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| Albion: | (Celt) "mountain." |
| Alby: | anglicized from of Ailbhe. |
| Alexander: | (Gr) "helper or defender of mankind." Alex, Alick, Alsandair, Alsander, Alastrom, Alastrann. |
| Allister: | (Gr) "defender of mankind." Alastar, Alistair, etc. |
| Alphonsus: | Irish; Latinized also can be Alfonso, used as an equivalent of Gaelic name Anluan. Uncertain origin, could be composed of an intensive prefix + an element meaning "hound" or "warrior." Pet forms Fonsie, Fonso. |
| Alpin: | "attractive." |
| Alsandair: | Irish also can be Alexander. |
| Amargein: | (aw-VEER-een) Old Irish=ama "singing, song" + gein "birth." Most celebrated bearer of the name was the druid poet and judge of the Sons of Mil, legendary ancestor of the Irish. He pronounced the first judgment given on Irish soil, and his magic ensured that the Sons of Mil would triumph over the Tuatha De Danann. A traditional name in the O'Clery family. |
| Ambr: | Irish Gaelic also can be English Ambrose, from Greek Ambrosios "immortal." The surname MacAmbrois is anglicized as McCambridge. |
| Amhlaoibh: | (A-leev)(Norse) "ancestral relic"; IrGael also can be Olaf, an Old Norse name introduced to Ireland by Viking settlers. Anglicized Auliffe, Olave, Auliff, Humphrey. |
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