List of Baby Names for Boys Starting with A

Araz

Name with origin in the Middle-East references to the name of the river that partially constitutes the borders between Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Iran. Araz is the Azeri variant of the name. However it is known by Aras in Turkish, Persian and Kurdish and Araks or Araks in Armenian and Greek.

Arcadio

MEANING: This name derives from the Ancient Greek name “Arkás ‎(Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́ς) and Arkádios (Αρκάδιος)”, which in turn derives from “Arkadíā ‎(Ἀρκαδίᾱ)”, meaning “coming from Arcadia, native of Arcadia”. ... It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas, son of Zeus and Callisto.

Arcangelo

Meaning of name Arcangelo. Etymology : Means "archangel" in Italian. Saint : Origin : Italian.

Archil

Meaning & History. Meaning unknown, of Persian origin. This was the name of an 8th-century Georgian noble who was executed for refusing to convert to Islam.

Archon

Archon (Greek: ἄρχων, árchon, plural: ἄρχοντες, árchontes) is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem αρχ-, meaning "to rule", derived from the same root as monarch and hierarchy.

Arcturus

Meanings and history of the name Arcturus: | Edit. Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes the Herdsman, and the fourth brightest star in the sky: only Sirius, Canopus and Alpha Centauri outshine it. Loosely translated from Greek as "Guardian of the bear."

Ardell

Ardell Name Meaning. Swedish: from an unexplained first element + the common suffix of surnames -ell (from Latin -elius).

Ardghal

Meaning & History. Means "high valour", derived from the Irish elements ard "high" and gal "valour".

Ardian

Ardian is an Albanian name. Although similar to Adrian, a name of Latin origin, the Albanian name Ardian (Ardjan and Ardijan being other variants) is a derivation of Ardiaei, the name of an ancient Illyrian people.

Ardo

St. Ardo was a Benedictine abbot and hagiographer from Languedoc who lived in the 9th century. His feast day is March 7. Ardo (or Ardonus, possibly short for Ardabastus) lived in the 8th century and was the last of the Visigothic kings in Hispania. Ardo Perri is a retired Italian-Canadian soccer player.