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| Ainsley: | "one's own meadow"; occasionally used as a female name; probably originally a local name, either Annesley in Nottinghamshire, from Old English An "one, only" + leah "wood or clearing"; or Ansley in Warwickshire, from OE ansetl "hermitage" + leah. Ainslee. |
| Airmid: | (AIR-mit) daughter of a |
| Aisling: | (ASH-ling or AH-shleeng) (IrGael) from word meaning "dream, vision, inspiration." Adopted as a given name as part of the Irish revival in the 20th C. Once a man's name, but now a popular woman's name. Also = Aislinn, Ashling. |
| Aithne: | (ATH-nyuh) "fire." Aine, Ena, Ethne. |
| Alana: | "attractive, fair, peaceful." Influenced by the Anglo-Irish term of endearment alannah, Gaelic a leanbh "O child." Alaina, Alannah, Alanna. |
| Alastr: | (al-is-TREE-nah) "defender of mankind"; feminine also can be Alistair. Alastrina, Alastrine, Alexandra, Alexandrina. |
| Alby: | anglicized from of Ailbhe. |
| Alls: | also can be Alison, dim. of Alice. Allison, Allyson, Alyson. |
| Alma: | (Celt) "all good"; from Latin almus "loving, good." |
| Alva: | Irish anglicized also can be Gaelic name Almha. Uncertain origin; earlier form Almu. |
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