AverickfManx Manx form of Aifric, from Gaelic aith-bhric or ath-breac meaning "somewhat dappled, speckled". According to 'An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language' (1896) by Alexander MacBain, the old Gaelic feminine name Affric belonged to a water nymph in local folklore who gave her name to the river Affric (which itself gave its name to the Scottish glen and loch Affric).
AverofmGreek (Cypriot, Rare) Meaning unknown. A notable bearer of this name is the Greek Cypriot politician Averof Neofytou (b. 1961).
AverruncusmRoman Mythology In ancient Roman religion, Averruncus or Auruncus is a god of averting harm. Aulus Gellius says that he is one of the potentially malignant deities who must be propitiated for their power to both inflict and withhold disaster from people and the harvests.... [more]
AvetafCeltic Mythology A Gaulish goddess of birth and midwifery known from figurines and inscriptions found in the area of modern-day France, Germany and Switzerland.... [more]
AviancafVarious This name first occurred in the United States Social Security Administration's public name dataset in 1990, when it was given to 18 girls born in the U.S., following the widespread media coverage of the Avianca Flight 203 bombing on November 27, 1989... [more]
AviaqfGreenlandic Greenlandic feminine (formerly unisex) name meaning "family member, relative", derived from the stem avik "part (of the family)" which is itself composed of aak "blood" and the suffix vik "real".... [more]
AvicusmLatin (Archaic) Avicus is from the Latin word avis meaning "bird" with a contemnendus adjective, -cus. Avicus is a character in Anne Rice's series The Vampire Chronicles. He first appears in the novel Blood & Gold & is an ancient vampire from Rome who was made by Akasha, the first vampire in existence.
AviendhafLiterature She is a Maiden of the Spear from the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Thorny in character, yet as beautiful as a rose, and as strong as a warrior.
AviettafSoviet Derived from French aviette and Russian авиетка (avietka), both meaning "small plane".
Avigadm & fHebrew (Modern, Rare) Combination of the names Avi and Gad which possibly means "my father is the lucky one" in Hebrew. It's quite rare name in Israel.
AvigdormHebrew, Judeo-Provençal In the Bible, the name Avigdor was one of the 6 names of Moses mention in Midrash. In modern times, this name is used as a Hebrew form of Victor.
AviomGreenlandic Greenlandic name related to aviorpoq "sound", "ring", "twitter", "buzzing" (in the ears), "whistle". The notion that buzzing in the ears (aviutitsineq or avequllattaaneq) as a plea for food from a deceased is known thoughout most of Greenland... [more]
Aviorf & mAstronomy This name originated in the time of the Ancient Roman Empire. Although its direct origin is unknown, a close translation of the name is avian, from the Latin aviarius. Avior is also the name for Epsilon Carinae.
Aviorm & fHebrew (Modern) Combination of the names Avi and Or means "my father is light" or "I'll bring the light" (from the word אביא means "I'll bring") in Hebrew.
AviozmHebrew Combination of the names Avi and Oz 2 means "my father has strength" in Hebrew.
AvirmHebrew Possibly a variant of Amir, meaning treetop.
AviramAncient Aramaic (Rare, ?) This name is listed in Kolatch's Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew Names (1984), where it is given an Aramaic origin, meaning "air, atmosphere, spirit." It was the name of a Babylonian Talmudic scholar.
AviranmHebrew Combination of the name Avi, means "my father". And the word רַן (ran), means "to sing". The name means "my father sings" or "my father's happy song" in Hebrew.
Avishm & fIndian (Muslim) Avish in Urdu and Punjabi means 'The Last Follower' or in Sri Lankan it means 'The God's Follower' this name is mostly used by Indians, Pakistans, Sri Lankans or people who speak Urdu.
AvishafHebrew The name Avishai is a Hebrew Baby Names baby name. In Hebrew Baby Names the meaning of the name Avishai is: Gift from God.
AvitafAncient Roman Feminine form of Avitus, meaning "ancestral". This name was used for a character in Caroline Lawrence's book series "The Roman Mysteries", first released in 2001... [more]
AvoniafEnglish (Rare), African American The meaning of this name is uncertain at this time. Its best known bearer was American actress Avonia Jones (1839-1867), whose parents may possibly have named her after the village of Avonia (in Pennsylvania, USA), or after the genus of plants of the same name... [more]
AvronmItalian, Jewish Ancient Sicilian but now being used as a first name again; was taken from Sicily by Jews somewhere around 500 years ago (or longer), and became a Jewish sir-name (e.g., Arnon Avron the mathematician)... [more]
AwanfJudeo-Christian-Islamic Legend In the Book of Jubilees, this was a daughter of Adam and Eve and sister of Seth, Abel, Azura and more, and the twin sister and wife of Cain.
AwangmMalay From an honorific title used to address young boys and men, used as a hereditary name among Sarawakian Malays. It is typically placed before the given name.
AwashonksfSakonnet, Algonquian The name of a 17th-century female sachem (chief) of the Sakonnet (also spelled Saconet) tribe in Rhode Island.
AwasinmLiterature This is the name of a protagonist, a Cree chief's son, in the novel 'Lost in the Barrens' (also sometimes called 'Two Against the North') by Canadian author Farley Mowat, first published in 1956. It won a Governor General's Award in 1956 and the Canada Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award in 1958.... [more]
Awatf & mKurdish Derived from the words wish, desire, hope in Kurdish. It is also used by Muslims.
AwenfBreton, Welsh Derived from Welsh and Breton awen "muse; (poetic) inspiration; poetic gift", ulitmately from the Indo-European root *-uel "to blow (wind)". As a given name it has been in use since the 19th century.
Awolayem & fYoruba Means "the oracle cannot explain this" or "the oracle cannot lie" in Yoruba, from ao "oracle, occult, Ifa", the negation prefix ò, and ní "to have" combined with either àyè "explanation, understanding" or ayè "lie, falsehood"
AwonawilonamMexican, Indigenous American The dual creator deity of the Pueblo Zuni, Awonawilona is said to have existed before all else. From the nebulae of mist, he is full of power and growth. He created the sun, which fecundated the primeval sea, and formed a green scum over it... [more]
Awonkem & fXhosa Means "united" or "we are all here" in Xhosa, often given to the last-born child in a family.