ayasmina's Personal Name List
Amyria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Amorette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: a-mo-REHT
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).
Amore
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: a-MO-reh
Amora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Apparently a modern coinage based on Latin
amor meaning
"love".
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.
Amonrat
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อมรรัตน์(Thai)
Pronounced: a-mawn-RAT
From Thai อมร (amon) meaning "immortal, eternal" and รัตน์ (rat) meaning "gem, jewel".
Amonchai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อมรชัย(Thai)
Pronounced: a-mawn-CHIE
From Thai อมร (amon) meaning "immortal, eternal" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".
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.
Amita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Other Scripts: अमिता(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Amisha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Gujarati
Other Scripts: अमीषा(Hindi) અમીષા(Gujarati)
Derived from Sanskrit आमिष (amiśa) meaning "lust, desire, longing".
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.
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.
Amiri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Pronounced: ah-MEER-ee
Means "prince" in Arabic.
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.
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.
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, Persian) ə-MEER(Urdu)
Means "commander, prince" in Arabic. This was originally a title, which has come into English as the Arabic loanword emir.
Aminah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
Other Scripts: آمنة, أمينة(Arabic)
Pronounced: A-mee-na(Arabic) a-MEE-na(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic
Amina 1 or
Amina 2, as well as the usual form in Malay and Indonesian.
Amin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: أمين(Arabic) امین(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: a-MEEN(Arabic, Persian)
Derived from Arabic
أمين (ʾamīn) meaning
"truthful". This was the name of the sixth Abbasid caliph.
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."
Amilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-MEE-lee-ə
Amianda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
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.
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.
Ameline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, French (Belgian), Flemish
Amelinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Amelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Ameliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brazilian
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.
Ambrosine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Ambrosia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀμβροσία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AM-BRO-SEE-A
Feminine form of
Ambrosios (see
Ambrose).
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.
Ambrietta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Pronounced: am-bree-EH-tah
Elaboration of
Ambre with the suffix
-etta
Ambrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Ambriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Ambria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: am-bree-uh(English)
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.
Ambra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: AM-bra
Amboara
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Malagasy
Means "sheaf of grain" or "bouquet of flowers" in Malagasy.
Amberlynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AM-bər-lin
Elaboration of
Amber using the popular name suffix
lyn.
Amberline
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Amberlea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AM-bər-LEE-ə, AM-bər-lee
Amberine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: am-bur-EEN
Elaboration of
Amber with the suffix
-ine
Amberetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Amberella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Pronounced: am-bur-EL-lah
Elaboration of
Amber with the suffix
-ella
Ambera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian (Modern, Rare)
Latvian adaptation of
Amber.
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 (ʿanbar) meaning "ambergris". 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).
Ambarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian (Rare), Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)
Ambara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Ambara - female form; Ambar, Ambaro - male form.
Sanskrit names.
Meaning: the sky.
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].
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.
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.
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.
Amarlia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Amarisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Amarindra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อมรินทรา(Thai)
Amarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish
Pronounced: a-ma-REE-na
Elaboration of
Marina with the prefix
a-
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.
Amariana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Amaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
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.
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.
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.
Amar 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi
Other Scripts: अमर(Hindi, Marathi) অমর(Bengali) ਅਮਰ(Gurmukhi)
From Sanskrit
अमर (amara) meaning
"immortal".
Amante
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Filipino, Italian
Pronounced: a-MAN-te
Amani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أماني(Arabic)
Pronounced: a-MA-nee
Means
"wishes" in Arabic, related to the root
منا (manā) meaning "to tempt, to put to the test".
Amane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
From Basque ama "mother". It was coined by the Basque writer Sabino Arana as the equivalent of the rare Spanish devotional name Maternidad.
Amando
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Pronounced: a-MAN-do(Spanish)
Spanish and Portuguese form of
Amandus.
Amandine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-MAHN-DEEN
Amande
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
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) a-MAHN-da(Dutch)
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.
Amancio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-MAN-thyo(European Spanish) a-MAN-syo(Latin American Spanish)
Amancia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Jamaican Patois
Spanish, Galician, and Jamaican Patois feminine form of
Amantius.
Amancay
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Quechua, Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: Aa-Maan-KAI(Quechua)
From the Quechua amánkay which is the name of a yellow lily with red streaks native to South America. By extension, the word also means "yellow".
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.
Amalinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sorbian
Amalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sicilian
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
Amalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Greek, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, German, Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Other Scripts: Αμαλία(Greek)
Pronounced: a-MA-lya(Spanish, Italian, 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.
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).
