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ANAHITA  f  Near Eastern Mythology
Means "immaculate, undefiled" from Avestan a "not" and ahit "unclean"...

ANAIAH  m  Biblical
Means "YAHWEH answers" in Hebrew...

ANAĎS  f  Provençal, Catalan, French
Provençal and Catalan form of ANNA

ANAITIS  f  Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of ANAHITA

ANAKIN  m  Popular Culture
Meaning unknown...

ANAKONI  m  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ANTHONY

ANAN (1)  m & f  African
Means "fourth born child" in Akan.

ANAN (2)  m  Biblical
Means "cloud" in Hebrew...

ANAND  m  Indian
Means "happiness" in Sanskrit.

ANANDA  f  Indian
Feminine form of ANAND

ANANDI  f  Indian
Feminine form of ANAND

ANANI  m  Biblical
Means "my cloud" in Hebrew...

ANANIAS  m  Biblical
Greek form of HANANIAH...

ANANTA  m & f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "infinite, endless" in Sanskrit...

ANANTH  m  Indian
Modern transcription of ANANTA

ANANTHA  m & f  Indian
Variant transcription of ANANTA

ANARGUL  f  Kazakh
Means "blooming pomegranate tree" in Kazakh.

ANARGYROS  m  Greek
Means "poor, incorruptible", derived from Greek α, a negative prefix, combined with αργυρος (argyros) "silver".

ANARU  m  Maori
Maori form of ANDREW

ANAS  m  Arabic
Means "friendliness" in Arabic...

ANASS  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of ANAS

ANASTACIA  f  English
Variant of ANASTASIA

ANASTAS  m  Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian
Spanish, Russian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIUS

ANASTASIA  f  Greek, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ANASTASIUS...

ANASTASIE  f  French
French form of ANASTASIA

ANASTASIO  m  Italian
Italian form of ANASTASIUS

ANASTASIOS  m  Greek, Ancient Greek
Original Greek form of ANASTASIUS

ANASTASIUS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αναστασιος (Anastasios) which meant "resurrection" from Greek αναστασις (anastasis) (composed of the elements ανα (ana) "up" and στασις (stasis) "standing")... 

ANASTASIYA  f  Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIA...

ANASTAZJA  f  Polish
Polish form of ANASTASIA

ANASTAZY  m  Polish
Polish form of ANASTASIUS

ANASZTÁZ  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANASTASIUS

ANASZTÁZIA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANASTASIA

ANAT (1)  f  Near Eastern Mythology
Possibly derived from a Semitic root meaning "water spring"...

ANAT (2)  m & f  Jewish
Variant of ANATH (1)

ANATH (1)  m & f  Biblical, Jewish
Means "answer" in Hebrew...

ANATH (2)  f  Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
From Αναθ (Anath), the Greek form of ANAT

ANATOLE  m  French
French form of ANATOLIUS

ANATOLI  m  Russian
Variant transcription of ANATOLIY

ANATOLIUS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek Ανατολιος (Anatolios), derived from ανατολη (anatole) meaning "sunrise"... 

ANATOLIY  m  Russian
Russian form of ANATOLIUS

ANATOLY  m  Russian
Variant transcription of ANATOLIY

ANATU  f  Near Eastern Mythology
Form of ANAT

ANAXAGORAS  m  Ancient Greek
Means "master of speech" from Greek αναξ (anax) "master, lord" and αγορευω (agoreuo) "to orate"...

ANCA  f  Romanian
Possibly a pet form of ANA

ANCHJO  m  Esperanto
Esperanto pet form of ANTHONY

ANDĚL  m  Czech
Czech form of ANGEL

ANĐELA  f  Croatian
Croatian form of ANGELA

ANDĚLA  f  Czech
Czech form of ANGELA

ANĐELKO  m  Croatian
Croatian form of ANGEL

ANDER  m  Basque
Basque form of ANDREW

ANDERS  m  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ANDREW...

ANDERSON  m  English
From a surname meaning "son of ANDREW".

ANDJELA  f  Serbian
Serbian form of ANGELA

ANDON  m  Bulgarian
Variant of ANTON

ANDONI  m  Basque
Basque form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANDOR (1)  m  Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Arnţórr, derived from the element arn "eagle" combined with the name of the Norse god Ţórr (see THOR).

