AAREN (m, f) Form of aaron or erin
AARON (m) Most likely of unknown Egyptian origin. Some of the popular etymologies in existence are: "high mountain" (Hebrew) and "messenger" (Arabic). In the Old Testament Aaron was the brother of Moses and the first priest.
ABDUL (m) "servant of" (Arabic)
ABDULLAH (m) "servant of God" (Arabic). The name of the father of Muhammad the prophet.
ABE (m) Short form of Abraham
ABEL (m) "breath" from Hebrew hebel. In the Old Testament Abel was the second son of Adam and Eve, murdered out of envy by his brother Cain.
ABIGAIL (f) "father's joy" (Hebrew). The wife of king David in the Old Testament.
ABNER (m) "father of light" (Hebrew). In the Old Testament Abner was a cousin of Saul and the commander of his army.
ABRAHAM (m) This name may be viewed either as "father of many" (Hebrew) or as a contraction of Abraam and hamon "many". The biblical Abraham was originally named Abram but God changed his name (see Genesis 17:5). He lead the Hebrews into Canaan, and is regarded by the Jews as being the founder of the Hebrews through his son Isaac and by the Muslims as being the founder of the Arabs through his son Ishmael. Another famous bearer of this name was Abraham Lincoln, the American president during the American Civil War.
ABRAM (m) "high father" (Hebrew). In the Old Testament God changed Abram's name to Abraham (see Genesis 17:5).
ABSALOM (m) "father of peace" (Hebrew). In the Old Testament he was a son of King David who led a revolt against his father. While fleeing he got his hair caught in a tree and was killed by Joab.
ACE (m) English; from the vocabulary word meaning "highest rank". Originally a nickname.
ACHILLES (m) Meaning unknown (Greek), perhaps from the name of the Achelous River in Greece. This was the name of a legendary warrior in Homer's 'Iliad'. He was killed in the Trojan War by an arrow to his heel, the only vulnerable part of his body.
ADA (f) Short form of Adelaide . Ada Lovelace was a daughter of Lord Byron and an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of the analytical engine, an early mechanical computer.
ADAH (f) "adornment" (Hebrew). The name of the wives of both Lamech and Esau in the Old Testament.
ADALBERT (m) German form of Albert.
ADALHEID (f) German form of Adelaide.
ADALIAH (m) "the Lord is just" (Hebrew). The father of one of King David's herdsmen in the Old Testament.
ADAM (m) "red earth" (Hebrew). The Book of Genesis in the Old Testament tells how Adam was created from the earth. He and Eve were supposedly the first people, and they lived happily in the Garden of Eden until Adam ate a forbidden apple given to him by Eve. In Hebrew it is not used as a personal name, but is simply a generic term for "man".
ADELA (f) Short form of Adelaide.
ADELAIDE (f) "noble person" (Teutonic). This is the French form of Teutonic Adalheidis. This was the name of the wife of Otto the Great, and also the wife of King William IV of England. A city in Australia bears this name.
ADELE (f) French short form of Adelaide.ADELINA/ADELINE
ADEN (m) Variant of Aidan.
ADENA (f) Meaning unknown. Possibly a variant of Adina or a feminine form of Aden
ADIL (m) "justice" from Arabic adala "to act justly".
ADINA (f, m) "slender" (Hebrew). The name of a soldier in the Old Testament.
ADISA (m) "one who is clear" (Yoruba)
ADLAI (m) Form of Adaliah.
ADOLF (m) Form of Adolphus. Adolf Hitler destroyed the usage of this name. He was the leader of the fascist Nazi party in Germany, and the cause of World War II.
ADOLPHUS (m) "noble wolf" (Teutonic)
ADONIS (m) "lord" (Semitic). 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 various Semitic traditions; hence the Semitic origins of the name.
ADORA (f) "adoration" or "glorious lady" (Latin) from the longer name Adoracion
ADRIA (f) Feminine form of Adrian.
ADRIAN (m) "of Hadria" (Latin). Hadria was a town in northern Italy (it gave its name to the Adriatic Sea). Hadrian, the 2nd-century Roman Emperor who built a wall across northern Britain, was a famous bearer of the name. Also, several popes were named Adrian.
ADRIANNE (f) English feminine form of ADRIAN/ADRIANO
ADRIEN (m) French form of Adrian .ADRIENNE
AENEAS (m) Latin form of the Greek name Aineas, which may mean "praise". In Virgil's 'Aeneid', Aeneas is a Trojan warrior who founds the Roman state.