Amadina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Occitan, Gascon (Archaic)
Medieval Gascon diminutive of
Amada.
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.
Amadeo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: a-ma-DHEH-o(Spanish) 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).
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.
Amada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-MA-dha
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.
Alyla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AH-LIE-LAH
Alyla, pronounced 'AH-LIE-LAH' means sophisticated, unique and mysterious.
Alvina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-VEEN-ə
Alvida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Alvia
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Pronounced: AL-vee-u
Possible variant of the second sense of
Alva 2 stemming from
Alvah.
Alverio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: AL-VAYR-EE-O
Alvera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), American
Alvaro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: al-VA-ro
Italian form of
Alvarus (see
Álvaro).
Alva 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: AL-va(Swedish)
Aluka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indigenous Australian
Meaning "By the Sea"
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).
Alruna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Medieval German
Germanic name, in which the second element was derived from Old High German
runa or Old Norse
rún meaning "secret lore, rune" (Proto-Germanic *
rūnō). Modern-day scholars consider it a younger form of the Old High German name
Ailrun, in which the first element is
agi "terror" (which quite often became
ail- in names). At the same time, it is also a contracted form of
Adelruna (or
Adelrun,
Adelrune), in which the first element is
adal "noble". Lastly, those same academics also consider it a younger form of the Old Norse name
Alfrún, in which the first element is
alfr "elf".
The Old Norse cognate Ǫlrún occurs in the Eddic poem the Völundarkviða, belonging to a Valkyrie who marries the archer Egil. This form of the name was borne by an 11th-century Bavarian recluse, Alruna of Cham, a patron saint of pregnancy. Also see Aurinia. It coincides with the name of the mandrake plant, being alruna in Swedish, alrune in Danish and Norwegian and Alraune in German.
Aloysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: a-LOI-zya
Alora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Alondra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: a-LON-dra
Derived from Spanish alondra meaning "lark".
Aloisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: a-LOI-zya
Alma 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Albanian, Slovene, Croatian
Pronounced: AL-mə(English) AL-ma(Spanish) AHL-ma(Dutch)
This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a victory for Britain and France. However, the name was in rare use before the battle; it was probably inspired by Latin
almus "nourishing". It also coincides with the Spanish word meaning
"the soul".
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'.
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.
Alizara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Aliyah 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: عالية, عليّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘A-lee-ya, ‘a-LEE-ya
Aliya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Kazakh, Tatar, Urdu
Other Scripts: عليّة(Arabic) Әлия(Kazakh) Алия(Tatar) عالیہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: ‘a-LEE-ya(Arabic)
Feminine form of
Ali 1. This can also be another way of transcribing the related name
عالية (see
Aaliyah).
Alivia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LIV-ee-ə
Alita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
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.
Aliro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical, Hispanicized)
Alirio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Aliria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Italian (Rare)
Alira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Aliona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Алёна(Russian) Альона(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: u-LYUY-nə(Russian)
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)
Alienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Aliena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre, Literature
Means "stranger" in Latin. This was the false identity of
Celia in Shakespeare's play 'As You Like It' (1599) when she goes into hiding in the forest of Arden, presumably a pun on the word
alias. It was also used by author Ken Follett for a character in his historical novel 'The Pillars of the Earth' (1989).
Aliel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀλιήλ, Ἀλιὴλ(Ancient Greek)
In the Septuagint, this name is used instead of
Eliel in chapter 11 of 1 Chronicles.
Aliciana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brazilian (Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
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)
Alia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: علياء, عالية, عليّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘al-YA, ‘A-lee-ya, ‘a-LEE-ya
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-leey(Arabic) a-LEE(Persian, Turkish, Tajik Persian) A-lee(Indonesian, Malay) u-LYEE(Russian)
Means
"lofty, sublime" in Arabic, from the root
علا (ʿalā) 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.
Alexis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: French, English, Greek, Spanish, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Αλέξης(Greek) Ἄλεξις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-LEHK-SEE(French) ə-LEHK-sis(English) a-LEHK-sees(Spanish)
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.
Alexina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-ik-SEE-nə
Alexia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, French, Spanish, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: Αλεξία(Greek)
Pronounced: A-LEHK-SEE-A(French) a-LEHK-sya(Spanish) ə-LEHK-see-ə(English)
Alexei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
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.
Alexandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Catalan, Russian, Ukrainian, Ancient Greek [1], 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-LEHK-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.
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.
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.
Alessio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-LEHS-syo
Alessia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-LEHS-sya
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.
Alejandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-leh-KHAN-dra
Aleida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: a-LAY-da(Dutch) a-LAY-dha(Spanish)
Dutch and Spanish short form of
Adelaide.
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.
Alastríona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ə-ləs-TRYEE-nə, A-ləs-tryee-nə
Alastrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: a-la-STREE-nə
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.
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.
Alana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Breton
Pronounced: ə-LAN-ə(English) a-LAHN-a(Breton)
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.
Alaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LAYN-ə
Alaia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Means "joyful, happy" from Basque alai.
Akyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: Ah-Kee-Rah-lahn-ah
Combination of the prefix
a- with
Kyra.
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.
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.
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.”
Akiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, African American
Pronounced: ah-kee-YAH-nuh
Elaboration of
Kiana 2 with the prefix
a-
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.
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.
Akhira
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อาคิรา, อาคีรา, อาคีระ(Thai)
Pronounced: a-kee-ra(อาคิรา, อาคีรา, อาคีระ)
Means "Sun, sunlight" in Thai.
It can be spelt อาคิรา, อาคีรา or อาคีระ.
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
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.
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.
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.
Akaiyah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: ə-KIE-ə
Possibly a combination of the phonetic prefix
a and
Kaya 2. It shares a sound with names such as
Makiyah.
Akaina
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cook Islands Maori
Means "to singe" in Cook Islands Maori.
Akahana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: A-KAH-HAH-NAH, A-KAN-HAN-A
Meaning: Red Rose/Beautiful Flower
Aka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 赤(Japanese Kanji) あか(Japanese Hiragana)
Directly taken from Japanese 赤 (
aka) meaning "red". Red is the color of youth and celebration in Japan. This name was popular in the Edo Era, nowadays it's more popular as a name element as, for example, in
Akari.
Ajra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian
Ajin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tamil
Pronounced: AH-jin
Rare masculine name of unknown meaning.
Ajia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 亜細亜(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-JEE-AH
From Japanese 亜細亜 (ajia) meaning "Asia".
Aji
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
Pronounced: A-jee
Means "valuable, precious" in Indonesian. Alternately it may be derived from Sanskrit आजि (aji) meaning "war, battle, conquest".
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".
Aja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-zhə(English)
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.
Aiyana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: ai-AHN-ah
Aiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Aitana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ie-TA-na
From the name of a mountain range in Valencia, eastern Spain. The Spanish poet Rafael Alberti used it for his daughter in 1941.
Aisea
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Fijian
Aisara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αἰσάρα(Ancient Greek)
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.
Airelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), English (Rare), Literature
Derived from airelle, the French name for the plant genus Vaccinium. The French derived the name from Portuguese airella, which in turn was derived from Latin atra "dark, black, gloomy".
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.
Ainara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish
Pronounced: ie-NA-ra
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.
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.
Aimelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Gascon
Ailana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish
Aila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: IE-lah
Aikaterine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Rare)
Other Scripts: Αἰκατερίνη(Ancient Greek)
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."
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.
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".
Aidana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айдана(Kazakh)
Means
"wise moon" in Kazakh, from
ай (ay) meaning "moon" and
дана (dana) meaning "wise".
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.
Ahya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: اية(Arabic)
Pronounced: ie-yuh, ie-a, eye-a
Ayah is a name referencing a verse in the Quran. An Ayah makes up chapters in the Surah.
Arabic meaning: "sign," "miracle," or "verse"
Ahitra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Malagasy
Means "grass" in Malagasy.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Aeliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Aelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: IE-lee-a
Adva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַדְוָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ahd-VAH
Means "small wave, ripple" in Hebrew.
Adsila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cherokee
From Cherokee
ᎠᏥᎳ (atsila) "fire" or
ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (atsilunsgi) "flower, blossom".
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.
Adrika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hinduism
Means "small mountain" in Sanskrit. According to the Mahabharata, Adrika is an apsara (a female spirit of clouds and waters) who was the mother of Matsya and Satyavati.
Adrija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Rare)
Means "daughter of the mountain". This is an epithet of
Parvati.
Adriette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Feminization of
Adrian (via the French form
Adrien) by way of adding the French diminutive suffix
-ette.
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)
Adriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Adriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: עַדְרִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Adriano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese
Pronounced: a-dree-A-no(Italian)
Italian and Portuguese form of
Adrian.
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-).
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.
Adria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-dree-ə
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.
Adorinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: a-do-REEN-da
Means "adorable" in Esperanto.
Adorina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Adoria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ah-dor-ree-a
Adore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Late Middle English via Old French from Latin adorare ‘to worship’, from ad- ‘to’ + orare ‘speak, pray’.
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.
Adora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: a-DHO-ra
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).
