Latinized form of the Greek Αἴγλη (Aigle), which meant "light, radiance, glory". This was the name of several characters in Greek myth, including one of the Heliades and one of the Hesperides.
Aelius
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced:IE-lee-oos
Roman family name that was possibly derived from the Greek word ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun". This was the family name of the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Ajax
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts:Αἴας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced:AY-jaks(English)
From the Greek name Αἴας (Aias), perhaps deriving from Greek αἰαστής (aiastes) meaning "mourner" or αἶα (aia) meaning "earth, land". In Greek mythology this was the name of two of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War: the son of Telamon and the son of Oileus. When the armour of the slain hero Achilles was not given to Ajax Telamonian, he became mad with jealousy and killed himself.
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".
Akane
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts:茜, etc.(Japanese Kanji)あかね(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced:A-KA-NEH
From Japanese 茜 (akane) meaning "deep red, dye from the rubia plant". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Alcmene
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts:Ἀλκμήνη(Ancient Greek)
From Greek Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmene), derived from ἀλκή (alke) meaning "strength, prowess" combined with μήνη (mene) meaning "moon" or μῆνις (menis) meaning "wrath". In Greek mythology Alcmene was the wife of Amphitryon. She was the mother of Herakles by Zeus, who bedded her by disguising himself as her absent husband.
Aldebrand
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Old German name derived from the elements alt meaning "old" and brant meaning "fire, torch, sword". Saint Aldebrand was a 12th-century bishop of Fossombrone in Italy.
Alibrand
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
From the Old German elements alles meaning "other, foreign" and brant meaning "fire, torch, sword".
Altan 1
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "red dawn" in Turkish.
Anahera
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Maori
Means "angel" in Maori.
Asterix
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced:AST-ə-riks(English)
The name of a Gaulish hero (Astérix in the original French) in a comic book series of the same name, debuting 1959. His name is a pun based on French astérisque meaning "asterisk, little star" but appearing to end with the Gaulish element rix meaning "king" (seen for example in the historical figure Vercingetorix). All male Gauls in the series have humorous names ending with -ix.
Means "moonlight" in Turkish, Azerbaijani and Uyghur, ultimately from Turkic ay meaning "moon" and Arabic نور (nūr) meaning "light".
Aysel
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from ay "moon" and sel "flood, stream" (of Arabic origin).
Blaze
Gender:Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced:BLAYZ
Modern variant of Blaise influenced by the English word blaze.
Brandr
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Old Norse byname meaning "fire, torch, sword".
Ejder
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced:ezh-DEHR
Means "dragon" in Turkish, of Persian origin.
Enki
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Sumerian Mythology
Other Scripts:𒀭𒂗𒆠(Sumerian Cuneiform)
Pronounced:ENG-kee(English)
From Sumerian 𒂗 (en) meaning "lord" and 𒆠 (ki) meaning "earth, ground" (though maybe originally from 𒆳 (kur) meaning "underworld, mountain"). Enki, called Ea by the Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians, was the Sumerian god of water and wisdom and the keeper of the Me, the divine laws.
Lior
Gender:Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts:לִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Means "my light" in Hebrew, from לִי (li) "for me" and אוֹר (ʾor) "light".
Lonán
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced:LUW-nan(Irish)
Means "little blackbird", derived from Old Irish lon "blackbird" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by several early saints.
Panu
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced:PAH-noo
Finnish short form of Urbanus (see Urban). This is also an archaic Finnish word meaning "flame, fire". This name was used by the Finnish author Juhani Aho for the main character in his novel Panu (1897).
Plamen
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Serbian
Other Scripts:Пламен(Bulgarian, Serbian)
Means "flame, fire" in South Slavic.
Sorin
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Possibly derived from Romanian soare meaning "sun".