AGATA (f) Italian and Polish form of Agatha.
AGATHA (f) "good" from the Greek adjective agathos. A 3rd-century saint and martyr from Sicily. After spurning the advances of a Roman official she was tortured and had her breasts cut off before being killed. The mystery writer Agatha Christie is a modern famous bearer of this name.
AGNES (f) "chaste" from the Greek adjective hagnos. A virgin saint who was martyred by Roman emperor Diocletian. The name became associated with Latin agnus "lamb", resulting in the saint's frequent depiction with a lamb by her side.
AGNIESZKA (f) Polish form of Agnes.
AHMAD (m) "more commendable" (Arabic)
AIDAN (m) Pet form of Aodh. An Irish monk and saint of the 7th century.
AIMEE (f) French form of Amy.
AINE (f) "radiance" (Gaelic). The name of the queen of the fairies in Celtic mythology. It is also taken as an Irish form of Anne.
AINSLIE (m, f) Meaning unknown (Old English). From a surname which was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire.
AISLIN (f) "dream" or "vision" (Gaelic)
AJIT (m) "he who has not been conquered" or "invincible", from Sanskrit a "not" and jita "conquered". The name of the gods Shiva and Vishnu, and of a future Buddha.
AKEMI (f) "bright beautiful" (Japanese)
AKHIL (m) "king" (Sanskrit)
AKI (m) Either "autumn" (Japanese) or from a rearrangement of the first two syllables of Kiashishigi, the Japanese name of the wandering tattler (a bird).
AKIRA (m) "intelligent" (Japanese)
AL (m) Short form of Albert and other names beginning with al.
ALAIN (m) French form of Alan
ALAINA (f) Feminine form of Alain
ALAN (m) There are several theories on the meaning of this name. Possibly: "peace", "handsome", "hound", or "rock" (Celtic). Famous bearers include Alan Shepard, the first American in space and the fifth man to walk on the moon, and Alan Turing, a British mathematician and computer scientist.
ALANA (f) Feminine form of Alan. ALANNA/ALANNAH/ALANNIS
ALARIC (m) "ruler of all" or "noble ruler" (Teutonic). This was the name of a king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in the 5th century.
ALBAN (m) "from Alba" (Latin). Alba was a region in Italy. Saint Alban was the first British martyr (4th century). According to tradition, he sheltered a fugitive priest in his house. When his house was searched, he disguised himself as the priest, was arrested in his stead, and was beheaded.
ALBERT (m) "noble bright" from Teutonic adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This has been name of kings of Belgium and Germany, as well as others among European royalty. Other famous bearers include the physicist Albert Einstein, creator of the theory of relativity, and Albert Camus, a French-Algerian writer and philosopher.
ALBERTA (f) Feminine form of Albert. A province in Canada bears this name.
ALBERTO (m) Italian or Spanish form of Alberto.
ALDO (m) "noble" (Teutonic)
ALEASE (f) Form of ELOISE, AXIA, ALEXIA
ALEC (m) Pet form of Alexander
ALEIT (f) Low German short form of Adelaide
ALEJANDRO (m) Spanish form of Alexander
ALESHA (f) Form of Alícia
ALESSA (f) Italian form of Alexa.
ALESSANDRA (f) Italian feminine form of Alexander.
ALESSANDRO (m) Italian form of Alexander.
ALESSIA (f) Italian form of Alexia.
ALESSIO (m) Italian form of Alexis
ALETA (f) Latinized form of Aleit.
ALETHEA (f) "truth" (Greek)
ALEX (m,f) Short form of Alexander, Alexis, Alexandra.
ALEXA (f) Feminine form of Alexis.
ALEXANDER (m) "defending men" (Greek). Alexander the Great of Macedonia is the most famous bearer of this name. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. This was also the name of emperors of Russia, kings of Scotland and Yugoslavia, and eight popes. Also, Sir Alexander MacKenzie was an explorer of the north and west of Canada in the 18th century.
ALEXANDRA (f) Feminine form of Alexander.. This was the name of the domineering wife of Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia.
ALEXANDRE (m) French form of Alexander.
ALEXANDRIA (f) Feminine form of Alexander.. This is the name of a city in Egypt that was founded by Alexander the Great.
ALEXIA (f) Feminine form of Alexis.
ALEXIS (f,m) "helper" or "defender" from the Greek name Alexios which derived from alexein "to defend". A czar of Russia bore this name.
