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
Abrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
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)
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
Accursia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sicilian (Rare)
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
Aceline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French, Medieval English
Achaea
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
Adalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
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)
Adamia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Adamina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ad-ə-MEEN-ə
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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
Aeliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
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
愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection",
藍 (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)
Aila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: IE-lah
Ailana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish
Aimelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Gascon
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
愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and
菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", as well as other character combinations.
Ainara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish
Pronounced: ie-NA-ra
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
愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with
莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or
梨 (ri) meaning "pear". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
Aisara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αἰσάρα(Ancient Greek)
Aiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Aiyana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: ai-AHN-ah
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)
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
अ (a) meaning "not" and
जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest".
Aji
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
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
明 (aka) meaning "bright" or
朱 (aka) meaning "vermilion red" combined with
里 (ri) meaning "village" or
莉 (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
晶 (aki) meaning "clear, crystal",
明 (aki) meaning "bright, light, clear" or
秋 (aki) meaning "autumn". It can also come from
亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with
希 (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
昭 (akira) meaning "bright",
明 (akira) meaning "bright" or
亮 (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
明.
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
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)
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
Alejandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-leh-KHAN-dra
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
Alessio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-LEHS-syo
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
Alexia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, French, Spanish, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: Αλεξία(Greek)
Pronounced: A-LEHK-SEE-A(French) ə-LEHK-see-ə(English)
Alexina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-ik-SEE-nə
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
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)
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)
Alira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Aliria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Italian (Rare)
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
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)
Alivia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LIV-ee-ə
Aliya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Tatar, Arabic
Other Scripts: Әлия(Kazakh) Алия(Tatar) عليّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘a-LEE-yah(Arabic)
Aliyah 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: عليّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘a-LEE-yah
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)
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
ἀ (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
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)
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)
Amandine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-MAHN-DEEN
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
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)
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)
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
Amberline
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Amberlynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AM-bər-lin
Elaboration of
Amber using the popular name suffix
lyn.
Ambra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
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)
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]
Amelinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Ameline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, French (Belgian), Flemish
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
ἀ (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
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
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)
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
Amyria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Anahera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori
Means "angel" in Maori.
Anamaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
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
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
Andre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, African American
Pronounced: AHN-dray(English)
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)
Andrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: an-DREEN-ə
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
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
Annadora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: an-a-DO-ra
Annagail
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AN-ə-gayl
Annaisha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Japanized, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: AN-ə ee - sh ah
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Annajade
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Annajade Desmarais is a basketball player.
Annalena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
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)
Annalisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Annaluna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Annamíra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Annarosa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Sardinian, Romansh
Annastella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Annavera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
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)
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
Anxelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician (Rare)
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)
Aphrodisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀφροδισία(Ancient Greek)
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
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)
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)
Aralina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Araline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
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
Arcángela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Louisiana Creole
Pronounced: ar-KAN-khe-la(Latin American Spanish, Louisiana Creole)
Arcangelo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ar-KAN-jeh-lo
Means "archangel" in Italian.
Arelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
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
Aristia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Pronounced: ah-reez-TIE-ah
Aristo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀρίστων, Ἀριστο(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-RIS-to(English)
Ariya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
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
Arta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
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
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
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)
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)
Atara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲטָרָה(Hebrew)
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)
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
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
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)
Audriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Combination of
Audrey and the suffix -
ella.
Audrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
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)
Aurelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Pronounced: ow-REH-lee-a(Latin) ow-REH-lya(Italian, Spanish, Polish)
Aurelio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: ow-REH-lyo
Auren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Aurica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
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)
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
Avana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Hindi, Indian (Sikh), Fijian
Other Scripts: अवना(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali)
Pronounced: avanaa(Sanskrit)
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]
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)
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
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]
Avia
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיָה(Hebrew)
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)
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)
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)
Axelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-KSEHL
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
彩 (aya) meaning "colour",
綾 (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
彩 (aya) meaning "colour" combined with
花 (ka) or
華 (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
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
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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