Addycakes's Personal Name List

Aakulu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "sweet little one" in Greenlandic.
Aiden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-dən
Personal remark: 340th name saved into this collection.
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Variant of Aidan.
Ailbhe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: AL-vyə(Irish)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
From Old Irish Ailbe, possibly derived from the old Celtic root *albiyo- "world, light, white" or Old Irish ail "rock". In Irish legend this was the name of a female warrior of the Fianna. It was also the name of a 6th-century masculine saint, the founder of a monastery at Emly.
Amethyst
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AM-ə-thist
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From the name of the purple semi-precious stone, which is derived from the Greek negative prefix (a) and μέθυστος (methystos) meaning "intoxicated, drunk", as it was believed to be a remedy against drunkenness. It is the traditional birthstone of February.
Anubis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἄνουβις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-NOO-bis(English)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Ἄνουβις (Anoubis), the Greek form of Egyptian jnpw (reconstructed as Anapa and other forms), which coincided with a word meaning "royal child, prince". However, it might alternatively be derived from the root jnp meaning "to decay". Anubis was the Egyptian god who led the dead to the underworld. He was often depicted as a man with the head of a jackal. The Greeks equated him with their god Hermes.
Aonghus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Irish Mythology
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From Old Irish Óengus, possibly meaning "one strength" from óen "one" and guss "force, strength". Aonghus (sometimes surnamed Mac Og meaning "young son") was an Irish god of love and youth, one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He was the son of Dagda and Boann. The name was also borne by an 8th-century Pictish king, several Irish kings, and a few saints, including a 9th-century bishop of Tallaght.
April
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-prəl
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
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.
Aqissiaq
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greenlandic
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "young ptarmigan" in Greenlandic (a ptarmigan is a type of bird that lives in cold regions) [1].
Aqjan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Ақжан(Kazakh)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From the Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" or "pure" and жан (jan) meaning "soul".
Arisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 有沙, 有紗(Japanese Kanji) ありさ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-REE-SA
Personal remark: 255th name saved into this collection.
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From Japanese 有 (aru) meaning "to possess, exist" and 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" or 紗 (sa) meaning "silk, gauze". Other kanji combinations are possible. This name is often spelled in hiragana.
Aðalbjörg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Old Norse elements aðal "noble" and bjǫrg "help, save, rescue".
August
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English
Pronounced: OW-guwst(German) OW-goost(Polish, Norwegian) OW-guyst(Swedish) AW-gəst(English)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
German, Polish, Scandinavian and Catalan form of Augustus. This was the name of three Polish kings.

As an English name it can also derive from the month of August, which was named for the Roman emperor Augustus.

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)
Personal remark: 350th name saved into this collection.
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
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
Rating: 93% based on 4 votes
From the name of the season, ultimately from Latin autumnus. This name has been in general use since the 1960s.
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