Boys' Names: A


Name (Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Naadiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Naam	Hebrew	Unknown
Naaman	Hebrew	Pleasant
Naarai	Hebrew	Unknown
Nabal	Hebrew	Fool
Nabil	Arabic	Noble
Naboth	Hebrew	Unknown
Nacon	Hebrew	Unknown
Nacho (also Nacio)	Latin (from Ignatius)	Fire
Nada	Arabic	Generous
Nadab	Hebrew	Unknown
Nadav	Hebrew	Generous
Nadim	Arabic	Drinking companion
Nadir	Arabic	Deer
Naeco	Unknown	Ocean spelled backwards
Naeem	African	Benevolent
Nagendra	Sanskrit	Snake of Indra
Nagib		see Najib
Naham	Hebrew	Unknown
Nahara	Hebrew	Unknown
Naharai	Hebrew	Unknown
Nahash	Unknown	Unknown
Nahath	Hebrew	Unknown
Nahbi	Hebrew	Unknown
Nahele	Hawaiian	Forest
Nahor	Hebrew	Unknown
Nahshon	Hebrew	Unknown
Nahum (also Naum)	Hebrew	Comforter
Nail	Arabic	Attainer
Na'im	Arabic	Tranquil
Maiser	Unknown	founder of clans
Naithi	Gaelic	see Nathi
Naji (also Najee)	Arabic	Safe
Najib (also Nagib)	Arabic	Noble
Nakima	Unknown	Noah's sea
Naldo	Italian	Unknown
Nalo	Unknown	Loveable
Namer (also Namir)	Hebrew	Leopard
Nanda	Sanskrit	Joy
Nandor (also Nandy)	Hungarian (from Ferdinand)	Ready for the journey
Nanook (also Nanuk)	Inuit	Polar bear
Nantan	Native American	Spokesman
Nanuk		see Nanook
Naoise (nee-sha)	Gaelic	Bond
Naoko	Japanese	Honest
Naolin (also Naoll)	Aztec	God of the sun
Naomhan (nave-awn) (also Nevan, Neven, Nevin, Niven)	Gaelic	Saint
Naphish	Hebrew	Unknown
Naphtali	Hebrew	My struggle
Napier	Old French	Linen keeper
Napoleon	Teutonic	Sons of mist
Narain	Unknown	Protector
Narayan	Sanskrit	Son of man
Narcissus (also Narciso, Narcisse)	Greek	Sleep
Nardo	Spanish (from Bernard)	Brave as a bear
Narendra (also Narinder)	Sanskrit	Man of Indra
Nariko	Unknown	Thunder
Narinder		see Narendra
Nash	Old English	Protruding cliff
Nasir	Arabic	Helper
Nasser	Unknown	Triumphant
Naithi		see Nathi
Nat/Natanaele/Nate		see Nathaniel
Nathan	Hebrew	Gift
Nathaniel (also Nat, Natanaele, Nate, Nathanael, Nethanel)	Hebrew	Gift of God
Nathi (also Naithi)	Gaelic	Nephew of Eo
Natine	Unknown	Of the Natine tribe
Natividad	Unknown	Of the Nativity
Natori	Unknown	Bird
Naum	Russian	see Nahum
Navarro	Spanish	Plains
Naveed (also Navid)	Persian	Good news
Navin	Hindu	New
Nayati	Native American	Wrestler
Nayelis	Unknown	I love you
Nayer	Unknown	Sunshine
Nazario (also Nazaire)	Italian	From Nazareth
Nazli	Unknown	Unknown
Neacel	Scottish	see Nicholas
Neal/Neale/Nealon		see Neil
Neariah	Hebrew	Unknown
Nebaoith	Hebrew	Unknown
Nebuchadnezzar	Unknown	Unknown
Nebuchadrezzar	Unknown	Unknown
Ned	English (from Edward)	Rich guard
Neelam	Sanskrit	Sapphire
Neely		see Neil
Nehemiah	Hebrew	Consolidation
Neifion	Welsh	see Neptune
Neil (also Neal, Neale, Nealon, Neely, Neill, Nial, Niall, Niel, Nigel, Niles)	Gaelic	Champion
Neilus	Gaelic (from Cornelius)	Horn
Neirin	Welsh	Noble
Nels		see Nicholas
Nelson	English	Son of Neil
Nemuel	Hebrew	Unknown
Nen	Egyptian	Ancient waters
Neoptolemus	Greek	New war
Nepheg	Hebrew	Unknown
Neptune (also Neifion)	Latin	Unknown
Ner	Hebrew	Unknown
Nereus (also Nerio)	Greek	Unknown
Neriah	Hebrew	Unknown
Nero	Unknown (from Rayner)	Army of advice
Neron	Spanish	Strong
Nessan	Gaelic	Stoat
Nestor (also Nestore)	Greek	Homecoming
Nethanel	Hebrew	see Nathaniel
Nethaniah	Hebrew	Unknown
Nevan/Neven	Gaelic	see Naomhan
Neville (also Nevil)	Old French	New town
Nevin	Gaelic	see Naomhan
Nevio	Latin	Mole on the body
Newman	Old English	Newcomer
Newton (also Newt)	Old English	New town
Neylan	Turkish	Promise fulfilled
Ngai	Vietnamese	Herb
Ngaio	Maori	Clever
Nial		see Neil
Niall (neel)	Gaelic	see Neil
Nibal	Arabic	Arrows
Nic		see Nicholas
Nicanor	Greek	Victorious army
Nicholas (also Neacel, Nels, Nic, Niccolo, Nichjo, Nichol, Nicholai, Nick, Nickolas, Nickolaus, Nicky, Nico, Nicodemus, Nicodeme, Nicodemo, Nicol, Nicolae, Nicolao, Nicolas, Nicolo, Nicomedo, Niels, Niilo, Nikkos, Niklaus, Nikodemos, Nikodim, Nikolaas, Nikolai, Nikolao, Nikolaos, Nikolos, Nils, Nioclas)	Greek	Victory of the people
Nicostrato		see Nikostratus
Niel		see Neil
Niels		see Nicholas
Nien	Vietnamese	Year
Nigel	Latin	see Neil
Niilo	Finnish	see Nicholas
Nika	Greek Russian Yoruba	Victory Belonging to God Ferocious
Nikandros	Greek	Victory of a man
Nikias	Greek	Victory
Nikhil	Greek	Victorious
Nikita	Russian (from Anicetus)	Unconquerable
Nikkos		see Nicholas
Niklaus	Germanic	see Nicholas
Nikodemus	Greek	see Nicholas
Nikodim	Russian	see Nicholas
Nikoi	African	Unknown
Nikolaas/Nikolai/Nikolao/Nikolaos/Nikolos		see Nicholas
Nikomachos	Greek	Victorious battle
Nikomedes	Greek	To think of victory
Nikostratus (also Nicostrato)	Greek	Army of victory
Niks	Unknown	Unknown
Niles		see Neil
Nils		see Nicholas
Nimbus	Latin	Rain cloud
Nimrod	Hebrew	Unknown
Nimshi	Hebrew	Unknown
Ninfa	Unknown	Troll
Ning	Chinese	Peace
Ninian	Unknown	Unknown
Nino	Italian (from Giovanni)	God is gracious
Nioclas (nee-claws)	Gaelic	see Nicholas
Nir	Hebrew	Plowed field
Nira	American	National Industrial Recovery Act
Nirel (also Nire)	Hebrew	Light of God
Nissan	Hebrew	Sing
Nitesh	Unknown	Heartbeat of the earth
Nitis	Unknown	Friend
Niv	Unknown	Speech
Nivek	Unknown	Kevin spelled backwards
Niven	Gaelic	see Naomhan
Nixon	English	Son of Nick
Nizar	Arabic	To be little
Nkruma	African	Ninth born child
Noah	Hebrew	Comfort
Noam	Hebrew	Pleasant
Nobah	Hebrew	Unknown
Noble	Old French	Noble
Nod	Hebrew	Wandering
Nodin	Native American	Wind
Noe	Spanish	Peace
Noel (also Noell, Nollaig, Nowell)	French	Christmas
Nogah	Hebrew	Unknown
Nohah	Hebrew	Unknown
Nolan (also Noland, Nolen)	Gaelic	Noble
Noll	Medieval (from Oliver)	Elf army
Nollaig (nul-ig)	Gaelic	see Noel
Norbert	Teutonic	Bright north
Norman (also Norm, Normand)	Old English	From Normandy
Normandy	French	Province in France
Norris	Old French	Northerner
Norton	Old English	North town
Norvin	Old English	Man from the north
Norwood	Old English	North wood
Novio	Spanish	Boyfriend
Nowell		see Noel
Nowles	Unknown	Forest cove
Noxolo	Unknown	Peace
Nsia	African	Sixth born child
Nsonowa	African	Seventh born child
Nuadha (nu-a) (also Nuada, Nudd)	Gaelic	The cloud maker
Nuhad	Arabic	Unknown
Nun	Hebrew	Unknown
Nunzio (also Nuncio)	Italian (from Annunziata)	Annunciation
Nur (also Nuru)	Arabic	Light
Nuri	Arabic	Fire
Nuru		see Nur
Nye	Welsh (from Aneirin)	Noble
Nyler	Unknown	Champion of the shelter