List of English Baby Names Meanings Starting with A

Arch

(AHRCH)

Arch Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone living by a bridge, from Middle English, Old French arche 'arch'.

Meaning: Daring and precious Origin: English, Germanic

Arlen

(AHR-lən)

Gaelic Meaning: The name Arlen is a Gaelic baby name. In Gaelic the meaning of the name Arlen is: Pledge.

Meaning: Oath Origin: English, Gaelic

Arlington

(AHR-ling-tən)

English: habitational name from any of three places called Arlington: in Devon, Gloucestershire, and East Sussex. Earlier forms of the place names show that each contains a different Old English personal name (respectively, Ælffrith, Ælfred, and Eorl(a)) + -ing-, denoting association with, + tun 'settlement'.

Meaning: From the settlement of Alffrith Origin: English

Armstead

(AHRM-stehd)

The name Armstead has a long Anglo-Saxon heritage. The name comes from when a family lived near or at a hermit's cell. The surname Armstead is derived from the Old French word ermite, which means hermit, and the Old English word stede, which means place.

Meaning: Living next to the house of a hermit Origin: English

Arran

(AR-ən)

Hebrew Meaning: The name Arran is a Hebrew baby name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Arran is: Lofty; exalted; high mountain.

Meaning: A person who lives on an island Origin: English, Scottish

Asbjorn

(AHS-byorn)

Asbjørn is a Norwegian and Danish male given name. In 2013, there were more than 7,000 men in Norway with this name. ... The name is a combination of the words as, i.e. a god in the Norse pantheon, and bjørn, meaning bear. (Bjørn can also be used as a given name by itself.)

Meaning: God of bears Origin: Danish, English, Norwegian

Asbury

(AS-bur-ee)

Asbury Name Meaning. habitational name from Astbury in Cheshire, named from Old English east 'east' + byrig, dative of burh 'manor', 'fortified place'. from either of two places, in Oxfordshire and Devon, named Ashbury, from Old English æsc 'ash tree' + byrig.

Meaning: A fort close to ash trees Origin: English

Ash

(ASH)

The name Ash is a Hebrew baby name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Ash is: Happy. In the old Testament, Asher was one of Jacob's sons.

Meaning: Meadow of ash trees Origin: English

Ashby

(ASH-bee)

English Meaning: The name Ashby is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Ashby is: From the ash tree farm.

Meaning: Coming from the ash tree farm Origin: English

Ashcroft

(ASH-kroft)

This surname, with variant spellings Ascroft(e) and Ascraft, is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century "oesc" meaning "ash", plus "croft", a paddock or arable enclosure, and was originally given either as a topographical name to one resident in an enclosure where ash trees grew, or as ...

Meaning: Ash tree farm Origin: English