Adad-guppifBabylonian Means "Adad has saved", possibly deriving from the Old Akkadian element gamalum ("to save"). Name borne by a prominent priestess of the moon god Sin.
Adaishem & fShona Meaning "one who has loved the Lord"
Adakm & fTurkish Means "vow, offering" in Turkish.
AdakichifLiterature, Japanese (Archaic) From Japanese 仇 (ada) meaning "enemy, foe" and 吉 (kichi) meaning "good luck". This is the name of a geisha character in the 1832-1833 novel Shunshoku Umegoyomi by Japanese novelist Tamenaga Shunsui (1790-1844)... [more]
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.
Adalm & fTurkish From Turkish ad "name" and al- "receive". Means "May your name be spread, may you achieve fame" in Turkish.
AdalafHungarian, Swedish (Rare) Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Adela and a short form of names containing the element adal-.
AdalaldmMedieval German, Old High German (?), Old Saxon (?) Germanic name, in which the first element is adal "noble". The second element may be derived from either Old Saxon wald, Old High German walt meaning "power, authority" (making it a variant of Adalwald) or Old Saxon and Old Frisian ald, Old High German alt meaning "old".
AdalbrandmGermanic Means "noble sword", derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with Old Norse brand "sword".
AdalburgfGermanic The first element of this Germanic name is derived from Old High German adal "noble." The second element is derived from Gothic bairgan (bergan in Old High German) "to keep, to save, to preserve", or from Old High German burg "fortress."
AdalgarmGermanic The first element of this Germanic name is derived from Old High German adal "noble". The second element is derived from Gothic gairu (gêr in Old High German) "spear", or from garva (garo in Old High German, and gearu in Anglo-Saxon) "ready, prepared."
AdalgernmGermanic Derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with Gothic gairns "eager, desiring."
AdalgildfGermanic Means "noble sacrifice", derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with Gothic gild "sacrifice."
AdalgismGermanic The first element of this Germanic name comes from Old High German adal "noble." The meaning and origin of the second element is rather uncertain: we know that it comes from gis (the original form was possibly gîs), but we don't exactly know where gis itself comes from... [more]
AdalgodmGermanic Derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with Gothic guths "god" or Gothic gôds "good."
AdalgottmRomansh, History (Ecclesiastical) Romansh form of Adalgod. This was the name of Saint Adalgott II of Disentis (died 1165), a 12th-century monk and bishop. His feast day is celebrated on 3 October.
AdalgrimmGermanic Means "noble mask", derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with Old Norse grîma "mask."
AdallandmGermanic Means "noble land", derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with land "land."
AdalmanmGermanic Means "noble man", derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with man "man."
AdalmarmGermanic Means "noble and famous", derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with Old High German mâri "famous." Also, see Elmer.
AdalmiinafFinnish, Literature Used by Zacharias Topelius, a Finnish fairy tale writer, in his story 'Adalmiinan helmi' ('Adalmiina's pearl' in English, 'Adalminas pärla' in Swedish), which was published during the late 1800s.... [more]
AdalradmGermanic Means "noble counsel", derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with Old High German rât "counsel."
AdalrammGermanic Means "noble raven", derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with hraban or hramn "raven."
AdalricmGermanic Means "noble power", derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic rîg or rix and Gothic reiks, which all mean "king, ruler."
AdalrunfOld High German Derived from Old High German adal "noble" and runa "secret lore, rune". This was used for a character in a minor German opera, De Kaisertochter (The Emperor's Daughter; 1885) by Willem de Haan.
AdalswindfGermanic Means "noble strength", derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with Gothic svinths (swind in Old High German) "strength."
AdaltrudfGermanic Means "noble strength", derived from Old High German adal "noble" and þruþ "strength."
AdamanteiafGreek Mythology (?) Apparently derived from Greek ἀδάμαντος (adamantos) meaning "unbreakable, inflexible". The 1st-century BC Roman writer Hyginus called the nymph Amaltheia by this name in his Fabulae (139).
AdamantinefFrench, English Means "of unyielding quality" or "diamond like". From the Latin adamantinus meaning 'incorruptible, inflexible', itself from the Greek adamantinos (ἀδαμάντινος) of the same meaning, with the Greek or Latin suffix of -ine meaning 'like', 'made of', or 'of the nature of'... [more]
AdamantinifGreek, History (Ecclesiastical) Feminine derivative of Adamantios. This was the name of a Thracian saint, also known as Adamantia, who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century.
AdamantiusmAncient Greek (Latinized) Latinized form of Adamantios. This was borne by the 3rd-century Christian theologian Origenes Adamantius, who acquired the nickname because of his "character of steel", evidenced by severe ascetic practices (allegedly including self-castration based on a literal reading of Matthew 19:12 - "There are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven").
AdamastormLiterature, Portuguese (Rare) Derived from Greek ἀδάμαστος (adamastos) meaning "untamed" or "untameable" (also see Adamastos). The giant Adamastor is a personification of the Cape of Good Hope in the 16th-century Portuguese poet Luís de Camões' epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads)... [more]
AdamastosmGreek Mythology Means "untamed" in Greek. This was an epithet of Hades. In Greek legend Adamastus of Ithaca was the father of Achaemenides, Odysseus' companion.
AdammafHurrian Mythology, Semitic Mythology Etymology uncertain, possibly deriving from the Eblaite element ʾdm ("blood, red"). Name borne by a goddess of the Eblaite pantheon who was later incorporated into the Hurrian pantheon.
AdanelfLiterature A character in JRR Tolkien's works. Likely from the fictional Sindarin language, a compoound of adan "man, human" and the feminine suffix el.
Adarf & mHebrew Variant of Adara ("noble, exalted, praised"). Adar features in the Jewish calendar as the name of the twelfth month of the biblical year and the sixth month of the civil year, when Purim is celebrated ('thus girls born during this period often bear the name Adara').
AdarmKurdish Means "the month of March" in Kurdish.
AdarnasemGeorgian (Archaic), History Georgian form of Adurnarseh, probably via its hellenized form Adarnases. This name was borne by a medieval king of Abkhazia and by several princes of Iberia and Tao-Klarjeti (also in medieval times).
AdartzafBasque (Rare) From the name of a mountain in the Basque region of France. The name of the mountain itself is derived from Basque adar "branch; horn" and the quantifying suffix -tza.
AdathanmMandaean Mythology In Mandaeism, Adathan is an uthra who stands with Yadathan at the Gate of Life in the World of Light, praising and worshipping Hayyi Rabbi.
AdattefMedieval French, French (Archaic) Archaic French name of unkown origin and meaning. It seems to have been a local name only found in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
AdauctusmLate Roman Derived from Latin adauctus meaning "augmented, increased". This was the name of a Christian martyr and saint from the 4th century AD.
AdautomItalian, Spanish, Portuguese Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Adauctus. A bearer of this name was Adauto Puñales (1935-2009), a former Uruguayan politician.
AdaymSpanish (Canarian) From Charco Aday ("Aday Pond"), a place in the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. It may come from a Spanish surname or from a Guanche name. In any case, it was reclaimed as a Guanche name and has been used in modern times.
AdbeelmBiblical Means "servant of God" or "disciplined by God", though some scholars suggest it may also mean "miracle of God" or "sorrow of God". In the bible, this was the name of the third son of Ishmael.
AdbergfMedieval German Derived from Old High German ōt "wealth, riches" and berg "mountain, hill".