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This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is rare.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Acquanetta f African American (Rare)
This name was brought to some public attention by the American actress Acquanetta (1921-2004), born Mildred Davenport. Though she claimed her stage name meant "laughing water" or "deep water" in Arapaho, it appears to be an invented name, possibly an elaboration of Italian acqua "water" using Netta 1.
Acracia f Spanish (European, Rare, Archaic)
From Spanish acracia, which stands for the doctrine that advocates the suppression of all authority, ultimately from the Ancient Greek words ἀκράτεια (akráteia, "no power") or ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (akrāsíā, "intemperance")... [more]
Acteu m Catalan (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Catalan and Portuguese form of Actaeus.
Acton m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Acton.
Ad f & m Hebrew (Rare)
Means "forever, eternal, eternity" in Hebrew.
Ada f German, Biblical German, Croatian (Rare), Galician, Slovene, Polish, Kashubian, Hungarian, Spanish, Biblical Spanish
German, Croatian, Galician, Slovene, Hungarian, Polish, Kashubian and Spanish form of Adah.
Adacia f English (American, Rare)
Meaning uncertain. This name may possibly be a combination of the name Ada 1 with any feminine name ending in -cia, such as Acacia, Alicia, Felicia and Patricia.
Adael m & f Hebrew (Rare), German (Rare)
Means Noble; Ornament of God; God witnesses.... [more]
Adagio m English (Modern, Rare)
From the Italian adagio meaning "slowly, at ease", a word to indicate a musical composition should be played slowly.
Adahlia f English (Modern, Rare)
Either a variant of Adalia, or a combination of the prefix a with Dahlia.
Adaire f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of Adair.
Adala f Hungarian, Swedish (Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Adela and a short form of names containing the element adal-.
Adalberta f German (Swiss), Polish, Hungarian (Rare), Sicilian
German, Polish and Hungarian feminine form of Adalbert and Sicilian feminine form of Adalbertu.
Adalee f English (Rare)
Combination of Ada 1 and Lee.
Adaleia f English (Rare)
Possibly a combination of Ada 1 and Leia.
Adaleta f Bosnian (Rare)
Bosnian form of Adalet.
Adalira f Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Possibly a (rhotacized) variant of Adalida, a cognate of Adelaide.
Adalivia f American (Rare)
Combination of the names Ada 1 and Livia 1
Adaliyah f African American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a combination of the element adal and the name Aaliyah.
Adalore f English (Rare)
Combination of Ada 1 and common suffix -lore.
Adaluna f Obscure, Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare, ?)
Combination of Ada 1 and Luna. This was also the Roman name of the River Lune in Cumbria and Lancashire, England.
Adama f Hebrew (Rare), American
Means "Ground / Earth" in Hebrew. Also feminine form of Adam.
Adamandia f Greek (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Greek Αδαμαντία (see Adamantia).
Adamaria f Italian (Rare)
Combination of Ada 1 and Maria.
Adamastor m Literature, 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]
Adami m Greenlandic (Rare)
Greenlandic form of Adam.
Adamia f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Adam.
Adamir m Bosnian (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. A known bearer of this name is the Bosnian politician Adamir Jerković (b. 1958).
Adamus m Hebrew (Latinized), Medieval Latin, Dutch (Rare), English (Archaic), German (Archaic)
Latinized form of Adam, used primarily as a baptismal name or as an official name on birth certificates. In western Europe, this name was especially common in the medieval period.
Adana f English (Modern, Rare)
Allegedly a feminine form of Adán.
Adana f Serbian (Rare), Bosnian
From the name of the city and province in Turkey. Adan is also the name of a garden in Quran.
Adanya f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Adanna used in the United States.
Adaria f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly an elaboration of the names Adara or Daria.
Adarka f Belarusian, Russian (Rare)
Belarusian and Russian form of Odarka.
Adartza f Basque (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.
Adasi f Indian (Rare)
Feminine form of Adas.
Adastra f English (Rare)
From the Latin phrase ad astra "to the stars". It may have been inspired by the similar name Adrasta (see Adrasteia).
Adaya f Hebrew, Spanish (Modern, Rare)
Variant transcription of Adaiah.
Addalina f English (Rare)
Variant of Adalina
Addalyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Adeline using the popular suffix lyn.
Addam m English (Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of Adam. Possibly influcenced by the TV show "The Addams Family" in which the surname of the family is Addams... [more]
Addar m & f Hebrew (Rare)
Variant of Adar.
Addelynne f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Adeline using the popular name suffix lyn.
Addilee f English (American, Modern, Rare)
A combination of Addie and the popular name suffix lee, or otherwise a variant of Adalee, Adelie or Addilyn.
Addisun f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Addison possibly influenced by English sun.
Addý f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Addy 1.
Adė f Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Ada 1.
Adelaidė f Lithuanian (Modern, Rare)
Lithuanian borrowing of Adelaide.
Adelberta f Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Adelbert.
Adelbertina f Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Adelbert.
Adelchi m Italian (Rare), Lombardic (Italianized), Theatre
Italian form of Adelgis. Adelchi was an associate king of the Lombards from August 759, reigning with his father, Desiderius, until their deposition in June 774... [more]
Adeleia f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly an American variant of Adelaide.
Adelgisa f German (Rare)
Feminine form of Adelgis.
Adelheida f German (Polonized, Rare)
Polonisation of Adelheid. Last year this name was borne by 11 women in Poland.
Adelheide f Latvian (Rare), Banat Swabian
Latvian form and Banat Swabian variant of Adelheid.
Adelhelma f German (Rare)
Feminine form of Adelhelm.
Adélia f Hungarian (Rare), Portuguese
Hungarian and Portuguese form of Adelia. Also compare Amélia versus Amelia.... [more]
Adelie f English (Rare), Medieval English
Anglicized form of Adélie and medieval English short form of Adelicia.
Adelin f & m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Finnish (Rare), Medieval French, Romanian, Lengadocian, Gascon, Niçard
Scandinavian feminine variant of Adelina, Romanian, Languedocian, Niçard and Gascon masculine form of Adelina and medieval French masculine form of Adeline.
Adeliso m Italian (Rare)
Masculine form of Adelisa.
Adelphe m French (Rare)
French form of Adelphus.
Adelphine f French (Quebec, Rare), French (African)
Possibly a diminutive or elaborated form of Adelphe.
Adelys f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Hispanic variant of Adelissa (compare Adelise).
Ademija f Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Adem.
Adeodát m Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Adeodatus.
Ader f American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Likely a variant of Ada 1 based on the Appalachian pronunciation of the name.
Aderet f Hebrew (Rare)
Aderet comes from Ezekiel 17:8, meaning "glorious" in the phrase לְגֶ֥פֶן אַדָּֽרֶת (legefen ’addaret) "a glorious vine", a symbol of reborn Israel.... [more]
Aderfi m Berber (Rare)
Means "freed" in Berber.
Adeya f American (Modern, Rare), Nigerian (?)
Perhaps in part from Yoruba adé meaning "crown". This name was used by the American singer Kehlani for her daughter born 2019.
Adí m & f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Adi 1, or short form of names beginning with Ad.
Adibert m German (Rare)
Combination of Adi 3 and Bert.
Adick m West Frisian (Rare)
Pet form of Ade 2. Also compare Addick, which is a pet form of the related name Adde.... [more]
Adigheji m Isoko (Rare)
Means "pillar of the house" in Isoko.
Adıgözəl m Azerbaijani (Rare)
From Azerbaijani ad meaning "name" and gözəl meaning "beautiful".
Adilchimeg f Mongolian (Rare)
From Mongolian адил (adil) meaning "like, akin, similar" and чимэг (chimeg) meaning "ornament, decoration".
Adili f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Adi 1 and Li 2 means "my jewel" or "my ornament" in Hebrew.
Adils m Old Norse, Old Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Younger version of Aðils. From the Proto-Norse Aþagīslaz. Aþa, short for aþala, meaning "noble", "foremost". And gīslaz meaning "arrow shaft".
Adin m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Short form of Adina 1.... [more]
Adīna f Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Adina 2.
Adiñe f Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque adin "age".
Adior m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "jewel of light" in Hebrew, from a combination of Adi 1 and Or.
Adipaz f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the name Adi 1 and Paz 2 means "golden jewel" in Hebrew.
Adiram m Hebrew (Rare)
Combination of Adir, meaning "strong, mighty", and Ram 1, meanings "exalted" in Hebrew.
Adiran m Basque (Modern, Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana as a Basque form of Adrian.
Adirel m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "God is mighty" in Hebrew, a combination of Adir and El.
Adiță m Romanian (Rare)
Diminutive form of Adrian.
Adityawarman m History, Indonesian (Rare)
Derived from Sanskrit आदित्यवर्मन् (adityavarman) meaning "protection of Aditya" or "protection of the sun", from the name of the Hindu god Aditya combined with Sanskrit वर्मन् (varman) meaning "armour, protection, shield"... [more]
Adiuto m Italian (Rare)
From the Latin adiutus meaning "help", in this case referring to divine assistance in a Christian context. ... [more]
Adiv m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "kind, gracious, polite" in Hebrew.
Adiva f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Adiv.
Adléta f Czech (Rare)
Old Czech form of Adéla.
Admeto m Italian (Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare), Theatre
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Admetus.
Admiel m Hebrew, Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Means "man of God" in Hebrew.
Admiral m American (Rare), Medieval English
From the English word admiral meaning "a commander of a fleet or naval squadron, or a naval officer of very high rank".
Admire f & m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Admire, or directly from the English word admire.
Admitos m Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Modern Greek form of Admetos.
Adnis m African American (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps a contracted form of Adonis. It was the name of American rapper Jay-Z's father, about whom he wrote a song.
Adolar m History (Ecclesiastical), German (Rare, Archaic)
A dithematic Germanic name with prototheme adal "noble" and deuterotheme aro "eagle" or hari "army".... [more]
Adólf m Icelandic (Rare), Kashubian
Icelandic and Kashubian form of Adolf.
Adolfek m Czech (Rare)
Czech diminutive of Adolf, as it contains the Czech diminutive suffix -ek.
Adolfos m Greek (Rare)
Greek form of Adolf, mainly used to render the name of foreigners in Greek.
Ādolfs m Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Adolf.
Adolt m East Frisian, German (Rare, Archaic)
A dithematic name formed from the Germanic name elements adal "noble" and walt "to rule".
Adonaya f Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Adonay.
Adonella f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Adone.
Adonica f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Adonia.
Adonna f English (American, Rare)
Possibly a feminine form of Adonis, influenced by Donna.
Adorabella f English (American, Modern, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
This name can be a derivation of the Latin adjective adorabilis meaning "adorable, worthy of adoration" as well as be a combination of the names Adora and Bella.
Adorae f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Adorée, or perhaps an elaboration of Adore using the phonetic element ray.
Adorata f Romanian (Rare)
Derived from Romanian adorata, the feminine form of the adjective adorat, "adored".
Adoria f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Adora.
Adorlée f French (Swiss, Rare)
Presumably an elaboration of Adorée.
Adorna f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Adorno.
Adraborann f Breton (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Adraboran, a Breton variant ("Bretonnisation") of the name of the star Aldebaran.
Adragon m English (Rare)
Combination of the prefix a and the English word dragon, a legendary serpentine or reptilian creature. Child prodigy Adragon De Mello was given the name because he was born in the Chinese year of the dragon.
Adrán m Galician (Rare)
Contracted form of Adrián.
Adrao m Galician (Rare)
Variant of Adrián via the form Adriano.
Adrasteya f Azerbaijani (Rare), Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Russian, Ukrainian and Azerbaijani form of Adrasteia.
Adreal m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Adriel.
Adreena f English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Adriana.
Adreya f English (American, Rare)
An elaboration of the feminine name Adrey.
Adriána f Hungarian (Rare), Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of Adriana.
Adriane f German (Rare)
Feminine form of Adrian.
Adriane m Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of Hadrianus (see Hadrian).
Adrianny f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Adrianne reflecting the Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation of the French variant of Adrianna.
Adriele m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Adriel.
Adriëlle f Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Adriël.
Adriën m & f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Adrien. As a feminine name, it may be a variant of Adriënne.