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Acacius

From Ancient Greek Ἀκάκιος (Akákios).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends S

Acal

Borrowed from Sanskrit अचल (acala).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends L

Acanthio

Perhaps a derivation of Ancient Greek ἀκάνθιον (akánthion, “thorny”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends O

Achillas

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλᾶς (Akhillâs).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends S

Achille

Borrowed from Latin Achilles.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends E

Achilles

Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús). Learned borrowing from Latin Achillēs. Doublet of Achil.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends S

Achmed

Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends D

Aćim

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰωακείμ (Iōakeím), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹיָקִים (Yəhōyāqīm).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Adalbertas

Learned borrowing from Latin Adalbertus, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalaberhtaz. Compare German Adalbert and Latvian Adalberts.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends S

Adalberto

From Latin Adalbertus, from Frankish *Aþalaberht. From Latin Adalbertus, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht. Doublet of Alberto.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends O

Aðalsteinn

From Old Norse Aðalsteinn, a calque of Old English Æþelstān, from *aþalaz (“noble”) + *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with German Edelstein.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Adalto

From Latin adauctus (“grown up, augmented”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends O

Adam

Middle English Adam English Adam From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Àdam

Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Ādam

Borrowed from Classical Persian آدَم (ādam), borrowed from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (āḏā́m), from Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Adamo

From Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth,…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends O

Adamu

Borrowed from English Adam.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends U

Adamus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄδᾱμος (Ádāmos).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends S

Adan

Borrowed from Spanish Adán, ultimately from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Adán

Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Adão

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Adan, from Latin Ādām, Ādāmus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil,…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends O

Ādarś

Borrowed from Sanskrit आदर्श (ādarśa).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ś

Adauktas

Learned borrowing from Latin Adauctus. Compare Polish Adaukt.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends S

Adda

a male given name from Hebrew אדום (“red”), equivalent to English Adam

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adem

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آدم (adem).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Âdem

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آدم (Âdem), from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam). Doublet of adam

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends M

Adeodatas

Learned borrowing from Latin Adeodatus. Compare Polish Adeodat.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends S

Adəm

From Arabic آدَم (ʔādam).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends M

Ádhamh

From Old Irish Ádam, from Latin Ādām, Ādāmus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ, Ἄδαμος (Adám, Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (ʾāḏām, “person, human”), from אֲדָמָה (ʾăḏāmâ, “earth,…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends H

Àdhamh

From Old Irish Ádam, from Latin Ādām, Ādāmus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ, Ἄδαμος (Adám, Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אֲדָמָה…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends H

Adhamhnán

From Old Irish Adomnán (“little Adam”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends N

Adhirāj

Borrowed from Sanskrit अधिराज (adhirāja). By surface analysis, अधि (adhi, “over, supreme”) + राज (rāja, “king”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends J

Adi

From Javanese Adi, from Sanskrit अधि (adhi).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

Adimantus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδείμαντος (Adeímantos).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends S

Āditya

Borrowed from Sanskrit आदित्य (āditya).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adlai

From Hebrew עדלי (Adlai).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends I

Adnan

Borrowed from Arabic عَدْنَان (ʕadnān, “settler”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Adolba

From Spanish Adolfo (“Adolf”), coined by Sabino Arana.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adolf

From Old High German adal (“noble”) + wulf (“wolf”). Doublet of Ethelwolf from Old English Æþelwulf. a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Adolph

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends F

Adolfas

Learned borrowing from Latin Adolphus, perhaps from Gothic *𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 (*aþalawulfs), from Proto-Germanic *Aþalawulfaz. Compare Russian Адольф (Adolʹf) and Latvian…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends S

Adolfo

Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo. From Latin Adolphus, Adolfus, from earlier Adalulfus, from Old High German Adalwolf, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalawulfaz…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends O

Adolph

Variant spelling of Adolf.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends H

Adolpho

A less common spelling of Adolfo.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends O

Adolphus

From Latin Adolphus. Doublet of Adolph. Latinization of Germanic.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends S

Adomas

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”). Compare German Adam and Russian Адам…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends S

Adonai

Borrowed from Hebrew אדוני.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends I

Adone

From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends E

Adonis

From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends S

Adorján

Derived from Latin Hadrianus.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends N

Adrasto

From Ancient Greek Ἄδραστος (Ádrastos).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends O

Adriaan

Ultimately from Latin Adrianus.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Adrián

Borrowed from Latin Hadriānus. Derived from Latin Hadriānus.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Adrianas

Learned borrowing from Latin Adrianus.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends S

Adriano

Inherited from Latin Hadriānus, Adriānus. Learned borrowing from Latin Adriānus. Doublet of Adrião. a male given name from Latin, a less popular variant of Adrián, equivalent…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends O