ending in a names

Names ending in A are common across many languages and styles.

Documented languageCountry of recorded useLanguage origin

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1,273 names · Page 1 of 22. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.

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

Abdala

From Old Galician-Portuguese Abdalla, from Arabic عَبْدُ الله (ʕabdu llāh).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Abdia

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עוֹבַדְיָה (ovadya).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Abdoella

Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Abdoulla

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdullah

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Abdula

a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdullah

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Abdulla

From Arabic عَبْد اللّٰه (ʕabd allāh).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Açucena

A female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Lily

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ada

Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace. a…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adda

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

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adela

Latinate form of French Adèle, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”). Compare Old English æþele, English athel. Borrowed from…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adelajda

Borrowed from French Adélaïde.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adelina

Borrowed from Spanish Adelina.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adelita

From Spanish Adela

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adina

From Hebrew עדינה.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adinda

Inherited from Malay adinda, from Classical Malay اديندا (adinda).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Āditya

Borrowed from Sanskrit आदित्य (āditya).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adolba

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

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adria

From Latin Adria, Hadria. Compare Adriatic.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adriana

Doublet of Adrienne and Adrian. a female given name from Latin [in turn from Etruscan], equivalent to English Adriana a female given name from Latin [in turn from Etruscan],…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Adrianna

Learned borrowing from Latin Adrianna.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aelita

From Russian Аэли́та (Aelíta).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Afrodita

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē), usually connected with ἀφρός (aphrós, “sea foam, froth”), but possibly of Semitic origin.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Agata

Learned borrowing from Latin Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ágata

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Ágata, from Latin Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Àgata

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Agatha

Borrowed from Latin Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), feminine of ἀγαθός…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aglaia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγλαΐα (Aglaḯa).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Agneta

Borrowed from Latin Agneta, diminutive form of Agnes. First recorded in Sweden in 1397. Cognate with Danish Agnete.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Agneza

Derived from Greek.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Agnieszka

From Ancient Greek Ἁγνή (Hagnḗ) + Polish -ka.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Agota

Learned borrowing from Latin Agatha, derived from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ, “good”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Agrypina

Learned borrowing from Latin Agrippīna.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Águeda

Inherited from Latin Agatha.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Àgueda

From Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”). Compare Sicilian Àjita.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Agustina

Borrowed from Spanish Agustina.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aïcha

Borrowed from Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aida

Borrowed from Italian Aida, made famous by Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida, which premiered in 1871. From Italian Aida.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aída

Borrowed from Italian Aida.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aina

Popularized by Zachris Topelius's poem Ljungblommar (1845), as a name commonly used by Swedish-speaking Finns. Possibly coined from a dialectal variant of ainoa (“only”). Now…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ainara

Borrowed from Basque Ainara, itself from ainara (“swallow”), a variant of enara.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ainhoa

Borrowed from Basque Ainhoa. Shortened from Virgen de Ainhoa (“Virgin of Ainhoa”), a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary, from the place name Ainhoa.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aisaya

Borrowed from English Isaiah.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aisha

From Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aïssata

A French spelling of a name ultimately derived from Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša, “Aisha”). Native spellings include Pulaar Aysata.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aketza

From a male given name from Aketx, in turn, derived from Basque aketz (male boar).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Akira

Borrowed from Japanese あきら (Akira).

Gender: mixed
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Akiva

From Hebrew יַעֲקֹב.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Alala

From Ancient Greek Ἀλαλά (Alalá), from Ancient Greek ἀλαλή (alalḗ, literally “loud cry, war cry”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Alana

Feminine form of Alan (from Alan + -a). In regular use since the 20th century. alana (“awakening”); the modern usage is reinforced by English Alana.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Alanna

A feminine form of Alan; variant spelling of Alana. Compare also Alannah.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Alba

From Spanish Alba, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 and 2.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Alberta

From Albert + -a. The province was named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. Learned borrowing from Latin Alberta.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Albertiina

From Swedish Albertina, a feminine form of Albert.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Albertina

A feminine diminutive form of Albert. Latinate variant of Albertine. By surface analysis, Albert + -ina.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Albina

From Latin Albina (name of a third-century martyr), feminine form of the Roman cognomen Albīnus, derivative of Latin albus (“white”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Albína

Borrowed from Latin Albīna. Derived from Latin Albīna.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aldonza

Inherited from Old Spanish Aldonza, Aldonça, from Vulgar Latin *Aldegundia, *Aldigundia, Aldegundis, possibly corresponding to Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌴𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌳 (*aldēgund), from…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Alejandra

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexandra

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aleksandra

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρα (Alexándra), perhaps popularized via Russian Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra); a feminine form of Aleksanteri. Cognate with English Alexandra.…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

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