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Akzhan f & m KazakhFrom Kazakh ақ
(aq) meaning "white" and жан
(zhan) meaning "soul".
Alaa f ArabicMeans "blessings, favours, benefits" in Arabic.
Alaba f Medieval BasqueMeans "daughter" in Medieval Basque. It was documented from the 12th century onwards.
Alabama f English (American, Rare)From the name of the American state (see
Alabama). It was borne by a short-lived daughter of the novelist William Faulkner (11 January 1931-20 January 1931), who was named after his great-aunt Alabama 'Bama' McLean (1874-1968)... [
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Alabi m & f YorubaMeans "born of the white cloth, born of purity" in Yoruba, from
ala "white cloth, purity" and
bí "to give birth, be born".
Alacoque f Irish (Rare)From the French surname
Alacoque. Its popularity as a name, especially among Catholics, is likely due to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, V.H.M., a French Roman Catholic nun and mystic, who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.
Aladfar f AstronomyDerived from Arabic
al-’uz̧fur, meaning "the talons of the swooping eagle". This is the traditional name of the star Eta Lyrae in the constellation
Lyra.
Alaere f IjawMeans "queen, woman of substance" in Ijaw.
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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Alagard f GermanicThe first element of this name is derived from Gothic
alls "all" or from Gothic
alhs (
alah in Old High German) "temple." The second element is derived from
gardan "to hedge in, to enclose, to fence in" or from Gothic
gards "house, garden, (court)yard."
Alagchimeg f MongolianFrom Mongolian алаг
(alag) meaning "multicoloured, dappled, patchy, piebald" and чимэг
(chimeg) meaning "ornament, decoration".
Alagia f Medieval Italian, Italian (Archaic)Contracted form of
Adelagia. The Genoese noblewoman Alàgia dei Fieschi, who Dante praises in his 'Purgatorio' (c.1318), was a niece of Pope Adrian V and the wife of Dante's friend Moroello III Malaspina.
Alagund f GermanicThe first element of this name is derived from Gothic
alls "all" or from Gothic
alhs (
alah in Old High German) "temple." The second element is derived from Old High German
gund "war."
Alahild f GermanicThe first element of this name is derived from Gothic
alls "all" or from Gothic
alhs (
alah in Old High German) "temple." The second element is derived from Old Norse
hildr "battle."
Alahtin f New World MythologyThe name of the Chumash goddess of the moon who also governs over purification, health and menstruation.
Alaine f BasqueDerived from Basque
alai "joyous, happy" and the suffix
-ne. This name is borne by Basque writer Alaine Agirre Garmendia (born 11 December 1990 in Bermeo, Bizkaia).
Alaitz f & m BasqueFrom the name of a mountain range in Navarre, Spain.
Alaiza f BasqueTaken from the name of a Marian church in the greater Álava area.
Alaizabel f LiteratureThe Haunting Of Alaizabel Cray (2004) is a Gothic steampunk horror/alternate history novel by Chris Wooding about a young man and an amnesiac girl fighting a cult in an alternate Victorian era London.
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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Alākšu-lūmur f BabylonianMeans "may I see his path", deriving from the Akkadian element
alaktu ("the route,the journey (of gods, of people)").
Alal f KurdishPossibly from the Kurdish
al meaning "banner, flag".
Alala f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek ἀλαλή (
alalē) meaning "war-cry, battle-cry". This onomatopoeic name belonged to the female personification of the war-cry in Greek mythology. She was an attendant of the war god
Ares, whose war-cry was her name:
Alale alala.
Alanette f Medieval BretonLate medieval Gallicized Breton feminine form of
Alan by way of combining it with the French feminine diminutive suffix
-ette.
Alanta f LithuanianDerived from Old Lithuanian
alėti "to stream merrily; to run (referring to water)". ... [
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Alanteena f Indian (Christian)Alanteena is a person who is always very happy and positive. She is very loyal,caring and kind towards a lot of people especially to the ones close to her. She is also a very hard-worker.
Alara f Turkish, Medieval Turkic (Rare)Alara appears in Turkic Mythology as a beautiful water fairy. She lives in the lakes and rivers of the Caspian basin and grants the wishes of those she deems worthy. She is said to be capable of repairing broken hearts and making them capable of love again.
Alasia f AstronomyAlasia is the name of the star HD 168746. The star is named after an ancient name for Cyprus.
Alasind f GermanicGothic name derived from the elements
alhs "temple" (Old High German
alah) and
sinþs "way, path".
Alaska f EnglishFrom Aleut
alaxsxaq "object to which the action of the sea is directed" or "mainland". It is the name of a US state.
Alaswind f GermanicThe first element of this name is derived from Gothic
alls "all" or from Gothic
alhs (
alah in Old High German) "temple." The second element is derived from Gothic
svinths (
swind in Old High German) "strength."
Alatari m & f IjawMeans "king's love" or "love of royalty" in Ijaw.
Alathfar f AstronomyThis is the traditional name of a star in the constellation Lyra - Mu Lyrae. Its traditional name Alathfar comes from the Arabic الأظفار
al-ʼaẓfār, meaning "the talons (of the swooping eagle)".
Alaw f WelshDerived from Welsh
alaw "melody, tune; lily, water lily".
Alayne f LiteratureVariant of
Elaine. This is the name of a minor character in George R. R. Martin's
A Song of Ice and Fire.
Alba f Medieval RomanianDerived from Romanian
albă, the feminine form of the adjective
alb "white; (figuratively) clean, pure, immaculate".
Albaldah m & f AstronomyThis is the official name of the star Pi Saggitarii. Albaldah was the traditional name of a star system. It comes from the Arabic بلدة
bálda "the town".
Albali m & f AstronomyThis is the traditional name of the star Epsilon Aquarii. It comes from Arabic البالع (
albāli‘), meaning "the swallower".
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
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Al Basty f Caucasian MythologyA spirit in Caucasian mythology who is seen as being a personification of guilt, associated with punishing crimes which have gone unpunished.
Albegund f GermanicDerived from Old High German
alb (which comes from Old Norse
âlfr) "elf" combined with Old High German
gund "war."
Albelinda f MedievalMeaning unknown. Perhaps a transcription variation of Alpelindis, itself a variation of the Germanic female name Alflind, from alf meaning "elf, spirit" and lind meaning "soft, tender".
Albia f Basque, Spanish (Latin American)Taken from the name of a grotto in the Aralar Range in the Basque Mountains where a dolmen was discovered in 1915, as well as from the name of a suburb of Bilbao where Sabino Arana Goiri was born. Goiri was a writer, creator of the Basque flag, founder of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and is generally considered "the father of Basque nationalism".
Albika f Chechen (Rare)Means "the lady", derived from the Arabic definite article ال
(al) combined with Turkic
bika meaning "lady, mistress, woman" (a feminine form of the Turkish military title
beg meaning "chieftain, master").
Albofledis f Frankish, GermanicAlbofledis was a Frankish noblewoman, the daughter of the Frankish king Childeric I, and the Thuringian noblewoman Basina.
Albrinia f Germanic Mythology, HistoryAlbruna, Aurinia or Albrinia are some of the forms of the name of a probable Germanic seeress who would have lived in the late 1st century BC or in the early 1st century AD. She was mentioned by Tacitus in Germania, after the seeress Veleda, and he implied that the two were venerated because of true divine inspiration by the Germanic peoples, in contrast to Roman women who were fabricated into goddesses... [
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Albrun f GermanicCombination of Old High German
alb "elf; supernatural being" (ultimately from Proto-Germanic
*albh- "to shine; gleam") and
run "secret lore" (ultimately from Proto-Germanic
*rûno- "secret; magic; murmur; session").
Albruna f Germanic Mythology, HistoryAlbruna, Aurinia or Albrinia are some of the forms of the name of a probable Germanic seeress who would have lived in the late 1st century BC or in the early 1st century AD. She was mentioned by Tacitus in Germania, after the seeress Veleda, and he implied that the two were venerated because of true divine inspiration by the Germanic peoples, in contrast to Roman women who were fabricated into goddesses... [
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Albulena f AlbanianOf uncertain origin. This is a commemorative name paying homage to the
Battle of Albulena (1457) fought between Albanian forces led by Skanderbeg and an Ottoman army under Isak bey Evrenoz and Skanderbeg's nephew, Hamza Kastrioti... [
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Albunea f Roman MythologyPossibly derived from Latin
albus meaning "white". In Roman mythology Albunea was a nymph who dwelt at a sulfuric spring or fountain near the town of Tibur (modern Tivoli)... [
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Albusinda f Lombardic, HistoryAlbsuinda (or Alpsuinda) was the only child of Alboin, King of the Lombards in Pannonia (reigned c. 560 – 572), and his first wife Chlothsind, daughter of the Merovingian king of the Franks Chlothar (reigned 511 – 561).
1 While still young Albsuinda had lost her mother shortly before the final clash in 567 with the people of the Gepids in Pannonia (modern Hungary), in which the Gepids were completely destroyed... [
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Alcántara f Spanish (Mexican, Rare)Given in honour of the 16th-century Spanish saint and mystic Peter of Alcántara (1499-1562). The place name Alcántara is itself from Arabic القنطرة
(al-Qanṭarah) meaning "the bridge".
Alchemy f & m English (Modern, Rare)From the English noun
alchemy referring to "the causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation" or "the ancient search for a universal panacea, and of the philosopher's stone, that eventually developed into chemistry", which ultimately comes from Greek χυμεία
(chymeia) "art of alloying metals, alchemy" via Arabic
al-kimiya (the source also of Persian
Kimiya).
Alchiba f & m AstronomyThis is the name of the star Alpha Corvi in the Corvus constellation. It bore the traditional names Al Chiba (Arabic ألخبا
al-xibā meaning "tent") and Al Minliar, al Ghurab (Arabic منقار الغراب
al-manxar al-ghurab) or Minkar al Ghurab.
Alchira f UzbekMeans "rosy-cheeked," and is a very popular name for girls in Uzbekistan.
Alcidiane f LiteraturePerhaps derived from
Alcide. Jean-Baptiste Lully used it for one of the title characters in his 'Ballet d'Alcidiane et Polexandre' (1658), which was based on the 1636 French novel 'Polexandre' by Marin le Roy de Gomberville (where it belongs to a princess of the
Isle inaccessible).
Alcidice f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Ἀλκιδίκη
(Alkidike), which is derived from Greek αλκη
(alke) "strength" combined with Greek δικη
(dike) meaning "justice, judgement" as well as "custom, usage"... [
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Alda f BasqueFrom the name of a town in the Basque region of Spain.
Alda f Alanic, History, Georgian (Rare)This name was most notably borne by the Alan princess Alda of Alania (11th century), who was the second wife of king Giorgi I of Georgia.... [
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Aldaana f YakutFrom the name of the Aldan River that flows through Yakutia.
Aldarbadrakh m & f Mongolian (Rare)From Mongolian алдар
(aldar) meaning "fame, glory" and бадрах
(badrakh) meaning "thrive, grow" or "blaze, shine".
Aldarmaa f MongolianFrom Mongolian алдар
(aldar) meaning "fame, glory" and the feminine suffix маа
(maa).
Aldarnemekh m & f Mongolian (Rare)From Mongolian алдар
(aldar) meaning "fame, glory" and нэмэх
(nemekh) meaning "to add, to increase; to enhance".
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.
Alderamin m & f AstronomyThis is the name of the star Alpha Cephei in the constellation Cepheus. It bore the traditional name
Alderamin, a contraction of the Arabic phrase الذراع اليمين
al-dhirā‘ al-yamīn, meaning "the right arm".