Feminine Submitted Names

Aora f Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Aora was a nymph by whom the town of Aoros in Crete was named after. Aristocrats from the town of Eleutherna claimed descent from Aora and her husband Eleuther, one of the Kouretes.

Aori f Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "blue" combined with 梨 (ri) meaning "pear". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Aoro f Luo
"born during a very dry season"

Aosa f Japanese (Rare)
From 碧 (ao) meaning "green, blue" and 冴⁠ (sa.eru) "be clear, serene, cold, skillful”. Other kanji combinations can be used.

Aotea f Maori
Means "white cloud" in Māori. Aotearoa is the Māori name of New Zealand

Aoua f Western African
Variant of Awa. A notable bearer was Malian independence activist Aoua Kéita (1912-1980).

Aouatef f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عواطف (see Awatif) chiefly used in North Africa.

Aouatif f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عواطف (see Awatif) chiefly used in North Africa.

Aouda f Literature
This is the name of a Parsi Princess in Jules Verne's novel Around The World In Eighty Days.

Aoueya f English (Modern, Rare)

Aouicha f Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Maghrebi transcription of 'Aisha.

Aouie m & f Obscure
Likely derived from the five vowels of the English language.

Aouregan f Breton
Breton name, in which the first element is aour meaning "gold" (ultimately from Latin aurum). The second element may be Breton gen "cheek, face" or gwenn "shining, holy"... [more]

Aouregen f Breton
Variant of Aouregan.

Aouregon f Breton
Variant of Aouregan.

Aourel f Breton (Rare)
Variant of Aourell.

Aourell f Breton
Derived from Breton aour "gold", this name is generally considered the Breton form of Aurelia.

Aourgen f Breton (Rare)
Derived from Breton aour "gold" and Old Breton ken "fair; beautiful; splendid" (kaer and koant in Modern Breton), this name is the Breton cognate of Welsh Eurgain.

Aourken f Medieval Breton
Older form of Aourgen.

Aourora f Greek (Rare)
Greek form of Aurora.

Aowyn f & m English
a variant Éowyn

Aoxin f & m Chinese (Rare)
From the Chinese characters 奥 (ào) meaning "mysterious, obscure, profound" and 馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant, aromatic; distant fragrance" or 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted".

Aoyo f Japanese
From Japanese 蒼 (ao) meaning "blue, green" combined with 世 (yo) meaning "world". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Aoyun m & f Chinese
This name is made up of 奧 (ào)/奥 (ào, yù), the simplified version of 奧, meaning "mysterious, obscure, profound" and 運/运 (yùn) meaning "run, luck, fortune, ship, transport," the first meaning added for 运, the simplified version of 運... [more]

Aozora f & m Japanese (Modern)
From 青空 (aozora) meaning "blue sky."... [more]

Apaay f Inuit

Âpak f Greenlandic
Possibly taken from Greenlandic âpak "animal".

Apala f Medieval Basque
Derived from Basque apal "humble".... [more]

Apalala f Portuguese

Apalinaryia f Belarusian
Belarusian form of Apollinariya.

Apaloniya f Belarusian
Belarusian form of Apollonia.

Apama f Old Persian
Meaning uncertain, probably related to Avestan apama- "the latest", hence "the youngest (child), nestling". This was the name of Apama, the first Queen of the Seleucid Empire, and wife of Seleucus I Nicator... [more]

Apame f Old Persian (Hellenized)
A variant of Apama. A bearer of this name is Apame, a concubine of King Darius I.

Apana f Pashto
Means "almond" in Pashto.

Apana f Galician (Rare)

Apani f Siksika
From the Blackfoot word apaniiwa "butterfly", with the animate noun suffix -wa omitted.

Apaporn f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai อาภาพร (see Aphaphon).

Apasara f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai อาภัสรา (see Aphatsara).

Apasra f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai อาภัสรา (see Aphatsara).

Apassara f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai อาภัสรา (see Aphatsara).

Apate f Greek Mythology
Directly taken from Greek ἀπάτη (apatê) meaning "deceit, fraud, trick". Apate was the personification of deceit in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of Nyx, the personification of night.

