Angel
A male given name, variant of Angelo Borrowed from English Angel. Borrowed from Spanish Ángel. Doublet of Angelo.
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Angela
Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger, angel”). a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angela a female given…
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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Angelica
Church Italian Angelica, from Latin angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Name of a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516). From Latin angelica (“angelic”).…
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- feminine
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- 4 syllables
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- ends A
Angelina
From Italian Angelina. By surface analysis, Angela + -ina. Piecewise doublet of Angeline. a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Angelina
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- feminine
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- 4 syllables
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Angeline
Borrowed from French Angeline. By surface analysis, Angela + -ine. Piecewise doublet of Angelina.
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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Angelo
Borrowed from Italian Angelo. Doublet of Angel. Inherited from Latin Angelus. Borrowed from Spanish Ángelo. Doublet of Angel.
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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Angelos
From Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Doublet of Angel.
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- mixed
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- 3 syllables
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Angelus
* (given name): From Latin Angelus and its etymon Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”). * (common noun): From the first word (angelus) of its Latin incipit, "Angelus Domini…
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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Angi
From Greek; compare Angie.
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- feminine
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Angus
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Anil
Borrowed from Hindi अनिल (anil), Marathi अनिल (anil), Kannada ಅನಿಲ್ (anil), Tamil அனில் (aṉil), Malayalam അനിൽ (anil), Bengali অনিল (onil), Nepali अनिल (anil), Urdu اَنِیل…
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends L
Anita
From Spanish Anita, diminutive of Ana (“Ann”). From Spanish Anita, often through other languages, at the end of the 19th century. Borrowed from Spanish Anita. By surface…
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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- ends A
Ankita
Borrowed from Sanskrit अङ्कित (aṅkita).
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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Ann
From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine…
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- feminine
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- 1 syllable
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- ends N
Anna
From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate…
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends A
Annabel
Originally a mishearing or misreading of Latin amabilis (“lovable”) (= Amabel, Mabel), used since the 12th century and by folk etymology interpreted as Anna + belle, "beautiful…
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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- ends L
Annabella
A female given name from Latin, variant of Annabel or Annabelle.
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- feminine
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- 4 syllables
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Annabelle
A variant of Annabel, by folk etymology, "beautiful Anna".
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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Anne
From French Anne (“Ann”), from Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna…
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- mixed
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- 1 syllable
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Annette
From French Annette, diminutive of Anne, from Ἄννα (Ánna), the Ancient Greek New Testament form of the Hebrew female name חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious”) with the French…
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends E
Anselm
From Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”) + Old High German hëlm (“helmet”).
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Ansley
From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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Anthea
From Ancient Greek ἄνθη (ánthē, “blossom”).
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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- ends A
Anthony
From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological association with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)). The Roman clan name is…
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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Antoine
From French Antoine. Doublet of Anthony.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Antoinette
From French Antoinette, feminine diminutive of Antoine, equivalent to Anthony.
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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Anton
Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages. Doublet of Anthony. From Latin Antonius. Cognate with English Anthony. Borrowed from Latin Antōnius.…
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Antonia
From Spanish Antonia. The feminine equivalent of Anthony. Borrowed from Spanish Antonia.
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- feminine
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- 4 syllables
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Antonio
Borrowed from Italian Antonio and Spanish Antonio. Doublet of Anthony. Inherited from Latin Antōnius. Borrowed from Latin Antōnius. Doublet of Antón.
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- masculine
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- 4 syllables
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Antony
A male given name from Latin, a mostly British spelling variant of Anthony. Unadapted borrowing from English Antony, from Latin Antōnius.Doublet of Antônio and Antão.
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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Anwar
Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَر (ʔanwar, “most luminous”). Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَار (ʔanwār, “lights”). Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَر (ʔanwar).
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- mixed
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- 2 syllables
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Anytus
From Ancient Greek Ἄνυτος (Ánutos).
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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Aoife
Borrowed from Irish Aoife. The name is unrelated to the Biblical name Eva, which was rendered as Éabha in Irish. However, due to the lack of a more precise alternative familiar…
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- feminine
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- 1 syllable
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- ends E
Aphrodite
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) (see it for more).
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- feminine
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- 4 syllables
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Apollo
From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn). Learned borrowing from Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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Apostolos
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek Απόστολος (Apóstolos).
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- masculine
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- 4 syllables
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Apple
From apple. As a surname, also an Americanized form of Appel or Apfel.
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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April
From Middle English apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from Middle English aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on…
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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Ara
Borrowed from Armenian Արա (Ara).
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Arabella
Uncertain, used in Scotland since the sixteenth century; possibly from Latin orabilis (“yielding to prayer”) or a variant of Annabel.
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- feminine
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- 4 syllables
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- ends A
Archibald
From Anglo-Norman Arcebald, Arcenbald or Ercenbald, from Old French Archaunbault, from Proto-West Germanic *Erknabalþ, from *erkn (“pure, holy, genuine, precious”) + *balþ…
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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Ari
Of the first sense, derives directly from Hebrew: אֲרִי (arí, “lion”); compare Yiddish: לייב (leyb, “Leib”), English: Leo, Leon, French: Léo, Léon, Czech: Lev, Polish: Lew,…
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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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…
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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Ariadne
From Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē). a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Ariadne Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).
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- feminine
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- 4 syllables
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- ends E
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…
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- feminine
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- 4 syllables
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Ariane
From French Ariane, from Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē). From Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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Arianna
From Italian Arianna, from Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).
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- feminine
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- 4 syllables
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Arie
Borrowed from Hebrew אַרְיֵה (aryé, “lion”).
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Ariel
From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) + אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”). * (moon of Uranus): All of Uranus’s moons are named after…
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Ariella
Feminine form of Ariel.
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- feminine
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- 4 syllables
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Arjun
Borrowed from Hindi अर्जुन (arjun). Borrowed from Sanskrit अर्जुन (arjuna).
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Arlo
From Italian.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Armin
From German Armin, from Latin Arminius. Borrowed from German Armin, from Latin Arminius. Borrowed from Latin Arminius (“name of a Cherusci chieftain”), possibly from…
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Arminda
From Portuguese.
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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Armine
From Armenian Արմինե (Armine).
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- feminine
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- 3 syllables
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- ends E
Arne
For the given name, a short form of Old Norse compound names beginning with arn- (“eagle”).
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- masculine
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- 1 syllable
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Arnold
From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-West Germanic *Arnuwald, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”). For the first part of the word doublet of…
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Aron
A male given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Aaron. a male given name from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן ('Ahărōn), equivalent to English Aaron
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Arran
Derived from Scottish Gaelic Arainn, but the name is ultimately probably of non-Indo-European (substrate) or Pictish origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such…
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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Arsinoe
From Latin Arsinoē, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē), the female form of Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos), from ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”) + νόος (nóos, “mind”).
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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