I came across the name [name]Apolline[/name] in an old baby name book last night and it got me thinking about how much I love A-names for girls. What are some more unusual A-names I can add to my list?
What a fantastic list! I have not come across many of these (and I’m a name freak :P).I love [name]Acacia[/name], [name]Artemis[/name], [name]Alouette[/name], and [name]Aloisa[/name]. [name]Aloisa[/name] reminds me of the Italian [name]Eloisa[/name], which I’ve been drawn to lately. Thanks [name]Rose[/name]!
You’re welcome, I’m so glad you like them! A names make up much of my top 10, and I especially love the more unusual ones. I also loved the four that you had listed–[name]Adelia[/name] is going right on my list (it’s the only one that wasn’t already there!)
[name]Alois[/name] was my grandpa’s name, and that’s how I found [name]Aloisa[/name]. [name]Eloisa[/name] is a favorite of mine, too! I also like [name]Eloise[/name] and [name]Elodia[/name] (though that’s getting on a bit of a tangent).
[name]EDIT[/name]: Oh, and [name]Ayla[/name]. I love the meaning…“halo, moonlight”.
Or Aponi…it’s not on Nameberry but it’s Native American and it means “butterly”.
Apona is slightly different–Hawaiian meaning “embracing”.
[name]Amara[/name] is also cute, it means “lovely forever”.
Aponi is really cool. Would you pronounce it [name]Ah[/name]-[name]PO[/name]-nee or [name]Ah[/name]-po-NEE? [name]How[/name] interesting that there’s a similar Hawaiian name. [name]Love[/name] the meaning of [name]Amara[/name]! [name]How[/name] sweet. Unicorngal, where did you find the name Abasha? I’ve thought about the name [name]Basha[/name], as my husband has some Polish ancestry. And jm, I actually know a little [name]Aislinn[/name] and think it’s beautiful. It suits her very well. Thanks all!
Wow, I’m so impressed with everyone’s responses. [name]Alameda[/name] is really nice. There’s something sort of alluring about [name]Amoret[/name] as well. And I’d totally forgotten about [name]Araceli[/name]! That was on my list years ago.
Disa, thanks for reminding me that I loved [name]Auden[/name]. I actually became a little obsessed with his poetry in high school, but that was a long time ago and I’ve forgotten about him Our last name ends with -man so I don’t think I could ever use it as a first, but I wonder if I could use it as a middle…
Thanks for giving me lots of new names to add to my list everyone.
There is also [name]Agata[/name], since I saw you liked [name]Agatha[/name] and they are really hardly different.
Those are basically the only ones I can find that haven’t been mentioned yet, this is a great topic!
PS: Alexa400, I love your list! [name]Azariah[/name] is so cool, and I can’t believe I forgot [name]Araminta[/name], we needed her on here!