Apatsara f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai อาภัสรา (see Aphatsara).

Apayauq f & m Inupiat
Meaning unknown, name borne by Apayauq Reitan, the first trans woman to compete in the Iditarod (a long distance dog sledge race from Alaska to Nome).

Apča f Czech
Diminutive form of Apolena.

Apeke f Yoruba
Means "called to be pampered" in Yoruba, from pè "to call, summon, invoke" and kẹ́ "to care for, cherish".

Apeksha f Indian, Marathi
Derived from Sanskrit अपेक्षा (apekśa) meaning "hope, expectation, prospect".

Apekshita f Indian
Means "desired, welcome."

Apelila f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of April.

Apeloko f Yoruba
Means “apocalypse” in Yoruba.

Apelone f Old Danish, Danish (Rare)
Danish form of Apollonia.

Apelonia f Medieval Portuguese
Medieval variant of Apolónia.

Apemerukoyan-mat-unamerukoyan-mat f Far Eastern Mythology
Means "rising fire sparks woman" or "rising cinder sparks woman" in Ainu. It is the full name of the goddess Kamuy-huci.

Apemosyne f Greek Mythology
A daughter of Catreus.

Apfia f Indonesian (Rare), Italian (Archaic), Moldovan (Archaic), Biblical Romanian
Cognate of Apphia.

Aphai m & f Thai
Means "fearlessness, absence of danger" or "forgiveness, pardon" in Thai.

Aphaia f Greek Mythology
Aphaia was a Greek goddess who was worshipped almost exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf. She originated as early as the 14th century BCE as a local deity associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle... [more]

Aphaphon f Thai
From Thai อาภา (apha) meaning "light, brightness" and พร (phon) meaning "blessing".

Aphaporn f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai อาภาพร (see Aphaphon).

Aphatsara f Thai
From Thai อาภัสระ (aphatsara) meaning "bright, clear, shining", ultimately from Sanskrit आभास्वर (abhasvara). This is also the name of a heavenly realm in Buddhist tradiiton.

Aphelele m & f Xhosa, Zulu
Means "complete, whole, all present" in Xhosa and Zulu. Often given to the last child to be born in a family.

Aphelia f English (British)

Aphinya f Thai
Means "knowledge, higher awareness" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit अभिज्ञा (abhijna). In Buddhism this term refers to knowledge gained through meditation and virtuousness.

Aphira f English

Aphiradi f Thai
From Thai อภิ (aphi) meaning "greater, higher, above" and รดี (radi) meaning "pleasure, amusement".

Aphiwe m & f African
Means "given" in Zulu.

Aphrah f & m English, English (Puritan)
From the biblical place Aphrah in the Book of Micah, meaning "dust." This name was used by Puritans, but has since become rare.

Aphria f Medieval Irish (Latinized)
Latinization of Aifric.

Api f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Abby.

Âpia f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Abia.

Apia f Spanish
Spanish Feminine form of Appius.

Apichaya f Thai
From Thai อภิ (aphi) meaning "above, higher, greater" and ชญา (chaya) meaning "knowing, wise".

ʻApikaʻila f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Abigail.

Apikaila f Samoan
Samoan form of Abigail.

Apikaira f Maori
Maori form of Abigail.

Apikale f Tongan
Tongan form of Abigail.

Apikali f Fijian
Fijian form of Abigail.

Apinya f Thai
Alternate transcription of Aphinya.

Apiyo f Luo
"firstborn of twins"

Apol f Hungarian
Short form of Apollónia.

Apòla f Kashubian
Variant of Apòloniô.

Apolenka f Czech
Diminutive of Apolena.

Apoliena f Slovak (Rare)
Variant of Apolena.

Apolinaria f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Polish (Rare), Moldovan (Rare), Ancient Greek, History (Ecclesiastical)
Spanish and Polish feminine form of Apollinaris and Romanian form of Apollinaria. This is also attested as an ancient Greek name.

Apolinne f Picard
Picard form of Apolline.

Apolka f Hungarian
Diminutive of Apollónia.

Apolla f Literature
Feminine form of Apollo. It was used in the "Twitches" novel series by H. B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld.

