-rə(American English)
A feminine form of Avery, or an elaboration of Vera 1.
Averiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Combination of Averie and Ana given to 12 girls in 2018.
Averie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-və-ree, AYV-ree
Variant of Avery.
Avery
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-və-ree, AYV-ree
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).

Aveza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Old German form of Avis.
Avia
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיָה(Hebrew)
Modern Hebrew form of Abijah.
Avianca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
This name first occurred in the United States Social Security Administration's public name dataset in 1990, when it was given to 18 girls born in the U.S., following the widespread media coverage of the Avianca Flight 203 bombing on November 27, 1989. The name of the Colombian airline Avianca is said to be an acronym of Spanish Aerovías del Continente Americano meaning "Airways of the American Continent". Its use as a given name is probably due to its similarity to other names like Bianca and Aviana.

A known bearer is South African-born former beauty pageant titleholder Avianca Böhm (1990-), who was crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2012 but was stripped of her crown because she did not hold New Zealand citizenship.

Avianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Variant of Aviana.
Avicenna
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: av-i-SEHN-ə(English)
Latinized form of the Arabic patronymic اِبن سينا (ibn Sina), referring to the famed Arabic-speaking Persian philosopher and physician Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abdullah ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Sina (980-1037). His patronymic commemorates an ancestor named Sina.
Avila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Derived from the Old German element awi, of unknown meaning. Rarely, this name may be given in honour of the 16th-century mystic Saint Teresa of Ávila, Ávila being the name of the town in Spain where she was born.
Avina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Avira
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Aramaic (Rare, ?)
Pronounced: ah-veer-ah(Aramaic)
This name is listed in Kolatch's Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew Names (1984), where it is given an Aramaic origin, meaning "air, atmosphere, spirit." It was the name of a Babylonian Talmudic scholar.
Avita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Avitus, meaning "ancestral". This name was used for a character in Caroline Lawrence's book series "The Roman Mysteries", first released in 2001. The little girl in the story was named after her father, Avitus.
Aviv
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיב(Hebrew)
Pronounced: a-VEEV
Means "spring" in Hebrew.
Aviva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיבָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-VEE-vah
Feminine variant of Aviv.
Aviya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיָה(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew אֲבִיָה (see Avia).
Avonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), African American
Pronounced: Av-o-nee-uh(English) Uh-voh-nee-uh(English)
The meaning of this name is uncertain at this time. Its best known bearer was American actress Avonia Jones (1839-1867), whose parents may possibly have named her after the village of Avonia (in Pennsylvania, USA), or after the genus of plants of the same name. It is uncertain what the village and the plant genus derived their name from. The village's name may be of the same etymology as the many places named Avon in the United States, while the plant genus' name may be a corruption of Greek ἀνομία (anomia) meaning "lawlessness, wickedness" (that is, if the plant genus is not named after its discoverer, about whom I can't find any information). The term 'avonia' is found several times in Biblical Greek (with the meaning of "lawlessness"), as one will see if one googles the words 'avonia' and 'lawlessness' at the same time. Finally, for the plant genus, an other possibility is that it is derived from Latin avus "grandfather", in which case it would be a reference to the plant's white, old-looking stipular scales.
Avriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Rare)
Avrianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Avril
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: A-VREEL(French) AV-ril(English)
French form of April. A famous bearer is the Canadian musician Avril Lavigne (1984-).
Avrora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Аврора(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: u-VRO-rə(Russian)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Aurora.
Axel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, French, English
Pronounced: A-ksehl(Swedish) A-ksəl(German) A-KSEHL(French) AK-səl(English)
Medieval Danish form of Absalom.
Axelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-KSEHL
Feminine form of Axel.
Axia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Meaning unknown. It may be derived from Greek άξιος (axios) meaning "worthy" or created as a feminine form of Axel. Alternatively, in some cases it could be a variant of Achsia, an elaboration of Achsah.
Aya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 彩, 綾, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あや(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-YA
From Japanese (aya) meaning "colour", (aya) meaning "design", or other kanji characters with the same pronunciation.
Ayaka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 彩花, 彩華, 彩香, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あやか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-YA-KA
From Japanese (aya) meaning "colour" combined with (ka) or (ka) both meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ayana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 彩那, 綾那, 彩娜, 綾娜, 彩菜, 綾菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-YAH-NAH
From Japanese 彩 (aya) meaning "colour", 綾 (aya) meaning "design" combined with 那 (na) meaning "that one", 娜 (na) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ayanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African, African American (Modern), Jamaican Patois
Pronounced: ie-AHN-ə, ay-AHN-ah
Possibly means "flower" in Amharic.
Ayasha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Rare), American (Modern), Cheyenne
Variant of Ayashe.
Ayasmina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Pronounced: ai-yass-MEE-nah
Can be interpreted as a combination of Aya and Yasmina, or simply as Yasmina with the prefix a-
Ayesha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Other Scripts: عائشة(Arabic) عائشہ(Urdu) আয়েশা(Bengali)
Pronounced: ‘A-ee-shah(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عائشة or Urdu عائشہ (see Aisha), as well as the usual Bengali form.
Ayin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino, English, Indonesian
Pronounced: A-yeen(Filipino)
Possibly from the Proto-Semetic *ʿayn- meaning "eye".
Ayla 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֵלָה(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew אֵלָה (see Ela 3).
Aylan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Kurdish, Turkish
Pronounced: IE-lan
Means "openness, space, square" in Kurdish.
Aylen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mapuche
Variant of Ayelen.
Ayman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أيمن(Arabic)
Pronounced: IE-man
Means "right-handed, blessed, lucky" in Arabic.
Aymeri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French
Old French form of Aimeric. This is the name of a hero in medieval French romance, Aymeri de Narbonne.
Aysa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Aysa is a Turkish-Persian name for girls that means “moonlike”, “beautiful”, “radiant”.
Aysima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and sima meaning "face" (of Persian origin).
Ayza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Mashriqi), Russian, Kazakh, Tajik, Arabic
Other Scripts: Айза(Russian, Kazakh, Tajik)
From Turkic ай (ay) meaning "moon" and Tajik зар (zar) meaning "gold," which derives from Persian زر (zar).
Ayzara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Аызара(Kazakh)
Variant form of Ayzere.
Azahara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-tha-A-ra(European Spanish) a-sa-A-ra(Latin American Spanish)
Variant of Azahar. It can also be given in reference to the ruined Moorish city of Medina Azahara in Córdoba, which derives from the related Arabic root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".
Azalea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-ZAY-lee-ə
From the name of the flower (shrubs of the genus Rhododendron), ultimately derived from Greek ἀζαλέος (azaleos) meaning "dry".
Azalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
In English-speaking countries, this name is usually a variant spelling of Azaliah and Azalea, but there are also cases where it is a variant spelling of Azelia.