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.
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.
Adiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Әдия(Kazakh) ٴادىييا(Kazakh Arabic)
Derived from Arabic عَادِيّ (ʿādiyy) meaning "normal, regular, ordinary".
Adisai
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อดิศัย(Thai)
Pronounced: a-dee-SIE
Means "excellent, superb" in Thai.
Adina 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀδινά(Ancient Greek)
From the Hebrew name
עֲדִינָא (ʿAḏina), derived from
עָדִין (ʿaḏin) meaning
"delicate". This name is borne by a soldier in the
Old Testament.
The feminine name Adina 3 is from the same root, but is spelled differently in Hebrew.
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)
Adia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igede, Swahili
Pronounced: A-dee-ya(Igede)
Means "queen" in Igede and "(valuable) gift" in Swahili, from Hausa adia "gift".
Adhara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-DEHR-ə(English)
Derived from Arabic
عذارى (ʿadhārā) meaning
"maidens". This is the name of the second brightest star (after
Sirius) in the constellation Canis Major.
Adeo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Emilian-Romagnol
Adelrune
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old High German
Adelmira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Tuscan), Emilian-Romagnol
Adelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-DEHL
Adella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-DEHL-ə
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).
Adelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish
Pronounced: ə-DEHL-ee-ə(English) a-DHEH-lya(Spanish)
Elaborated form of
Adela.
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.
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-jee(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.
Adelaida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-dheh-LIE-dha
Adea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Emilian-Romagnol
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.
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.
Adaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Spanish (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: עֲדָיָה(Hebrew)
Variant transcription of
Adaiah.
Adara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַדָרָה(Hebrew)
Means "noble" in Hebrew.
Adaora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Means "the people's daughter" in Igbo.
Adannaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Means "eldest daughter of her father" in Igbo.
Adanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Means "eldest daughter of the father" in Igbo.
Adamira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Combination of
Ada 1 and the popular suffix
-mira.
Adamina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ad-ə-MEEN-ə
Adamia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Adamantia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Αδαμαντία(Greek)
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.
Adalinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval German, Sicilian
Pronounced: A-da-lin-da(Medieval German)
Derived from the Germanic elements
adal "noble" and
lind "linden tree, lime; shield (made of lime wood); gentle, soft".
Adalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Adala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, Swedish (Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of
Adela and a short form of names containing the element
adal-.
Adaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: Uh-DARE-uh
Adaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Spanish
Hebrew variant and Spanish form of
Adaiah.
Aciano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ah-see-AH-no
Means "the blue bottle flower" in Spanish.
Aciana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Feminine form of
Aciano. Means “cornflower”
Achirana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Quechua
Means "thanksgiving offering" in Quechua.
Achariya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อาจริย(Thai)
Pronounced: a-cha-ree-YA
Means "teacher, scholar, sage" in Thai.
Achara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อัจฉรา(Thai)
Pronounced: at-cha-RA
Alternate transcription of Thai อัจฉรา (see
Atchara).
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.
Aceline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French, Medieval English
Acelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
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.
Accursia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sicilian (Rare)
Accursa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sicilian
Accorsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian
Italian
accorsa from Latin
accursia "aided, helped".
The hypocoristic Corsa was more common than the full form.
Accia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English (Rare)
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.
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.
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.
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".
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".
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".
Abrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
Abriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AW-bree-EL-a
Abra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History, Literature
Possibly a feminine form of
Abraham. It coincides with a Latin word meaning "maid". A known bearer was Saint Abra of Poitiers, a Gallo-Roman nun of the 4th century.
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 (ʾavel) meaning "meadow, grassy area". It has occasionally been used as a given name in modern times.
Abella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ə-BAY-yə
From the Spanish surname, which originated in the region of Galicia. The name was originally a Catalan nickname for a bee-keeper or person with bee-like behaviors. It is derived from the Spanish word ‘abeja,’ meaning "bee," which itself is derived from Latin apicula.
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.
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).
Abel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Georgian, Armenian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: აბელ(Georgian) Աբել(Armenian) הֶבֶל(Ancient Hebrew) Ἄβελ, Ἅβελ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AY-bəl(English) A-BEHL(French) a-BEHL(Spanish, European Portuguese) a-BEW(Brazilian Portuguese) A-bəl(Dutch) ah-BEHL(Eastern Armenian) ah-PEHL(Western Armenian)
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.
Aashiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Rare)
Other Scripts: आशियाँ(Hindi)
Means "nest, small dwelling" in Hindi.
Aara
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أرى(Arabic)
Means "one who adorns, beautifier" in Arabic.
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