Names Categorized "eagles" - Behind the Name

Aarne m Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian form of Arne 1.

Aart m Dutch
Dutch short form of Arnold.

Adler m English (Modern)
From a German surname meaning "eagle".

Aetius m Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen that was probably derived from Greek ἀετός (aetos) meaning "eagle". A famous bearer was the 5th-century Roman general Flavius Aetius, who defeated Attila the Hun at the Battle of Chalons.

Akvilė f Lithuanian
Lithuanian feminine form of Aquila.

Ane 2 m Frisian
Variant of Anne 2.

Anker m Danish
From the Old Danish name Ankarl, of uncertain meaning, possibly a combination of Old Norse ǫrn "eagle" and karl "man".

Annbjørg f Norwegian
Variant of Arnbjørg.

Anne 2 m Frisian
Short form of names beginning with the Old German element arn meaning "eagle".

Antinanco m Mapuche
Means "eagle of the sun" in Mapuche, from antü "sun" and ñamko "eagle, hawk, buzzard".

Aquila m & f Biblical, Ancient Roman
From a Roman cognomen meaning "eagle" in Latin. In Acts in the New Testament Paul lives with Aquila and his wife Priscilla (or Prisca) for a time.

Aras m Lithuanian
Means "eagle" in Lithuanian (a poetic word).

Arend m Dutch, German (Rare)
Dutch and German variant of Arnold. This is also the Dutch word for "eagle".

Ari 2 m Old Norse, Icelandic, Finnish
Old Norse byname meaning "eagle".

Arke 2 m Frisian (Archaic)
Short form of names beginning with the Old German element arn meaning "eagle".

Arn m English
Short form of Arnold.

Arnaldo m Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of Arnold.

Arnar m Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements ǫrn "eagle" and herr "army, warrior".

Arnau m Catalan
Catalan form of Arnold.

Arnaud m French
French form of Arnold.

Arnaude f French (Rare)
French feminine form of Arnold.

Arnbjörg f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Arnbjǫrg.

Arnbjørg f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Arnbjǫrg.

Arnbjǫrg f Old Norse
Old Norse name derived from the elements ǫrn meaning "eagle" and bjǫrg meaning "help, save, rescue".

Arnborg f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant form of Arnbjǫrg.

Arnd m German
German short form of Arnold.

Arndt m German
German short form of Arnold.

Arne 1 m Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Originally an Old Norse short form of names beginning with the element ǫrn meaning "eagle".

Arne 2 m German
Diminutive of Arnold.

Arnfinn m Norwegian
Norwegian form of Arnfinnr, which was derived from the elements ǫrn "eagle" and finnr "Sámi, person from Finland".

Arnfinnr m Old Norse
Old Norse form of Arnfinn.

Arnfried m German (Rare)
From an Old German name derived from the elements arn "eagle" and fridu "peace".

Árni m Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse and Icelandic form of Arne 1.

Arnie m English
Diminutive of Arnold.

Arnifrid m Germanic
Old German form of Arnfried.

Arno m Dutch, German
Short form of Arnoud or Arnold.

Arnoald m Germanic
Old German form of Arnold.

Arnold m English, German, Dutch, Polish, Germanic
From a Germanic name meaning "eagle power", derived from the elements arn "eagle" and walt "power, authority". The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Earnweald. It died out as an English name after the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century.... [more]

Arnoldas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Arnold.

Arnoldo m Italian (Rare)
Italian variant of Arnaldo.

Arnolds m Latvian
Latvian form of Arnold.

Arnolfo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Arnulf.

Arnoud m Dutch
Dutch form of Arnold.

Arnout m Dutch
Dutch form of Arnold.

Arnstein m Norwegian
Norwegian form of Arnsteinn.

Arnsteinn m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse ǫrn meaning "eagle" and steinn meaning "stone".

Arnt m Norwegian
Norwegian form of Arend.

Arnulf m German, Germanic
Germanic name derived from the elements arn meaning "eagle" and wolf meaning "wolf". This name was borne by a few early saints, notably a 7th-century Frankish bishop of Metz. It was also the name of a 9th-century Holy Roman emperor.

Arnviðr m Old Norse
Old Norse form of Arvid.

Arūnas m Lithuanian
Derived from poetic Lithuanian aras meaning "eagle" combined with the patronymic suffix ūnas.

Arve m Norwegian
Variant of Arvid.

Arvid m Swedish, Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Arnviðr, derived from the elements ǫrn "eagle" and viðr "tree".

Arvīds m Latvian
Latvian form of Arvid.

Cuauhtémoc m Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
Spanish form of Cuauhtemoc.

Cuauhtemoc m Nahuatl
Means "descending eagle" in Nahuatl, from cuāuhtli "eagle" and temo "descend". This was the name of the last Aztec emperor, ruling until he was captured and executed by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in the year 1525.

Ezio m Italian
Italian form of Aetius.

Griffin m English
Latinized form of Gruffudd. This name can also be inspired by the English word griffin, a creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, ultimately from Greek γρύψ (gryps).

Haytham m Arabic
Means "young eagle" in Arabic.

Nöl m Limburgish
Limburgish short form of Arnold.

Nölke m Limburgish
Limburgish diminutive of Arnold.

Shqipe f Albanian
From Albanian shqip meaning "Albanian". Additionally, the word shqipe means "eagle" in modern Albanian, a variant of older shkabë. These interrelated words are often the subject of competing claims that the one is derived from the other. The ultimate origin of shqip "Albanian" is uncertain, but it may be from shqipoj meaning "to say clearly".

Tahlako m Choctaw
Means "eagle" in Choctaw.

Þórarinn m Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse name derived from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with ǫrn "eagle".

Ugochi f Igbo
Means "eagle of God" in Igbo, from ùgó meaning "eagle, honour" and Chi 2, referring to God.

Vega 2 f Astronomy
The name of a star in the constellation Lyra. Its name is from Arabic الواقع (al-Wāqiʿ) meaning "the swooping (eagle)".

Waman m Quechua
Means "eagle, falcon" in Quechua.

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