Aglaia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγλαΐα (Aglaḯa).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
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Agnes
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁγνή (Hagnḗ), coming from Ancient Greek ἁγνός (hagnós, “pure, chaste”), Ancient Greek ἁγνεία (hagneía, “purity, chastity”). Doublet of Inez.…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Agnès
From Latin Agnes.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends S
Agnese
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁγνή (Hagnḗ), coming from Ancient Greek ἁγνός (hagnós, “pure, chaste”), Ancient Greek ἁγνεία (hagneía, “purity, chastity”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
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
Āgney
Borrowed from Sanskrit आग्नेय (āgneya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
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
Agnius
Clipping of Agnètas
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Agostinho
From Old Galician-Portuguese Agostỹo, from Latin Augustīnus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Agostino
From Latin Augustīnus. Cognate with Sicilian Agustinu.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Agota
Learned borrowing from Latin Agatha, derived from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ, “good”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Agraj
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्रज (agraja).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends J
Agrajā
Borrowed from Sanskrit अग्रजा (agrajā). By surface analysis, अग्रज (agraj, “born before”) + -आ (-ā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Agrypin
Learned borrowing from Latin Agrippīnus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
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
Agus
From Malay Agus, from Classical Malay اݢوس (Agus), from bagus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Agustín
Borrowed from Latin Augustīnus, from Augustus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Agustina
Borrowed from Spanish Agustina.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Ahab
From Middle English Achab, from Latin Achab, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαάβ (Akhaáb), from Hebrew אַחְאָב (ʼAḥʼāḇ, “uncle”); from אַח (ʼaḥ, “brother”) + אָב (ʼāḇ, “father”). Attested…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends B
Aharon
Transliteration of Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Ahmad
Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad), elative of حَمِيد (ḥamīd, “praiseworthy”); or from Persian اَحْمَد (ahmad). From Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad), from حَمِدَ (ḥamida, “to thank…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Ahmed
Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad). a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Ahmed
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Ahmet
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish احمد (ahmed), from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Ahu
Borrowed from Classical Persian آهو (āhū).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Ai
From Japanese あい (Ai).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
Aiace
From Latin Aiācem, from Ancient Greek Αἴας (Aías).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
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
Aidan
Name of an Irish saint, Anglicized from Irish Aodhán and Scottish Gaelic Aodhan, diminutives of Aodh (literally "fire", the name of a Celtic sun god).
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Aidano
From English Aidan, from Irish Aodhán.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Aiden
A male given name from Irish, variant of Aidan.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Aigneas
a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Agnes
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Ailean
a male given name from the Celtic languages, equivalent to English Alan
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Aileen
A female given name from Irish, variant of Eileen.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Aimee
Borrowed from French Aimée (“beloved”). A variation of the English Amy.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Aimée
Unadapted borrowing from French Aimée (“beloved”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
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
Aindrias
From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέᾱς (Andréās).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Aindriú
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ú
Áine
A derivative of Old Irish án (“bright, brilliant; splendid, noble”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
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
Aini
Variant of Aino, Aina.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Ainikki
From Aino + -ikki, first proposed in 1879.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Aino
From aino, a poetic variant of ainoa (“only, sole”), also in the sense “unique”. The name was coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot, the editor of the…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Áiréilias
From Latin Aurēlius.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Airi
Invented at the end of the 19th century, either from airut (“herald”), or from place names like Airisto, Airikka (both also found as surnames), Airiselkä, at least some of them…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Aisaya
Borrowed from English Isaiah.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Aische
Borrowed from Turkish Ayşe, from Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša). The use as a common noun is due to the name's commonness among Turkish immigrants, possibly reinforced by the…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Aisha
From Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Aislinn
Borrowed from Irish Aisling.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
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
Aïssatou
A French spelling of a West African name ultimately derived from Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša, “Aisha”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Aitor
Borrowed from Basque Aitor, coined by Agosti Xaho.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Aivaras
Learned borrowing from Latin Aivarus, from Old Norse Ívarr. Compare Latvian Aivars and Estonian Aivar.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Ajātśatru
Borrowed from Sanskrit अजातशत्रु (ajātaśatru).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends U