Names ending in a
- Chibiusa
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"little rabbit"Description:
Chibiusa was created as a name for the Sailor Moon franchise. It's the nickname of Purinsesu Usagi Sumōru Redi Sereniti (Princess Usagi Small Lady Serenity). Usagi, which is also her mother's name, means "rabbit of the moon."
- Margareta
- Gazella
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"gazelle"
- Batya
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"daughter of God"Description:
A variation of the Old Testament Bithiah, Batya is a Hebrew variant of the name. Derived from bat meaning "daughter" and yah meaning "Yahweh", Batya (or Bithiah) is the name of one of Pharaoh's daughters, often depicted as the one to take Moses out of the Nile.
- Azara
- Nneka
Origin:
IgboMeaning:
"my mother is supreme"Description:
Attractive African name with a meaning that honors mom.
- Ethiopia
Origin:
English from GreekMeaning:
"Burnt-face, red-brown"Description:
The place name Ethiopia was derived from the Greek word for an Ethiopian, Aithiops, from the components aithō, "I burn" and ōps "face." As a noun, it takes on the meaning of "Burnt-face," which the Greeks used to distinguish between those in Africa and those from the Middle East, who had lighter skin. In adjective form, Aithiops means "red-brown."
- Bambalina
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"little girl"Description:
Better saved for a doll.
- Adra
- Karuna
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"compassion"Description:
A beautiful Hindu name, now potentially marred for its similarity to "corona."
- Fara
- Karaya
Origin:
TaínoMeaning:
"moon"Description:
A celestial name from the extinct Taíno language of the Caribbean.
- Cheya
- Amandla
Origin:
Zulu and XhosaMeaning:
"power"Description:
A mighty lion in sheep's clothing. Though Amandla looks, to the untrained eye, like a variant of milquetoast Amanda, it actually derives from the word for "power" in the Zulu and Xhosa languages, two of the major languages of South Africa. Anti-Apartheid activists often used the phrase "Amandla Awethu!", meaning "power to the people," as a rallying cry at protests. There was also a 2002 documentary about the role of music in the downfall of Apartheid called "Amandla."
- Hafsa
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"gathering"Description:
Hafsa, the name of a wife of Muhammad, is one of the most popular girls' names among Muslims.
- Nailea
- Nicia
- Antea
Origin:
Slavic form of AntoniaDescription:
Ante is the equivalent to Antony in Croatia, Bosnia, and other Balkan countries. Antea is the feminine equivalent, and would make a sweet, modern-sounding alternative to dusty Antonia.
- Bertilla
- Demetra