AbidinmIndonesian, Malay, Turkish Derived from Arabic عابدين ('abidayn) meaning "worshippers", the plural of عابد ('abid) meaning "worshipper, servant".
AchinmBengali (Hindu) My maternal grandfather gave it as a name that represents unknown happeness and indistinguishable, he was trying to find a name that is different from others and well-defined the felling he had when he saw me saved from death due to a tumer, growing with me and sucking all the water in her... [more]
AedínfIrish (Modern, Rare) An Irish name meaning "little flame". It is derived from the name of the Celtic sun god "AED", with "ÍN" the diminutive for "little". It is a feminine version Aidan.... [more]
AfarinfPersian Means "acclamation, applause, praise" in Persian.
AfricainmFrench (Archaic) French form of Africanus. It coincides with the modern French adjective africain "African" and the noun Africain "(man) from Africa".
AfshinmPersian Modern form of Pišīn through Avestan Pisinah. It was also used as a princely title for rulers of Ošrūsana, a former Iranian region in Transoxiana.
AgbaakinmYoruba Means "elderly warrior" or "most senior of the brave ones" in Yoruba, from àgbà "elder, adult" and akin "bravery, valour; a brave person, warrior".
AgwinmGermanic Germanic name, in which the second element is win meaning "friend". The first element, ag, is of uncertain origin, though the accepted explanation is that it comes from Proto-Germanic *agjo "sharp, pointed"... [more]
A-inf & mKorean Combination of an a hanja, like 亞 meaning "next, second" or 妸 meaning "beautiful," and an in hanja, e.g. 仁 meaning "benevolent, kind, virtuous."
AinxmfAstronomy, Arabic Means "eye" in Arabic. This is the traditional name of the star Epsilon Tauri in the constellation Taurus.
AinfJapanese From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 音 (in) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
AiqinfChinese From the Chinese 爱 (ài) meaning "love" and 勤 (qín) meaning "industrious, diligent, attentive".
AiriinfEstonian (Modern, Rare) Combination of Aire and Riin. It is occasionally also treated as a variant of Irene (mimicking the English pronunciation of this name) and an Estonian borrowing of Erin.
AirinfBengali Bengali form of Irene reflecting the English pronunciation.
AirinfJapanese From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with 林 (rin) meaning "woods; grove; forest; copse". Other kanji combinations are possible.
AixinfChinese From the Chinese 爱 (ài) meaning "love", 嫒 (ài) meaning "daughter" or 蔼 (ǎi) meaning "lush, affable, friendly" and 心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul", 馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant, aromatic, distant fragrance" or 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous".
A-jinf & mKorean Combination of an a hanja, like 雅 meaning "clean, pure" or 娥 meaning "pretty, lovely, beautiful," and a jin hanja, such as 真 meaning "true, real, genuine," 珍 meaning "treasure" or 鎭 meaning "quellable."
AjinmTamil Rare masculine name of unknown meaning.
ÄläwetdinmTatar Derived from the Arabic ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn, meaning ”servant of Allah, nobility of faith, nobility of religion, nobility of the faith”. It is one of a large class of names ending with ad-Din.
AlawinmGermanic The 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 wini "friend."
Alderaminm & fAstronomy This 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".
AliminmIndonesian Derived from Arabic عالمين ('alimin) meaning "knowers", the plural of عالم ('alim) meaning "scholar, knowledgable person".
A-linfChinese Nickname for 黄丽玪 (huáng lì lín), 黄 meaning yellow, 丽 meaning beauty and 玪 meaning tinkling, A-Lin is also a stage name of a talented Chinese songstress.
Alizarinf & mLiterature From alizarin crimson, the English name of a shade of red. The color is named after a red dye originally obtained from the root of the madder plant, ultimately from Arabic al-usara meaning "the juice"... [more]
AmargeinmIrish (Archaic) Meaning "born of poetry" relating to the modern Irish word amhrán meaning song. Was the name of ancient poet, Amargein Glúingel, who wrote the Song of Amargein and the foster of father of the hero Cú Chulainn, Amargein mac Eccit.
Amarinm & fThai From Thai อมร (amara) meaning "immortal" and อินทร์ (in) referring to the Hindu god Indra.
Amartüvshinm & fMongolian From Mongolian амар (amar) meaning "peace, ease, rest" and түвшин (tüvshin) meaning "level, degree".
A-minf & mKorean Combination of an a hanja, like 娥 meaning "pretty, lovely, beautiful" or 雅 meaning "clean, pure," and a min hanja, such as 珉 meaning "gem," 旼 meaning "mild, temperate; peaceful," 旻 meaning "sky" or 民 meaning "people."
