Inspired Baby Names from Around the World

Author:Neala Shane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New World Library

MALE NAMES

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AARON

[AYR-on]

MEANING: teaching, singing, shining, mountain, exalted one • USAGE: English form of Aharon, from Hebrew aharon

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

— Henry Brooks Adams, The Education of Henry Adams

ABAN, ABAAN

[ah-bahn]

MEANING: clear, distinct • USAGE: Muslim

Myself with mine own eyes I saw most clearly, / But when I looked with God’s eyes — only God I saw.

— Baba Kuhi of Shiraz, “In the Market, in the Cloister”

ABDALLAH

[ahb-DAH-lah]

MEANING: servant of Allah, devoted to Allah • USAGE: Muslim: from Arabic ‘abd (servant) and Allah

Love for God is the expansion of the heart.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Bowl of Saki

ABDUL

[ahb-DOOL]

MEANING: servant, devotee (of Allah) • USAGE: Muslim: from Arabic ‘abd (servant)

Service of God means we each work for all.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Gayan

ABE

[ayb]

MEANING: father of a multitude, exalted father, patriarch • USAGE: English form of Abraham (see Abraham)

Out of one man a race / of men innumerable.

— John Milton, Paradise Lost

ABEBE

[ah-BEH-beh]

MEANING: righteous, honest • USAGE: African: Ethiopia

An honest man has no fear.

— Kunama of Ethiopia proverb

ABEL

[AY-bel (English), ah-BEL (Spanish)]

MEANING: breath of life • USAGE: English, French, Spanish form of Hevel, from Hebrew hebel

Closer is He than breathing, / and nearer than hands and feet.

— Alfred Tennyson, “The Higher Pantheism”

ABHAY

[ahb-hay]

MEANING: brave, courageous • USAGE: Hindu: Sanskrit

If you have confidence in your strength and skill, you can draw upon the inner springs of courage and raise yourselves to a higher level of joy and peace.

— Sathya Sai Baba, Sathya Sai Baba Speaks

ABID, ABEED

[ah-beed]

MEANING: worshiper (of Allah) • USAGE: Muslim: from Arabic ‘aabid

To make God a reality is the real object of worship.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Bowl of Saki

ABIDIN

[ah-bee-deen]

MEANING: worshiper (of Allah) • USAGE: Muslim: from Arabic ‘aabid

By respecting every person I meet, I worship God. In loving every soul on earth, I feel my devotion for Him.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Gayan

ABIR

[ah-BEER]

MEANING: strength, might • USAGE: Jewish

With whom My hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

— Psalm 89:22 (MT)

ABNER

[AB-ner]

MEANING: father of light, my father is a light • USAGE: English form of Avner, from Hebrew abh (father) and ner (light)

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights.

— James 1:17a (ESV)

ABRAHAM

[AY-brah-ham (English), AH-brah-hahm (French), ah-brah-AHM (Spanish)]

MEANING: father of a multitude, exalted father, patriarch • USAGE: English, French, and Spanish form of Avraham, from Hebrew abh (father) and raham (multitude)

God said . . . No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

— Genesis 17:3b–5 (NIV)

ABRAM

[ah-brahm (Russian, Dutch), ay-bram (English)]

MEANING: high father, patriarch • USAGE: Russian, Dutch, and English form of Avram, Hebrew abh (father) and ram (high, exalted)

The Lord said to Abram . . .all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.

— Genesis 12:1–3 (HCSB)

ABRAMO

[ah-BRAH-moh]

MEANING: high father, patriarch • USAGE: Italian form of Abram (see Abram)

The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great.

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