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Angana

Borrowed from Sanskrit अङ्गना (aṅganā).

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Angat

From Spanish Angat, from Tagalog angat.

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Ange

Shortening.

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Angela

Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger, angel”).

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Angell

English variant spelling of Angel.

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Angelo

Borrowed from Italian Angelo. Doublet of Angel.

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Angers

Inherited from Middle English Angers, from Old French Angiers, from Latin Andecāvis or Andecāvōrum; the usual modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Angers.

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Angi

From Greek; compare Angie.

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Angie

From Angela + -ie.

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Angier

Patronymic surname from the Old French personal name Angier, probably a compound of Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“deity”) + *gaizaz (“spear, javelin”).

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Angkar

From Khmer អង្គការ (ʼɑngkaa, literally “The Organization”).

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Angkor

From Khmer អង្គរ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ, “Capital City”), from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of negara and Nagari.

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Borrowed from Latin Anglus, in turn borrowed from a Germanic source (compare Old English Ængle/Engle (“Angle”)). Probably derived from the toponym Angle, related to Proto-Germanic *anguz "narrow, tight; tapering", either

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Anglia

Borrowed from Latin Anglia, referring to the Angles.

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Anglic

From Anglia + -ic.

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Anglo-

From New Latin Anglo-, from Late Latin Anglī, Anglus (“Anglo-Saxon(s)”), derived from Latin Anglia (“England”), ultimately from Germanic. Influenced by French anglo-. Displaced native Old English Angel-.

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Anglon

From Latin Anglon, ultimately from Old Armenian Անգղ (Angł).

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Anglx

From Anglo + -x (gender-neutral suffix).

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Angola

Etymology tree Kimbundu ngolader. Portuguese Angolabor. English Angola From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”), from Kimbundu ngola, title held by native kings at the time of the Portuguese colonization

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Angom

From Manipuri ꯑꯉꯣꯝ (ʼangom).

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Angon

Borrowed from Spanish Angón. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

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Angren

From Uzbek Angren.

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Angrez

From Hindustani انگریز / अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez), from Portuguese inglês (“Englishman”). Doublet of English.

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Angria

Cognate to German Engern.

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Angulo

From the Spanish surname, named after Encima-Angulo in Spain; said to be named after a Scottish Gaelic settler who aided in the reconquista, ultimately from an Anglo-Norman contraction of Angle. See Nagle and Costello.

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Angus

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".

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Angwin

From Cornish an (“the”) + gwynn (“white”).

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Anhui

Borrowed from Mandarin 安徽 (Ānhuī).

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Ani

From Armenian Անի (Ani).

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Anian

From the name of an area in southern China mentioned by Marco Polo (as Anin, Ania or Anian depending on the text copy), later put by cartographers into area between Asia and America. Before or after the Anian Strait was

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Anil

Borrowed from Hindi अनिल (anil), Marathi अनिल (anil), Kannada ಅನಿಲ್ (anil), Tamil அனில் (aṉil), Malayalam അനിൽ (anil), Bengali অনিল (onil), Nepali अनिल (anil), Urdu اَنِیل (anīl), or Sinhalese අනිල් (anil), from Sanskrit

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Anis

Borrowed from Arabic أنيس (ʔanīs, “close friend”).

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Anisha

A transliteration of Sanskrit अनीशा (anīśā, feminine of अनीशः (anīśaḥ)).

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Anita

From Spanish Anita, diminutive of Ana (“Ann”).

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Anitta

From Hittite [script needed] (Anitta). The etymology of the name is unknown; neither demonstrably Indo-European nor clearly of non-Indo-European origin.

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Aniwan

From Aniwa + -n.

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Aniya

Said by some references to be Hebrew.

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Aniyah

Variant of Aniya.

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Anjali

Borrowed from Sanskrit अञ्जलि (añjali).

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Anjana

Borrowed from Sanskrit अञ्जन (añjana).

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Anjani

Borrowed from Sanskrit अञ्जनी (añjanī).

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Anjanā

Borrowed from Sanskrit अञ्जना (añjanā).

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Anjer

Source etymology material for Anjer; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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Anji

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 安吉 (Ānjí).

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Anjou

Inherited from Middle English Anjow, from Old English Anġeow, from Old French Anjou, from Latin Andecāvum, Andegāvum; compare Angers and obsolete Anjoy; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Anjo

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Anju

Borrowed from Korean 안주(安州) (Anju).

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Ankang

From Mandarin 安康 (Ānkāng).

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Ankara

Borrowed from Turkish Ankara and Ottoman Turkish آنقره (Ankara), from Medieval Greek and Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα (Ánkura), from ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor, hook”) in reference to the bend in the Çölova River before it merges w

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Anking

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 安慶 /安庆 (Ānqìng), from before the modern palatalization of [kʰ] to [t͡ɕʰ].

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Ankit

Borrowed from Hindi अंकित (aṅkit).

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Ankita

Borrowed from Sanskrit अङ्कित (aṅkita).

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Ankole

From Nyankole Nkore.

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Ankou

Borrowed from French Ankou, from Breton Ankoù.

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Anku

Quechua [Term?] (“tendon, nerve, slim, elastic, flexible”)

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Ankur

Borrowed from Sanskrit अङ्कुर (aṅkura, “bud, sprout”).

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Ankush

Borrowed from Sanskrit अंकुश (aṃkuśa).

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Anle

From Mandarin 安樂 /安乐 (Ānlè).

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Anlong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 安龍 /安龙 (Ānlóng).

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Anlu

From the Postal Map romanization of the Mandarin 安陸 /安陆 (Ānlù).

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Anmol

From Hindi अनमोल (anmol, literally “priceless”).

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Ann

From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”) in the New Testame

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Anna

From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Ko

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Annaba

From Arabic عَنَّابَة (ʕannāba).

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Annam

Borrowed from Vietnamese An Nam, from Chinese 安南 (Ānnán).

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Annand

From Old Norse annan (accusative of annarr).

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Annas

From Latin Annas (used in the Vulgate), from Ancient Greek Ἅννας (Hánnas), from Hebrew / Aramaic חנן (khanan) as a shortened form of חֲנַנְיָה (khananya).

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Anne

From French Anne (“Ann”), from Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna)

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Annese

Borrowed from Italian Annese.

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Annet

From Cornish Anet (literally “kittiwake”).

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Annika

Borrowed from Swedish Annika.

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Anning

Borrowed from Mandarin 安寧 /安宁 (Ānníng).

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Annual

Borrowed from Spanish Annual.

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Annwn

Borrowed from Welsh Annwn.

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Anoia

Borrowed from Catalan Anoia.

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Anoka

Borrowed from Dakota anoka, meaning "on/from both sides," referring to its location on both banks of the Rum River.

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Anon

Shortened form of anonymous

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Anoop

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनूप (anūpa).

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Anosov

From Russian Аносов (Anosov).

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Anping

From Mandarin 安平 (Ānpíng).

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Anput

From Egyptian jnpwt as rendered in the outdated 19th-century transcription scheme developed by Karl Richard Lepsius (ȧnput).

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Anqing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 安慶 /安庆 (Ānqìng).

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Ansai

From Mandarin 安塞 (Ānsài).

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Ansan

Borrowed from Korean 안산(安山) (Ansan).

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Ansar

From Arabic أَنْصَار (ʔanṣār, “helpers”).

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Ansari

From Arabic أَنْصَارِيّ (ʔanṣāriyy), from أَنْصَار (ʔanṣār, “helpers, supporters”)

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Anse

Diminution (of personal names).

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Anselm

From Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”) + Old High German hëlm (“helmet”).

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Ansh

From Sanskrit अंश (aṃśa).

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Anshan

From Mandarin 鞍山 (Ānshān).

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Anshu

Borrowed from Sanskrit अंशु (aṃśu, “ray, beam, sunbeam”).

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Anshul

Borrowed from Sanskrit अंशुल (aṃśula, “radiant, luminous, bright”).

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Anshun

From Mandarin 安順 /安顺 (Ānshùn).

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Anslee

Modern spelling variant of Ansley. Possibly of Scottish origin, related to Ainsley.

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Ansley

From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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Anson

From Ann + -son (the former word is a diminutive).

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Anstey

From Old English ān (“one; a, an”) + stig (“path”). Compare Ansty, which shares the same etymology.

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Anstie

Variant of Anstey.

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Ant

Shortening.

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Antara

From Sanskrit अन्तर (antara), meaning interval, this body.

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Ante

Various origins: * As a Spanish and Catalan surname, perhaps from ante (“elk; suede”). * As a Dutch and North German surname, from Ente (“duck”).

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Anthea

From Ancient Greek ἄνθη (ánthē, “blossom”).

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Anthes

Borrowed from German Anthes.

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Antico

Borrowed from Italian Antico.

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Antifa

Borrowed from German Antifa, originally an abbreviation for Antifaschistische Aktion, a wing of the Communist Party of Germany founded in 1932. Also a clipping of antifascism or antifascist.

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Antigo

Derived from Ojibwe niibin-inaandagoog-ziibiing, meaning "summer balsam firs by the river", which was recorded by early settlers as "nequi-antigo-sebi". An alternate etymology, nibii-aamijiwan-ziibiing, seems to be deriv

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Antler

Named for nearby Antler Creek, whose branches resemble deer antlers when viewed on a map.

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Antlia

Borrowed from Latin antlia (“pump for drawing water”), from Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía, “bilge water”). Originally called Antlia pneumatica (“air pump”) in the 18th century by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lac

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Anton

Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages. Doublet of Anthony.

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Antoni

Borrowed from Catalan and Polish Antoni, from Latin Antōnius.

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Antony

From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens, of uncertain etymology, but not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of Etruscan origin, possibly derived from Ani, the Etruscan god of the sky. Doublet of Antoine.

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Antras

Borrowed from French Antras, itself from Occitan Antràs.

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Antrim

From Irish Aontroim (“lone ridge”).

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Antu

From Akkadian 𒀭𒌈.

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Antung

From the Postal Map romanization of Mandarin 安東／安东 (Āndōng).

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Antwan

Anglicization of French Antoine. Compare Antoine, Antwon.

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Antwon

Anglicization of French Antoine.

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Anuak

From Anuak àŋwáa (self-designation).

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Anubis

From Latin Anūbis, from Ancient Greek Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), from Egyptian jnpw, i-n:p-w-E16

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Anucha

Borrowed from Thai.

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Anuj

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुज (anuja, “younger brother”).

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Anuja

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुजा (anujā, “younger sister”).

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Anuket

From Egyptian a:n-q:t-B1 (ꜥnqt).

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Anunay

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुनय (anunaya, “kindness, compassion”).

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Anup

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनूप (anūpa).

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Anupam

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुपम (anupama).

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Anurag

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुराग (anurāga, “a higher love, as of music or art”).

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Anusim

From Hebrew אֲנוּסִים (literally “compelled ones”).

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Anutan

From Anuta + -n.

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Anwar

Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَر (ʔanwar, “most luminous”).

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Anxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 安西 (Ānxī).

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Anxin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 安新 (Ānxīn).

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Anya

From Russian and Ukrainian А́ня (Ánja, informal pet form of А́нна (Ánna, “Ann”)). Also an Anglicization of Áine.

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Anyang

From the Mandarin 安陽 /安阳 (Ānyáng).

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Anyi

From Mandarin 安義 /安义.

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Anytus

From Ancient Greek Ἄνυτος (Ánutos).

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Anyuan

From the Mandarin 安源.

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Anzai

Borrowed from Japanese 安西 (Anzai).

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Anze

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 安澤 /安泽.

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Anzu

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒉎𒂂𒄷 (AN.IM.DUGUD^(MUŠEN) /⁠Anzû⁠/, “a mythical dragon-like bird”), origin unknown, perhaps from 𒀭 (An, “heaven”) + 𒍪 (zu, “to know”).

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Ançã

Borrowed from Portuguese Ançã.

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Aného

Formerly named Anecho.

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Ao

From atonal romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 鰲 /鳌 (Áo) and 敖 (Áo).

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Aoede

From Ancient Greek ἀοιδή (aoidḗ). Doublet of ode.

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Aoife

Borrowed from Irish Aoife. The name is unrelated to the Biblical name Eva, which was rendered as Éabha in Irish. However, due to the lack of a more precise alternative familiar to English speakers, Aoife has often been a

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Aoki

Borrowed from Japanese 青木 (Aoki).

