Names Starting with A

Agnija f Serbian, Macedonian, Latvian
Serbian, Macedonian and Latvian form of Agnes.

Agniya f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Agnes.

Ago m Germanic
From the Old High German element ekka, Old Saxon eggia meaning "edge, blade" (Proto-Germanic *agjō). Alternatively it could be from Old High German egi meaning "fear" (Proto-Germanic *agaz). This was the name of a 7th-century Duke of Friuli.

Agolant m Carolingian Cycle
Possibly a Romance language form of Arabic الأغلب (al-ʾAghlab), a 9th-century emir of Ifriqiya in North Africa, which is derived from أغلب (ʾaghlab) meaning "predominant, supreme". This is the name of a Saracen king in medieval French tales of Charlemagne and his knights.

Agostina f Italian
Italian feminine form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1).

Agostinho m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1).

Agostino m Italian
Italian form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1).

Ágoston m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1).

Ågot f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant form of Agatha.

Ágota f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Agatha.

Agrafena f Russian
Russian form of Agrippina.

Agramante m Carolingian Cycle
Probably a variant of Agolant, used for the invading Saracen king in the Orlando poems (1495 and 1532) by Boiardo and Ariosto.

Agripina f Spanish
Spanish form of Agrippina.

Agrippa m & f Ancient Roman, Biblical
Roman cognomen of unknown meaning, possibly from a combination of Greek ἄγριος (agrios) meaning "wild" and ἵππος (hippos) meaning "horse" or alternatively of Etruscan origin. It was also used as a praenomen, or given name, by the Furia and Menenia families. In the New Testament this name was borne by Herod Agrippa (a grandson of Herod the Great), the king of Israel who put the apostle James to death. It was also borne by the 1st-century BC Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.

Agrippina f Ancient Roman
Feminine derivative of Agrippa. This name was borne by the scheming mother of the Roman emperor Nero, who eventually had her killed. This was also the name of a 3rd-century Roman saint who is venerated in Sicily.

Agron m Albanian
Probably of Illyrian origin, maybe related to Albanian ag meaning "dawn". Alternatively it might be connected to Greek ἀγρός (agros) meaning "field". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Illyrian king, the husband of Teuta.

Agrona f Celtic Mythology (Hypothetical)
Perhaps derived from the old Celtic root *agro- meaning "battle, slaughter". This is possibly the name of a Brythonic goddess for whom the River Ayr in Scotland and River Aeron in Wales were named.

Águeda f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Agatha.

Agung m Indonesian
Means "great, large" in Indonesian.

Agurne f Basque
From Basque agur meaning "greeting, salutation".

Agurtzane f Basque
From Basque agurtza meaning "worship, reverence" and "rosary". It was proposed by Sabino Arana in 1910 as an equivalent of the Spanish name Rosario.

Agus m Indonesian
Variant of Bagus.

Agustí m Catalan
Catalan form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1).

Agustín m Spanish
Spanish form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1).

Agustina f Spanish, Indonesian
Spanish feminine form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1), also used in Indonesia.

Ah m & f Chinese
From the Chinese character 阿 (ā), which has no distinct meaning. It is not normally given as a name, but it can be prefixed to another name to make it a diminutive.

Ahab m Biblical, Biblical Latin
Means "uncle" in Hebrew, from the combination of אָח (ʾaḥ) meaning "brother" and אָב (ʾav) meaning "father". This was the name of a king of Israel, the husband of Jezebel, as told in the Old Testament. He was admonished by Elijah for his sinful behaviour. Herman Melville later used this name in his novel Moby-Dick (1851), where it belongs to a sea captain obsessively hunting for a white whale.

Aharon m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Aaron.

Ahasuerus m Biblical
From Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (ʾAḥashwerosh), from the Old Persian name Xšayarša (see Xerxes). This name appears several times in the Old Testament belonging to a king of Persia. In the Book of Esther, Ahasuerus is the husband of Esther.

Ahava f Hebrew
Means "love" in Hebrew.

Ahenobarbus m Ancient Roman
From a Roman cognomen meaning "bronze beard" in Latin. This name was borne by a series of consuls of the late Roman Republic.

Ahinoam f Biblical
Means "my brother is pleasant" in Hebrew, derived from אָח (ʾaḥ) meaning "brother" and נָעַם (naʿam) meaning "to be pleasant". In the Old Testament this is the name of wives of both Saul and David.