ALF (m) Short form of Alfred.
ALFONS (m) German form of Alfonso
ALFONSO (m) "noble ready" or "battle ready" from Teutonic adal "noble" or hild "battle" combined with funs "ready". This was the name of four kings of Portugal and kings of several ancient regions of Spain.
ALFRED (m) Either "elf counsel" or "all peace" (Old English). Alfred the Great was a 9th-century king of Wessex who fought unceasingly against the Danes who lived in the northeast of England. He was also a scholar, and he translated many Latin books into Old English.
ALGAR (m) "elf spear" from Old English aelf "elf" and gar. "spear".
ALI (m) "lofty" or "sublime" (Arabic). Ali was a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad and the fourth caliph to rule the Muslim world. His followers were the original Shiite Muslims. This name is also borne by the hero in 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'. Also, Muhammad Ali was the name adopted by boxer Cassius Clay when he converted to Islam.
ALICE (f) Short form of Adalheidis . This is the heroine of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass'.
ALICIA (f) Latinized form of Alice.
ALIDA (f) Form of Adelaide.
ALINE (f) Pet form of Adeline.
ALISA (f) Form of Alicia.
ALISHA (f) Form of Alicia.
ALISON (f,m) Medieval Norman form of Alicia.. Occasionally used as a masculine name.
ALISTAIR (m) Gaelic form of Alexander.
ALIYAH (m) "to ascend" (Hebrew)
ALLAN (m) Form of Alan. Edgar Allan Poe, the American author, got his middle name from the last name of the parents who adopted him. Among his most famous works are 'The Raven' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher'.
ALLANNAH (f) Form of Alana influenced by the spelling of Hannah. Another theory states that it is related to the Gaelic term of endearment a leanbh meaning "O child".
ALLEGRA (f) "cheerful" or "lively" (Italian)
ALLEGRIA (f) form of Allegra.
ALLEN (m) form of Alan. Allen Ginsberg was an American beat poet. Woody Allen, who took the stage name Allen from his real first name, is an American film director and actor.
ALLIE (f) Pet form of Alison.ALLISON/ALLY/ALLYSON
ALMA (f) Either "nourishing" (Latin) or "the soul" (Spanish)
ALOIS (m) German form of Aloysius
ALONSO (m) Italian and Spanish form of Alfonso
ALOYSIUS (m) Latinized form of the Provençal form of Louis.
ALPHONSE (m) French form of Alfonso.
ALTHEA (f) "healer" (Greek). This is the name of a woman in Greek mythology who was given a burning brand and told that her son Meleager will live only as long as it remained lit.
ALTON (m) "river-source town" (Old English), from a surname.
ALVIN (m) Form of Elwin.ALWYN/ ALYSON
ALYSSA (f) Either a form of Alicia, or from the name of the alyssum flower.
AMABEL (f) "lovable" from Latin amabilis
AMADEO (m) Form of Amadeus.. Amedeo Avogadro was an Italian chemist most famous for the constant that now bears his name: Avogadro's Number.
AMADEUS (m) "love of God" (Latin). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a composer from Austria.
AMADI (m) "destined to die at birth" (African)
AMANDA (f) "lovable" from Latin amanda.
AMANDO (m) "lovable" from the Latin name Amandus which derived from Latin amanda.
AMARDAD (m) "immortality" (Persian)
AMARIAH (f) "the Lord has promised" (Hebrew)
AMARYLLIS (f) "to sparkle" (Greek). This was the name of a heroine in Virgil's poem 'Eclogues'. The amaryllis flower is named for her.
AMBER (f) "amber" or "yellow" (Arabic). Amber is fossilized tree resin.
AMBRA (f) Italian form of Amber.AMBRE.
AMBROSE (m) "immortal" from the Latin name Ambrosius, which comes from Greek ambrosios. Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century bishop and theologian.
AMELIA (f) Form of Emily. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to make a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
AMERIGO (m) Italian form of Emeric. Amerigo Vespucci was the Italian explorer who gave the continent of America its name.
AMETHYST (f) "amethyst" (English) from the name of the precious stone. The name of the stone derives from Greek "not drunk", as it was believed to remedy against drunkenness.
AMIEL (m) "God of my people" (Hebrew).
AMILCAR (m) "friend of Melkar" (Phoenician) from the name Hamilcar. Melkar was a Phoenician deity. Hamilcar was a 3rd-century BC Carthaginian general, the father of Hannibal.
