῾Ā′isha
in A Dictionary of First Names
January 2006; p ublished online January 2006 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Names Studies. 12 words.
(Arabic)
‘Alive, thriving’; name of Muḥammad's third and favourite wife.
Aaberg
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; p ublished online January 2006 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Names Studies. 30 words.
1. Scandinavian (Åberg): ornamental name from aa, å ‘river’ + berg ‘hill’, ‘mountain’.
2. Norwegian: habitational name
Aaby
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; p ublished online January 2006 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Names Studies. 22 words.
Norwegian and Danish: habitational name from a place called Aaby or Åby, from å ‘river’ + Old Norse býr ‘farm’.
Aachen (North Rhine–Westphalia/Germany)
in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
P ublished online May 2014 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Names Studies. 114 words.
Derived from the Old High German aha ‘water’, a reference to the springs here. The springs of Grannus were named
Aachen (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany)
in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
P ublished online January 2010 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Names Studies. 113 words.
Aquis Granum, Aix-la-Chapelle
Derived from the Old High German aha ‘water’, a reference to the springs here. The springs of
Aadland
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; p ublished online January 2006 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Names Studies. 30 words.
Norwegian: habitational name from a place called Ådland, from Old Norse Árland ‘land by the river’.
Aagaard
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; p ublished online January 2006 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Names Studies. 23 words.
Norwegian and Danish: variant of Ågård (see Agard).
Aagard
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; p ublished online January 2006 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Names Studies. 10 words.
Norwegian and Danish: variant of Ågård (see Agard).
Aaker
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; p ublished online January 2006 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Names Studies. 16 words.
Norwegian and Swedish (Åker): variant of Aker.
Aakre
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; p ublished online January 2006 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Names Studies. 33 words.
Norwegian (Åkre): habitational name from any of several places so named, from an inflected form of Old Norse