Names

Roman cognomen that was a derivative of Aquila.

Feminine form of Aquilinus. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint from Byblos.

From a Roman cognomen meaning “eagle” in Latin. In Acts in the New Testament Paul lives with Aquila and his wife Priscilla (or Prisca) for a time.

Means “ptarmigan” in Greenlandic (a ptarmigan is a type of bird that lives in cold regions).

Feminine form of Aqil.

Means “intelligent, wise” in Arabic. This transcription represents two different Arabic spellings.

Means “snowflake” in Greenlandic.

Means “unpreceded, new” in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form अपूर्व and the feminine form अपूर्वा.

From the name of the month, probably originally derived from Latin aperire “to open”, referring to the opening of flowers. It has only been commonly used as a given name since the 1940s.

This was a Roman praenomen, or given name, used predominantly by the Claudia family. Its etymology is unknown. A famous bearer of this name was Appius Claudius Caecus, a Roman statesman of the 3rd century BC. He was responsible for the Aqua Appia (the first Roman aqueduct) and the Appian Way (a road between Rome and Capua), both of which were named for him.