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ADEM:
Turkish form of Adam, meaning
"earth."
ADEN:
English variant of Irish/Scottish Aidan,
meaning "fire."
ADENO:
Variant of biblical Adino, meaning
"ornament."
ADEODATUS:
Ancient Roman Latin name meaning "given to
God."
ADETOKUNBO:
African
Yoruba name meaning
"the crown came from over the sea."
ADHAM:
Arabic name meaning
"black."
ADHAMH
(Ádhamh): Irish form of Adam, meaning
"earth."
ADIL:
Arabic name meaning "justice."
ADINA:
Biblical name of one of King David's
warriors, meaning "delicate;
slender."
ADINO:
Biblical name of one of King David's
warriors,
meaning "ornament."
ADISA:
African Yoruba name meaning "one
who is clear."
ADISON:
Variant of English unisex Addison,
meaning "son of Adam."
ADISSON:
Variant of English unisex Addison,
meaning "son of Adam."
ADITYA: Hindi name
of a sun god, meaning
"sun."
ADLAI:
Arabic
name meaning "to act justly."
Aramaic name meaning "God's refuge."
ADLAR:
Variant of German Adler, meaning
"eagle."
ADLER: German name meaning
"eagle."
ADNA:
Variant of Aramaic biblical Adnah,
meaning "delight."
ADNAH:
Aramaic biblical name of a general
under Jehosaphat, who was chief over 300,000
men, meaning "delight."
ADNET:
French form of Adam, meaning
"earth."
ADNEY:
English name derived from the Old Norman French family
name Oudinot, meaning
"the noble's island."
ADNOT:
French form of Adam, meaning
"earth."
ADOLF:
Modern form of Old German Adalwolf, meaning "noble
wolf."
ADOLFO:
Italian form of Adolf,
meaning "noble wolf."
ADOLFUS:
Swedish form of Adolf, meaning
"noble wolf."
ADOLPH:
English form of Adolf,
meaning "noble wolf."
ADOLPHE:
French form of Adolf,
meaning "noble wolf."
ADOLPHO:
Spanish form of Adolf,
meaning "noble wolf."
ADOLPHUS:
Latin form of Adolf,
meaning "noble wolf."
ADONAI:
"My lord."
Because Yahweh's name was forbidden to be spoken, this
name was used to refer to the god of the
Israelites.
ADONIJAH:
Biblical name of a son of King David,
meaning "my lord is Yahweh."
ADONIS: Greek
myth name of a beautiful youth who was loved by Aphrodite. He was killed while
hunting a boar and the anemone flower sprang from his
blood. His name derives from Hebrew Adonai,
meaning "my lord."
ADORJÁN:
Hungarian form of Adrian, meaning
"from Hadria."
ADRASTOS: Greek myth name of a king of
Argos, meaning "he who stands his ground," in other words
"courageous."
ADRASTUS:
Variant of Greek Adrastos, meaning
"courageous."
ADRIAAN:
Dutch form of Adrian, meaning
"from Hadria."
ADRIÁN:
Spanish form of Latin Hadrianus, meaning "from Hadria."
ADRIAN:
English form of Latin Hadrianus, meaning
"from Hadria."
ADRIANO:
Italian form of Adrian,
meaning "from Hadria."
ADRIANUS:
Dutch form of Adrian,
meaning "from Hadria."
ADRIEN:
French form of Latin Hadrianus, meaning "from Hadria."
ADROUSHAN:
Armenian name meaning
"temple of fire-worship."
AED
(Áed): Old Gaelic form of Irish/Scottish Gaelic Aodh, meaning "fire."
AEDAN
(Áedán): Pet form of Gaelic Áed,
meaning "fire."
AEDH
(Áedh): Variant of Gaelic Aed, meaning
"fire."
AEGIDIOS:
Greek name derived from the word aigidion,
meaning "kid, young goat."
AEGIDIUS:
Late Latin form of Greek Aegidios,
meaning "kid, young goat."
AEGLAECA:
Variant of Anglo-Saxon Aglaeca,
meaning both "demon, monster, fiend," and "hero, warrior."
AELFHARE
(Ælfhare): "Elf army." Anglo-Saxon name
composed of the Old English elements ælf
"elf" and hari/heri
"army."
AELFHERE
(Ælfhere): Variant of Anglo-Saxon Aelfhare,
meaning "elf army."
AELFRED
(Ælfred):
"Elf counsel." Anglo-Saxon name composed of
the Old English elements ælf
"elf" and ræd
"counsel."
AELFRIC:
"Elf ruler." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the
Old English elements ælf
"elf" and ric
"rule."
AELFWEALD
(Ælfweald): "Elf ruler." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old
English elements ælf "elf" and weald
"rule."
AELFWEARD
(Ælfweard): "Elf guard." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old
English elements ælf "elf" and weard
"guard."
AELFWINE
(Ælfwine): "Elf friend." Anglo-Saxon name
composed of the Old English elements ælf "elf," and wine
"friend."
AELIA:
From Roman Aelianus, meaning "solar."
This name is part of a puzzling alchemical inscription
(Aelia Laelia Crispus) supposedly found in Bologna,
which some have theorized is a representation of two
beings (Aelia and Laelia)
who are united in a single subject, Crispus
"curly," with Aelia being "solar"
from helios and Laelia being "lunar,"
while Crispus, a combination of both, is the basic
substance (obvoluta intricata) from which all
life was made, thus "curly," in reference to
the hair of gossamer dryads which were said to be
neither man nor woman but hermaphroditic. Compare with Caelia
(f) and Caelius
(m) "heaven," and Aelianus/Laelianus
"sun."
AELIANUS:
Roman family name, derived from Greek helios, meaning
"sun."
AELLA
(Ælla): Variant of Anglo-Saxon Aelle,
meaning "all, universal."
AELLE:
Anglo-Saxon name, meaning "all, universal." This name was borne by
several Anglo-Saxon kings, including the first king of
Deira who, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,
was a descendant of Woden.
AELRED
(Ælred): Variant of Anglo-Saxon Aethelred,
meaning "noble counsel."
AELRIC
(Ælric):
Abbreviated form of Anglo-Saxon Aethelric,
meaning "noble rule."
AEMILIANUS:
Latin name derived from Aemilius,
meaning "rival."
AEMILIUS:
Ancient Roman Latin name, meaning "rival."
AENEAS: Latin form of Greek
Aineias,
meaning to "praise." Aeneas was a Trojan warrior who founded the Roman
state according to Virgil's Aeneid.
AENGUS:
Irish variant of Scottish/Gaelic Aonghus,
meaning "one/only
choice."
AEOLOS:
Variant of Latin Aeolus, meaning
"nimble; quick-moving."
AEOLUS: Latin form of Greek
Aiolos,
myth name of the god of winds, meaning "nimble; quick-moving."
AERON: Welsh
unisex form of feminine Celtic Agrona,
name a goddess of war and death who was portrayed as a
masculine figure in Welsh mythology, meaning
"carnage, slaughter."
AERYN:
Variant of Irish unisex Erin,
meaning "peace."
AERYNN:
Variant of Irish unisex Erin,
meaning "peace."
AESC
(Æsc): Anglo-Saxon name meaning
"ash tree."
AESCHYLUS: Latin form of Greek
Aischylos, meaning "shame."
AESON: Latin form of Greek
Aison, myth
name of Jason's
father, possibly from
Latin ationem, meaning "that which is
made" or "that which is done by," this
being the same source from which Aeolus/Aiolos derived
and has been interpreted as "nimble; quick-moving."
AESOP:
Name of the author of Aesop's Fables, said to be a Greek
hump-backed slave of African descent; therefore, the name has
taken on the meaning "hump-backed," but in
Greek it means "Ethiop."
AETHELBALD
(Æðelbald): "Noble and bold." Anglo-Saxon name, composed of
the Old English elements ædel
"noble" and bald "bold."
AETHELBERT
(Æðelbert): Anglo-Saxon
form of Old German Adalbrecht,
meaning "noble and bright."
AETHELBERHT:
Variant of Aethelbert, meaning
"noble and bright."
AETHELFRID
(Æðelfrid):
"Noble peace." Anglo-Saxon name, composed of
the Old English elements ædel
"noble" and frid "peace."
AETHELHARD
(Æðelhard):
Anglo-Saxon form of German Adalhard,
meaning "noble strength."
AETHELMAER
(Æðelmær): "Noble and famous." Anglo-Saxon name,
composed of the Old English elements æðel "noble" and mær
"famous."
AETHELRED
(Æðelred):
"Noble counsel." Anglo-Saxon name, composed of
the Old English elements æðel "noble" and ræd
"counsel."
AETHELRIC
(Æðelric): "Noble rule." Anglo-Saxon name,
composed of the Old English elements æðel "noble" and ric
"rule."
AETHELSTAN
(Æðelstan): "Noble stone." Anglo-Saxon name,
composed of the Old English elements æðel "noble" and stan
"stone."
AETHELWEARD
(Æðelweard): "Noble guard." Anglo-Saxon name,
composed of the Old English elements æðel "noble" and
weard
"guard."
AETHELWULF:
Anglo-Saxon form of Old German Adalwulf,
meaning "noble wolf."
AETHELWULFING:
Anglo-Saxon name meaning "son of Aethulwulf."
AETHER:
"Light/upper air." Greek myth name of one
of the first gods, the son of Erebus
and Nyx. He is
the god of the pure, upper air that only the gods
breathe, as opposed to the gloomy, lower "aer"
breathed by mortals.
AETIUS:
Roman name derived from the Greek word aetos,
meaning "eagle."
AFANAS:
Nickname for Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFANASEI:
Variant of Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFANASII: Russian form of Latin
Athanasius,
meaning "immortal."
AFANASIY:
Variant of Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFANASY:
Variant of Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFEEF:
Variant of Arabic Afif, meaning
"chaste."
AFFONSO:
Variant of Galician/Portuguese Afonso, meaning
"noble and ready."
AFFTON:
Variant of unisex Afton, an
Old English surname transferred to forename use, itself from
the name of the River Afton in Ayrshire, Scotland, made
famous in Burns' poem "Sweet Afton."
AFIF: Arabic
name meaning "chaste."
AFOLABI:
African Yoruba name meaning "born
into wealth."
AFON:
Modern Welsh unisex name meaning
"river."
Nickname for Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFONAS:
Nickname for Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFONASEI:
Variant of Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFONASII:
Variant of Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFONIK:
Nickname for Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFONIKA:
Nickname for Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFON'KA:
Nickname for Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFONKA:
Nickname for Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFONOS:
Nickname for Russian Afanasii,
meaning "immortal."
AFONSO:
Galician and Portuguese
form of Spanish Alfonso, meaning
"noble and ready."
AFTON:
Old English surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from
the name of the River Afton in Ayrshire, Scotland, made
famous in Burns' poem "Sweet Afton."
AFZAL:
Arabic name meaning
"superior."
AGAMEMNON:
Greek myth name of the son of
King Atreus and brother of
Menelaus,
meaning "very resolute."
AGAPETO:
Variant of Italian/Spanish Agapito, meaning
"beloved."
AGAPETOS:
Greek name meaning "beloved."
AGAPETUS:
Variant of Latin Agapitus,
meaning "beloved."
AGAPIOS:
Masculine form of Greek Agape,
meaning "love."
AGAPITO:
Italian and Spanish form of Latin Agapitus,
meaning "beloved."
AGAPITUS: Latin
form of Greek Agapetos, meaning "beloved."
AGATHON: Greek masculine form of
Agatha, meaning "good."
AGE
(Åge): Danish and Norwegian form of Åke,
meaning "ancestor."
AGID
(Ägid): Abbreviated form of German Agidius,
meaning "kid, young goat."
