AbagthamBiblical, Biblical Hebrew Etymology unknown, though sources claim it may mean "father of the wine press" or "fortunate". In the book of Esther, this is the name of one of the seven eunuchs in Ahasuerus's court.
AbaturmJudeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, Near Eastern Mythology, Arabic (Archaic) Means literally, "father of the Uthre" in Mandaean, which translates roughly to "father of the angels," derived from aba "father" combined with uthra ('utria) "angel". In the Mandaean Gnostic cosmology, Abatur is "the third of four emanations from the supreme, unknowable deity", and the father of Ptahil, the Mandaean demiurge.
AbayemHebrew Means "little father" in Hebrew. The rabbi Nachmani (see Nachman) (c. 280 – c. 339) was known as Abaye, to differentiate him from his grandfather with the same name.
AbbamAncient Aramaic, Hebrew, Jewish Derived from Aramaic אבא (’abā’) meaning "father", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Semitic ʾab meaning "father".
AberriafBasque (Archaic) Coined in the 19th century by Sabino Arana Goiri who based it on Basque aberri "fatherland; homeland" (ultimately derived from Basque aba "father" and herri "country; village; people, nation")... [more]
Abi-albonmBiblical Means "father of strength". In the Bible, this was one of David's thirty warriors.
AbiasaphmBiblical Hebrew The name Abiasaph consists of two parts. The first element is the same as the name Abi, which occurs only as a feminine name in the Bible. It comes, however, from a word that's used most frequently as element of names, namely אב (ab), meaning "father" added to the verb אסף (asap), meaning "to gather." In totality, meaning "my father has gathered."
AbiezermBiblical Means "my father is help" in Hebrew. It belonged to three men in the Old Testament–the second son of Hammoleketh, a warrior in King David's army, and the prince of the tribe of Dan.
AbihafPakistani Means "her father" in Arabic, from the kunya (nickname or byname) of Fatimah bint Muhammad أمّ أبیها (Umm Abiha), literally "the mother of her father"... [more]
Abihailm & fBiblical Hebrew Means "my father is might" or "my father is strength" in Hebrew, from אָבִי ('avi) "my father" and חיל (khayil), which is related to the word חייל (khayal) "soldier"... [more]
AbihudmBiblical Means "the father is glory" or "father of glory". It is the name of two characters in the Bible.
AbijammBiblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew Means "father of the sea" or "my father is the sea" in Hebrew. This name was borne by the second king of Judah (who was also known as Abijah).
AbimilkimPhoenician Means "my father is king", deriving in part from the Phoenician element 𐤌𐤋𐤊 milk ("king"). Name borne by a prince of Tyre known from his correspondance with Akenhaten, recorded in the Amarna letters.
AbinadabmBiblical Means "my father is generous" in Hebrew, derived from the noun אָב ('av) meaning "father" and the verb נָדַב (nadav) "to give willingly" (by implication "to be noble"; also compare Nadab)... [more]
AbinadimMormon From the Hebrew abi "my father" and nadi "present with you," meaning "my father is present with you." In The Book of Mormon, Abinadi is a prophet who preaches to a wicked king and his corrupt priests that God will come down and be with man, among other messages... [more]
AbinoammBiblical Means "the father is pleasantness" in Hebrew.
AbishuamBiblical Meaning uncertain, perhaps "father of salvation" or "father of wealth". It is the name of a High priest of Israel mentioned in the Biblical books 1 Chronicles and Ezra.
AboazarmMedieval Portuguese From Arabic Abu-Nazr, possibly meaning "father of the herald" or "father of the commitment".
AbubakirmKazakh Derived from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father (of)" combined with بكير (bakir) possibly meaning "learner, student" or بَكَرَ (bakara) meaning "to get up early" (figuratively meaning "early ripened" or "quickly learned").
Abu DharrmArabic Means "father of Dharr" in Arabic. Abu Dharr al-Ghifari was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad and one of the first people to convert to Islam. His name was a tekonym referring to his daughter, Dharr.
AbukhadzhimChechen From Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father" and حَاجّ (ḥājj) meaning "pilgrim (to Mecca)".
AbukhanmChechen The first element is derived from Arabic abun "father" (see also Abu). The second element is possibly derived from the imperial rank Khan that was first used among certain Turkic peoples; khan is a contraction of khagan which means "ruler, sovereign".
AbulmArabic, Afghan, Pakistani, Urdu Means "father of the" in Arabic, derived from Arabic أبو (abu) meaning "father of" (see Abu) combined with Arabic ال (al) meaning "the". Also compare names like Abul-Fazl.... [more]
AbumuslimmChechen Derived from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father" combined with مُسْلِم (muslim) meaning "Muslim, follower of Islam".
AbusoltmChechen Derived from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father of" combined with the title سُلْطَان (sulṭān) meaning "Sultan, king, ruler".
AbuyazidmChechen From Arabic أبو (ʾabū) meaning "father" and زَادَ (zāda) "to add, to increase".
AbylaymKazakh Combination of Abyl with the Kazakh noun ай (ay) meaning "moon". As such, the meaning of this name is basically "father of the moon".... [more]
AbzyanfUdmurt Derived from Arabic أَب (ab) meaning "father" and Persian جان (jan) meaning "soul".
Adakolem & fIdoma Idoma name meaning "father of the house", "head of family", or "head of the home". This name is usually given to the firstborn male or female child in Idoma households.
AdeizafNigerian Name of Nigerian origin, meaning "giver (father) of good things" or "giver (father) of wealth".
Ae-oyna-kamuymFar Eastern Mythology A Kamuy (god or spirit) in Ainu mythology. Described as a man encircled by smoke and flame, under which he wears a coat of bark, he is said to have taught humans domestic skills, earning him the moniker Aynurakkur ("father of humanity").
AhbroammMormon An Egyptian variation of Abram 1 according to Joseph Smith. It is defined as "father of the faithful".
AholiabmBiblical, English (Puritan) Means "father's tent", derived from the Hebrew nouns אֹהֶל ('ohel) meaning "tent" and אָב (ʾav) meaning "father". In the Old Testament, Aholiab or Oholiab son of Ahisamakh, of the tribe of Dan, worked under Bezalel as the deputy architect of the Tabernacle (also known as the Tent of Meeting) and the implements which it housed, including the Ark of the Covenant... [more]
AitamMedieval Basque Derived from Basque aita "father". It appears in this spelling as a given name in the 10th-11th centuries.
AitanefBasque (Modern) Basquified form of Aitana using the modern feminine suffix -e. It is often reinterpreted as derived from the word aita ("father").
AkezhanmKazakh From Kazakh әке (ake) meaning "father" and жан (zhan) meaning "soul".
AkunnafIgbo Means "father's wealth" in Igbo, from aku meaning "property, wealth" and nna meaning "father".
AkurgalmSumerian Means "descendant of the great mountain", deriving from the Sumerian elements 𒀀 a ("offspring, father"), 𒆳 kur ("mountain, highland"), and 𒃲 gal ("large, mighty, great")... [more]
AlatyrmSlavic Mythology The Alatyr in Russian legends and folklore is a sacred stone, the "father to all stones", the navel of the earth, containing sacred letters and endowed with healing properties. The awareness of the existence of such a stone exists in various parts of the Slavdom... [more]
AlbiafBasque, 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".
AldafaðirmNorse Mythology Means "all-father", derived from Old Norse elements ala ("entire, all") and faðir ("father"). This is a by-name for Odin in Norse mythology.
AmmanmAncient Hebrew The given name of the second son of Lot, (The Veil), by his younger daughter meaning "Son of my Race" or "Son of my People. The father of the Ammanites, (AKA Ammonites). ... [more]
ApamounmCoptic Probably derived from Coptic apa Amoun, where apa means "father" and Amoun is the Coptic form of Amon... [more]
ApanoubmCoptic Probably derived from Coptic apa Anoub, where apa means "father" and Anoub is the Coptic form of Anubis... [more]
AppaliunasmNear Eastern Mythology Anatolian god which possibly means "father lion" or "father light". A Theory states that Appaliunas can be equated with Apollo
AtabaýmTurkmen From Turkmen ata meaning "father, ancestor" and baý meaning "rich, wealthy".
AtageldimTurkmen Means "father came" from Turkmen ata meaning "father, ancestor" and geldi meaning "came".
AtakanmTurkish From Turkish ata "father, ancestor" and kan "blood".
AtamanmMedieval Turkic (Rare) Used as a title in both Cossacks and Turks."Ataman" derives from Gothic "father of men-warriors", or Turkic Ata-man, "father of horsemen". Cossacks kept in their speech the original meaning of the word, sometimes saying "father-ataman" ("bat'ka-ataman")... [more]
AtamyratmTurkmen From Medieval Turkic ata meaning "father, ancestor" and the given name Myrat
AtaşmTurkmen From Turkmen ata meaning "father, ancestor" and daş meaning "stone".
AubakirmKazakh Probably derived from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father (of)" and بكير (bakir) "learner, student" or بَكَرَ (bakara) meaning "to get up early" (figuratively meaning "early ripened" (in knowledge) or "quickly learned")... [more]
Aurigenam & fRoman Mythology Means "born of gold", derived from Latin aurum "gold" and -gena "born from, sprung from". This was originally a poetic epithet applied to the legendary hero Perseus (whose father, the god Jupiter, came upon his mother Danaë in the form of a shower of gold)... [more]
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.
AviguymHebrew (Rare) Means "my father is from the valley", either from Hebrew Avi means "my father" and Guy 2 means "valley".... [more]
AvihaimHebrew Combination of the names Avi and Hai means "my father is alive" in Hebrew.
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.
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.
AyyappanmHinduism, Malayalam, Tamil Possibly means "lord father" from Malayalam അച്ഛൻ (acchan) meaning "father" and Malayalam അപ്പന് (appan) or Tamil அப்பா (appa) both meaning "father"... [more]
Ben-abinadabmBiblical Menas "son of Abinadab" or "son of a generous father", ultimately derived from Hebrew בן (ben) meaning "son", אב ('ab) meaning "father", and נדב (nadab) meaning "to willingly give"... [more]
BereketabmGe'ez Means "blessing of the Father" in Ge'ez.
Bo-gyeongf & mKorean From Sino-Korean 甫 "begin; man, father; great" or 寶 "treasure, jewel; precious, rare" (bo), and 炅 "brilliance" or 璟 "luster of gem" (gyeong).
Bo-huif & mKorean From Sino-Korean 甫 (bo) meaning "begin; man, father; great" or 普 (bo) meaning "wide, large" and 姬 (hui) meaning "beauty; imperial concubine" or 熙 (hui) meaning "bright, splendid." A famous bearer is South Korean actress Lee Bo-hee (1959-).
BohyunfKorean From Sino-Korean 甫 (bo) meaning "begin; man, father; great" or 普 (bo) meaning "wide, large" and From Sino-Korean 亨 "smoothly, progressing, no trouble" or From Sino-Korean 賢 "virtuous, worthy, good; able" Other hanja combinations are possible
BoualemmArabic (Maghrebi) Means "father of Alam", from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father" combined with the given name Alem (chiefly Algerian).
DaulayefamIjaw Means "nothing can be compared to a father" in Ijaw.
Deverym & fEnglish Transferred use of the surname Devery. A bearer of this name was Devery Freeman (1913-2005), an American screenwriter who also authored the novel "Father Sky: A Novel", upon which the 1981 film "Taps" was based.
DiopatrefGreek Mythology The name of a naiad of a spring of the river Sperkheios on Mount Othrys in Malis (northern Greece). She was loved by the god Poseidon, who transformed her sisters into poplar-trees in order to seduce her unhindered... [more]
DispatermRoman Mythology Variant of Dis Pater, derived from Latin dives, meaning "wealthy", itself probably derived from divus, meaning "godlike, divine". The occurrence of the name Dis together with the title Pater (meaning "father") may be due to association with Jupiter... [more]
DongwanggongmChinese Mythology, Far Eastern Mythology From a combination of the characters 东 (dōng, meaning “eastern”), 王 (wáng, meaning “royal”) and 公 (gōng, meaning “duke”, “lord” or “father”). Dongwanggong was the male counterpart of Xiwangmu who ruled in the east and was associated with Yang energy (as opposed to Xiwangmu’s Yin)... [more]
DoriavmHebrew (Rare) Possibly means "generation of my father" from דּוֹר (see Dor) and אָב (ab) meaning "father".
Etam & fJagham, Kenyang Derived from ɛ́tá meaning "father" in Kenyang.
FaðirmOld Norse, Norse Mythology Means "father" in Old Norse. In the Old Norse poem Rígsþula in the Poetic Edda, Faðir is the husband of Móðir.
GiunëurmObscure (Modern, Rare) According to the creator and only bearer of this name, it means "son of his father" in Wolof.
Good-giftmEnglish (Puritan, Rare) Referring to James 1:17, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
HathaichanokfThai From Thai หทัย (hathai) meaning "heart, mind" and ชนก (chanok) meaning "father".
HobabmBiblical Hobab was Moses' brother-in-law (Numbers 10:29) or father-in-law (Judges 4:11). The relevant part of Numbers 10:29 reads: "And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law"... [more]
IntefmAncient Egyptian From Egyptian jnj-jt.f meaning "(he) whom his father brought", derived from jnj "to bring", jt "father", and .f "his". This name was borne by several Egyptian pharaohs.
InyotefmAncient Egyptian Ancient Egyptian masculine name meaning "(he) whom his father brought".
JabalmHebrew Means "a stream" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Jabal was the son of Lamech and Adah, and brother to Jubal... [more]
JanakmIndian Father of Sita Devi, wife of Lord Ram of the Indian epic Ramayana. Means "Father" in the sense of a patron(?)
JeielmBiblical Jeiel is referred to as the "father of Gibeon" and is an ancestor of King Saul.
KamonchanokfThai From Thai กมล (kamon) meaning "mind, heart" and ชนก (chanok) meaning "father".
KorlamSorbian Sorbian form of Karl. Korla Awgust Kocor (German: Karl August Katzer), born 1822, was a Sorbian composer and conductor.... [more]
KuafumChinese Mythology, Far Eastern Mythology From a combination of the characters 夸 (kua, meaning “boast”) and 父 (fu, meaning “father”). Kuafu was a giant in Chinese mythology most well known for trying to chase or race with the sun... [more]
KyandifJapanese From Japanese 伽 (kya) meaning "temple" combined with 禰 (di) "one's deceased father". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
LiavmHebrew Combination of the name Li 2 means "to me" / "mine" and the word av means "father" in Hebrew. Usually masculine, rare as feminine. the meaning of this name is "my father" / "I have a father".
MamamzemGeorgian (Rare) Derived from the Georgian noun მამა (mama) meaning "father" combined with the Georgian noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun".
Mamikaf & mGeorgian (Rare), Russian (Archaic) In both Georgia and Russia, the use of this name probably started in honour of the 4th-century female martyr Mamika (also known as Kamika), who is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. She was one of the 26 Gothic Christians who were martyred under king Athanaric... [more]
MamikonmArmenian, Georgian, Russian Most likely from Old Georgian მამაჲ (mamay) meaning "father," with the diminutive suffix -իկ (-ik).
Mamisaf & mGeorgian (Rare) Means "of the father" in Georgian. It is derived from Georgian მამის (mamis), which is the genitive of the noun მამა (mama) meaning "father".... [more]
MamisavarmGeorgian (Rare) Basically means "I am my father's child" in Georgian (literally: "I am of the father"), derived from Georgian მამის (mamis) meaning "of the father" (see Mamisa) combined with Georgian ვარ (var) meaning "I am".
MamisimedmGeorgian (Archaic) Means "father's hope" in Georgian. It is derived from Georgian მამის (mamis) meaning "of the father" (see Mamisa) combined with the Georgian noun იმედი (imedi) meaning "hope" (see Imeda).... [more]
MamistvalmGeorgian (Archaic) Means "father's eye" in Georgian. It is derived from Georgian მამის (mamis) meaning "of the father" (see Mamisa) combined with the Georgian noun თვალი (tvali) meaning "eye".
NenosukemJapanese From Japanese 音 (ne) meaning "sound", 根 (ne) meaning "root", 子 (ne) meaning "child", 禰 (ne) meaning "one's deceased father", 祢 (ne) meaning "You; Thou", 寧 (ne) meaning "rather" or 眠 (ne) meaning "sleep, hibernate", 之 (no), a possessive marker combined with 介 (suke) meaning "shell, shellfish"... [more]
NevenoemMedieval Breton, Breton (Rare), History Older form of Neven. Nevenoe was the first Duke of Brittany from 846 to his death in 851. He is the Breton pater patriae and to Breton nationalists he is known as Tad ar Vro "father of the country".
NeyofJapanese From Japanese 禰 (ne) meaning "one's deceased father" combined with 夜 (yo) meaning "night". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
NikopatrafAncient Greek Derived from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and πατήρ (pater) meaning "father" (genitive πατρός).
NisshokumJapanese ‘“Nis’ meaning ‘Sun or Moon’, and ‘shoku’ meaning “food” or “eclipse”... [more]
NwabudikemAfrican, Swahili A name in the Swahili language, which means "the son is the father's power," or "the strength of a father comes from his son."... [more]
OcholamLuo "birthed after the death of the father"
OkennamIgbo derived from the combination of two words of the Igbo origin,"OKE" and "NNA" literally meaning "GREAT" and "FATHER".... [more]
OtamRussian (Archaic), Uzbek (Rare) As a Russian name, this name is ultimately derived from the genitive of the Russian noun отец (otets) meaning "father".... [more]
OtaslavmRussian Meaning "father's glory". From ota "father" and slav "glory".
PatrobiosmAncient Greek Meaning not quite certain. The first element of this name is derived from either the Greek noun πάτρα (patra) meaning "fatherland, native land" or from Greek πατρός (patros) meaning "of a father".... [more]
PhilopatormAncient Greek Philopator, meaning "father-loving", was a common royal epithet among Hellenistic monarchs.
PhimchanokfThai From Thai พิมพ์ (pim) meaning "to type, to print" and ชนก (chá-nók) meaning "father, patriarch".
Popm & fEnglish (Rare) Diminutive of Poppy and nickname derived from pop, shortened variation of papa "father," in use in American English as early as 1838.
ProculusmAncient Roman, Late Roman Three theories exist on the origin of the name: it could come from procul ("far"), with the addition of the suffix -us, thus "whose father is distant"; from procus ("wooer, suiter"; also means "prince" in Old Latin); or as a diminutive form of Proca, borne by a king of Alba Longa... [more]
SimretabmGe'ez Means "service of the Father" in Ge'ez.
SosipatrosmAncient Greek, Biblical Greek Derived from the Greek adjective σῶς (sos) meaning "safe, whole, unwounded" (see Sosigenes) combined with either the Greek adjective πατρός (patros) meaning "of the father" or the Greek noun πατρίς (patris) meaning "of one's fathers" as well as "fatherland".... [more]
Tatenenm & fEgyptian Mythology Means "risen land" or "exalted earth", and also refers to the silt of the Nile River.... [more]
TatimOld Norse Meaning uncertain. The name is thought to have originated from nursery speech, where it was possibly a toddler's attempt at saying the word "father".
TatomirmPolish, Serbian, Croatian (Rare) Derived from Slavic tata "father" combined with Slavic mir "peace". A known bearer of this name was Tatomir Anđelić (1903-1993), a Serbian mathematician and expert in mechanics.
TheopatrafAncient Greek, Late Greek From the Greek elements θεός (theos) meaning "god" and πατήρ (pater) meaning "father". This name occurs in the Symposium of Methodius of Olympus, an early Christian theologian.
TugdualmBreton (Rare) Derived from Breton tut "people" and uual "brave; bold; noble; exalted" or tad "father".
UgonnamIgbo Meaning "eagle of the father" or "father's glory" in Igbo.
VadermPopular Culture Originally from the English word "invader", but later associated with the Dutch word vader ("father"). This is the pseudonym of Darth Vader (real name AnakinSkywalker), antagonist in the Star Wars original trilogy by George Lucas.
XenopatrafGreek Mythology Derived from Greek ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest" combined with either the Greek noun πάτρα (patra) meaning "fatherland, native land" or Greek πατρός (patros) meaning "of the father"... [more]