Əhməd m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Ahmad.

Ahmad m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Avar, Uzbek
Means "most commendable, most praiseworthy" in Arabic (a superlative form of Hamid 1).

Ahmadu m Hausa
Hausa form of Ahmad.

Ahmed m Turkish, Bosnian, Dhivehi, Bengali, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto
Variant of Ahmad. This was the name of three Ottoman sultans.

Ahmet m Turkish
Turkish form of Ahmad.

Ahmose m & f Ancient Egyptian (Anglicized)
From Egyptian jꜥḥ-ms meaning "born of Iah", derived from the name of the Egyptian god Iah combined with msj meaning "be born". This was the name of the first pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (16th century BC). He defeated the Hyksos and drove them from Egypt. It was also borne by others among Egyptian royalty from the same era, including several queens consort.

Aholibamah f Biblical
Means "tent of the high place" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is one of the wives of Esau, possibly the same as Judith.

'Aholivama f Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Aholibamah.

Ahoth m Biblical Latin
Form of Ehud used in the Latin Old Testament.

Ahriman m Persian Mythology
Modern Persian form of Angra Mainyu.

Ahsan m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Means "most handsome, most beautiful" in Arabic (a superlative form of Hasan).

Ahsen f & m Turkish
Turkish form of Ahsan.

Ahtahkakoop m Cree (Anglicized)
From Cree ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ (Atâhkakohp) meaning "star blanket", derived from ᐊᑖᕁ (atâhk) "star" and ᐊᑯᐦᑊ (akohp) "blanket". This was the name of an early 19th-century chief of a Plains Cree people.

Ahti m Finnish, Estonian, Finnish Mythology
Meaning unknown. This is the name of the Finnish god of the ocean, rivers and fishing.

Ahu f Turkish
From Persian آهو (āhū) meaning "deer, gazelle".

Ahuludegi m Cherokee
Means "he throws away the drum" from Cherokee ᎠᎱᎵ (ahuli) "drum" and ᎤᏕᎦ (udega) "throw". This was the name of a 19th-century Cherokee chief, also known as John Jolly.

Ahura Mazda m Persian Mythology
Means "lord of wisdom", from Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura) meaning "lord" and 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā) meaning "wisdom". In Zoroastrianism Ahura Mazda was the supreme creator, and the god of light, truth, and goodness.

Ahuva f Hebrew
Means "beloved" in Hebrew.

Ai 1 f Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection", 藍 (ai) meaning "indigo", or other kanji with the same pronunciation.

Ai 2 f Chinese
From Chinese 爱 (ài) meaning "love, affection", 蔼 (ǎi) meaning "friendly, lush", or other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Aias m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Ajax.

Aibek m Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Derived from Kazakh and Kyrgyz ай (ay) meaning "moon" combined with the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".

Aíbinn f Old Irish
Old Irish form of Aoibheann.

Aïcha f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Form of Aisha used in North Africa and other French-influenced regions of the continent.

Aïchatou f Western African
Form of Aisha used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Aída f Spanish
Spanish form of Ayda.

Aida f Arabic, Bosnian, Albanian, Literature
Variant of Ayda. This name was used in Verdi's opera Aida (1871), where it belongs to an Ethiopian princess held captive in Egypt.

Aidan m Irish, English (Modern)
Anglicized form of Aodhán. In the latter part of the 20th century it became popular in America due to its sound, since it shares a sound with such names as Braden and Hayden. It peaked ranked 39th for boys in 2003.

Aidana f Kazakh
Means "wise moon" in Kazakh, from ай (ay) meaning "moon" and дана (dana) meaning "wise".

Aidas m Lithuanian
Means "echo" in Lithuanian.

Aiday f Kazakh
Means "moon-like" in Kazakh, from ай (ay) meaning "moon" and the suffix дай (day) meaning "like".

Aideen f Irish
Anglicized form of Éadaoin.

Aiden m English (Modern)
Variant of Aidan.

Aífe f Irish Mythology, Old Irish
Old Irish form of Aoife.

Aifric f Irish
From Old Irish Affraic, possibly from Afraicc, the Old Irish name of the continent of Africa (see Africa 1). Alternatively, it could be from *Aithbrecc, an unattested earlier form of Aithbhreac. This was the name of two abbesses of Kildare in the 8th and 9th centuries. It was also borne by a 12th-century daughter of the king of the Isle of Mann who married the Anglo-Norman knight John de Courcy.

Aiga f Latvian
Feminine form of Aigars.

Aigar m Estonian
Possibly from the Finnic root aika meaning "time" (Estonian aeg).

Aigars m Latvian
Probably from a Livonian name that was a cognate of Aigar.

Aigerim f Kazakh
From Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and керім (kerim) meaning "wonderful, amazing". It was created by the 19th-century Kazakh poet Abai Qunanbaiuly as a nickname for his wife Shukiman.

Aigeus m Greek Mythology
Original Greek form of Aegeus.

Aigle f Greek Mythology
Greek form of Aegle.

Aignéis f Irish
Irish form of Agnes.

Aigul f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Kazakh and Kyrgyz form of Aygül.

Aija f Latvian
Of uncertain meaning, possibly related to Latvian aijāt meaning "to rock, to lull". It was used by the Latvian writer Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš for the title character of his novel Aija (1911).

Aikaterine f Ancient Greek (Rare)
Ancient Greek form of Katherine.

Aikaterini f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Αικατερίνη (see Ekaterini).

Aike m Frisian
Diminutive of names beginning with the Old German element ekka meaning "edge, blade" or adal meaning "noble".

Aiko f Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other character combinations.

Aikorkem f Kazakh
Means "elegant moon", derived from Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and көркем (korkem) meaning "beautiful, elegant".

Aila f Finnish
Finnish form of Áile.

Ailbe m & f Old Irish, Irish Mythology
Old Irish form of Ailbhe.

Ailbhe f & m Irish, Irish Mythology
From Old Irish Ailbe, possibly derived from the Celtic root *albiyo- "world, light, white" or Old Irish ail "rock". In Irish legend this was the name of a female warrior of the Fianna. It was also the name of a 6th-century male saint, the founder of a monastery at Emly.

Áile f Sami
Sami form of Helga.

Ailean m Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Alan.

Aileas f Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Alice.

Aileen f Scottish, Irish, English
Variant of Eileen.

Ailen f Mapuche
Variant of Ayelen.

Aili f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of Áile.

Ailill m Old Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "elf" in Irish. This name was borne by several early Irish kings. It also occurs frequently in Irish legend, borne for example by the husband of Queen Medb. It was also the name of two saints, both bishops of Armagh in the 6th century.

Ailín m Medieval Irish
Possibly an Irish form of Alan or Ælfwine.

Ailin f Kazakh
Kazakh form of Aylin.

Ailís f Irish
Irish form of Alice.

Ailis f Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Alice.

Ailish f Irish
Anglicized form of Ailís.

Ailpean m Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Alpin.

Ailsa f Scottish
From Ailsa Craig, the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland, which is of uncertain derivation.

Aiman 1 f Kazakh
Possibly means "my moon" in Kazakh, from ай (ay) meaning "moon" and the Persian possessive من (man) meaning "my". Aiman and Sholpan are sisters in a 19th-century Kazakh epic poem, later adapted into the 1934 play Aiman-Sholpan by Mukhtar Auezov.

Aiman 2 m Arabic, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic أيمن (see Ayman), as well as the usual Malay form.

Aimar m Basque
Medieval Basque name, possibly derived from the Germanic name Agimar.

Aimé m French
From Old French Amé, the masculine form of Amée (see Amy).

Aimée f French
French form of Amy.

Aimee f English
Variant of Amy, influenced by French Aimée.

Aimeric m Germanic
Probably a variant of Heimirich. Aimeric (or Aimery) was the name of several viscounts of Narbonne between the 11th and 13th centuries. It was also borne by the first king of Cyprus (12th century), originally from Poitou, France.

Aimery m Medieval French
Old French form of Aimeric.

Aimi f Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.

Aimilios m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Αιμίλιος (see Emilios).

Aimo m Finnish
Means "generous amount" in Finnish.

Ain m Estonian
Possibly an Estonian short form of Hendrik.

Aina 1 f Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Variant of Aino. It also means "always" in Finnish.

Aina 2 f Catalan
Balearic form of Anna.

Aina 3 f Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", as well as other character combinations.

Aina 4 f Latvian
Feminine form of Ainārs.

Aina 5 f Kazakh
Means "mirror" in Kazakh, ultimately from Persian آینه (āyneh).

Ainara f Basque, Spanish
Variant of Enara.