Apollina f Polish
Polish adoption of Apolline.

Apollinária f Hungarian (Rare)
Feminine form of Apollinár.

Apollinaria f Russian, History (Ecclesiastical)
Russian feminine form of Apollinaris. According to Orthodox Christian ecclesiastical traditions, Apollinaria is venerated as a Virgin-Martyr alongside Saint Drosis.

Apollodora f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Apollodoros.

Apol·lònia f Catalan
Catalan form of Apollonia.

Apollónia f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Apollonia.

Apollònia f Provençal
Provençal form of Apollonia.

Apollonie f French, Medieval Baltic
French and medieval Latvian form of Apollonia.

Apollonija f Latvian (Rare, Archaic)
Latvian form of Apollonia.

Apolloniya f Russian
Russian form of Apollonia.

Apolone f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Apolonia and Apollonie.

Apoloniada f Medieval Russian

Apolonie f Czech (Rare)
Variant of Apolena.

Apòloniô f Kashubian
Kashubian form of Apollonia.

Apolot f Eastern African
Origin- Iteso people of eastern Uganda and Western Kenya, from the Ateso language, a derivative of the Teso-Turkana language and eastern Nilotic culture. ... [more]

Aponi f Siksika
Variant of Apani.

Aporia f Greek Mythology
Means "difficulty, impossibility" in Greek, from ἄπορος (aporos) meaning "impassable, without passage", i.e. "having no way in, out, or through" (itself composed of the negative prefix α (a) and πόρος (poros) "means of passing a river, ford, ferry" as well as "way or means of achieving, accomplishing, discovering")... [more]

Aporka f Hungarian (Rare)
Feminine form of Apor.

Apostolia f Late Greek, Greek
Feminine form of Apostolos.

Apoyitapia'ki f Siksika

Apozonallotl f Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Means "water foam" in Classical Nahuatl, from the words ātl ("water") and pozōnallōtl ("foam"). This is one of the names of the Aztec goddess Chalchiuhtlicue.

Appaline f English (American, Rare)
Perhaps an anglicized form of Apolline; also compare Appoline.

Appaloma f American
Variant of Apollonia.

Apparecida f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Aparecida.

Appel f Alsatian (Archaic)
Vernacular form of Apollonia.

Appia f Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Appius.

Appias f Roman Mythology
Derivative of Appius, or possibly means "of Appia" in Latin (Appia being a town in Phrygia Major). In Roman mythology, Appias was a naiad of the Appian Well or fountain of Aqua Appia, whose waters gushed forth near the Temple of Venus Genetrix in the Forum of Iulius Caesar, Rome.

Applonia f Dutch (Rare)
Contracted form of Apollonia.

Appoline f Medieval English, French, French (Belgian)
Variant of Apollonia and Apolline.

Appollonia f Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic)
Variant of Apollonia.

Appollonie f German (Archaic), Old Swedish
Variant of Apollonia.

Appolonia f German (Archaic), Luxembourgish (Archaic)
Variant of Apollonia.

Appolonie f French (Archaic), French (Belgian, Rare)
Variant of Apollonie.

Approved m & f English (Puritan)
Archaic meaning is, "to prove; show."

Apputi m & f Bandial
Means "the tiny one" in Bandial.

Apranik f Middle Persian, History
The name of a commander of the Sasanian army against the invading Arab-Muslim forces during the reign of Yazdegerd III (632-651 CE). After the Sasanian defeat, she continued to the resistance, fighting a guerilla war until she was killed in battle.

Apreshum f Armenian
From the Persian ابریشم‎ (abrišam) meaning "silk".

Apri m & f Indonesian
From the name of the month of April.

Apriani f Indonesian
Possibly from the name of the month of April.

Apricity f English (Rare)
A rare English name with Latin origins meaning “the warmth of the sun in winter”.

Apriday f Pashto
Means "blessed" in Pashto.

Apríl f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of April.

Apríla f Slovak (Rare)
Slovak form of April.

Aprile f Italian (Modern, Rare)
Italian form of April as the common word for that month.

Aprilette f Filipino
Combination of the name April and the diminutive suffix -ette.

Aprilia f Indonesian, Swedish (Modern, Rare)
From the name of the month of April, usually used as a given name for a girl born in April.

Aprilia f Italian (Modern, Rare)
It comes from the Italian name of the month aprile (April). It is the name of a town in the same region of Rome which was given this name because it was established on April, 25 1936 during Fascism on a reclaimed swamps... [more]

Aprilian m & f Indonesian
From the name of the month of April, usually used as a given name for someone born in April.

Apriliana f Indonesian
From the name of the month of April, usually used as a given name for a girl born in April.

Apriliani f Indonesian
From the name of the month of April, usually used as a given name for a girl born in April.

Apriliya f Indonesian
Variant of Aprilia.

Apriliyana f Indonesian
Variant of Apriliana.

Apriliyani f Indonesian
Variant of Apriliani.

Áprilka f Hungarian (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Hungarian április "(month of) April". This coinage was possibly inspired by the English name April.

Aprilla f English (American, Rare)

Aprille f English, Filipino (Rare)
Variant of April.

Aprillia f Indonesian
Variant of Aprilia.

Aprilliya f Indonesian
Variant of Aprilia.

Aprillya f Indonesian
Variant of Aprilia.

Aprilya f Indonesian
Variant of Aprilia.

Aprilyana f Indonesian
Variant of Apriliana.

Aprilyani f Indonesian
Variant of Apriliani.

Aprilyn f Filipino
Combination of April and the suffix -Lyn

Apriscilla f English (Rare)

Aprodita f Georgian (Rare)
Variant of Aprodite.

Aprodite f Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of Aphrodite.

Apronia f Ancient Roman, History (Ecclesiastical)
Feminine form of Apronius. In Latin this was also a name for black bryony (species Tamus communis), a medicinal plant. The 6th-century saint Apronia was a sister of Saint Aprus, Bishop of Toul.

Aprusia f Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Απρουσία (Aprousia), possibly derived from Greek α (a), a negative prefix, combined with προύση (prouse) "rain".

Apryl f English (American, Rare)
Variant of April.

Apša f Abkhaz
Means "holy" in Abkhaz.

Apson f Thai
Means "angel" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit अप्सरस् (apsaras).

Apsorn f Thai
Alternate transcription of Apson.

Apswana f Abkhaz
Etymology uncertain, possibly from аԥсуа (apswa) meaning "Abkhaz".

Apullunia f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Apollonia.

Aput m & f Inuit, Greenlandic
Inuit meaning "Snow."

Aputsiaĸ f & m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "snow crystal" with the combination of Aput and suffix -tsiaq "beautiful", "fair", "fairly good", "precious", "sweet", "fair-sized", "nice", "good", "handsome".

Aputsiannguaq f & m Greenlandic
Means "dear little snow crystal" in Greenlandic, from a combination of Aputsiaĸ and suffix -nnguaq "sweet", "dear", "little".

Apwete f Chuukese, Micronesian
Derived from Chuukese a meaning "to be, to make" combined with pwete, from pwetete "soft".

Aqattaq f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Aĸátaĸ.

Aqbanïu f Bashkir
From the Bashkir aҡ (aq) meaning "white, light, pure" and Persian بانو (banu)# meaning "lady".

Aqbikä f Bashkir
From the Bashkir aҡ (aq) meaning "white, light, pure" and feminine name element бикә (bikä).

Aqbiyçe f Karachay-Balkar
Means "white princess" in Karachay-Balkar.

Aqboün f Karachay-Balkar
Means "white neck" or "white throat" in Karachay-Balkar.

Aqchagul f Uzbek
Derived from aqcha meaning "money" and gul meaning "flower, rose".

Aqçıq f Karachay-Balkar
Means "white" in Karachay-Balkar.

Aqerke f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ақерке (see Akerke).

Aqida f Uzbek
Means "dogma, creed" in Uzbek.

Aqilah f Arabic, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic عقيلة or عاقلة (see Aqila), as well as the usual Malay form.

Aqillutaq m & f Inuit
Meaning, "new snow."

Aqiq m & f Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Means "agate" in Arabic.

Aqiqa f Uzbek
From the name of feast given in honour of a newborn baby, alternatively from the Uzbek aqiq meaning "carnelian" or "red, crimson".

Aqisseq f Greenlandic
Younger form of Aĸigsseĸ.

Aqissiarsuk f Greenlandic
Means "little ptarmigan chick", derived from Greenlandic aqisseq "rock ptarmigan" (cf. Aqisseq) combined with a diminutive suffix.

Aqkümis f Kazakh
From the Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning “white” or "pure" and күміс (kümis) meaning “silver”.

Aqliya f Uzbek
Derived from aqliy meaning "intellectual".

Aqloy f Uzbek
Derived from aql meaning "mind, intelligence" and "smarts, common sense, advise" and oy meaning "moon".

Aqnes f Indonesian (Rare)
Indonesian form of Agnes.

Aqniet f & m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ақниет (see Akniet).

Aqqız f Karachay-Balkar
Means "white girl" in Karachay-Balkar.

Aqqoš f Bashkir
Means "swan" in Bashkir.

Aqqw m & f Kazakh
Means "swan" in Kazakh.

Aqsa f & m Arabic, Urdu
Means "furthest, most distant" in Arabic. It is taken from the name of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, considered the third holiest site in Islam as the Prophet Muhammad travelled there during the Night Journey (Isra').

Aqsaa f Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic أقصى or Urdu اقصٰی (see Aqsa).

Aqsarlaq f Bashkir
Means "seagull" in Bashkir.

Aqsäskä f Bashkir
Means "white flower" in Bashkir.

Aqtamaq f Karachay-Balkar
Means "white throat" in Karachay-Balkar. This was the name of a character in the love poems of Ismail Semenov.

Aqtutaš f Bashkir
From Bashkir аҡ (aq) meaning "white, bright, pure" and туташ (tutaš) meaning "girl".

Aqua f English
Derived from Latin aqua meaning "water". It is also used in English in reference to a bluish-green colour.

Aquafina f Obscure
Means "fine water" in Italian.

Aqualina f English (Modern)
Means "tender water". A notable bearer was the female sea serpent from the Disney Junior show "Sofia the First".

Aqualtune f History
Meaning unknown. According to legend, the name of a former Angolan princess and general, who commanded an army of 10,000 men to fight the invasion of her kingdom in the Congo.

Aquamarina f Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)

Aquaneta f African American (Rare)
Variant of Acquanetta.

Aquanetta f African American (Rare)
Variant of Acquanetta.

Aquaniesha f African American (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements a, qua, nee and sha... [more]

Aquareine f Literature
Combination of Latin aqua meaning "water" and French reine meaning "queen". This is the name of a mermaid queen in L. Frank Baum's novel ''The Sea Fairies'' (1911).

Aquarius f & m Astronomy, English (Rare)
Means "water-carrier" or "cup-carrier" in Latin. This is a constellation in the zodiac, between Capricornus and Pisces.

Aquata f Popular Culture
One of the princesses in Disney's "The Little Mermaid." The name probably comes from aqua, water.

Aquelois f Greek Mythology (Hispanicized), Greek Mythology (Portuguese-style)
Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of Achelois.

Aquetzali f Nahuatl
Variant of Aquetzalli.

Aquetzalli f & m Nahuatl
Possibly derived from Nahuatl atl "water" and quetzalli "quetzal feather, something precious". Alternately, may derive from ahquetzalli, meaning "irrigation ditch" or "gruel".

Aquiela f African American

Aquilia f Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Aquillius. This name was borne by Aquilia Severa, the second and fourth wife of Emperor Elagabalus.

Aquilla f Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Aquila.

Aquinnah f Wampanoag
From Wampanoag Âhqunah meaning "the end of the island". This is also the name of a town on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. American actor Michael J. Fox gave this name to his daughter Aquinnah Kathleen born in 1995.

Aqvilina f Swedish
Swedish form of Aquilina.

Aqylzada f Kazakh
From ақыл (akyl) meaning "intelligance, intelect" combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring"

Aqyondoð f Bashkir
Means "white star" in Bashkir.

Aqzilya f Kazakh
From ақ (ak) meaning "white" combined with Arabic ضياء (diya) meaning "splendour, glow"

Ára f Faroese, Icelandic
Faroese and Icelandic form of Aura.

Ára f Guarani
Means "sky, heavens" in Guarani.

Ara f Greek Mythology
A Greek goddess of vengence and destruction, the personification of curses. Her name is derived from the Ancient Greek word ἀρά (ara) meaning "prayer, vow; curse".

Ara f English
Diminutive of Arabella.

Ara f Korean
From Korean 알아 "to know". Using hanja it can mean "be beautiful; good" from Sino-Korean 娥 (a) or "elegant, graceful, refined" (雅, a) and "net for catching birds" (羅, ra)... [more]

Ara f Pashto
Means "original" or "unique" in Pashto.

Ara f Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Ara f Russian
Diminutive of Avrora. See also, Aurora.

Araba f African
Girl born on a Tuesday, in Akan. (Same as Abena)

Arabang f Sotho
Means "reply" in Sotho.

Arabel f Literature, Medieval English, English (British), Scottish
Variant of Arabella.... [more]

Arabela f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Romanian, Polish (Rare), Croatian (Rare), German (Bessarabian)
Form of Arabella in several languages.

Arabell f American (Rare)
Variant of Arabelle.

Arabel·la f Catalan
Catalan form of Arabella.

Arabellah f Obscure
Variant of Arabella.

Arabelle f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), English (Rare), Flemish (Rare)
French form of Arabella.

Arabeth f English (Rare)

Arabi f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 亜 (a), a phonetic character, combined with 羅 (ra), a phonetic character, combined with 美 (bi) meaning "beauty; beautiful".

Arabia f History
Arabia (fl. 565) was the only recorded daughter of Byzantine Emperor Justin II (r. 565–578) and Empress Sophia. While mentioned in several primary sources, her name is only recorded in the Patria of Constantinople... [more]

Arabiana f Filipino (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)

Aracelia f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Araceli.

Aracelie f Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Araceli.

Aracelita f Spanish
Diminutive of Araceli.

Aracel·li f Catalan (Modern, Rare)
Catalan obscure form of Araceli.

Aracelys f American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Aracelis in which by it: a variant of Araceli.

Arachie m & f Igbo
Possibly means "to have chosen a portion ahead of another; to supplant" in Igbo.

Araci f Tupi, Brazilian
Derived from either Tupi arasy "mother of day", itself derived from ara "day" and sy "mother; origin, source", and thus referring to the sun, or from Tupi aracê "sunrise, daybreak, morning"... [more]

Aracy f Tupi, Brazilian
Variant of Araci. A known bearer of this name was Aracy de Almeida (1914-1988), a Brazilian singer.

Aracynthias f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Αρακυνθιας (Arakynthias), an epithet of the goddess Aphrodite meaning "of Arakynthos", Arakynthos or Aracynthus being a mountain upon which there was a temple dedicated to her... [more]

Aradella f English (Rare)

Aradhna f Mauritian Creole (Rare)

Aradhya f Indian (Modern)
Diminutive of Aradhana.

Aradia f Folklore (Italianized, ?)
Allegedly a Tuscan dialectical form of Erodiade. According to 'Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches' (1899), a book composed by American folklorist Charles Leland, she was a goddess in regional Italian folklore, who gave the knowledge of witchcraft to women.

Aradine f Romani (Archaic)

Aradith f American (Rare, Archaic)

Arafat m & f Arabic, Bengali
From the name of a sacred hill in Mecca where pilgrims spend a day praying during the hajj.

Araga f Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marathi
MEANING - impassioned, calm, a name of goddess Durga

Araga f Khakas
Possibly means "arrack" in Khakas.

Aragonesa f Medieval Catalan

Aragsan f Somali
Means "see" in Somali.

Aragund f Germanic
The meaning and origin of the first element in this Germanic name is rather uncertain, and so there are various possibilities to the name's meaning. The most likely possibility is that the first element is derived from Proto-Germanic aran or arna "eagle" (ara in Gothic and arn in Old High German)... [more]

Arah f Biblical Hebrew
Means "guest" in Hebrew.

Arahia f Maori
Pathfinder, feminine word for chief, leader, one who leads the way

Arai f & m Basque, Medieval Basque
Name originally found on a Roman tombstone in Araba, Basque Country. Although the original namebearer was male, the name was revived as a unisex name at the end of the 20th century.

Araidis f Spanish (Rare, ?)

Arailym f Kazakh
Means "my dawn, my sunrise" from Kazakh aрай (aray) meaning "twilight, dawn" or "calm, tranquility".

Araina f English
Variant of Reina 1 or Irena

Arais f Spanish (Mexican, Rare)

Araitz f & m Basque (Modern)
From the name of the valley of Araitz, located in Navarre.

Araiz f Basque
Possibly a variant of Araitz.

Arakhna f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Arachne.

Arãkitdle f Greenlandic
Variant of Râgîtdle.

Araksi f Armenian (Rare)

Aralea f English (Rare)

Aralee f English (American)
Aralee means thanks, and is a pretty light sounding name.

Aralet f English, History
Variant of Arlette.

Aralha f Gascon
Gascon form of Eulalia.

Aralí f Spanish (Mexican)

Aralia f American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Arelia.

Aralie f American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Aralia (compare Oralie).

Aralie f Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Aralí.

Aralina f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Araline.

Araline f English
Variant of Arline.

Araliya f Sinhalese
Means "plumeria, temple flower" in Sinhala.

Aralola f Yoruba
Means "family is wealth" in Yoruba.

Araluen f English (Australian, Rare)
From the name of the Araluen Creek valley in southeastern Australia, which is said to mean "water lily" or "place of the water lilies" in the Walbunja language. It was borne by a short-lived daughter of the Australian poet Henry Kendall (1839-1882).

Aralyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Aaralyn, or else a combination of the initial sound found in names such as Arabella, Ariel and Ariadne with the popular name suffix lyn (perhaps inspired by similar-sounding names Carolyn, Marilyn and Cherilyn).

Aralynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Aralyn.

Aramantha f Literature
Used by Richard Lovelace for the titular shepherdess in Aramantha: A Pastorall, the final poem of his collection Lucasta (1649). It could be a variant of Araminta or perhaps an altered form of Amarantha.

Aramaya f Spanish

Aramesa f American (South, Rare, Archaic)

Aramesh f Persian
Means "calmness, tranquility" in Persian.

Arami f Guarani
Diminutive of Guarani word ára meaning "sky, heavens".

Aramina f Literature, American (Archaic)

Aramita f English, Spanish, Indian
Possibly derived from the Latin aramen, from aerāmen meaning "copper, bronze". As used in India, it's likely a variant of Paramita.

Aramuhi f Armenian
Means "excellent lady" in Armenian.

Aramy f Hungarian
Variant of Arany.

A-ran f Korean
Combination of an a hanja, like 雅 meaning "clean, pure" or 娥 meaning "pretty, lovely, beautiful," and a ran hanja, e.g. 蘭 meaning "orchid."

Arán m & f Spanish
Spanish form of Aran 3.

Aran f Kurdish
Means "desert, wilderness" in Kurdish.

Aran f Japanese
From Japanese 亜, 亞 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 阿 (a) meaning "big mound, mountain", 安 (a) meaning "peace, quiet", 和 (a) meaning "peace, harmony" or 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection" combined with 蘭 (ran) meaning "orchid", 藍 (ran) meaning "indigo", 桜 (ran) meaning "cherry blossom" or 卵 (ran) meaning "egg, ovum"... [more]

Aran m & f Basque
Derived from Basque haran "valley" (ultimately from Proto-Basque *(h)aran). The name coincides with Basque aran "plum (fruit)".

Arana f Basque (Rare)
Strictly feminine form of Aran.

Arana f Japanese
From Japanese 新 (ara) meaning "fresh, new" combined with 夏 (na) meaning "summer" or 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Arana f Tagalog
Means "fresh, new, summer, vegetables, greens, moon" in Tagalog. Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Alana and Alanna.