AMINA (f) "truthful" from Arabic anim or "safe" from Arabic amina. This was the name of the mother of the prophet Muhammad who died when he was young.
AMIR (m) "prince" or "commander" (Arabic). Originally a title, related to the Arabic loanword emir.
AMIRA (f) Feminine form of Amir.
AMOS (m) "to bear" (Hebrew). Amos was a minor prophet and the author of the Book of Amos in the Old Testament, which is the oldest prophetic book in the Bible.
AMPARO (f) "to help" from Spanish amparar "to help".
AMY (f) "love" (Latin) or short form of Amelia.
ANA (f) Spanish form of Anna.
ANACLETO (m) "invoked" (Greek)
ANAIS (f) Provençal and Catalan form of Anna.
ANAND (m) "happiness" (Sanskrit)
ANASTASIA (f) Feminine form of Anastasius. This name was borne by the wife of the Russian czar Ivan the Terrible.ANASTASIO
ANASTASIUS (m) "resurrection" from Greek ana "up" and stasis "standing".
ANATOLE (m) "sunrise" (Greek)
ANDERS (m) Scandinavian form of Andrew. Anders Angstrom was a Swedish physicist.
ANDOR (m) "eagle Thor" (Old Norse). Thor was the Norse god of strength and thunder.
ANDRAS (m) Hungarian form of Andrew.
ANDRÉ (m) French form of Andrew
ANDREA (f,m) Feminine form or Italian form of Andrew.. Andrea Verrocchio was a renaissance sculptor who taught Leonardo da Vinci and Perugino.
ANDREAS (m) German form of Andrew.
ANDREW (m) "man" from Greek aner (genitive andros). Andrew was an apostle who was the brother of the apostle Simon Peter. According to legend he was crucified on an X-shaped cross. He is the patron saint of Scotland and Russia. This was also the name of kings of Hungary.
ANDRIJA (m) Croatian form of Andrew.
ANDROMEDA (f) "person from Media" (Greek). Media was a city in Persia. Andromeda is a constellation in the northern sky which gets its name from a princess rescued from sacrfice by Perseus in Greek mythology. Also, this is the name of the nearest galaxy beyond our own.
ANDRZEJ (m) Polish form of Andrew.
ANDY (m) Short form of Andrew.. American pop artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol was a famous bearer of this name.
ANEMONE (f) From the name of the anemone flower, which derives from Greek anemos "wind".
ANGEL (f,m) From the name of the heavenly creature, which gets its name from the Greek word angelos, meaning "messenger".
ANGELA (f) "messenger" from the Greek word angelos.
ANGELICA (f) "angelic" (Latin from Greek)
ANGELINA (f) Elaborated form of Angela.
ANGELIQUE (f) French form of Angelica.
ANGELO (m) Italian form of Angel.
ANGUS (m) "one" or "choice" from the Gaelic name Aonghus. Aonghus Og was the Celtic god of love. Also, the name of an 8th-century Pictish king and several Irish kings.
ANIA (f) Russian or Polish pet form of Anna.
ANIBAL (m) Form of Hannibal.
ANIMA (f) "soul" (Latin). In psychology the anima is an individual's true inner self, or soul. This can also mean "minuteness" (Sanskrit). In yoga texts, this is the name of the ability to make oneself infinitely small so to be invisible.
ANISE (f) English; from the name of the herb.
ANITA (f) Spanish pet form of Ann.
ANJA (f) Scandinavian pet form of Ann.
ANKE (f) Low German pet form of Anne.
ANN (f) English form of Hannah or short form of Annabel
ANNA (f) Latin form of Hannah.. This is the main character in Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina', who is forced to chose between her son and her lover.
ANNABEL (f) Form of Amabel.
ANNE (f) French and English form of Hannah. This was the name of a 17th-century English queen. This was also one of the wives of Henry VIII and the mother of Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn. She was beheaded in the Tower of London. It was also the name of the heroine in 'Anne of Green Gables' by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery.
ANNEMARIE (f) Form of Anne-Marie
ANNETTA (f) Latinate pet form of Anne.
ANNETTE (f) French pet form of Anne.
ANNICK (f) Breton pet form of Ann.
ANNIE (f) Pet form of Anne.
ANOUK (f) Possibly a pet form of Ann or maybe "polar bear" (Inuit)
ANSGAR (m) Form of Oscar. Saint Ansgar was a missionary who tried to convert the Danes and Norwegians.