Ainārs m Latvian
From Latvian aina meaning "scene, sight".

Aindrea m Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Andrew.

Aindréas m Irish
Irish form of Andrew.

Aindriú m Irish
Irish form of Andrew.

Áine f Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish
Means "radiance, brilliance" in Irish. This was the name of a goddess of love and fertility in Irish legend, thought to dwell at the hill of Cnoc Áine in Limerick. It has sometimes been Anglicized as Anne.

Aineias m Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek form of Aeneas.

Aingeal f Irish
Irish cognate of Angela.

Aingeru m Basque
Basque form of Angelus (see Angel).

Ainhoa f Basque
From the name of a town in southwestern France where there is a famous image of the Virgin Mary.

Aino f Finnish, Estonian, Finnish Mythology
Means "the only one" in Finnish. In the Finnish epic the Kalevala this is the name of a girl who drowns herself when she finds out she must marry the old man Väinämöinen.

Ainoa f Spanish
Spanish form of Ainhoa.

Ainslee f English (Rare)
Variant of Ainsley.

Ainsley f & m Scottish, English (Modern)
From an English surname that was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves derive from Old English anne "alone, solitary" or ansetl "hermitage" and leah "woodland, clearing".... [more]

Ainslie f English (Rare)
Variant of Ainsley.

Aintza f Basque
Means "glory" in Basque.

Aintzane f Basque
Variant of Aintza.

Ainur f Kazakh
Kazakh form of Aynur.

Ainura f Kyrgyz
Kyrgyz form of Aynur.

Aiolos m Greek Mythology
Means "quick-moving, nimble" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek god of the winds.

Aira f Finnish
Variant of Airi 2.

Airat m Tatar, Bashkir
Alternate transcription of Tatar/Bashkir Айрат (see Ayrat).

Airi 1 f Japanese
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.

Airi 2 f Finnish
From Finnish airut meaning "messenger, herald", also influenced by place names beginning with the same sound.

Airmanagild m Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic form of Hermenegildo.

Airmanareiks m Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic form of Ermenrich.

Aişə f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Aisha.

Aischylos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Aeschylus.

'Aisha f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عائشة (see Aisha).

A'isha f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عائشة (see Aisha).

Aisha f Arabic, Urdu, Hausa, Swahili, Kazakh, African American
Means "living, alive" in Arabic. This was the name of Muhammad's third wife, the daughter of Abu Bakr. Some time after Muhammad's death she went to war against Ali, the fourth caliph, but was defeated. Her name is used more by Sunni Muslims and less by Shias.... [more]

Aishah f Arabic, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic عائشة (see Aisha), as well as the usual Malay form.

Aishat f Chechen
Chechen form of Aisha.

Aishath f Dhivehi
Dhivehi form of Aisha.

Aishatu f Hausa
Hausa variant of Aisha.

Aishwarya f Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
From Sanskrit ऐश्वर्य (aiśvarya) meaning "prosperity, wealth". A famous bearer is the Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (1973-).

Aislin f Irish (Rare)
Variant of Aisling.

Aisling f Irish
Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.

Aislinn f Irish
Variant of Aisling.

Aisopos m Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek form of Aesop.

Aïssa f Western African
Form of Aisha used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Aïssatou f Western African
Form of Aisha used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Aistė f Lithuanian
From the name of the Baltic tribe of the Aesti, mentioned by the Roman historian Tacitus, called the Aisčiai in Lithuanian.

Aistulf m Germanic
Derived from the Old German elements heisti "loud, violent" and wolf "wolf". This was the name of an 8th-century king of the Lombards.

Aisultan m Kazakh
Derived from Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and сұлтан (sultan) meaning "sultan, king" (of Arabic origin).

Aisyah f Indonesian, Malay
Indonesian and Malay form of Aisha.

Aitana f Spanish
From the name of a mountain range in Valencia, eastern Spain. The Spanish poet Rafael Alberti used it for his daughter in 1941.

Aithan m Biblical Greek
Form of Ethan used in the Greek Old Testament.

Aithbhreac f Medieval Scottish
Older form of Oighrig. This name was borne by the 15th-century Scottish poet Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal.

Aither m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Aether.

Aithne f Irish (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Eithne.

Aitor m Basque, Spanish
Possibly means "good fathers" from Basque aita "father" and on "good". This was the name of a legendary ancestor of the Basques.

Aiur m Basque
Derived from Basque ainuria or aiuria meaning "howl".

Aivar m Estonian
Estonian form of Ivar.

Aivars m Latvian
Latvian form of Ivar. The Latvian author Vilis Lācis used it for a character in his novel Uz Jauno Krastu (1952).

Aiwareiks m Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic form of Euric.

Aiza f Urdu
Meaning unknown, possibly of Arabic origin.

Aizah f Urdu
Alternate transcription of Urdu عائزہ (see Aiza).

Aizere f Kazakh
Means "golden moon" from Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and Persian زر (zar) meaning "gold".

Aizhan f Kazakh
From Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and жан (zhan) meaning "soul".

Ajax m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek name Αἴας (Aias), perhaps deriving from Greek αἰαστής (aiastes) meaning "mourner" or αἶα (aia) meaning "earth, land". In Greek mythology this was the name of two of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War: the son of Telamon and the son of Oileus. When the armour of the slain hero Achilles was not given to Ajax Telamonian, he became mad with jealousy and killed himself.

Ajay m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Means "unconquered", from Sanskrit अ (a) meaning "not" and जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest".

Ajda 1 f Turkish
Turkish form of Ayda.

Ajda 2 f Slovene
Means "buckwheat" in Slovene.

Ajdin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Aydın.

Ajeet m Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Hindi अजीत, Marathi अजित, Gurmukhi ਅਜੀਤ or Bengali অজিত (see Ajit).

Ajei f Navajo
From Navajo ajéí meaning "heart".

Ajit m Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Modern form of Ajita.

Ajita m Hinduism, Buddhism
Means "unconquered, invincible", from Sanskrit अ (a) meaning "not" and जित (jita) meaning "conquered". This is a name of the gods Shiva and Vishnu, and of a future Buddha.

Ajith m Tamil, Malayalam
Southern Indian form of Ajita.

Ajla f Bosnian, Albanian
Bosnian and Albanian form of Ayla 2.

Ajlin f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Aylin.

Ajna f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Aina 5.

Ajnur m Bosnian
Bosnian masculine form of Aynur.

Ajša f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Aisha.

Akachi m & f Igbo
Means "the hand of God" in Igbo.

Akaki m Georgian
Georgian form of Akakios.

Akakios m Greek, Ancient Greek
From a Greek word meaning "innocent, not evil", derived from ἀ (a), a negative prefix, combined with κάκη (kake) meaning "evil". This was the name of three early saints, two of whom were martyred.

Akamu m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Adam.

Akane f Japanese
From Japanese 茜 (akane) meaning "deep red, dye from the rubia plant". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name as well.

Akanksha f Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit आकाङ्क्षा (ākāṅkṣā) meaning "desire, wish".

Akantha f Greek Mythology
Greek form of Acantha.

Akari f Japanese
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.

Akash m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
From Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa) meaning "open space, sky".

Akbar m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Indian (Muslim)
Means "greater, greatest" in Arabic, a derivative of كبير (kabīr) meaning "great, big". This was the name of a 16th-century Mughal ruler who expanded the empire to include most of India.

Akbota f Kazakh
From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and бота (bota) meaning "young camel".

Åke m Swedish
Swedish form of Áki.

Akeem m African American
Perhaps a variant of Hakim.

Akemi f Japanese
From Japanese 明 (ake) meaning "bright" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Akerke f Kazakh
Derived from Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and ерке (erke) meaning "naughty, spoiled, darling".

Akhenaten m Ancient Egyptian
Variant of Akhenaton.

Akhenaton m Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian ꜣḫ-n-jtn meaning "effective for Aton". Akhenaton was a 14th-century BC Egyptian pharaoh of the New Kingdom, who is best known for promoting the monotheistic worship of the sun god Aton. He changed his name from Amenhotep in order to honour the god. After his death, polytheism resumed.

Akhil m Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam
From Sanskrit अखिल (akhila) meaning "whole, complete".

Akhila f Telugu, Malayalam
Feminine form of Akhil.

Akhmad m Chechen, Ingush, Indonesian
Chechen, Ingush and Indonesian form of Ahmad.

Akhmat m Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir and Tatar form of Ahmad.

Akhmet m Kazakh
Kazakh form of Ahmad.

'Akhsa f Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Achsah.

Áki m Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese
Old Norse diminutive of names containing the element anu "ancestor".

