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Mike C.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Ajike f YorubaMeans "wakes up to be pampered" in Yoruba, from
jí "to wake" and
kẹ́ "to care for, cherish".
Ajmal m Arabic, UrduMeans "more beautiful, prettier" in Arabic, the elative form of جميل
(jamil).
Ajoke f YorubaMeans "jointly beloved" or "pampered by all" in Yoruba, from
jọ "together, jointly; to assemble, congregate" and
kẹ́ "to care for, cherish".
Akahlulwa m & f Xhosa (Modern)Means "undefeated, unbeatable", possibly taken from the title of the gospel song ‘Akahlulwa lutho uuJesu’.
Akai m & f JapaneseFrom the Japanese kanji 愛 (
a) meaning "love, affection" and 海 (
kai) meaning "sea; ocean". It can also derive from 朱 (
aka) meaning "crimson red" and 衣 (
i) meaning "clothing".... [
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Akaitcho m YellowknifeDirect translation is "big foot" or "big feet" referencing a less literal translation of "like a wolf with big paws, he can travel long distances over snow."
Akako f JapaneseFrom Japanese 紅 "red" (
aka) and 子 (
ko) "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akami f JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (
a) meaning "love, affection", 奏 (
ka) meaning "to play (music)" combined with 心 (
mi) meaning "heart, mind, soul". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akana f JapaneseFrom 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"... [
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Akanke f YorubaMeans "especially cared for" in Yoruba, from
kàn "touch, concern" and
kẹ́ "to care for, cherish".
Akashi m JapaneseFrom Japanese 朱 (
akashi) meaning "vermilion, crimson". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Akatamachetos m Late GreekDerived from the Greek adjective ἀκαταμάχητος
(akatamachetos) meaning "unconquerable", which consists of the Greek negative prefix ἀ
(a) and the Greek verb καταμάχομαι
(katamachomai) meaning "to conquer, to subdue by fighting".... [
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Akdöl m TurkishFrom Turkish
ak meaning "white" combined with
döl meaning "progeny".
Akebono m & f Japanese (Rare)From 曙
(akebono) meaning "dawn, daybreak," derived from a combination of 明け
(ake) meaning "daybreak" and 仄
(hono) meaning "faint."... [
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Akela f & m Literature, IndianAkela is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's stories,
The Jungle Book (1894) and
The Second Jungle Book (1895).
Akeru m & f Japanese (Rare)From verbs 明ける
(akeru) meaning "to dawn, grow light," 開ける
(akeru) meaning "to open, unwrap, unlock" or 空ける
(akeru) meaning "to empty, remove, make room; to move/clear out," also written as 朱, from
ake meaning "scarlet, red," or 暁, from
Akatsuki.... [
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Akhtar f & m PersianAlso is a name of a flower in Iran called گل اختر, which is Edible canna in English.
Akia f JapaneseFrom Japanese 明 (
aki) meaning "clear, tomorrow, bright" combined with 空 (
a) meaning "sky". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akifusa m JapaneseFrom 秋 (
aki) meaning "autumn" and 房 (
fusa) meaning "chamber, room". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Akiharu m JapaneseFrom Japanese 旭 (
aki) meaning "rising sun" combined with 明 (
haru) meaning "bright". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akihime f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 秋 (
aki) meaning "autumn" or 章 (
aki) meaning "chapter; section" combined with 姫 (
hime) meaning "princess". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [
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Akihiro m JapaneseFrom Japanese 昭 (
aki) meaning "bright, luminous" combined with 大 (
hiro) meaning "big, great" or 寛 (
hiro) meaning "tolerant, generous". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akiho f JapaneseFrom Japanese 旭 (
aki) meaning "rising sun" combined with 保 (
ho) meaning "to protect; to safeguard; to defend". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akimasa m JapaneseFrom Japanese 彰 (
aki) meaning "obvious, clear" combined with 正 (
masa) meaning "correct, proper, right, justice". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akın m TurkishMeans "influx, rush, invasion, raid" in Turkish.
Akina f JapaneseFrom Japanese 明 (
aki) meaning "bright", or 亜 (
a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 稀 (
ki) meaning "scarce, rare" that is the combined with 奈 (
na) meaning "Nara, what, apple tree" or 名 (
na) meaning "name reputation"... [
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Akinari m JapaneseFrom the Japanese Kanji 秋 (
aki) meaning "autumn" or 旺 (
aki) meaning "prosperous; energic" combined with 成 (
nari) meaning "to become". ... [
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Akine f JapaneseFrom Japanese 旭 (
aki) meaning "rising sun" combined with 音 (
ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akino f JapaneseFrom Japanese 旭 (
aki) meaning "rising sun" combined with 乃 (
no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Akinosuke m JapaneseFrom Japanese 秋 (
aki) meaning "autumn", 昭 (
aki) meaning "shining" or 明 (
aki) meaning "clear, bright" combined with 輔 (
suke) meaning "help" or 助 (
suke) meaning "assistance"... [
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Akirou m JapaneseFrom Japanese 秋 (
aki) meaning "autumn" combined with 郎 (
rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akise f JapaneseFrom Japanese 瑛 (
aki) meaning "crystal" combined with 世 (
se) meaning "generations". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Akisuke m JapaneseFrom Japanese 顕 (
aki) meaning "evident, clear" combined with 輔 (
suke) meaning "help" or 亮 (
suke) meaning "clear". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Akiyasu m JapaneseFrom 秋 (
aki) meaning "autumn" and 保 (
yasu) meaning "to protect, to defend". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Akiyoshi m JapaneseFrom the Japanese kanji 昭 (
aki) meaning "shining" or 章 (
aki) meaning "chapter; section" combined with 良 (
yoshi) meaning "good". It can also derive from 明 (
aki) meaning "clear; bright; tomorrow" and 義 (
yoshi) meaning "justice" or 好 (
yoshi) meaning "fondness; what one likes"... [
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Akkutlu f TurkishFrom Turkish
ak meaning "white" and
kutlu meaning "happy, blessed".
