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Browse girl names that begin with the letter A.

This page brings together girl names starting with A, making it easier to compare options by first letter and meaning.

648 names found

Abdiya

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Arabic for servant, slave, as in servant of Allah. It is the attributive form of Abd (servant/slave). This is a very rare name and it is not used by Arabs. We do not recommend using this name unless it is common in your culture.

Adina

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Adina is a Persian name for girls that means weekend, the last day of the week, which in Islamic culture means Friday. It is a variant of Adineh.

Adineh

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Adineh is a Persian name for girls that means weekend, the last day of the week, which in Islamic culture means Friday, while in others it can mean Saturday or Sunday.

Adlah

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Adlah is an Arabic name for girls that means fair, just, a person who practices justice and fairness. It also means one who follows a straight path.

Adnanah

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Adnanah is the feminine form of Adnan and means long-term resident, settler, a person who stays at a place for a long time and makes it her home.

Aghla

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Aghla is an indirect Quranic name for girls (and rarely for boys) that means dearer, more valuable, most valuable, priceless. It is derived from the GH-L-A (to be expensive, to exceed limit) which is used in a number of places in the Quran.

Ahmaraan

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It is an indirect Quranic name that means gold, saffron. It is derived from the H6-M-R (redness) BLANKENTER Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby fruits of varying colors? And in the mountains are tracts, white and red of varying shades and [some] extremely black.(Quran 35:27)

Ahvaz

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Ahvaz is a Persian name for boys and girls that refers to a southern city of Iran in the Khuzestan Province, on the banks of the Karun River.

Aidan

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Aidan is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means tall palm tree. It is derived from the Ain-D-N root (perpetuity) which is used in many places in the Quran. Help, intelligent

Aigul

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Aigul is a Turkish-Persian name for girls that means flower of the moon, a flower that is beautiful like the moon. The figurative meaning of the name is beautiful, gorgeous.

Ainaz

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Ainaz is a Turkish-Persian name made up of the Turkish word Ai (moon) and the Persian word naz (beauty, cuteness), creating the meaning of beautiful like the moon, gorgeous.

Aireen

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Aireen is a Kurdish name for girls that means fiery (made of fire), passionate, and is the name of a mountain in Kurdistan, also known as Agreen.

Aisana

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Aisana is a Turkish-Persian name for girls made up of Ay (moon in Turkish), san (characterization suffix in Persian) and a (name-building suffix in Persian), creating the mean of one who is like the moon. The figurative meaning of the name is beautiful, radiant.

Alia

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Noble, Elevated, Exulted, sublime, elevated, lofty, high, a women of highest social standing. class of people who live in Illiyyeen, those who have the highest rank in Paradise.

Alisa

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Alisa comes from Elissa, which was the name of the Queen of Carthage, an ancient civilization that existed in modern day Tunisia. The name probably means wanderer in Phoenician. It may also be derived from the name of the flower known as alyssum.

Altin

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Altin is a Turkish name for girls that means gold (the precious metal). The Turkish spelling for this name is A(notice how the i in Turkish doesnt have a dot above it), but it is better to spell it as Altin unless you live in Turkey, since the Turkish spelling requires a Turkish keyboard. Altin is derived from the Turk

Amah

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Slave, Daughter of Khalid bin Saeed, a woman companion, daughter of companion, had this name She was born in Habshah, and was married to Az-Zubayr bin Al-Awwam

Amat

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Servant (female), A prefix used with attributes of Allah Almighty to form compound names, eg. Amatul Aziz, servant of Aziz (The Powerful)

Amial

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Amial is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means lighthouses, it is the plural of meel (lighthouse, which is a building that looks like a minaret and is built near the sea with a lamp on top of it to guide ships).

Aminat

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Loyal and Trustworthy. BLANKENTER Aminat is an Arabic name for girls that means trustworthy women, loyal women, faithful women. It is the plural of Ameena.