Aki 1 m Finnish
Short form of Joakim.

Aki 2 f Japanese
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.

Akiba m Hebrew
Alternate transcription of Hebrew עֲקִיבָא (see Akiva).

Akicita m Sioux
From Lakota or Dakota akíčhita meaning "warrior".

Akie f Japanese
From Japanese 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" or 昭 (aki) meaning "bright" combined with 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting" or 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Akif m Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu
Means "devoted, focused" in Arabic. It refers to one who practices اعتكاف (iʿtikāf), which is seclusion inside a mosque for a period of time to worship.

Akihiko m Japanese
From Japanese 明 (aki) or 昭 (aki) both meaning "bright" combined with 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Akihito m Japanese
From Japanese 明 (aki) or 昭 (aki) both meaning "bright" combined with 仁 (hito) meaning "compassionate". Other kanji combinations are possible. Akihito (1933-), name written 明仁, was the emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019.

Akiko f Japanese
From Japanese 晶 (aki) meaning "clear, crystal", 明 (aki) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.

Akilah f Arabic, African American
Alternate transcription of Arabic عقيلة (see Aqila).

Akilina f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of the Roman name Aquilina, a feminine derivative of Aquila.

Akim m Russian
Russian form of Joachim.

Akimitsu m Japanese
From Japanese 昭 (aki) meaning "bright" and 光 (mitsu) meaning "light". Other combinations of kanji can also form this name.

Akinyi f Luo
Means "born in the morning" in Luo.

Akio m Japanese
From Japanese 昭 (aki) meaning "bright, luminous" combined with 夫 (o) meaning "man, husband", 男 (o) meaning "male, man" or 雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Akira m & f Japanese
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.

Akito m Japanese
From Japanese 章 (aki) meaning "chapter" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, or 人 (to) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Akiva m Hebrew
From an Aramaic form of Yaakov. Akiva (or Akiba) ben Joseph was a prominent 1st-century Jewish rabbi.

Akli m Berber
Means "slave, servant, black" in Tamazight.

Akmad m Maguindanao, Tausug
Maguindanao and Tausug form of Ahmad.

Akmal m Arabic, Urdu, Uzbek, Tajik, Malay
Means "more perfect, more complete" in Arabic, a comparative form of كامل (kāmil) meaning "perfect, complete".

Akmaral f Kazakh
Derived from Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and марал (maral) meaning "deer".

Akmat m Kyrgyz
Kyrgyz form of Ahmad.

Akoni m Hawaiian
Short form of Anakoni.

Ákos m Hungarian
Possibly of Turkic origin meaning "white falcon". This was the name of a medieval Hungarian clan.

Akosua f Akan
Means "born on Sunday" in Akan.

Akpan m Ibibio
Means "first-born son" in Ibibio.

Akpofure m & f Urhobo
Means "life is peaceful" in Urhobo.

Akram m & f Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali
Means "most generous" in Arabic (a superlative form of Karim). It is typically feminine in Iran, unisex in Pakistan, and masculine elsewhere.

Akrom m Uzbek
Uzbek form of Akram.

Aksana f Belarusian
Belarusian form of Xenia.

Aksel m Danish, Norwegian
Variant of Axel.

Akseli m Finnish
Finnish form of Axel.

Akshay m Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada
From Sanskrit अक्षय (akṣaya) meaning "undecaying, imperishable".

Aksinia f Bulgarian, Russian
Bulgarian form of Xenia, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Аксинья (see Aksinya).

Aksinya f Russian
Variant of Kseniya.

Aku 1 m Finnish
Short form of Aukusti.

Aku 2 f Ewe
Ewe form of Akua.

Akua f Akan
Means "born on Wednesday" in Akan.

Akuchi f & m Igbo
Means "wealth from God" in Igbo.

Akulina f Russian
Variant of Akilina.

Akvilė f Lithuanian
Lithuanian feminine form of Aquila.

Al m English
Short form of Albert and other names beginning with Al. A notable bearer is American actor Al Pacino (1940-).

Ala 1 m Arabic
Means "excellence, elevation" in Arabic, from the root علا (ʿalā) meaning "to be high".

Ala 2 f Igbo Mythology
Means "earth, land" in Igbo. In traditional Igbo religion Ala (called Ani or Ana in other dialects) is an earth goddess associated with fertility and ancestors.