AGIDIUS
(Ägidius): German form of Late Latin Aegidius,
meaning "kid, young goat."
AGIM: Albanian name meaning
"dawn."
AGLAECA: Name of a character from Beowulf,
meaning both "demon, monster, fiend," and "hero, warrior."
An Old English dictionary defines áglǽca as follows: "wretch,
miscreant, monster, demon, fierce enemy, fierce combatant, miserable
being."
AGON: Albanian name meaning
"dawn."
AGOSTINHO:
Portuguese form of Augustine,
meaning "venerable."
AGOSTINO:
Italian form of Augustine,
meaning "venerable."
AGOSTON
(Ágoston): Hungarian form of Latin Augustinus,
meaning "venerable."
AGRIPIN:
Russian masculine form of Latin Agrippina,
meaning "wild horse."
AGRIPPA: Latin biblical name of the
Herod Agrippa of the
New Testament who ordered the execution of the apostle James, and the imprisonment of
Peter. The name is
used as a feminine name in Russia, it is therefore a unisex name, meaning
"wild horse."
AGRON: This was the name of an Albanian king.
Meaning unknown.
AGUSTIN
(Agustín): Spanish form of Augustine,
meaning "venerable."
AHAB:
"Brother of father; uncle." Biblical name of Jezebel's
husband, composed of the Hebrew elements 'ach "brother" and
'av "father."
AHANU:
Native American Algonquin name meaning "he laughs."
AHARON:
Original Hebrew form of biblical Aaron,
meaning "high mountain."
AHEARN:
Variant of Irish Ahern, meaning
"lord of horses."
AHERIN:
Variant of Irish Ahern, meaning
"lord of horses."
AHERN:
"Lord of horses." Irish surname transferred to forename use,
itself from the Gaelic
surname Ó hEachthighearna
"descendant of Eachthighearna."
AHERNE:
Variant of Irish Ahern, meaning
"lord of horses."
AHIAM:
Biblical name of one of King David's
warriors, meaning "brother of a nation."
AHIGA:
Native American Navajo name meaning "he fights."
AHIRAM:
Hebrew name meaning "brother of the exalted."
AHLF:
Nickname for German Adolf,
meaning "noble wolf."
AHMAD:
Arabic name meaning
"praiseworthy."
AHMED:
Turkish form of Arabic Ahmad,
meaning "praiseworthy."
AHMET:
Turkish form of Arabic Ahmad,
meaning "praiseworthy."
AHMOSE: Egyptian name meaning "son
of Iah."
AHOTE:
Native American Hopi name meaning "restless one."
AHRIMAN:
"Devil; evil spirit." Middle Persian form of
Avestan Angra
Mainyu, myth name of the god of darkness, death and
destruction, and the number one enemy of Ahura
Mazda.
AHSAN:
Arabic name meaning
"compassion."
AHTAHKAKOOP:
Native American Cree name meaning
"star blanket."
AHTI:
Another name for Finnish Lemminkainen,
myth name of a god of magic, a sorcerer said to be able
to "sing the sand into pearls."
AHTO: Finnish myth name of
a god of
sea and fishing, known as the "wave-host." He was described as having a beard of
moss. He dwelled in an underwater palace called Ahtola
with his cold-hearted wife Vellamo.
AHURA MAZDA:
"Divinity of wisdom." Persian myth name of the
uncreated creator of everything in the universe, whose
archenemy is Ahriman. In Avestan, Ahura
is the term for a good
divinity. Mazda stands for wisdom.
AHURAMAZDA:
Variant of Ahura Mazda,
"divinity of wisdom."
AIAS:
Original Greek form of Latin Ajax,
meaning "mourner."
AIBHILIN
(Aibhilín):
Variant of Irish Aibhlin, meaning "little bird."
AIBHLIN:
Irish form of unisex Evelyn, meaning "little
bird."
AICKEN:
Variant of Anglo-Saxon Aiken, meaning "made of
oak."
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