ANTHEA (f) "flowery" from Greek antheios. An epithet of the Greek goddess Hera.
ANTHONY (m) Possibly "priceless" (Greek) or "flower" from Greek anthos but most likely of unknown Etruscan origin. From the Roman family name Antonius. Mark Antony was the Roman general who ruled the Roman empire jointly with Augustus for a short time. However, their relationship turned sour and he and his mistress Cleopatra were attacked and forced to commit suicide. Shakespeare's tragedy 'Antony and Cleopatra' is based on them. Also, Saint Anthony was a 3rd-century hermit from Egypt who founded monasticism.
ANTJE (f) Low German and Dutch form of Ann.
ANTOINETTE (f) French feminine form of Anthony.. Marie Antoinette was the queen of France during the French Revolution. She was executed by guillotine.
ANTON (m) German and Russian form of Anthony.
ANTONIA (f) Feminine form of Anthony.
ANTONIO (m) Spanish and Italian form of Anthony. Antonio Pisanello was renaissance painter.
AODH (m) "fire" (Gaelic). A very old name. This was the name of the Celtic god of the sun.
APHRODITE (f) "risen from the foam" (Greek). The Greek goddess of love, equal to the Roman goddess Venus. She was born from the foam of the sea, and was the husband of Hephaestus and the mother of Eros. She is associated with the myrtle tree and doves.
APOLLO (m) Perhaps "destroy" (Greek). In Greek mythology Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin of Artemis. He was the god of prophecy, medicine, music, art, law, beauty, and wisdom. Later he also became the god of the sun and light.
APOLLONIA (f) Feminine form of Appolonius.
APOLLONIOS (m) "of Appolo" (Greek).
APRIL (f) "April" (English) from the name of the month. It sometimes signifies one who is born in April. April originally comes from Latin aperire "to open", referring to the opening of flowers in that month.
ARABELLA (f) "yeilding to pray" from Latin orabilis.
ARACELIS (f) "altar of the sky" from Latin ara "altar" and celi "sky".
ARAN (f) From the name of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland.
ARCHIBALD (m) "genuinely bold" from Teutonic ercan "genuine" and bald "bold".
ARCHIE (m) Short form of Archibald.
ARDEN (m) "eager" (Latin)
ARI (m) "lion" (Hebrew)
ARIA (f) "song" or "melody" (Italian). An aria is an elaborate vocal solo, the type usually performed in operas.
ARIADNE (f) "most holy" from Greek ari "most" and adnos "holy". In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos. She fell in love with Theseus and helped him to escape the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, but was later abandoned by him.
ARIANE (f) Possibly either "silver" (Welsh) or a form of Ariadne.
ARIANNA (f) Italian form of Ariadne.
ARIEL (m) "lion of God" (Hebrew). This was a spirit in 'The Tempest' by Shakespeare. One of the moons of Uranus bears this name.
ARIELLE (f) Feminine form of Ariel.
ARIENNE (f) French form of Ariadne.
ARIES (m) "ram" (Latin). This is the name of a constellation and the first sign of the zodiac. In Greek myth Aries was the ram who supplied the golden fleece sought by Jason.
ARISTIDE (m) "the best kind" from Greek aristos "best" and eidos "kind" or "type". Aristides the Just was an Athenian statesman.
ARKADI (m) Russian form of the name Arkadios, which means "of Arcadia" in Greek. Arcadia was a region in Greece.
ARKADY (m) Form of Arkadi. The name of one of the main characters in Ivan Turgenev's 'Fathers and Sons'.
ARKELL (m) "eagle helmet" (Old Norse)
ARLENE (f) "pledge" (Gaelic)
ARLIE (f) Possibly "eagle wood" (from an Old English surname), or form of Arlene.
ARMAND (m) French form of Herman.
ARMANDO (m) Spanish or Italian form of Herman.
ARMIN (m) "strong" (Teutonic)
ARNALDO (m) Italian form of Arnold.
ARNE (m) Either "fireplace" or "eagle" (Scandinavian), or short form of Arnold or Adrian.
ARNOLD (m) "eagle power" from Teutonic arn "eagle" and wald "power". Arnold was a musician in the court of Charlemagne. Arnold of Brescia was an Augustinian monk who rebelled against the church and was eventually hanged.
ARON (m) Polish form of Aaron.
ARPAD (m) "seed" (Hungarian). The name of a Hungarian national hero. He was a 9th-century prince who lead the Magyars into Hungary.
ART (m) Short form of Arthur.
ARTEMIS (f) Meaning unknown (Greek). Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was known as Diana to the Romans.
ARTHUR (m) Great mystery surrounds the origins of this name. There are many theories: "bear" from Celtic artos; "stone" from Irish art; "Thor the eagle" from Scandinavian Arnthor; or it could possibly be from the Roman family name Artorius. The name comes from the main character in 'The Tales of King Arthur'. He supposedly drew a sword from a stone to become the king of the Britons. He may or may not have been an actual person.
ARVID (m) "eagle tree" from Scandinavian arn "eagle" and vidhr "tree".
ARYANA (f) Form of Ariane.
ASA (m, f) Either "doctor" (Hebrew) or a short form of names containing áss "god" in Old Norse
ASHER (m) "happy" or "fortunate" (Hebrew). Asher in the Old Testament was a son of Jacob and Leah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
ASHLEIGH (f) Variant spelling of Ashley
ASHLEY (m, f) "ash clearing" (Old English). From a place name or a surname.
ASHTAD (m) "justice" (Persian)
ASMA (f) "appellations" or "prestige" (Arabic). She was the daughter of Abu Bakr, the first caliph of the Muslims.
ASTAROTH (f) The form of Astarte used in the Old Testament.
ASTARTE (f) Meaning unknown. Astarte was the Phoenician goddess of love, war and fertility. She was called Ishtar by the Babylonians.
ASTOR (m) "god Thor"? (Old Norse). Thor was the Norse god of strength and thunder.
ASTRA (f) Short form of Astrithr.
ASTRID (f) Form of Astrithr.
ASTRITHR (f) "god beautiful" from Old Norse áss "god" and frithr "beautiful".
ATARAH (f) "crown" (Hebrew). She was a minor Old Testament character, the wife of Jerahmeel.
ATHANASIA (f) "immortal" from Greek a, a negative prefix, combined with thanatos "death".
ATHENA (f) Meaning unknown (Greek). Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare, the daughter of Zeus and the patron goddess of the city of Athens in Greece. She is associated with the olive tree and the owl.
ATLAS (m) "bearer" (Greek). In Greek mythology he was a Titan punished by Zeus by being forced to support the world on his shoulders.
AUBERON (m) "noble bear" or "elf bear" (Teutonic)
AUBREY (m,f) "elf power" from the Teutonic name Alberic composed of the elements alb "elf" and ric "elf". This was the name of the king of the elves in Germanic mythology.
AUDLEY (m) Meaning unknown (Old English). From a place name in England.
AUDRA (f) Form of Audrey.
AUDREY (f,m) "noble strength" (Teutonic). This was the name of a 6th-century saint who was killed by a tumour on her neck. Also the name of a character in Shakespeare's comedy 'As You Like It'.
AUGUST (m) Either a short form of Augustus or "August" (English) from the name of the month. The month of August was named for the Roman emperor Augustus.
AUGUSTINE (m) Form of Augustus.. Saint Augustine was a Christian theologian and an early church father from North Africa. He was the author of 'The City of God'. Another Saint Augustine was the Italian missionary sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons in the 6th century.
AUGUSTUS (m) "great" or "venerable" from Latin augere "to increase". Augustus was the title given to Octavian, the first Roman emperor. He was the adopted son of Julius Caesar who rose to power through a combination of military skill and political prowess. This was also the name of three kings of Poland.
AURELIA (f) "golden" (Latin). From a Roman family name.
AURORA (f) "dawn" (Latin). In Roman mythology she was the goddess of the morning.
AUSTIN (m) Contracted form of Ausutine.. A city in Texas bears this name.
AUTUMN (m,f) "autumn" (English) from the name of the season.
AVA (f) "water" (Persian)
AVERY (m) Norman French form of Alfred.
AVI (m) Form of Abraham.
AVIA (f) Form of Ava.
AVIS (f) "bird" (Latin)
AVIV (m) "spring" (Hebrew)
AVRA (f) Feminine form of Abraham.
AXEL (m) Scandinavian form of Absalom or possibly "divine reward" (Teutonic)
AYELET (f) "doe" (Hebrew)
AZRAEL (m) "God helps" (Hebrew). This is the name of an angel in Jewish and Muslim tradition who separated the soul from the body upon death. Sometimes referred to as the Angel of Death.
AZUCENA (f) "madonna lily" (Spanish)