Ahmose

Ahmose is an Ancient Egyptian unisex name. It appears to have become a popular name during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. The eighteenth dynasty was founded by Ahmose I and was the name of several pharoahs and queens. Ahmose means “born of Iah”, Iah meaning the Egyptian god of the moon. Origin: Ancient Egyptian Meaning:…

Aitana

Aitana is a Spanish female name which comes from the name of a mountain range in Valencia, Spain. The origin of the name is not known, though one theory is that the name derives from the Edetani tribe who lived in the area, an ancient Iberian people, believed to have spoken a form of the…

Amaka

Amaka is a shortened form of Chiamaka, an Igbo female name meaning “God is beautiful”. Amaka can also be used as a Japanese female name with a variety of meanings depending on the kanji used: Ama ka There are other meanings depending on the kanji used. Written in hiragana it’s あまか. Origin: Igbo; Japanese Meaning:…

Aurigena

Aurigena means “born of gold”, composed of Latin aurum (gold) and the suffix -gena (born from, sprung from). This was an epithet of the Greek hero Perseus, whose mother Danaë was visited by Zeus in a shower of gold. Origin: Proto-Indo-European Meaning: “born of gold” Usage: Greek mythology (never been used as a given name as…

Arabella

Arabella comes from a Medieval Scottish name of uncertain origin. It may be derived from Latin orabilis meaning “yielding to prayer; invokable” < orare (to pray, beg; to orate) derived from a PIE origin. It’s also possible that Arabella is a variant of Annabel, a variant form of Amabel, the medieval English form of Amabilis,…

Almira

Almira is the name for the title character Almira, Queen of Castile (1705), an opera by George Frideric Handel, a German-British Baroque composer. He may have coined it as a variant of Elmira, a name of uncertain etymology. It could have been inspired by Edelmira, the Spanish feminine form of Adelmar, which itself derives from…

Alaska

Alaska is the name of a U.S. state. The name comes from Aleut alaxsxaq meaning “the object toward which the action of the sea is directed”. Origin: Aleut Meaning: “the object toward which the action of the sea is directed” Usage: English (as a given name)

Anjali

Anjali अञ्जली is an Indian female name meaning “salutation” or divine offering, gift”. Añjali Mudrā is the name of a hand gesture associated with Indian religions, with the hands folded together, used as a sign of respect or a silent greeting. Origin: Proto-Indo-European Meaning: “salutation” or “divine offering, gift” Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu,…

Amestris

Amestris was the name of several Persian queens and princesses, including the wife of Xerxes I of Persia, and the mother of Artaxerxes I of Persia. The name is the Hellenized form of an Old Persian name, *Amāstrī- , made up of Proto-Indo-Iranian *ama- (strong; strength) and *stríH (woman) so the name would mean “strong woman”….

Akina

Akina is a Japanese female name with a variety of meanings depending on the kanji used: Aki A ki na There are other meanings depending on the kanji used. Written in hiragana it’s あきな. Origin: Japanese Meaning: various depending on the kanji used Usage: Japanese

Andrina

Andrina is the feminine form of Andrew which derives from Ancient Greek Andreas meaning “man, manly, masculine” via aner ᾰ̓νήρ (man), a cognate of andreios  ἀνδρεῖος (manly, strong, courageous, brave) derived from PIE *h₂nḗr (man; power, force, vital energy). Andrina is also a surname. Origin: Proto-Indo-European Meaning: “man, manly”and by extension “courageous, brave, strong” Usage: English Variants: Male forms:

Adataneses

Adataneses is the name of the wife of Japheth, one of the sons of Noah, and the mother of his seven sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. According to a user-submitted post on BehindtheName, it possibly means “gift” and I can’t say for sure whether that’s true or not. It’s possible the…

Aldith

Aldith is a female given name, the Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Ealdgyð, made up of Old English eald (old) and gūþ (battle, war). Ealdgyð has also sometimes been rendered as Edith. Origin: Proto-Indo-European Meaning: “old battle” Usage: English, Medieval English Variants:

Araminta

Araminta is an English female given name. Its first recorded use was in English playwright’s William Congreve’s The Old Bachelor (1693). The origin of the name is obscure; it could be a combination of Arabella (an English and Scottish female name of uncertain origin. It may be derived from Latin orabilis meaning “yielding to prayer” from Latin orare (to…