akkadian names

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Asa

Via Late Latin Asa from Koine Greek Ἀσά (Asá) from Biblical Hebrew אָסָא (ʾĀsāʾ), from Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā, “physician, doctor, healer”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠asû⁠/)…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Baltazár

From Akkadian 𒁹𒀭𒂗𒈗𒋀 (“Bēl-šarra-uṣur”, literally “May Bel protect the king”). Cognate with English Balthazar.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends R

Habakuk

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (Ḥăḇaqqūq). The name perhaps comes from חָבַק (Ḥāḇaq, “embrace”), or perhaps from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣 (Ḫambaqūqu [Ḫa-am-ba-qu-qu],…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends K

Nabuchodonosor

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νᾰβουχοδονόσορ (Năboukhodonósor), derived from Biblical Hebrew נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר (nəḇûḵaḏneʾṣṣár) and ultimately from Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 6 syllables
Ending: ends R

Sargão

From Latin Sargon, from Akkadian 𒈗𒄀𒈾 (Šarru-kin, “"the true King" or "the legitimate King"”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends O