ending in a names

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

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1,273 names · Page 5 of 22. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.

Clelia

From Latin Cloelia.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Clélia

Borrowed from Latin Cloelia.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Clemência

a female given name from Latin, variant of Clemente, masculine equivalent Clemêncio, equivalent to English Clement

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Cleopatra

From Middle English Cleopatra, from Latin Cleopatra, from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra), meaning "glory of her father", from κλέος (kléos, “glory”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Clœlia

Feminine form of Latin Cloelius.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Clorinda

From Italian Clorinda.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Clothilda

A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Clotilda.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Clotilda

A Latinate form of the French Clotilde, of Germanic origin (Proto-Germanic *Hlūdahildiz).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Comba

From Old Galician-Portuguese Coomba, from Latin Columba, from columba (“dove”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Concetta

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Concepción

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Concordia

From Latin concordia (“concord”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Constança

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Constança, from Latin cōnstantia (“constancy”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Constantina

From Latin Cōnstantīna and Greek Κωνσταντίνα (Konstantína).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Consuela

From Spanish Consuela, a variant of Consuelo.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Cora

Apparently brought up in English literature by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), but compare a female heroine of this name in Jean-François Marmontel's…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Cordelia

Shakespeare's spelling of a historical British name appearing as Cordeilla, etc., possibly derived from the Latin saint's name Cordula.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Corina

A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Corinna.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Corinna

From Ancient Greek, probably from κόρη (kórē, “girl, maid, daughter”); compare kore. From Ancient Greek Κόριννα (Kórinna).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Cornelia

From Latin Cornēlia, name of a famous Roman matron, feminine form of the gens name Cornelius; in continental Europe, also a feminine form of the saint's name Cornelius. From…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Cornélia

Borrowed from Latin Cornelia.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Cosima

From Italian, a feminine form of Cosimo.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Covadonga

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *Cova Dominica ("Cave of Our Lady", in reference to the Virgin Mary), from Latin cavus (“hollow”) and dominicus 'lord (relational)'. From the same…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Cristina

Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Cristina.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Cushla

From Irish cuisle (“pulse”); compare acushla, macushla.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Cynthia

Borrowed from Latin Cynthia, from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía), feminine of Κύνθιος (Kúnthios, “Cynthian (of or pertaining to Mount Cynthus, a mountain of Delos, celebrated…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Daffa

Likely from Arabic ضَفَّة (ḍaffa, “bank, shore”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dahlia

From the flower dahlia in the 19th century.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dalila

Borrowed from Latin Dalila, itself ultimately from Biblical Hebrew דְּלִילָה (D'līla).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Danica

From Slavic female given name, from the Slavic name for the Morning Star (an aspect of the planet Venus). Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Danica or Slovene Danica. Borrowed from…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Daniela

Feminine form of Daniel. From Swedish Daniela, a feminine form of Daniel.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Daniella

A female given name from Hebrew derived from Daniel, variant of Daniela and Danielle.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Danna

As a surname from French D'Anna (“of Anna”). The given name is more probably a feminine form coined from Dan or Daniel.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Danuta

Borrowed from Polish Danuta.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dara

An Irish saint's name, from Irish Dáire. From Persian دارا (dārā), equivalent to Darius.

Gender: mixed
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Daria

Feminine form of Darius, of Old Persian origin. Name of an early Christian saint.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Darla

Back-formation from Darlene

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Davina

From David + -ina.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Daya

Borrowed from Sanskrit दया (dayā, “pity, mercy, compassion”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Deanna

A female given name from Latin, a twentieth century variant of Diana, sometimes also seen as a feminine form of Dean.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Debora

A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Deborah. From Ancient Greek Δεββώρα (Debbṓra).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Debra

A spelling variant of Deborah first used in the 20th century.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Deianira

Learned borrowing from Latin Dēianīra, from Ancient Greek Δῃᾰ́νειρα (Dēiắneira, literally “hostile to her husband”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Delia

From Ancient Greek Δηλίᾱ (Dēlíā), epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos. From Ancient Greek Δηλίᾱ (Dēlíā), epithet of Artemis. Also…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Deòrsa

a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Seòras, equivalent to English George

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Despina

From Ancient Greek Δέσποινα (Déspoina).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Devendra

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवेन्द्र (devendra).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dhairya

Borrowed from Sanskrit धैर्य (dhairya).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Diana

Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus + -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”)…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dianna

A female given name from Latin, a less common spelling of Diana.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dijana

Borrowed from Latin Dī̆āna.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dina

Equivalent of the biblical name Dinah in several European languages, ultimately from Hebrew דִּינָה. Borrowed clipping of longer names in many languages, such as Italian Dina.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dionysia

Learned borrowing from Latin Dionȳsia, feminine of Dionȳsius, from Ancient Greek Δῐονῡ́σῐος (Dĭonū́sĭos), from Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos, “Dionysus”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, “pertaining to”).…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Divya

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दिव्य (divya).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Donna

A 19th-century invention from the Italian noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Donncha

From Old Irish Donnchad, from donn (“brown”) and cath (“battle”). Compare Scottish Gaelic Donnchadh.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dora

A diminutive of Dorothy used since early 19th century. Sometimes also short for Theodora or Isidora.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dorinda

An 18th-century coinage from Dora or Dorothy, + -inda.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dorippa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δωρίππη (Dōríppē).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dorota

Derived from Ancient Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Dorotea

From Ancient Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa). Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

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