ending in a names

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

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1,273 names · Page 3 of 22. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.

Anniina

From Russian Аннина (Annina) or Italian Annina, popularized in Finland by the song Annina (1901) by Oskar Merikanto.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Annisa

Borrowed from Arabic النِّسَاء (an-nisāʔ, “the women”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Anthea

From Ancient Greek ἄνθη (ánthē, “blossom”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Antonela

Borrowed from Italian Antonella.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Antonella

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Antonella.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Antonia

From Spanish Antonia. The feminine equivalent of Anthony. Borrowed from Spanish Antonia.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Antònia

From Latin Antōnia.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Antonina

Learned borrowing from Latin Antōnīna. From Latin Antōnīna.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Anuhea

anuhea (“cool soft fragrance”), from anu (“coolness”) + hea (“mist”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Apollonia

Borrowed from Latin Apollōnia, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλωνία (Apollōnía).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 5 syllables
Ending: ends A

Apolonia

Learned borrowing from Latin Apollonia, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλωνία (Apollōnía).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 5 syllables
Ending: ends A

Áquila

Learned borrowing from Latin Aquila. Doublet of áquila and águia.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ara

Borrowed from Armenian Արա (Ara).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Arabella

Uncertain, used in Scotland since the sixteenth century; possibly from Latin orabilis (“yielding to prayer”) or a variant of Annabel.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Arantxa

Borrowed from Basque Arantxa.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Arhippa

Karelian form of the Russian Архипп (Arxipp), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἅρχιππος (Hárkhippos, “master of the horse”). Cognate with English Archippus.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aria

As a 21st century English name from TV and fantasy fiction, explained as "a musical aria". Similar sounding names exist in many languages, e.g. Ariah and Arie from Hebrew, Arya…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ariadna

Learned borrowing from Latin Ariadne, from Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē). Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ariana

Modern simplification of Arianna, Ariane and Arianne, all forms of the Greek name Ariadne ("most holy"; Cretan Greek αρι (ari) "most" and αδνος (adnos) "holy"). There has been…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Arianna

From Italian Arianna, from Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ariella

Feminine form of Ariel.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Arja

Apparently invented by Eino Leino (who originally used it as a male name) or L. Onerva, for characters in early 20th century poems. Perhaps coined as a variant of Irja (also…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Arménia

Borrowed from Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /⁠Armina⁠/).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Arminda

From Portuguese.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Arya

Borrowed from Javanese Arya, from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble; noble one”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

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

Asha

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “hope, wish”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ashita

Shift in meaning from 朝 (ashita, “next morning”), itself cognate with 朝 (asa, “morning”). The kanji spelling is from Chinese 明日 (míngrì).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Asia

From Middle English Asia, Asie, from Old French Asie and Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /⁠aswijaː⁠/), in turn probably…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Asta

From Old Norse Ásta, sometimes also used as a pet form of Augusta or Anastasia.,

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Atenagora

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀθηναγόρας (Athēnagóras).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 5 syllables
Ending: ends A

Athanasia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía). Borrowed from Spanish Athanasia, from Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 5 syllables
Ending: ends A

Athena

From Middle English Athena, from Latin Athēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ). Doublet of Athina. Borrowed from English Athena.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Augusta

From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty. Learned borrowing from Latin Augusta. Learned borrowing from Latin Augusta.

Gender: mixed
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aulia

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aura

Shortened from Aurora.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aurelia

Learned borrowing from Latin Aurēlia. Borrowed from Latin Aurēlia.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aurélia

Borrowed from Latin Aurelia. A Latinate variant of Aurélie. Borrowed from Latin Aurelia.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aurora

Ultimately from Latin Aurōra. The Philippine placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines. From…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ava

A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aya

Borrowed from Japanese あや (Aya).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends A

Ayesha

A spelling variant of Aisha.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Azucena

From azucena (“lily”). Cognate with Portuguese Açucena and doublet of Susana.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Balbhadra

Borrowed from Sanskrit बलभद्र (balabhadra). By surface analysis, बल (bal) + भद्र (bhadra).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Balbina

Learned borrowing from Latin Balbina.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Barbara

* From Latin Barbara, the name of Saint Barbara, feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “strange, foreign”). Doublet of Varvara. * (logic): From the…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Barbāra

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Barbara

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Bárbara

a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Barbara a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Barbra

A female given name from Latin, a nonstandard spelling of Barbara. Associated with Barbra Streisand, who changed the spelling of her name from Barbara.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Barnaba

From Ancient Greek Βαρναβᾶς (Barnabâs), from the Hebrew בּר (bar, “son”) and נָבִיא (naví, “prophet”). Derived from Ancient Greek Βαρναβᾶς (Barnabâs).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Bathsheba

From Hebrew בַּת שֶׁבַע (bat shéva', “daughter of an oath”), from בַּת (bát, “daughter”) + שֶׁבַע (shéva, “oath”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Beata

Learned borrowing from Latin Beāta.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Beáta

a female given name from Latin Beāta (“blessed”), equivalent to German Beate

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Bella

From Italian: a diminutive of Isabella and Arabella, by folk etymology interpreted as bella (“beautiful”). Likely a variant of Belle, perhaps from Latin or Italian,…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Benedicta

From Latin Benedicta, feminine of Benedictus. By surface analysis, Benedict + -a.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Benita

Borrowed from Spanish Benita. Feminine form of Benito, from Latin Benedictus. Equivalent to the rare English Benedicta.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Bera

From Old Norse Bera, from bera (“she-bear”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Bertha

Definitely from Old English Berþa as a result of metathesis of h, from earlier Old English Berhte (“bright one”), influence of Latin Bercta. Alternatively, from Old High German…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Bertta

From Swedish Berta, probably from Old High German berhta (“shining”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Bharata

Borrowed from Sanskrit भरत (bharata).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

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