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Alexis
Greek
Meaning
defender
#513US boys · 2025View name
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299 names · US outside top 500 · 2025
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72 names found
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Alfonso
Italian · Spanish
Meaning
noble, ready
#1012US boys · 2025View name
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Alfred
English
Meaning
elf counsel
#840US boys · 2025View name
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Alfredo
English · Italian · Portuguese · Spanish
Meaning
elf counsel
#820US boys · 2025View name
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Alia
Arabic
Meaning
supreme, exalted
#587US girls · 2025View name
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Aliah
Arabic
Meaning
heavens, highborn, exalted
#1192US girls · 2025View name
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Alistair
Greek · Scottish
Meaning
defending men
#897US boys · 2025View name
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Alonzo
Italian
Meaning
noble, ready
#511US boys · 2025View name
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Alvin
English
Meaning
noble friend, friend of the elves
#838US boys · 2025View name
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Amado
Spanish
Meaning
lover
#1169US boys · 2025View name
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Amal
Arabic
Meaning
hope, inspiration
#1241US girls · 2025View name
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Amalia
German
Meaning
work
#566US girls · 2025View name
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Amariah
Hebrew
Meaning
said of God
#1152US girls · 2025View name
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Amelie
French · German
Meaning
work
#828US girls · 2025View name
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Aminah
Arabic
Meaning
trustworthy, faithful
#1160US girls · 2025View name
Unisex
Amor
Latin
Meaning
love
#1668US girls · 2025View name
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Anais
Catalan · Hebrew · Provençal
Meaning
grace
#892US girls · 2025View name
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Anders
Greek · Scandinavian
Meaning
strong and manly, masculine
#984US boys · 2025View name
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Andreas
Greek
Meaning
strong and manly
#1276US boys · 2025View name
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Andy
Greek
Meaning
strong and manly
#565US boys · 2025View name
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Ann
English · Hebrew
Meaning
grace
#1076US girls · 2025View name
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Annalee
English · Hebrew
Meaning
grace; pasture
#1204US girls · 2025View name
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Anneliese
Dutch · German
Meaning
grace + oath
#1207US girls · 2025View name
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Annelise
Danish · Dutch · German
Meaning
grace + oath
#1072US girls · 2025View name
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