Alaa m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic علاء (see Ala 1).

Ala ad-Din m Arabic
Means "excellence of religion" from Arabic علاء (ʿalāʾ) meaning "excellence, elevation" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith". This was the name of several sultans of Delhi.

Ala al-Din m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic علاء الدين (see Ala ad-Din).

Alaattin m Turkish
Turkish form of Ala ad-Din.

Alaba f & m Yoruba
Means "second child after twins" in Yoruba.

Aladdin m Literature
Anglicized form of Ala ad-Din. This is the name of a mischievous boy in one of the tales of The 1001 Nights. A magician traps him in a cave, but he escapes with the help of a genie.

Alaia 1 f Basque
Means "joyful, happy" from Basque alai.

Alaia 2 f English (Modern)
Probably a variant of Alayah. It is likely also influenced by the fashion brand Alaïa, named for the Tunisian-French designer Azzedine Alaïa (1935-2017). His surname in Arabic is عليّة (ʿAlayya), meaning "lofty".

Alain m French
French form of Alan. A notable bearer is the French actor Alain Delon (1935-2024).

Alaina f English (Modern)
Variant of Alana, probably influenced by Elaine.

Alaiya f English (Modern)
Variant of Alayah.

Alajos m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Aloysius.

Al-Amir m Arabic (Rare)
Means "the commander, the prince" in Arabic. This was the name of a 10th-century Fatimid imam.

Alan m English, Scottish, Breton, French, Polish
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.... [more]

Alana f English, Breton
Feminine form of Alan.

Alani f English (Modern)
Possibly a variant of Alana, or possibly from Hawaiian ʻalani meaning "orange (tree or fruit)".

Alanis f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Alan. Canadian musician Alanis Morissette (1974-) was named after her father Alan. Her parents apparently decided to use this particular spelling after seeing this word in a Greek newspaper.

Alanna f English
Feminine form of Alan.

Alannah f Irish, English (Modern)
Variant of Alana. It has been influenced by the affectionate Anglo-Irish word alannah, from the Irish Gaelic phrase a leanbh meaning "O child".

Alannis f English (Rare)
Variant of Alanis.

Alaois m Irish (Rare)
Irish form of Aloysius.

Alard m Germanic
Variant of Adalhard.

Alareiks m Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic form of Alaric.

Alaric m Gothic (Anglicized)
From the Gothic name *Alareiks meaning "ruler of all", derived from the element alls "all" combined with reiks "ruler, king". This was the name of a king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in the 5th century.

Alasdair m Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander.

Alassane m Western African
Form of Al-Hasan used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Alastair m Scottish
Anglicized form of Alasdair.

Alastar m Irish
Irish form of Alexander.

Alastor m Greek Mythology
Means "avenger" in Greek. This was an epithet of Zeus, as well as the name of several other characters from Greek mythology.

Alastríona f Irish
Feminine form of Alastar.

Alawar m Germanic (Hypothetical)
Possible Frankish cognate of Álvaro.

Alaya f English (Modern)
Variant of Alayah. It coincides with a Buddhist term (meaning "dwelling" in Sanskrit), which refers to the eighth level of human consciousness.

Alayah f English (Modern)
Probably a variant of Aaliyah based on names such as Amaya and Anaya.

Alayna f English (Modern)
Variant of Alaina.

Alazne f Basque
From Basque alatz meaning "miracle". It is an equivalent of Milagros, proposed by Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque saints names.

Alba 1 f Italian, Spanish, Catalan
This name is derived from two distinct names, Alba 2 and Alba 3, with distinct origins, Latin and Germanic. Over time these names have become confused with one another. To further complicate the matter, alba means "dawn" in Italian, Spanish and Catalan. This may be the main inspiration behind its use in Italy and Spain.

Alba 2 f Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Albus.

Alba 3 f Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element alb meaning "elf" (Proto-Germanic *albaz).

Albaer m Limburgish
Limburgish form of Albert. Its spelling has been influenced by the French pronunciation of Albert.

Alban m German, French, Albanian, English (Rare)
From the Roman cognomen Albanus, which meant "from Alba". Alba (from Latin albus "white") was the name of various places within the Roman Empire, including the city Alba Longa. This name was borne by Saint Alban, 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. Another 4th-century martyr by this name was Saint Alban of Mainz.... [more]

Albana f Albanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Albanus (see Alban).