Aabraham
From Biblical Hebrew אברהם ('aḇrāhām), of Biblical origin.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
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Aadolf
From Swedish Adolf, of Germanic origin (from Old High German adal (“noble”) + wolf (“wolf”)). Cognate with English Adolf, Adolph.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends F
Aake
From Old Norse Áki, probably via Old Swedish [Term?] or Old Danish [Term?]. It has also been used as a nickname for several names beginning with A, such as Aarne, Akseli,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Aaliyah
Popularized by American singer Aaliyah Haughton (1979-2001). Transliteration of Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Aallotar
From aallotar (“water nymph”). Used as a given name since the late 19th century.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Aamos
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Aamu
From aamu (“morning”). First used as a given name in 1899.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Aapeli
Vernacular form of the biblical Abel or Aabel, from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (Héḇel).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Aarão
From Latin Aarōn, from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן ('aharón). Doublet of Faro.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Aaron
From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Aarón
a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Aaron
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Aäron
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (aharōn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Aarti
Borrowed from Sanskrit आरती (āratī).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Aava
From aava (“open sea”), occasionally recorded since early 20th century. Popularised in the 2000s decade partly through association with the fashionable English Ava.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Abacar
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr, literally “father of a young camel; father of a person named Bakr”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Abaz
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عباس (ʼabbas), from Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, literally “frowning; lion”). For the final /z/ compare abanoz. Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عباس…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Abbas
From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an. From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Abby
Borrowed from English Abby in the 20th century. Borrowed from English Abby.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Abdala
From Old Galician-Portuguese Abdalla, from Arabic عَبْدُ الله (ʕabdu llāh).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Abdeslam
Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱلسَّلَام (ʕabdu s-salām).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Abdia
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עוֹבַדְיָה (ovadya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Abdiasz
Learned borrowing from Latin Abdias, from Ancient Greek Ἀβδίας (Abdías), from Hebrew עובדיה.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Abdoel
From the Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”), not a complete name in Arabic.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Abdoella
Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Abdon
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abdon Borrowed from Hebrew עבדון.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Abdoul
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdul
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Abdoulaye
A French spelling of a name ultimately derived from Arabic عَبْدُ اللّٰهِ (ʕabdu llāhi), i.e. Abdullah. Native spellings include Wolof Abdulaay and Pulaar Abdullaye etc.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Abdoulla
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdullah
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Abdul
From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”). From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”). From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Abdula
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdullah
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Abdulazeez
Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ (ʕabdu l-ʕazīzi).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Abdulla
From Arabic عَبْد اللّٰه (ʕabd allāh).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Abdullā
Borrowed from Classical Persian عَبْدُاللّٰه (abdu-l-lāh), from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh). Compare ओबद्याह (obadyāh).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Abdullah
Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh), from عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant”) + الله (allāh, “God”), literally “servant of God”.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Abdylaziz
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عبد العزیز (ʼabd ül-ʼaziz), from Arabic عَبْد العَزِيز (ʕabd al-ʕazīz, literally “the servant of Aziz”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Abed
From Arabic عَابِد (ʕābid, “servant, worshipper”)
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Abednego
From Hebrew עֲבֵד נְגוֹא, itself derived from a reconstructed Aramaic name meaning likely "servant of Nabu" or "servant of Nergal".
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Abel
English Abel From Middle English Abel, from Old English Ābel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (Héḇel, “Abel”), possibly from the…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Ábel
From Hebrew הבל (Hebel).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Abelard
From French Abélard, an extension of the Abel with an Germanic suffix -(h)ard. Possibly also regarded a variant of the German Eberhard "boar" + "hard", equivalent to English…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Abelardo
Borrowed from French Abélard.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Abele
a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abel
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Abelus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), itself from Biblical Hebrew הֶ֫בֶל (heḇel). The vowel, while short by etymology, is shown to be carrying stress by the descended…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Ābhā
Borrowed from Sanskrit आभा (ābhā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Abhay
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya), equivalent to अ- (a-) + भय (bhay).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Abhijit
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिजित् (abhijit).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Abhijñā
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit अभिज्ञा (abhijñā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Abhijñān
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिज्ञान (abhijñāna, “recognition”). By surface analysis, अभि- (abhi-) + ज्ञान (jñān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Abhilāṣ
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिलाष (abhilāṣa). By surface analysis, अभि- (abhi-) + लाष (lāṣ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ṣ
Abhilāṣā
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā), analyzed as अभि- (abhi-) + लाषा (lāṣā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Abhimanyu
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिमन्यु (abhimanyu).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Abhinav
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिनव (abhinava). By surface analysis, अभि- (abhi-) + नव (nav).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends V
Abhinay
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिनय (abhinaya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Abhiṣek
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Abhīṣṭ
Borrowed from Sanskrit अभीष्ट (abhīṣṭa).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ṭ
Abhyuday
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभ्युदय (abhyudaya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Ābid
Borrowed from Classical Persian عابد ('ābid), itself from Arabic عَابِد (ʕābid).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Abigail
From Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Abigail”, literally “my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”). a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abigail Borrowed from…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Abigaíl
Borrowed from Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Abigail”, literally “her Father's joy, or, fountain of joy”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Abílio
Perhaps from Latin abilius (“not vindictive”). Possibly related to Abelardo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O