Names that Begin with A

• Acacia

  From the name of a type of tree, ultimately deriving from Greek ακη (ake) "thorn, point".

• Acacius

  Latinized form of Akakios.

• Acamapichtli

  Acamapichtli originates in Native American languages and means "handful of reeds".

• Acantha

  Latinized form of Greek Ακανθα (Akantha) , which meant "thorn, prickle".

• Ace

  From the English word meaning "highest rank".

• Achaab

  Biblical Greek form of Ahab.

• Achab

  Latin form of Ahab used in some versions of the Vulgate.

• Achaicus

  Latinized form of the Greek name Αχαικος (Achaikos) , which referred to the region in Greece called Αχαια (Achaia) , situated on the northern coast of the Peloponnese.

• Achaikos

  Greek form of Achaicus.

• Achan

  Possibly a variation of the Hebrew word ('akhar) meaning "trouble".

• Achav

  Biblical Hebrew form of Ahab.

• Achieng

  Feminine form of Ochieng.

• Achille

  French and Italian form of Achilles.

• Achilles

  From the Greek Αχιλλευς (Achilleus) which is of unknown meaning, perhaps derived from Greek αχος (achos) "pain" or else from the name of the Achelous River.

• Achilleus

  Original Greek form of Achilles.

• Achim

  German short form of Joachim.

• Achinoam

  Hebrew form of Ahinoam.

• Achmed

  Achmed is an Arabic name that means "someone who is praised much".

• Acke

  Swedish short form of Axel.

• Ackerley

  Ackerley is an Old English name which comes from the term “ac”, the Old English word for "oak".

• Acton

  The name Acton is a locational name and comes from the two Old English words - "ac", which means "oak", and "tun", which means "town or village".

• Ad

  Short form of Adriaan.

• Ada

  Short form of Adelaide and other names beginning with the same sound.

• Adabelle

  Adabelle is most likely a variant of Adah.

• Adad

  Akkadian cognate of Hadad.

• Adaeze

  Means "king's daughter" in Igbo.

• Adah

  Means "adornment" in Hebrew.

• Adair

  From an English surname which was derived from the given name Edgar.

• Adalberht

  Old Germanic form of Albert.

• Adalbern

  Derived from the Germanic elements adal "noble" and bern "bear".