Names starting with A

Grace; favor

feminine form of the saint's name, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre: thus meaning "who/which is to be loved"

Feminine form of Church Angelus, from ἄγγελος

Noble, of noble kind

From Anna chiefly in reference to the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to, from Ἄννα in the New Testament, from חַנָּה, from חַנָּה

Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew

My father's joy

From amber, from ambre, from ambre, from ambar, from عَنْبَر

A popular given name in the 19th century

Life; bird; possibly from Germanic 'avi'

From Anne, from Anna chiefly in reference to the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to, from Ἄννα in the New Testament, from חַנָּה, from חַנָּה

From a - diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or

Noble strength

Work, industrious

The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May

A Latinization of Alice, which is in turn from Adelais, - Adalheid

From Anita, diminutive of Ana

From Annette, diminutive of Anne, from Ἄννα, the - New Testament form of the - female name with the French suffix '''ette''' meaning cute, adorable or little

Usually explained as alma

Son of Adam

Ariana is a Latin feminine given name

Means "Anna,Hannah"

"Exalted, high, sublime

One origin is the Germanic element "adel-" meaning "nobility", for example as part of the names Adelaide and Adeline

Famed for its ancient library and lighthouse

Church Angelica, from angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela

Dawn

Air; melody; lioness

Best known for the ill-fated French queen

From Adeline, a diminutive form of Adela and Adele brought to England by the Normans

From the Adrienne, the feminine form of Adrien (equivalent to English Adrian)

A variant of Annabel, by folk etymology, "beautiful Anna"

Feminine form of pos=In regular use since the 20th century

From the name of a 4th-century martyr,, from ἀνάστασις

Goddess of wisdom and war

Borrowed from Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a - root meaning “noble”

"Noble, bright, beautiful

Borrowed from Adélaïde, from Adalheid (from t=noble + t=nature, character), modern;

A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius

"Moonlight, halo around the moon

Arya, also spelled Aarya, Aariya or Ariya is a name of Indo-Iranian origin

"Living, lively, she who lives

Taken from fantasy fiction; explained, for example, as a Sanskrit word for "eternal"

Means "Alexandra"

Amira is a feminine name meaning princess, commander, or ruler

A Swedish diminutive form of Anna

An obscure goddess who was the personification of truth

"Serene, secure, trustworthy

Borrowed from Aurēlia, the feminine form of the Roman gens name Aurēlius, from aureus

"Care, concern, divine providence

Amalia is a female given name, derived possibly from Germanic amal, with meanings "vigorous, active, work", specifically the woman's name Amalberga

The name Aylin means "moon halo" or "the one that belongs to the moon"

Adela is a female given name, the latinate form of Adele, meaning 'noble' or 'serene'

feminine Latinized form of the Italian first name of (1454–1512)

Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (-, -, -) Astrid since the 19th century

"Silken, soft, delicate

It is the feminine of the name Ali, meaning "high", "exalted", "sublime", "rising" or "ascending"

Borrowed from Agatha, from Ἀγαθή, from ἀγαθός

Means "Alexis"

Ami is a given name of Hebrew, Persian, Indian, Japanese, and other origins

"Sign, miracle, verse of the Qur'an

Rare spelling variant of Eileen

Situated on the site of an Etruscan city of the same name

A name of Ancient Greek origin

A name of Ancient Greek origin

Borrowed from allegra, inspired by the musical term allegro

The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae

The name of the deity is from Αὔρα, from αὔρα

"Hope, aspiration

Means "April"

A feminine form of Alan best known for the Canadian singer whose father was named Alan

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

Manly, strong, courageous

Borrowed from Alexander, from Ἀλέξανδρος, from ἀλέξω +, the stem of ἀνήρ

The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran

The first human created by God in all three Abrahamic traditions

From the name of the legendary king, from Arthure, from Arthurus, probably from - t=bear

From Æþelbeorht, from Aþalaberht, a compound of aþalaz + berhtaz, or from Albert, from Albertus, itself from the Germanic name

From Alan, name of early - saints, of disputed origin and meaning; brought to England by Normans

from Ἀλέξανδρος 'he who wards off men', i

From Hadria; dark one

A variant of Alan; in modern use often transferred from the surname

Borrowed from Antonio and Antonio

Little fire; fiery one

Alfred the Great, early king of England

Means "Alexander"

Name of an Irish saint, Anglicized from Aodhán and Aodhan, diminutives of Aodh (literally "fire", the name of a Celtic sun god)

Brought to England by Normans

A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar

Happy, blessed, fortunate

A name of Ancient Greek origin

Means "Andrew"

Early August, re-Latinized from Agustus, from, from augustus, from the agnomen Augustus of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin t=increase, from augos, from - base h₂ewg-; or, referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre

In quiet use since the 19th century

The son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain

From Alfredo alla Scrofa, an Italian restaurant in Rome where the pasta dish fettuccine Alfredo was originally served, named after its founder Alfredo Di Lelio

A name of Ancient Greek origin

Amir (also spelled Ameer or Emir; is a masculine name of multi-lingual origin

A name of Germanic languages origin

From, after, patron saint of Scotland

Occasionally borrowed from French, mostly in the U

Borrowed from Anton and from other northern European languages

Aden is an Arabic, Hebrew male name, used most commonly in Somalia

The Roman emperor, also called (63 – 14 ); heir to

Ahmad is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world, since it is one of the well-known names of Prophet Muhammad

"The most praiseworthy, most praised

A name of Germanic languages origin

Means "Alexander"

A shortening from Abraham

Abd Allah, also spelled Abdullah, Abdhullah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdallah, Abdulla, Abdalla and many others, is an Arabic theophoric name meaning servant of God or "God's follower"

From the Latin form of Andrew

"Noble, honorable

"Gift of God; time, era

From (the former word is a diminutive)

Akeem is a name of Arabic origin, being a variation of Hakeem, and commonly used in Africa and among the African diaspora

Which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996)

Aydan is a Guanche and Irish male name or Turkish and Azerbaijani feminine given name and surname

"Enlightened, intellectual, bright

Mainly used in India and Nepal

Means "Alexander"

A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp

Amin, cognate to amen, is an Arabic male given name, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worthy of belief, loyal, faithful, obedient"

Armin is a male given name and surname of Indo-European origin

Ammar is an Arabic masculine given name

Adnan is a masculine name common in the Muslim world

Anwar is the English transliteration of two Arabic names commonly used in the Arab world by both Arab Christians and Muslims: the male given name ʼAnwar (أنور), meaning "luminous" or the female given name ʼAnwār (أنوار), meaning "a collection of lights"

"Good company, friendliness, sociability

It is derived from the Arabic Semitic root for right, and literally means righteous, on the right, right-handed, blessed or lucky

Asad, sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion"