Elements Starting with A

a 1 ἀ Ancient Greek
Greek negative prefix.

a 2 安 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of ān.

a 3 愛 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of ài.

a 4 亜, 亞 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of yà.

a 5 अ Sanskrit
Sanskrit negative prefix.

a 6 English
Phonetic element /ɑ/ in English names (often in an unstressed position, as /ə/).

a 7 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "we".

a 8 雅, 아 Korean
Korean reading of yǎ.

a 9 娥, 아 Korean
Korean reading of é.

á Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "river, stream, creek".

ā 阿 Chinese
Chinese character that has no distinct meaning. It can be prefixed to a given name to make it a diminutive.

ʾab أب Arabic
Arabic word meaning "father".

āb آب Persian
Persian word meaning "water".

aba Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "allocate, share".

abate Italian
Italian form of abbas.

abbas ἀββᾶς Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman
Means "abbot, priest" in Greek and Latin, derived from Aramaic meaning "father".

ʿabd عبد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "servant, slave".

ābhā आभा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "splendour, light".

abhaya अभय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fearless".

abhijita अभिजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "victorious".

abhilaṣa अभिलष Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "desire, wish".

abhinava अभिनव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "young, fresh".

abhiṣeka अभिषेक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "anointing".

abrīsham ابریشم Persian
Persian word meaning "silk".

abu 𒀜 Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "father".

ac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "oak".

accurro Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to rush, to hasten".

ackar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "field".

acutus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sharp".

ʿaḏa עָדָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to adorn" or "to pass by".

àdá Igbo
Igbo word meaning "eldest daughter".

adal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "noble".

ʿadala عدل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to act justly".

adamas ἀδάμας Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "unconquerable, unbreakable, adamant".

ʿaḏan עָדַן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to delight, to luxuriate".

adé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "crown".

adelphos ἀδελφός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "brother".

ʿadhrāʾ عذراء Arabic
Arabic word meaning "virgin, maiden".

ādi आदि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "first, prime".

ʿādil عادل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "fair, honest, just".

ʿaḏin עָדִין Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "delicate".

ādīneh آدینه Persian
Persian word meaning "Friday".

adler German
German word meaning "eagle".

admiror Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to admire".

adnos ἀδνός Ancient Greek
Cretan Greek form of hagnos.

ʾaḏon אָדוֹן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "lord, master".

advocatus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "advocate, supporter".

æcer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "field".

æcermann Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ploughman".

áed Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "fire".

aeido ἀείδω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to sing, to chant".

ael Welsh
Welsh word meaning "brow".

ælf Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "elf".

Aeneid English
English form of Latin Aeneis, the name of an epic poem by Virgil about the hero Aeneas.

aeneis Ancient Roman
Latin form of Aeneid.

ængle Anglo-Saxon
Old English name of the Germanic tribe the Angles.

æppel Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "apple".

aeron Welsh
Welsh word meaning "berries".

æsc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ash tree".

æðele Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "noble".

aetos ἀετός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "eagle".

afër Albanian
Albanian word meaning "nearby, close".

ʿaffa عفّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to refrain, to be chaste".

Afghān افغان Persian
Persian word meaning "Afghan".

afi Polynesian
Polynesian word meaning "fire".

Àfọ̀ Igbo
Igbo word referring to a day of the week.

after Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "behind".

agan ἄγαν Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "very much".

agape ἀγάπη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "love".

agapetos ἀγαπητός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beloved".

agathos ἀγαθός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "good".

agaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fear".

agellus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "little field".

ager Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "field, terrain, country".

aggju Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "edge, blade".

agi Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "awe, fear".

agil Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element, probably a lengthened form of *agjō meaning "edge, blade".

agin Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element, probably a lengthened form of *agjō meaning "edge, blade".

agjō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "edge, blade".

agnus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "lamb".

agoda агода Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "berry".

agora ἀγορά Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "assembly, marketplace".

agrios ἄγριος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wild".

agrom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "battle, carnage".

ʾaḥ אָח Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "brother".

ʾaḥad أحد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Sunday", usually written with the definite article: الأحد (al-ʾaḥad).

ʾaḥaḏ אָחַד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word probably meaning "to unite".

ʾahav אָהַב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to love".

ahi Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "fire".

ahsa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "axle".

aḫu 𒋀 Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "brother".

ahwō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "river".

ài 1 爱, 愛 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "love, affection".

ài 2 艾 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sagebrush, wormwood".

ǎi 蔼, 藹 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "friendly, lush".

āi 哀 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "grief, sorrow".

ai 1 愛 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of ài.

ai 2 藍 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of lán.

ai 3 आई Marathi
Marathi word meaning "mother".

ai 4 相 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of xiāng.

ai 5 哀 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of āi.

aika Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "time".

aiks Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "oak".

ailidaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fire".

aina Latvian
Latvian word meaning "scene, sight".

ainaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "one".

aire Medieval French
Old French word meaning "nest, family, lineage, bloodline".

airmans 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "whole, great, immense".

airþa 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "earth, soil".

aiśvarya ऐश्वर्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "prosperity, wealth".

aiw Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "law, custom".

aiwaz 1 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "eternity, age".

aiwaz 2 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "law".

aiws 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "eternity, age".

aix αἴξ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "goat" and "wave". The genitive form is αἰγός (aigos).

aizō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "honour, respect".

ajaya अजय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unconquered".

ajita अजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unconquered, invincible".

ak Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "white".

áká Igbo
Igbo word meaning "hand".

aka 1 明 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of míng.

aka 2 朱 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of zhū.

aka 3 赤 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of chì.

akane 茜 Japanese
Means "rubia plant, dye from the rubia plant, deep red", from a Japanese kun reading of qiān.

ākāśa आकाश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "open space, sky".

ake 明 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of míng.

akh 𓄿𓐍 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "to be effective, to be useful".

akhila अखिल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "whole, complete, without a gap".

aki 1 秋 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of qiū.

aki 2 明 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of míng.

aki 3 昭 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhāo.

aki 4 晶 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of jīng.

aki 5 章 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhāng.

akira 1 昭 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of zhāo.

akira 2 明 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of míng.

akira 3 亮 Japanese
Means "clear", from a Japanese nanori reading of liàng.

akira 4 晶 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of jīng.

akker Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "field".

akouo ἀκούω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to hear, to listen".

akr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "field".

akraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "field".

akṣaya अक्षय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "undecaying, imperishable".

akṣi अक्षि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "eye".

àkụ̀ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "wealth".

ʿala עָלָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to ascend, to climb".

ʿalā علا Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be high".

ʿalāʾ علاء Arabic
Arabic word meaning "excellence, height, elevation".

àlà Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "white cloth".

ala 1 Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "way, path".

ala 2 Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "variegated".

alb Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "elf".

alba Ancient Roman
Feminine form of albus, later acquiring the meaning "dawn" in Vulgar Latin.

Albanoi Ἀλβανόι Ancient Greek
Greek word referring to an ancient tribe of the Illyrians.

albaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "elf".

albus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "white".

ald Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "old".

aldaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "old".

aletheia ἀλήθεια Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "truth".

alexo ἀλέξω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to defend, to help".

ʾalf ألْف Arabic
Arabic word meaning "thousand".

alfr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "elf".

alga Medieval Baltic
Lithuanian and Latvian word meaning "salary, pay".

alh Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "temple, shelter".

alhs Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "temple, shelter".

alios Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "all, every".

ʿalīy عليّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "lofty, sublime, high, exalted".

aljaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "zeal".

aljaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "other, else".

aljis 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "other".

alke ἀλκή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "strength, prowess".

alkyon ἀλκυών Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "kingfisher".

all Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "all".

allaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "all".

allegro Italian
Italian word meaning "quick, lively".

alles Old High German
Old High German word meaning "other, else".

alljas Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "other, else".

allr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "all".

alls 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "all".

almās الماس Persian
Persian word meaning "diamond".

almr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "elm".

almus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "nourishing".

alnus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "alder tree".

aloha Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "love".

alp Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "brave, hero".

alt Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "old".

altan алтан Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "golden".

altun Medieval Turkic
Old Turkic word meaning "gold".

altus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "high".

ʿam עַם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "people, nation, folk, kinsman".

am อํา Thai
Thai word meaning "to hide, to conceal".

ama 天 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of tiān.

ʿamada عمد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to support".

àmádí Igbo
Igbo word meaning "freeborn man".

amal Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element, possibly referring to the Gothic dynasty of the Amali, possibly meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave".

ʾamala أمل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to hope for".

amala अमल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "clean, pure".

amals 𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic element, possibly referring to the royal dynasty of the Amali, possibly meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave".

ʾamān أمان Arabic
Arabic word meaning "peace".

amandla Nguni
Nguni word meaning "strength, power".

ʾamar אָמַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to say, to speak".

amar 𒀫 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "calf".

ʿamara عمر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to live long, to thrive, to inhabit".

àmàrà Igbo
Igbo word meaning "grace, kindness".

amara अमर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "immortal, undying".

amarantus ἀμάραντος Ancient Roman
Latin word for the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek ἀμάραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading".

ambara अम्बर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "garment, sky".

ambra Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "amber", ultimately of Arabic origin.

ʾamets אָמֵץ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to strengthen".

ami Medieval French
Old French word meaning "friend".

amicus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "friend".

ʾamīn أمين Arabic
Arabic word meaning "true, trustworthy".

ʾamina أمن Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be safe".

ʾamīr أمير Arabic
Arabic word meaning "prince, commander, amir".

ʾamīra أميرة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "princess".

amita अमित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "immeasurable, infinite".

amor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "love".

amṛta अमृत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "immortal".

ʾamuna أمن Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be faithful".

amygdala Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "almond".

àn 岸 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "beach, shore, bank".

ān 安 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "peace, quiet".

an 1 安 Vietnamese
Means "safe, secure", derived from ān.

an 2 𒀭 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "heaven, sky" and later "god, goddess".

an 3 Old Welsh
Old Welsh intensive prefix.

ʿana 1 עָנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to answer".

ʿana 2 עָנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be afflicted, to be depressed, to be humbled".

ana ἀνά Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "up".

anado Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "zeal".

anadô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "breath, spirit".

ʿanan עָנָן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "cloud".

ānanda आनन्द Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "happiness, bliss".

ananta अनन्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "infinite, endless".

anār انار Persian
Persian word meaning "pomegranate", ultimately of Arabic origin.

anatole ἀνατολή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sunrise".

anax ἄναξ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "master, lord".

anda Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to increase".

andreios ἀνδρεῖος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "manly, masculine".

andros ἀνδρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "of a man" (genitive form of aner).

anela Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to be enough".

aner ἀνήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "man". The genitive form is ἀνδρός (andros).

áng 昂 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "raise, lift".

angelica Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "angelic".

angelma ἄγγελμα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "news, message".

angelos ἄγγελος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "messenger", later acquiring the sense "angel".

angelus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "angel".

angil 1 Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word referring to the Germanic tribe the Angles (see Angel).

angil 2 Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "angel" (of Greek origin).

anglii Ancient Roman
Latin name of the Germanic tribe the Angles.

anh 英 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of yīng.

ànị̀ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "earth, land" (àlà in Central dialect).

anīka अनीक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "splendour, appearance, face, army".

aniketa अनिकेत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "homeless".

ʾanisa أنس Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be friendly".

anīśa अनीश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "supreme, paramount, without a ruler".

aniśa अनिश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "nightless, sleepless".

anīta अनीत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "not guided".

añjali अञ्जलि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "salutation".

anker Old High German
Old High German word meaning "anchor" (of Latin origin).

ankh 1 анх Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "first".

ankh 2 𓂝𓈖𓐍 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "life".

aṅkita अङ्कित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "marked".

aṅkura अङ्कुर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "sapling, sprout, shoot".

anne Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "alone, solitary".

annuntio Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to announce".

anô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ancestor".

ansetl Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hermitage".

ansi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "god".

anstiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "grace, love".

ansu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "god".

ansuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "god".

ant Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "oath".

antadak Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "to give".

anthos ἄνθος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "flower".

anti ἀντί Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "against, opposed, compared to, like".

anto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "zeal".

anu 1 Old Norse (Hypothetical)
Old Norse word meaning "ancestor".

anu 2 अनु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "under, down, away, after".

anu 3 Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "coolness".

anuja अनुज Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "born later, younger".

anūpa अनूप Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "watery, near the water".

anupama अनुपम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "incomparable, matchless".

Anurādha अनुराध Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to a constellation in Hindu astrology.

ànyị́ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "we" (first-person plural pronoun).

ào 奥, 奧 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "difficult to understand".

ao 1 碧 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of bì.

ao 2 青 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of qīng.

aoi 葵 Japanese
Means "hollyhock, althea", from a Japanese kun reading of kuí.

aoide ἀοιδή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song".

aparājita अपराजित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unconquered".

aplaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "apple".

aplu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "son, heir".

appel Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "apple".

aprilis Ancient Roman
Latin name of the fourth month of the year (originally the second).

apūrva अपूर्व Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "unpreceded, new".

ʿaqala عقل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to have intelligence, to be reasonable".

aqua Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "water".

aquila Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "eagle".

aquilentum Late Roman (Hypothetical)
Vulgar Latin word meaning "prickly, eglantine".

ar 1 Old Welsh
Old Welsh prefix meaning "above, beyond".

ar 2 Albanian
Albanian word meaning "gold".