Favorite "A" Names
A bunch of names that I like beginning with "A". Includes meanings, origins, and pronunciations with most of the names. :) - Created by dragonstar12
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Aidan
Irish name meaning "little fiery one". Pronounced "Ay-den".
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Ailsa
From the Ailsa Craig, an island in Scotland. Pronounced "Ayl-sah".
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Ainsley
Variants: Ainslee, Ainslie. Scottish name meaning "meadow". Pronounced "Ayns-lee".
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Aisling
Variant: Ashling. Irish name meaning "dream". Pronounced "Ash-lin".
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Alaia
Basque name meaning "happy". Arabic name meaning "sublime". Pronounced "A-lie-ah".
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Amarantha
Greek name meaning "immortal, unfading." Pronounced "Ah-mah-rahn-tha".
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Amaya
Arabic name meaning "night rain". Basque name meaning "the end". Pronounced "Ah-mie-ah".
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Andromeda
Greek name meaning "she who ponders". Pronounced "Ahn-droh-may-dah" or "An-drah-meh-da".
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Arabella
Latin name meaning "beautiful altar". Pronounced "Ayr-a-bel-la".
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Auberon
English name meaning "elf-power". Pronounced "Oh-ber-on."
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Audra
English name meaning "noble strength". Pronounced "Ah-drah".
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Adrienne
French name meaning "woman from Adria". Pronounced "Ay-dree-en".
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Aeron
Welsh name meaning "berry" or "battle". Name of a Welsh goddess. Pronounced "Ay-ron".
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Aeron
Welsh name meaning "berry" or "battle". Pronounced "Ay-ron".
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Aeronwen
Welsh name meaning "blessed battle". Pronounced "Ay-ron-wen".
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Alyona
Russian name meaning "torch". Pronounced "Ahl-yoh-nah".
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Anwen
Welsh name meaning "very beautiful". Pronounced "Ahn-wen".
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Aoibheann
Irish name meaning "beautiful sheen". Pronounced "Ee-ven".
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Aoife
Irish name meaning "beauty". Name of a warrior princess in Irish mythology. Pronounced "Ee-fah".
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Aria
Italian name meaning "air". It is also the name of an elaborate vocal solo in operas. Pronounced "Ahr-ee-ah".
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Asher
Hebrew name meaning "happy". Son of Jacob and an ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel in the Old Testament. Pronounced "Ash-er".
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Aura
English name derived from the Latin meaning "air". Pronounced "Ahr-ah" or "Or-ah".
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Aurelia
Latin name meaning "golden". Pronounced "Ahr-ay-lee-ah" or "Or-ay-lee-ah".
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Aurelien
French name meaning "golden". Pronounced "Oh-ray-lyawn."
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Axelle
French name meaning "my father is peace". Pronounced "Ahks-el".
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Arria
African name meaning "thin". Pronounced "Ah-ree-ah".
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Athalia
Hebrew name meaning "the Lord is exalted". Pronounced "Ah-thah-lee-ah".
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Aderyn
Variant: Deryn. Welsh name meaning "bird". Pronounced "Ah-dayr-en" or "Ah-deh-rin".
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Adrasteia
Greek name meaning "not inclined to run away". Another name for the goddess Nemesis. Pronounced "Ah-drah-stay-ah."
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Aelia
Latin name meaning "sun." Pronounced "Ay-lee-ah" or "Ee-lee-ah."
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Aella
Greek name meaning "whirlwind". Pronounced "Ay-la" or "Ee-la".
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Aeolus
Greek name meaning "nimble". Name of the Greek god of the winds. Pronounced "Ay-oh-lus" or "Ee-oh-lus."
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Aferdita
Albenian name meaning "near to the day" or an Albenian version of Aphrodite, meaning "sea foam". Pronounced "Ah-fer-deet-ah."
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Airi
Japanese name meaning "lover of jasmine". Pronounced "Eye-ree."
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Apollon
Greek name of unknown meaning, the original version of Apollo. Pronounced "Ah-pol-lon."
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Ayako
Japanese name meaning "colorful child". Pronounced "Ah-yah-koh."
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Aylen
Mapuche name meaning "happiness" or "clear". Pronounced "Eye-leen" or "Ay-len".
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Aysel
Turkish name meaning "moon stream." Pronounced "Eye-sel".
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Abeytzi
Native America name meaning "yellow leaf". Pronounciation unknown.
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Acadia
French name for Nova Scotia. Pronounced "Ah-kay-dee-ah."
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Achaia
Variant: Achaea. Greek name meaning "trouble". Pronounced "Ah-kai-ah".
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Aida
Variant: Ayda. Arabic name meaning "visitor". Name of an opera. Pronounced "Ay-da".
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Aikia
Greek name meaning "torture." Pronounced, much like the store, "Eye-kee-ah."
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Ailill
Traditionally male Irish name meaning "elf". The name of Queen Medb's husband. Pronounced "Al-yil".
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Aimee
French name meaning "beloved." Pronounced "Eh-may" or "Ay-mee".
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Aimiliona
Irish name meaning "industrious". Pronounced "Ah-mih-lee-nah".
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Aimili
Scottish name meaning "work". Pronounced "Ay-mih-lee".
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Airleas
Irish name meaning "oath". Pronounced "Ayr-lee".
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Airlia
Variant: Airlea. Latin name meaning "ethereal". Pronounced "Ayr-lee-ah".