As for Spanish-speaking countries: the origin behind the use of the name there is less certain, but it is probably more often a variant form of Azalea there than of Azaliah, as on Facebook I have come across bearers who were actually called Flor de Azalia.

Lastly, a known bearer of this name is Azalia Snail, an American avant-garde singer-songwriter and musician. In her case, her name is a variant form of Azalea, as her parents had named her after the azaleas that grew near their home.

Azara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Allegedly a variant of Azar.
Azaria
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: עֲזַרְיָה(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Azariah (masculine), as well as a feminine variant in the English-speaking world.
Azel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אָצֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "reserved" in Hebrew. This is both the name of a minor character and a place name in the Old Testament.
Azelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German (Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: uh-zee-lee-uh(English)
Azelia was first recorded in the 19th century. Its origin is uncertain and highly debated; some scholars argue that it might be a feminization of the biblical name Azel. Others theorize that it might be a belated resurrection of the Puritan name Azaliah which, while originally a biblical male name, was in use as a feminine name in the English-speaking world of the 17th century. Others again claim that it might have been influenced by, if not derived from, the Greek term azélia "freedom from jealousy", while yet another group of academics conclude a derivation from the name Azalea and, in the case of the French name Azélie that appeared around the same time, a possible derivation from Azalaïs.
Azella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic), English (American, Archaic)
Azha
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Means "the breeding place" in Arabic. This is the traditional name of the star Eta Eridani in the constellation Eridanus.
Azia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Variant of Asia 1.
Azianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Hispanic, Americanized, Rare)
Azida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Circassian
Other Scripts: Азидэ(Eastern Circassian)
Means "lioness" from Arabic أَسَد (ʾasad) meaning "lion".
Azira
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Pronounced: ah-ZEE-rah
This name means "a rising star" in Arabic. Traditionally a female name, but sounds similar to the fictional character Aziraphale from Neil Gaiman's series Good Omens, so it's conceivable it can be used for both.
Aziya
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Азия(Russian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz) Азія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: A-zyi-yə(Russian) AH-zyee-yu(Ukrainian) A-zee-yə(Bulgarian)
Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Kazakh and Kyrgyz form of Asia.
Aziz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik
Other Scripts: عزيز(Arabic) عزیز(Persian, Urdu) Азиз(Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik)
Pronounced: ‘a-ZEEZ(Arabic)
Means "powerful, respected, beloved" in Arabic, derived from the root عزّ ('azza) meaning "to be powerful" or "to be cherished". In Islamic tradition العزيز (al-'Aziz) is one of the 99 names of Allah. A notable bearer of the name was Al-'Aziz, a 10th-century Fatimid caliph.
Aziza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Uzbek, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: عزيزة(Arabic) Азиза(Uzbek, Kyrgyz)
Pronounced: ‘a-ZEE-zah(Arabic)
Feminine form of Aziz.
Azmera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: አዝመራ(Amharic)
Means "harvest, crop" in Amharic.
Azorina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
From the name of the monotypic genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae, whose sole species, the Azorina vidalii, is endemic to the Azores.
Azriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲזְרִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AZ-ree-əl(English)
Means "my help is God", derived from Hebrew עָזַר ('azar) meaning "help" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God". This is the name of three minor characters in the Old Testament.
Azucena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-thoo-THEH-na(European Spanish) a-soo-SEH-na(Latin American Spanish)
Means "madonna lily" in Spanish.
Azura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-ZHUWR-ə, AZH-rə
Elaboration of Azure.
Azure
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AZH-ər
From the English word that means "sky blue". It is ultimately (via Old French, Latin and Arabic) from Persian لاجورد (lajvard) meaning "azure, lapis lazuli".
Azuria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Elaborated form of Azure
Azurina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: a-zoo-REE-na, a-zyur-EE-na
Elaboration of Azura with the suffix -ina
Azurine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure, French (Quebec, Rare)
Elaboration of Azure.
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