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Aomen

From Mandarin 澳門 /澳门 (Àomén).

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Aomori

Borrowed from Japanese 青(あお)森(もり) (Aomori). The original Japanese name was first used in 1624. One origin claims that the city's name was derived from a former forest on a hill near present-day Honcho (本町) used by fisher

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Aonia

From Ancient Greek Ἀονία (Aonía).

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Aonian

From Aonia + -an.

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Aosta

From Italian Aosta, ultimately from the Latin name Augusta Praetōria Salassōrum.

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Aostan

From Aosta + -n.

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Aotea

From Māori Aotea.

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Aoun

Borrowed from French Aoun, from Arabic عون. Transliteration of Arabic عون

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Aoy

Abbreviation

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Aoyama

Borrowed from Japanese 青山 (Aoyama).

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Apa

From Mandarin 阿壩 /阿坝 (Ābà) Wade–Giles romanization: A¹-pa⁴.

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Apache

From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been mad

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Apamea

Borrowed from Latin Ăpămēa, from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).

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Aparan

From Armenian Ապարան (Aparan).

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Aparna

Borrowed from Sanskrit अपर्णा (aparṇā).

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Aparo

From the Sicilian Aparu, a surname derived from aparu (“beekeeper”).

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Aperol

Brand name, introduced in 1919. Its name comes from apero, a French slang word for 'apéritif'.

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Api

From Tibetan ཨ་ཕྱི (a phyi, “grandmother”).

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Apia

Borrowed from Samoan Apia.

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Apley

Variant of Appley.

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Apma

Named after the local word for "what" or "something".

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Apold

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Apold.

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Apollo

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

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Apop

Shortening.

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App

Borrowed from German App.

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Appelt

Borrowed from German Appelt.

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Appian

From Appius + -an.

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Appie

Clipping of Appalachian + -ie.

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Appius

From Latin Appius, probably a Latinized form of an Italic name Attius, from Oscan, Umbrian, or Sabine.

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Apple

From apple. As a surname, also an Americanized form of Appel or Apfel.

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Appley

From Old English æppel and leah, meaning "apple-tree clearing". Equivalent to apple + -ley (“lea”).

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April

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓φροδῑ́τη (Ăphrodī́tē)der. Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (urpa)der.? Latin Aprīlisder. Old French avrillbor. Middle English Averil Middle English Aprill English April From Middle English apprile, Aprill

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Aprile

Borrowed from Italian Aprile.

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Apsu

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀊𒍪.

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Apt

Two possible origins: * A variant of Abt, a surname of German origin. * Borrowed from Yiddish אַפּט (apt), a habitational surname from the town of Opatów, in Poland.

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Aptera

From Greek Ἄπτερα (Áptera), from Ancient Greek Άπταρα (Áptara), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀞𐀲𐀷 (a-pa-ta-wa, “Apatawa”)

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Aptos

From Northern Ohlone, meaning "the people".

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Apulia

From Latin Āpūlia.

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Apus

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin apūs, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πούς (poús, “foot”); early specimens of birds of paradise obtained by Europeans had

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Apuzzo

Borrowed from Italian Apuzzo.

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Aq'am

From Ktunaxa ʔaq̓am.

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Aqaba

Borrowed from Arabic العَقَبَة (al-ʕaqaba, literally “the obstacle”).

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Aqal

From Uyghur ئاچال (achal).

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Aqdas

Borrowed from Arabic أقدس.

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Aqqik

Borrowed from Uyghur ئاچچىق (achchiq).

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Aquila

From Latin aquila (“eagle”).

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Aqyar

From Crimean Tatar Aqyar.

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Ara

From Latin āra (“altar”).

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Arab

Borrowed from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab, “Arabs”) or back-formation from Arabic.

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Arabia

From Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

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Arabic

Etymology tree Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)bor. Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós)bor. Latin Arabicus

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Arabid

From Arab + -id?

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Arabo-

From Arab + -o-.

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Araby

From Old French Arabie, Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

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Arad

From Hungarian Arad.

3 source sections · 3 relationship mentions · brief record

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