Ako f JapaneseFrom Japanese 亜 (
a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 古 (
ko) meaning "old, ancient", 子 (
ko) meaning "child", 心 (
ko) meaning "heart, mind, soul", or 湖 (
ko) meaning "lake"... [
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Akoto f JapaneseFrom Japanese 亜 (
a) meaning "second, Asia" or 安 (
a) meaning "calm, peaceful" combined with 琴 (
koto), which refers to a type of musical instrument similar to a harp. Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Akparăs m ChuvashFrom Turkic
ak meaning "white" and
parăs meaning "leopard".
Akshata f IndianMeans "virgin, whole, uninjured" in Sanskrit. A known bearer of this name is Akshata Murty (1980-), the wife of the former British prime minister Rishi Sunak.
Akua f JapaneseFrom Japanese pronunciation of the Latin word
aqua. It can be spelled with 藍 (a) meaning "indigo", 紅 (ku) meaning "crimson" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [
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Alafare f English (Rare), RomaniOf uncertain meaning, possibly a corruption of
Alethea (compare
Alethaire). In the United States, this name was first found in 1768; in the United Kingdom, there were several uses throughout the 1800s (and most likely before that as well)... [
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Alake f YorubaMeans "survived to be cherished" in Yoruba, from
là "to survive" and
kẹ́ "to care for, cherish".
Alakshmi f Indian (Rare), HinduismThe name of the older sister of Lakshmi and the Hindu goddess of misfortune. She is sometimes viewed, according to one source, as another avatar of a form of the goddess
Kali... [
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Al-'ala' m ArabicMeans "the exalted". Laqab of
Ala 1. This was the personal name of Abu Sa'd al-'Ala' ibn Sahl (c. 940–1000), a Muslim mathematician, physicist and optics engineer... [
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Alam al-Din m ArabicMeans "mark of the religion" from Arabic علم
('alam) meaning "sign, mark, flag, banner" and دين
(dīn) meaning "religion, faith".
Alar m Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Punjabi, Nepali, MarathiMeaning, "door;" a kind of Aloe plant; or name of preceptor of lord Buddha.
Albania f EnglishFrom the name of the country in the Balkans, as well as various other places, perhaps ultimately from a pre-Indo-European word *
alb meaning "hill" or from the Indo-European root *
alb "white" (see
Albus).... [
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Albon m American (Rare)Variant of
Alban. A notable namesake is American attorney, scientist and inventor Albon
Man (1826-1905) who experimented with early forms of photography and in the development of the incandescent light bulb, an invention later famously perfected by
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 -1931).
Alde f Georgian (Rare)Georgian form of the Alanic name
Alda. A known bearer of this name was the Georgian artist Alde Kakabadze (1932-2016).
Alde m & f Dutch (Rare)Dutch short form of Germanic given names that begin with the element
ald meaning "old" as well as (via metathesis) the element
adal meaning "noble". Also compare
Aldo and
Alda 1.
Aldred m Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)A form of
Ealdræd recorded in Domesday Book, which was written in Medieval Latin. It is also the form of the name used in the Phillimore translation of Domesday Book.
Aleksis m Finnish, LatvianFinnish and Latvian form of
Alexis. This name was borne by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi (originally Alexis Stenvall) who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, 'Seitsemän veljestä' ('Seven Brothers') in 1870.
Alemandine f Arthurian CyclePossibly from Old French
alemandine, the name of a gem of a deep red colour (and the source of English
almandine); this word was a corruption of Latin
alabandicus "Alabandic (stone)", the name applied by Pliny the Elder to a variety of carbuncle worked at the city of
Alabanda in Asia Minor (see
Alabandus)... [
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Alexade m Fijianderives from alex and was used for people when they past away until 2013 on fiji
Alexamenos m Ancient GreekDerived from Greek ἀλεξάμενος
(alexamenos), which is the participle of the Greek verb ἀλέξω
(alexo) meaning "to defend" as well as "to help"... [
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Alexideios m Ancient GreekDerived from Greek ἀλέξω
(alexo) meaning "to defend, to help" and δήϊος
(deios) meaning "hostile, destructive" as well as "unhappy, wretched", which is related to δηϊόω
(deioo) meaning "to slay, to cut down" (see
Deianeira).
Alexirrhoe f Greek MythologyDerived from the Greek verb ἀλέξω
(alexo) meaning "to defend" as well as "to help" combined with the Greek noun ῥοή
(rhoe) meaning "river, stream". Also compare the Greek noun ῥόος
(rhoos) meaning "stream, flow of water, current" as well as the name
Alexirrhoia, which are both closely related.... [
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Alexirrhoia f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek ἀλέξω
(alexo) meaning "to defend, to help" and ῥοία
(rhoia) meaning "flow, flux", which is related to ῥοή
(rhoe) meaning "river, stream".... [
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Alhena f AstronomyDerived from Arabic
الهنعه (
al-Han'āh) "sign (on the neck of a camel)", this is the name of the third-brightest star in the constellation of Gemini.
Alibi m KazakhFrom the given name
Ali 1 combined with a form of the Turkish military title
beg meaning "chieftain, master" (see
Alibek).
Aliʻikoa m Hawaiian (Rare)Means "brave king" or "warrior king," from
aliʻi meaning "chief, officer, ruler, monarch, peer, headman, king, commander" and
koa meaning "soldier, warrior, fighter."
Alikber m TatarCombination of
Ali 1 meaning 'high, supreme' and the word
akbar meaning 'greatest, biggest'.
Älimjan m Kazakh, Persian, UyghurCombination of the Islamic name
Alim, meaning "scholar", and the Kazakh and Persian word
jan, meaning "soul" or "dear".
Aliraza m Arabicnamed after an important character in shia islam, Ali Al-Ridha
Aljohar f Judeo-SpanishMedieval Navarran Jewish name, derived from Andalusian Arabic الجوهر
(al-jawhar) meaning "the jewel", from Arabic جَوْهَر
(jawhar) "jewel, gem, pearl", from Persian گوهر
(gowhar)... [
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Allanzu f Hurrian MythologyEtymology uncertain, possibly deriving from the Hurrian element
alla=i, meaning "lady, queen". Another possible element is the Hurrian
alu-, meaning "to speak". Name borne by a Hurrian goddess that was often worshipped alongside
Ḫepat, who was considered to be her mother.
Allat f Near Eastern MythologyMeans "the Goddess" from Arabic
al-Lat. She was an ancient mother and fertility goddess of the pre-Islamic Arabs.
Allura f Popular CultureApparently based on the English word
allure. This was the name of a princess in the 1980s anime television show 'Voltron'.
Almina f EnglishPossibly a diminutive form of
Alma 1 or a variant form of
Elmina. This name was borne by the English aristocrat Almina, Countess of Carnarvon (1876-1969) - she was the wife of George Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923), who was involved in the discovery and excavation of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Alo m Estonian (Modern), Livonian, Medieval BalticLivonian name of uncertain origin and meaning, mentioned in the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia. In modern-day Estonia, this name is used as a short form of
Aleksander and associated with Estonian
alustus “beginning".
Alok m IndianAlok means divine light in Sanskrit. It also symbolise pure and immense power.... [
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Alpertunga m TurkishIt is composed of the three words alp "brave" or "hero", er "soldier" or "male" and tunga "tiger". A mythical hero who was mentioned in Turkic mythology and the Epic of Alp Er Tunga. The name is sometimes mentioned as the khan of Scythia... [
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Alsïnbikä f BashkirFrom Bashkir
алсын (alsïn) meaning "falcon" and feminine name element
бикә (bikä). Altautas m LithuanianDerived from Lithuanian
al meaning "everything, every last one" combined with Baltic
tauta meaning "people, nation" (see
Vytautas).
Aluma f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Possibly from the (medieval) Hebrew word אֲלוּמָה
(aluma) meaning "strong, brave" (which, in modern Hebrew, sounds like the word אֲלֻמָּה
(alma) "sheaf"). It is sometimes associated with the word עלמה
(alma) "a young girl, a damsel".
Aluoch f LuoMeans "born on overcast morning" in Luo.
Alwen f WelshAdoption of the name of a Welsh river in Clwyd. The origin and meaning of this river's name are uncertain; current theories, however, include a derivation from Proto-Celtic
*al(aun)o- "nourishing".
Alyza f Hebrew"Joy," "Joyful," " God is my Oath," "noble," "exalted"
Ama f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 天 (
ama) meaning "heaven, sky" or other kanji which are pronounced the same way.
Amabelle f LiteratureVariant of
Amabel influenced by French (i.e., with a French feminine name suffix). Used by Haitian-born author Edwidge Danticat for a character in the historical novel 'The Farming of Bones' (1998); the book chronicles a young Haitian girl named Amabelle Desir's 1937 escape from the Dominican Republic following the Parsley Massacre and the spread of
antihaitianismo.
Amaethon m Welsh Mythology, Arthurian CycleDerived from the Brittonic name
*Ambaχtonos meaning "divine ploughman" or "ploughman-god". This was the name of the Welsh god of agriculture. In the late 11th-century legend of
Culhwch and
Olwen,
Amathaon appeared as an Arthurian warrior; as one of his tasks, Culhwch had to convince Amathaon to plow the lands of the giant
Ysbaddaden.