Does somebody know uncommon but not unusual names for boys that start with an A? I really like [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] but I don’t like the fact that it’s original a female name (and still is female only in some countries). I’m not exactly against unisex names but I only want to use names for the gender they’ve originally been for.
[name_m]Abacus[/name_m]
[name_u]Abbott[/name_u]
[name_m]Abram[/name_m]
[name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_u]Adair[/name_u]
[name_m]Adler[/name_m]
[name_m]Aiken[/name_m]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_u]Alcott[/name_u]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_u]Amory[/name_u]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_m]Anson[/name_m]
[name_m]Apollo[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]/[name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_u]Arden[/name_u]
[name_m]Aries[/name_m]
[name_m]Armand[/name_m]/[name_m]Armin[/name_m]
[name_m]Armistead[/name_m]
[name_m]Arrow[/name_m]
[name_m]Atlas[/name_m]
[name_u]Auburn[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m]
Thanks! These are some cool names I’ve already added some to my list.
Dh fave is [name_m]Ace[/name_m]
[name_m]Just[/name_m] some of my faves, some repeat but I love them…
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Asher[/name_m]
[name_u]Akiva[/name_u]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]
[name_m]Aldous[/name_m]
[name_m]Alasdair[/name_m]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Azriel[/name_m]
[name_f]Azaria[/name_f]
[name_m]Alan[/name_m]
[name_m]Adriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Adlai[/name_m]
[name_u]Ari[/name_u]
[name_u]Avi[/name_u]
[name_m]Aurelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m]
No, [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] IS in fact the masculine version of the name.
Same as Demitris (also a Greek goddess name and both used by me), [name_m]Lukas[/name_m], [name_m]Nikos[/name_m], [name_m]Marios[/name_m], etc, etc. Feminine would be [name_f]Artemisia[/name_f], [name_f]Demetria[/name_f], etc, etc… If you want to be pedantic about it naming a girl [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] would not be in keeping with Greek tradition.
That all said, am not sure I would use [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] as a first name for a boy, and I don’t get the impression it is used as such in Greece in recent times- unlike versions of [name_u]Demeter[/name_u], arguably a more feminine goddess- which is also used very extensively in Eastern Europe.
[name_m]Absalom[/name_m]
Adestan
[name_m]Adler[/name_m]
[name_m]Albin[/name_m]
[name_m]Aldas[/name_m]
[name_m]Alessio[/name_m]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Alonzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]
Ames
[name_m]Amias[/name_m]
[name_m]Ammon[/name_m]
[name_m]Ander[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]/[name_m]Anselm[/name_m]
Andry
Ariston
Aureus
[name_m]Autry[/name_m]
Azonis
Thanks I didn’t know that.I’ve googled the name and read some of the comments one of them was saying that [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] is still female only in Greece.
The ending is masculine. In [name_m]Cyprus[/name_m] I knew Artemisias (plural), am doubtful that [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] is used for a girl with that ending in Greece though I have little experience of that, it could be a modern thing. As far as I am aware all traditional male Greek names end in S (which is dropped when speaking directly to the person) and no female ones do.
[name_m]Aurelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Amadeo[/name_m]
[name_m]Alphonse[/name_m]
[name_u]Asa[/name_u]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_m]Apollos[/name_m]
[name_m]Alec[/name_m]
[name_m]Angus[/name_m]
[name_m]Abram[/name_m]
[name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Absalom[/name_m]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]