Unusual Baby Names Beginning With A

  • Hindi: blessing

  • Alternative spelling of Abby

  • Catalan, Galician: bee

  • A type of tree

  • A place in London

  • A place in Scotland

  • A place in Australia

  • Longer form of Heidi

  • Hebrew: a cloud of death

  • Greek: sun

  • Greek, Roman: sun

  • A long unit of time

  • Irish: from Ireland

  • Greek: the heavens in Greek mythology

  • A river in Scotland

  • Sanskrit: eternal bloom

  • From an opera by Verdi

  • Irish: bright

  • Gaelic: bright

  • Basque: swallow

  • Hindi: the aether of Hindu cosmology

  • Irish: bright

  • Gaelic: harmonious, cheerful

  • Gaelic: Scotland

  • A type of tree

  • Italian: defender, warrior

  • Greek: truth

  • Greek: defender

  • Greek: defender

  • Arabic: exalted

  • Latin: gracious

  • An alternative name

  • Latin: stranger

  • Various Aboriginal Australian languages: flame

  • An old part of London

  • Greek: healer

  • A character in Star Trek: Deep Space 9

  • German: vigorous, active

  • Greek: nurturing

  • A type of flower

  • Japanese: night rain

  • A type of precious stone

  • A place in England

  • French: hard-working

  • A Biblical name

  • An ancient Egyptian goddess

  • Greek: resurrection

  • Greek: unconquerable

  • Arabic: friendly

    Alternative spellings: Anissa

  • A type of aniseed liqueur

  • Sanskrit: supreme

  • French: gracious

  • Various Scandinavian languages: gracious

  • English: Black Annis is a witch in English folklore

  • Dutch: grace

  • An old English name

  • Arabic: protected by god

  • Greek: flower

  • Greek: the protagonist of a tragedy by Sophocles

  • Greek: flower

  • German: an alternative for the traditional German name Anselm

  • Irish: beauty

  • Spanish: altar of heaven

  • Basque: thorn bush

  • Albanian: golden

  • Greek: a sea-nymph in Greek mythology

  • Armenian: brave

  • Italian: a type of song

  • English: a character in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest

  • Greek: warlike spirit

  • Arabic: peace, serenity

  • French: a rare tarot deck based on the Tarot de Marseilles

  • Gaelic: an oath

  • German: eagle, warrior

  • Scottish: an island off the coast of Scotland

  • English: a type of weapon, something that points the way

  • Arabic: light

  • A Biblical name

  • A Biblical name

  • Swahili: hope, life

  • A Biblical name

  • English: referring to ash trees

    Alternative spellings: Ashtyn

  • Turkish: transcendent

  • English: the lion in C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series

  • A type of tree

  • Arabic: night traveller

  • Greek: star

  • English: after Aston Martin, a type of car

  • Greek, Latin: star

    Alternative spellings: Astraia

  • Greek: starry

  • A Biblical name

    Alternative spellings: Athalia

  • English: a map

  • English: a character in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird

  • English: a rusty orange-brown colour

  • English: a character in Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal

  • Latin: majestic, magnificent

  • Latin: golden

    Alternative versions: Aurelian, Aurélie

  • Latin: dawn

  • English: a season

  • English: a place in Arthurian legend

  • Latin: bird

  • A type of flower

    Alternative spellings: Azalia

  • Arabic: blossom

  • Persian: blue

Many cultures name children after the sun

The river Afton in Scotland

You can dedicate an alder tree to someone by clicking the image above

Amaranth flowers

Amber is a beautiful warm orange stone

The village of Amberley has a castle and a steam train museum

Arantxa is a Basque word for a thorny bush

The Arista tarot is a rare French deck

The Isle of Arran sits off the West Coast of Scotland

Stars and other heavenly bodies are common options for names around the world

Aughra is my favourite character in The Dark Crystal

The colours of autumn inspire many different names

Azaleas are beautiful and vibrant flowers