῾Ā′isha Quick reference
A Dictionary of First Names (2 ed.)
(Arabic)
‘Alive, thriving’; name of Muḥammad's third and favourite wife.
Aaberg Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Aaby Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Norwegian and Danish (also Åby): habitational name from a place called Aaby or Åby, from å (old spelling aa...
Aachen (North Rhine–Westphalia/Germany) Quick reference
Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (6 ed.)
Aadland Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Norwegian (also Ådland): habitational name from a place called Ådland, from Old Norse Árland, a compound of á ‘small river’ (or another first element of uncertain origin) + ...
Aagaard Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Danish; Norwegian (also Ågård): habitational name meaning ‘farm by a stream’, a compound of å (old spelling aa) ‘stream, small river’ and ...
Aagard Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Altered form of Danish and Norwegian Aagaard or Ågård (see Agard).
Aaker Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Aakre Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Norwegian (also Åkre): habitational name from any of several places so named, from an inflected form of Old Norse ...
Aalbers Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Dutch: variant of Albers.
Some characteristic forenames:
Aalderink Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Aalsmeer (The Netherlands) Quick reference
Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (6 ed.)
A municipality with a name meaning ‘Eel Lake’ from aal ‘eel’, and meer ‘lake’ which was known for its eels....
Aalto Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Finnish: ornamental name from aalto ‘wave’, adopted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in western and southern Finland (compare ...
Aamir Reference library
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain
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Muslim (Pakistani, Indian): from a personal name based on Arabic ʿāmir ‘prosperous’.
Aamodt Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Norwegian (also Åmodt): topographic name for someone who lived by the confluence of two streams, from å (old spelling ...
Aamot Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Norwegian (also Åmot): variant of Aamodt.
Some characteristic forenames:
Aanenson Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
Americanized form of Norwegian Aanensen or Ånensen: patronymic from the personal name Ånund, from Old Norse Onundr (based on elements meaning ‘ancestor’ + ‘victor’)....
Aarau (Switzerland) Quick reference
Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (6 ed.)
Located on the River Aare from which it gets its name. Au is a form of Aue ‘meadow’. Founded in ...
Aardema Reference library
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
West Frisian and Dutch:
Aargau (Switzerland) Quick reference
Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (6 ed.)
A canton which joined the Swiss Confederation in 1803. It is drained by the River Aare from which it takes its name with the additional German ...