Amin al-DinmArabic Means "trustee of the faith" from Arabic أمين (ʾamīn) meaning "true, trustworthy" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".
Amir al-DinmArabic Means "commander of the religion" or "prince of the religion" from Arabic أمير (ʾamīr) meaning "prince, commander" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".
Ammarinm & fThai Alternate transcription of Thai อมรินทร์ (see Amarin).
AmoinfBaoulé Derived from Baoulé mɔnnɛn "Sunday", referring to the day of the week on which the child was born and hence to be understood as "born on Sunday".
AndarínmSpanish (Latin American, Rare) Means "walker" in Spanish. This is not used as a name in Spanish whatsoever. Félix de la Caridad Carvajal y Soto, nicknamed Andarín Carvajal (1875-1949) was a Cuban mailman and long-distance runner who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
AndrinmRomansh Romansh form of Heinrich, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
AnduinmPopular Culture Created by video game developer Blizzard Entertainment for several characters in the fantasy video game series "Warcraft". One notable bearer, Anduin Lothar, is the leader of Alliance forces during the First and Second Wars... [more]
AngilwinmGermanic The meaning and origin of the first element is rather uncertain: we know that it comes from angil, but we don't exactly know where angil itself comes from. But there are a few possibilities... [more]
AngsumalinfThai Means "sun" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit अंशुमालिन् (aṃśumālin).
AnjinfChinese From the Chinese 安 (ān) meaning "quiet, calm, peaceful" and 瑾 (jǐn) meaning "brilliant of gems".
AnlinfChinese From the Chinese 安 (ān) meaning "quiet, calm, peaceful" and 琳 (lín) meaning "beautiful jade".
AntinmUkrainian Ukrainian variant or folk/older form of Anton. A notable bearer was Antin Holovatyi, Zaporozhian Cossack otaman who was one of the creators and a commander of the Black Sea cossack army.
Anu-üjinfMongolian Combination of Anu, the name of a 17th century Mongolian queen consort, and the early Mongolian suffix üjin meaning "lady, princess, queen".
Aoqinf & mChinese From the Chinese 奥 (ào) meaning "mysterious, obscure, profound" or 傲 (ào) meaning "proud, haughty" and 琴 (qín), a type of Chinese lute or 钦 (qīn) meaning "respect, admire; respectful".
Aoxinf & mChinese (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".
ArdinmDutch (Rare) Short form of Ardinus. In some cases, the name can also be an elaboration of Ard, which itself is a short form of Arnoud (and other names containing the Germanic element aran or arn meaning "eagle") as well as of Eduard and Adriaan.... [more]
ArdúlínfIcelandic (Archaic, ?) Recorded in Iceland in 1910 (according to Guðrún Kvaran (1943-), professor of lexicography at the University of Iceland). It has been suggested that it was an Icelandic form of Welsh Aurddolen.
Arinm & fTurkish Of unknown origin and meaning, maybe related to Turkish arın meaning "purified".
ArinfJapanese From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 凜 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold". Other kanji combinations are possible.
ArinfKorean A famous bearier of this name is Choi Ye-won from the Kpop group "Oh my girl".
ArnlínfIcelandic (Rare) Derived from the Old Norse elements ǫrn "eagle" and lín "flax, linen". Alternatively the second element could be derived from Hlín (which occurs in many Old Norse poetic compounds meaning "woman") or Lína.
ArnwinmMedieval English From Old English Earnwine, derived from Old English earn "eagle" and wine "friend".
Arvinf & mMongolian Means "rich, copious, abundant" in Mongolian.
ArvinmPersian Arvin is a masculine name of Persian origin. It is derived from the Persian word 'Arwin', which means 'friend of the people' or 'loved by all'.
ArwinmEnglish Possibly a variant of Arwyn, the name of the wacky engineer on Disney Channel's 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody'
AschwinmDutch, German Dutch and German form of Answin. A known bearer of this name is Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (b. 1969), who carries the name Aschwin as a middle name, in honour of his maternal grandfather's only brother, Aschwin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (1914-1988).
ÁssveinmFaroese Combination of the Old Norse name elements áss "god" and sveinn "boy".
ÅsteinmNorwegian (Rare) Dialectal variant of Øystein or a combination of the element egg "edge of a sword" or agi "awe, terror" with steinn "stone".
Asterinf & mGreek Perhaps related to or a diminutive of the name Aster of Greek origins, meaning "star".
AstinmEnglish (Modern) Transferred use of the surname Astin, which was itself derived from a contraction of the Anglo-Norman French given name Asketin, a diminutive of Old Norse Ásketill.
AðallínfFaroese Combination of the Old Norse name elements aðal "noble; kind; nature; yard, inheritance, property" and lín "flax; linen; linen garment, linen gear".