ANDOR (2)  m  Hungarian
Variant of ANDRÁS

ANDRA  f  English
Feminine form of ANDREW

ANDRÁS  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANDREW

ANDRAS  m  Welsh
Welsh variant of ANDREAS

ANDRASTE  f  Celtic Mythology
Possibly means "invincible" in Celtic...

ANDRAŽ  m  Slovene
Slovene form of ANDREW

ANDRÉ  m  French, Portuguese
French and Portuguese form of ANDREW

ANDRÉA  f  Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREA (1)  m  Italian
Italian form of ANDREW...

ANDREA (2)  f  English, German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREAS  m  German, Greek, Scandinavian, Welsh, Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW...

ANDRÉE  f  French
French feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREEA  f  Romanian
Romanian feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREI  m  Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian
Romanian form of ANDREW, and a variant Russian and Bulgarian transcription of ANDREY.

ANDRÉIA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREINA  f  Italian
Feminine form of ANDREA

ANDREJ  m  Slovene, Czech, Croatian
Slovene, Czech and Croatian form of ANDREW

ANDREJA  f  Slovene
Slovene feminine form of ANDREJ

ANDREJS  m  Latvian
Latvian form of ANDREW

ANDRÉS  m  Spanish
Spanish form of ANDREW

ANDRES  m  Estonian
Estonian form of ANDREW

ANDREU  m  Catalan
Catalan form of ANDREW

ANDREW  m  English, Biblical
From the Greek name Ανδρεας (Andreas), which derives from ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος (andros) "of a man")...

ANDREY  m  Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of ANDREW

ANDRIA  m  Corsican
Corsican form of ANDREW

ANDRIANA  f  English
Elaborated form of ANDREA

ANDRIES  m  Dutch
Dutch form of ANDREW

ANDRIJA  m  Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of ANDREW

ANDRINA  f  English
Elaborated form of ANDREA

ANDRIS  m  Latvian, Hungarian
Latvian form and Hungarian pet form of ANDREW

ANDRIUS  m  Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of ANDREW

ANDRIY  m  Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of ANDREW

ANDRO  m  Croatian
Croatian form of ANDREW

ANDROCLES  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Ανδροκλης (Androkles) which meant "glory of a man", derived from ανδρος (andros) "of a man" and κλεος (kleos) "glory"...

ANDROMACHE  f  Greek Mythology
Means "battle of a man" from the Greek elements ανδρος (andros) "of a man" and μαχη (mache) "battle"...

ANDROMEDA  f  Greek Mythology
Means "to think of a man" from the Greek element ανδρος (andros) "of a man" combined with μηδομαι (medomai) "to think, to be mindful of"...

ANDRONIKOS  m  Ancient Greek
Means "victory of a man" from Greek ανδρος (andros) "of a man" and νικη (nike) "victory"...

ANDRUS  m  Estonian
Estonian form of ANDREW

ANDRZEJ  m  Polish
Polish form of ANDREW

ANDY  m  English
Pet form of ANDREW...

ANE  f  Danish
Danish pet form of ANNA

ANEIRIN  m  Welsh
Welsh name, originally spelled Neirin, which possibly means "noble".

ANELIE  f  German
Short form of ANNELIESE

ANEMONE  f  English
From the name of the anemone flower, which derives from Greek ανεμος (anemos) "wind".

ANETA  f  Czech
Czech pet form of ANNA

ANEURIN  m  Welsh
Form of ANEIRIN

ANFISA  f  Russian
Russian form of the Greek name Ανθουσα (Anthousa), which was derived from Greek ανθος (anthos) "flower".

ÁNGEL  m  Spanish
Spanish form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGEL  m & f  English, Bulgarian
From the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived from the Greek word αγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger")... []

ÁNGELA  f  Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ÂNGELA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGELA  f  English, Italian, German, Romanian, Slovene, Russian
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGČLE  f  French
French feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGELIA  f  English
Elaborated form of ANGELA

ANGÉLICA  f  Spanish
Spanish form of ANGELICA

ANGELICA  f  English, Italian, Romanian
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek αγγελος (angelos) "messenger"...

ANGELIEN  f  Dutch
Dutch pet form of ANGELA

ANGELIKA  f  German, Polish
German and Polish form of ANGELICA

ANGELINA  f  English, Italian, Russian, Polish
Pet form of ANGELA

ANGELINE  f  French
French pet form of ANGELA

ANGELIQUE  f  French
French form of ANGELICA

ANGELITA  f  Spanish
Spanish pet form of ANGELA

ANGELLE  f  English
Feminine variant of ANGEL

ANGELO  m  Italian
Italian form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGELOS  m  Greek
Greek form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGERONA  f  Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin...

ANGHARAD  f  Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "more love" in Welsh... 

ANGIE  f  English
Pet form of ANGELA

ANGRA MAINYU  m  Near Eastern Mythology
Means "evil spirit" in Avestan...

ANGUS  m  Scottish, Irish, English
Anglicized form of AONGHUS

ANGYALKA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANGELICA

ANIA  f  Polish, Russian
Polish pet form of ANNA, and a variant Russian transcription of ANYA.

ANIBAL  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese of HANNIBAL

ANICA  f  Slovene
Slovene pet form of ANNA

ANICETUS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ανικητος (Aniketos), meaning "unconquerable"... 

ANIELA  f  Polish
Polish form of ANGELA

ANIELKA  f  Polish
Pet form of ANIELA

ANIKA  f  German, Dutch, Danish
German, Dutch and Danish pet form of ANNA

ANIKETOS  m  Greek, Ancient Greek
Greek form of ANICETUS

ANIKÓ  f  Hungarian
Hungarian pet form of ANNA

ANIL  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Derived from Sanskrit अनिल (anila) "air, wind"...

ANILA  f  Indian
Feminine form of ANIL

ANIMA (1)  f  Indian
Means "minuteness" from Sanskrit अणिमन (animan)...

ANIMA (2)  f  English
Means "soul, spirit" in Latin...

ANINA  f  German
Pet form of ANNA

ANIRUDDHA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "unobstructed, ungovernable" in Sanskrit...

ANISA  f  Arabic
Means "friendly" in Arabic.

ANISE  f  English
From the name of the herb, also called aniseed.

ANISH  m  Indian
Means "supreme, paramount" in Sanskrit.

ANISIM  m  Russian
Russian form of ONESIMUS

ANISSA  f  English
Combination of ANNA and the popular name suffix issa.

ANITA  f  Spanish, Finnish
Spanish and Finnish pet form of ANA

ANJA  f  Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Scandinavian, Finnish and Slovene pet form of ANNA

ANJALI  f  Indian
Means "offering" in Sanskrit.

ANJELICA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of ANGELICA

ANKA  f  Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
Pet form of ANNA

ANKE  f  German, Dutch
Low German pet form of ANNE

ANKITA  f  Indian
Means "marked" in Sanskrit.

ANKUR  m  Indian
Means "sapling, sprout, shoot" in Sanskrit.

ANN  f  English
English form of ANNE 

ANNA  f  English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... 

ANNABEL  f  English
Variant of AMABEL influenced by the name ANNA

ANNABELLA  f  English, Italian
Latinate form of ANNABEL...

ANNABELLE  f  English
Variant of ANNABEL...

ANNABETH  f  English
Combination of ANNA and BETH

ANNALEE  f  English
Combination of ANNA and LEE

ANNA-LIISA  f  Finnish
Combination of ANNA and LIISA

ANNALISA  f  Italian, English
Combination of ANNA and LISA

ANNAS  m  Biblical
Contracted form of ANANIAS...

ANNBJŘRG  f  Norwegian
Variant of ARNBJŘRG

ANNE (1)  f  French, English, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Basque
French form of HANNAH...

ANNE (2)  m  Frisian
Short form of names beginning with the Germanic element arn "eagle".

ANNEGRET  f  German
Combination of ANNE and GRETE

ANNEKA  f  English
Variant of ANNIKA

ANNEKE  f  Dutch
Dutch pet form of ANNE

ANNELI  f  Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANNELIE  f  German, Scandinavian
Short form of ANNELIESE

ANNELIEN  f  Dutch
Combination of ANNE and lien (from names such as CAROLIEN).

ANNELIES  f  German, Dutch
Variant of ANNELIESE

ANNELIESE  f  German, Dutch
Combination of ANNE and LIESE

ANNELISE  f  Danish
Danish form of ANNELIESE

ANNEMARIE  f  Dutch, German
Combination of ANNE and MARIE

ANNETTA  f  English, Italian
Latinate pet form of ANNE 

ANNETTE  f  French
French pet form of ANNE

ANNI  f  Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANNICE  f  English
Variant of ANNIS

ANNICK  f  Breton
Breton pet form of ANNA

ANNIE  f  English
Pet form of ANNE 

ANNIINA  f  Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANNIKA  f  Dutch, Swedish, Finnish
Dutch, Swedish and Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANNIKEN  f  Norwegian
Norwegian pet form of ANNA

ANNIKKI  f  Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANNIS  f  English
Medieval form of AGNES

ANNMARIE  f  English
Combination of ANN and MARIE

ANNORA  f  English
Variant of HONORA, influenced by the name ANNA.

ANNUKKA  f  Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANNUNCIATA  f  Italian
Variant of ANNUNZIATA

ANNUNZIATA  f  Italian
Means "annunciation" in Italian, referring to the event in the New Testament in which the angel Gabriel told Mary of the imminent birth of Jesus.

ANNUSHKA  f  Russian
Russian pet form of ANNA

ANNUSKA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian pet form of ANNA

ANONA  f  English
Possibly an elaborated form of ANNA

ANOUK  f  Dutch, French
Dutch and French pet form of ANNA

ANOUSH  f  Armenian
Means "sweet" in Armenian.

ANOUSHKA  f  Various
Variant of ANNUSHKA

ANOUSKA  f  Various
Variant of ANNUSHKA

ANRAÍ  m  Irish
Irish form of HENRY

ANS  f  Dutch
Dutch pet form of ANNA

ANSA  f  Finnish
Derived from Finnish ansio "virtue" or ansa "trap".

ANSEL  m  English
From a surname which was derived from the given name ANSELM... 

ANSELM  m  English
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and helm "helmet, protection"...

ANSELMA  f  German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ANSELM

ANSELME  m  French
French form of ANSELM

ANSELMI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of ANSELM

ANSELMO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANSELM

ANSGAR  m  German, Scandinavian
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and gar "spear"... 

ANSHEL  m  Yiddish
Yiddish pet form of ASHER

ANSON  m  English
From a surname meaning "son of AGNES".

ANSSI  m  Finnish
Finnish pet form of ANSELM

ANTAL  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTANAS  m  Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTE  m  Croatian
Croatian form of ANTHONY

ANTERO  m  Finnish
Finnish form of ANDREW

ANTHEA  f  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ανθεια (Antheia), derived from ανθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom"... 

ANTHONY  m  English
From the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin...

ANTÍA  f  Galician
Galician feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTIGONE  f  Greek Mythology
Means "against birth" from Greek αντι (anti) "against" and γονη (gone) "birth"...

ANTIGONUS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek Αντιγονος (Antigonos) which meant "against the ancestor", from αντι (anti) "against" and γονευς (goneus) "ancestor"...

ANTIMAN  m  Native American
Means "condor of the sun" in Mapuche.

ANTINANCO  m  Native American
Means "eagle of the sun" in Mapuche.

ANTIOPE  f  Greek Mythology
Derived from the Greek elements αντιος (antios) "set against" and οψ (ops) "voice"...

ANTIPATER  m  Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
From the Greek name Αντιπατρος (Antipatros), which meant "like the father" from Greek αντι (anti) "like" and πατηρ (pater) "father"...

ANTJE  f  German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch form of ANNA

ANTO  m  Croatian
Croatian form of ANTHONY

ANTOINE  m  French
French form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTOINETTE  f  French
Feminine pet form of ANTOINE... 

ANTÓN  m  Galician
Galician form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTON  m  German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONELLA  f  Italian
Feminine pet form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONELLO  m  Italian
Pet form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONETTE  f  English
Pet form of ANTONIA

ANTONI  m  Polish, Catalan
Polish and Catalan form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTÓNIA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIA  f  English, Italian, Spanish, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIE  f  Czech
Czech feminine form of ANTHONY

ANTONIETTA  f  Spanish, Italian
Pet form of ANTONIA

ANTONIJA  f  Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of ANTONIA

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