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Aislara
Spanish name meaning "to separate". Pronounced "Ay-slahr-ah".
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Akalia
Greek name. Pronounced "Ah-kah-lee-ah".
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Akantha
Variant: Acantha. Greek name meaning "thorn". Name of a nymph loved by Apollo. Pronounced "Ah-kahn-thah".
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Aleria
Variant: Alyria. Latin name the internet claims meaning "eagle". (However, to my knowledge, aquila is eagle.) Pronounced "Ah-lay-ree-ah" or "Ah-lee-ree-ah".
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Alastriona
Variant: Alastrina. Irish name meaning "defender of mankind". Pronounced "Al-a-stree-na".
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Alessia
Italian name meaning "defender". Pronounced "Ah-leh-syah".
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Alida
Latin name meaning "noble". Pronounced "Ah-lee-dah".
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Allaya
Variants: Alaya, Aliya. Hebrew name meaning "to ascend". Arabic name meaning "sublime". Swahili name meaning "exalted". Pronounced "Ah-lay-ah".
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Alya
Variant: Alia. Arabic name. Russian short form of Aleksandra. Pronounced "Al-yah".
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Alydah
Variant: Alyda. Supposively Latin name meaning "small winged one". (Possibly a variant of Alida?) Pronounced "Ah-lee-dah".
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Alyna
Variant: Alina, Alena. Greek name meaning "light". Slavic variant of Helen. Pronounced "Ah-lee-nah".
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Amalia
Latinized form of Amala, a German name, meaning "work". Pronounced "Ah-mah-lee-ah."
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Ambra
Italian version of Amber. Pronounced "Ahm-brah".
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Anastasia
Greek name meaning "resurrection". Pronounced "Ah-nah-stahs-yah" or "An-a-stay-shuh".
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Anemone
Greek name meaning "breath". Name of a nymph turned into a flower. Pronounced "Ah-nay-moh-nee".
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Angeliki
Greek version of Angeline. Pronounced "Ahn-geh-lee-kee".
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Angeline
French name meaning "messenger". Pronounced "An-juh-leen".
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Annika
Swedish name meaning "grace". Pronounced "An-nih-ka".
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Annunziata
Variant: Annunciata. Italian name meaning "annunciation". Pronounced "Ah-noon-zee-ah-tah".
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Antoinette
French name meaning "priceless". Pronounced "Ahn-twahn-et".
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Aphria
Variant: Africa, Affrica. Irish name meaning "pleasant". Pronounced "Af-ree-ah".
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Araceli
Variant: Aracely. Spanish name meaning "altar of the sky". Pronounced "Ah-rah-see-lee".
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Arcadia
Greek name. Pronounced "Ahr-kah-dee-ah" or "Ahr-kay-dee-a".
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Areli
Unisex Hebrew name meaning "lion of God".
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Arielle
Variant: Ariel. Hebrew name meaning "lion of God". Pronounced "Ah-ree-el" or "Ayr-ee-el".
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Arrosa
Basque version of Rose. Pronounced "Ah-roh-sah".
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Arwen
Name of J. R. R. Tolkein's character in The Lord of the Rings. Means "noble maiden" in Sindarin, not Welsh. Pronounced "Ahr-wen".
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Ash
Meaning and pronunciation are self-explanatory. Nickname for names beginning with "Ash".
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Asha
Arabic name meaning "life". Indian name meaning "wish". Pronounced "Ash-a".
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Asherah
Variant: Ashera. Means "she who walks in the sea". Name of an Israelite goddess. Pronounced "Uh-sheer-ah".
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Ashni
Indian name meaning "lightning". Pronounced "Ash-nee".
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Ashen
English name meaning "pale". Pronounced "Ash-en".
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Aspen
English name from the aspen tree. Pronounced "Asp-en."
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Astraea
Variant: Astraia. Greek name meaning "star". Name of a Greek goddess of justice. She became the constellation Virgo. Pronounced "Ah-stray-ah".
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Athanasia
Greek name meaning "immortal". Pronounced "Ah-thah-nah-syah."
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Avani
Indian name meaning "earth". Pronounced "Av-ah-nee".
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Avril
French form of April, which means "to open". Pronounced "Av-reel" or "Av-ril".
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Ayala
Hebrew name meaning "doe". Pronounced "Eye-ah-lah".
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Ayame
Japanese name meaning "iris". Pronounced "Ah-yah-may".
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Ayla
Hebrew name meaning "oak tree". Turkish name meaning "moonbeam". Pronounced "Eye-lah" or "Ay-lah".
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Azami
Japanese name meaning "thistle". Pronounced "Ah-zah-mee".
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Aziza
Arabic name meaning "powerful". Pronounced "A-zee-zah".
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Acheron
Greek name meaning "river of woe". Mythological name of a river in the Underworld, also a real life river in Greece. Pronounced "Ah-kayr-on."
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Aimery
French name meaning "power". Pronounced "Eh-meh-ree".
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Alden
English name meaning "old friend". Pronounced "Ahl-den".
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Archer
English name that is self-explanatory.
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Anneliese
German and Dutch combination of Anna, meaning "grace", and Liese, meaning "my God is an oath". Pronounced "An-uh-lees" or "Ahn-uh-lees".
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Annelie
German and Dutch nickname for Anneliese. Pronounced "An-uh-lee" or "Ahn-uh-lee".
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Alice
French and English form of Adelaide, meaning "noble one". Pronounced "Al-is".
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