Ammatunnaafe

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Ammatun Naafe is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means servant of al-Naafe, al-Naafe being one of the names of Allah subhanahu wa taala, that means the beneficent, the source of blessings. Thus the meaning is servant of Allah. Ammatun Naafe is the feminine version of the boy name Abdul Naafe. Amma is the Arabic

Amytis

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Amytis is the name of a Persian princess (known as Amytis of Media), daughter of the king of the Medes . She married Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon, at the request of her father. Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the seven wonders of ancient world, for her.

Andia

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Andia is a Persian name for girls that is the name of the wife of Artaxerxes I of Persia, one of the kings of the Achaemenid Persia. She is also known as Andia of Babylon. We cannot find any information on the meaning of this name. It is possible that it is from an ancient language and its meaning is no longer known.

Annali

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Annali is a Turkish name for girls that means kind, compassionate, gentle and sweet. Its made up of Ana (mother) and the suffix li (like), this the literal meaning is mother-like, motherly.

Ansab

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Ansab is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means more appropriate, better, worthier. It is derived from the N-S-B root which is used in the Quran. This name should NOT be pronounced as an-saab, because this changes the meaning to idols, statues worshiped by pagans, which is not a good meaning.

Areesa

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Areesa is a Persian name for girls that is made up of Aree (noble, excellent) and sa (likeness suffix), thus creating the meaning of one whose character and manners are like those of noble and excellent people.

Areesha

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Areesha is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means built structure, especially a howdah for women (the carriage thats mounted on camels and elephants and women ride inside it). It is derived from the Ain-R-Sh (structure, throne) root which is used in many places in the Quran.

Arianaz

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Arianaz is a Persian name for girls that means beautiful and noble woman, beautiful and excellent woman. It is made up of Aria (noble and excellent) and naz (a suffix used to imply beauty and cuteness).

Armina

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Armina is a Persian name for girls that can be a reference to Armin, a mythical Persian hero, or an ancient Parthian name for the area that is currently known as the country of Armenia.

Arnavaz

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Arnavaz is a Persian name for girls that means one whose speech brings mercy. In the Shahnameh epic, Arnavaz is the name of the sister of the king Jamsheed and wife of Zohak and later Faraidun.

Arnica

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Arnica is a Persian and Western name for girls that refers to a group of perennial flowers in the Arnica genus. The word comes from the Greek arna which means lamb. The pronunciation above is the Persian way of pronouncing this name.

Arnoush

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Arnoush is a Persian name for girls that is made up of the root Ar (pure, noble) and noush (eternal, everlasting), thus creating the meaning of pure and everlasting, noble and eternal.

Arsheeda

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Arsheeda is a Persian name for girls that is made up of Ar (noble and pure) + sheed (brilliant) and the suffix a (used for creating names), thus creating the meaning of noble and brilliant, pure and dazzling.

Arsheen

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Arsheen is a Persian name for girls that means most friend-like, the best type of friend. It is the name of a princess of the Persian empire.

Artadokht

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Artadokht is a Persian name for girls that means pure and virtuous girl, made up of the words Arta (pure) and dokht (girl). Artadokht is the name of a learned woman in ancient Iranian history who acted as an economist and treasurer for the Parthian Empire.

Arwaa

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Arwa is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means female ibex and has meanings of softness, lightness, agility, liveliness, beauty. Arwa is the name of one of the aunts of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), whose full name is Arwa bint Abdul mutallib bint Hashim, and who became Muslim after her brother Hamzah (uncle of Proph

Asa

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Asa is a Persian name for boys and girls that means similarity, likeness. It also means beautification, adornment. Asa also means might, power, capability.

Asfiya.

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Pure. Asfiya is an Arabic name for girls and less commonly for boys that means pure ones, just ones, holy ones. It is the plural of Safee. When spelling it in English, the name should not have an h at the end (thus Asfiyah is wrong).

Ashena

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Ashena is a Persian name for girls that means friend, acquaintance. It is a variant of the name Ashna and both have the same meaning, but slightly different pronunciations.

Ashiya

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Life and Alive. BLANKENTER Ashiya is an Urdu name for girls that is made up of the two names Aisha and Asiya. You can use Ashiya as a variant of either of these two names. You can also use it as a variant of both of them.

Asiyah

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She was the wife of the Farao in Moesa's time. She turned muslima and died a shahieda because she refused to obey her husband and say that he (farao) was her God , One who tends to the weak and heals them ,comforts, consoles .

Asya

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Asya is the Persian and Kurdish pronunciation for asia, which refers to the largest continent on earth. It is originally a Greek word that referred to Turkey and Persia and possibly meant eastern land. Asya can also be used as a variant of Asyab, which is a Persian word that means windmill.

Atanaz

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Atanaz is a Turkish-Persian name for girls that means fathers pride, fathers solace, fathers darling. It is formed from the Turkish word Ata (father) and the Persian naz (beloved, darling).

Atarin

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Atarin is a Persian name for girls that means fiery, rosy and figuratively it means beautiful. It is the name of a famous woman in the Achaemenid Persian Empire who was a descendant of Cambyses II of Persia, son of Cyrus the Great.

Atqaa

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Atqaa is an Arabic name for girls that means good, virtuous, honorable. Not to be confused with Atqa. This is a completely different word that means most God-fearing, most God-conscious, related to the word Taqwaa. The difference is that the name on the current page has the emphasis on the first.

Atusa

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Atusa is a Persian name for girls that means skilled, learned. It is the name of many ancient Persian princesses, such as the daughter of Cyrus the Great, who is known as Atossa in English.

Ausaq

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Ausaq is an Arabic name for girls that means loads, such as the load carried by a ship or carriage, or the load of fruit borne by a palm tree. It is the plural of Wasq.

Avesta

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It's a Persian name for boys and girls that means principle, foundation, refuge, fellowship. It is also the name of an ancient language of Persia and the name of the holy book of Zoroastrianism, an ancient religion of Persia which some Muslim scholars consider a true religion inspired by God that, like Christianity

Awafita

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Awafita is an Arabic name for girls that means shepherdesses, the plural of Afita (shepherdess), a woman who looks after sheep, cattle, goats or camels.

Awaisha

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Living Well. BLANKENTER Awaisha is an Arabic name for girls that means those who are living well, those who have a good life. Awaisha is the plural of Aisha.

Awja

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Awja is an Arabic name for girls that means pinnacle, top, highest point. It also means the most distant point from earth on the moons orbit.

Awqa

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Awqa is an Arabic name for girls that means most guarding, most protective of others, a person who is very keen to protect others.

Ayaneh

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Ayaneh can be an attributive form of the Persian word Ayan, meaning like a long night, like inspiration, it can also be a possessive form, meaning one who has inspiration.

Aysan

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Aysan is a Turkish-Persian name for girls that means moonlike, it is made up of the Turkish Ay (moon) and the Persian suffix san (like, similar to). The figurative meaning of the name is beautiful, brilliant.

Aytak

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Aytak is a Turkish-Persian name for girls that means beautiful and unique, most beautiful. Its literal meaning is unique moon, lone moon, formed from the Turkish word Ay (moon) and the Persian tak (singular, alone, unique, peerless).

Aytan

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Aytan is a Turkish-Persian name for girls that means moonlike, beautiful, brilliant. It is made up of the Turkish word Ay (moon) and the Persian tan (body, bodied), thus the literal meaning is moon-bodied, moonlike.

Ayusha

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Living Well. Ayusha is an Arabic name for girls that means one who lives well, one who has a good life. It is the diminutive form of Aisha.

Ayyubia

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Ayyubia is an Arabic name for girls that means one who is like prophet Ayyub in patience. It is the feminine attributive form of Ayyub. Ayyubia can also mean one who belongs to the Ayyubid Dynasty. The Ayyubids were a Muslim tribe and dynasty lead by Salahaddin al-Ayyubi (Saladin).

Azbah

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Azbah is an Arabic name for girls that means fresh, sweet, used especially to describe water that is fresh, cool and sweet (not salty or bitter or warm).