Names

Kazakh form of Aynur.

Variant of Aintza.

Means “glory” in Basque.

Variant of Ainsley.

From a surname that was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves derive from Old English anne “alone, solitary” or ansetl “hermitage” and leah “woodland, clearing”.

Variant of Ainsley.

Spanish form of Ainhoa.

Means “the only one” in Finnish. In the Finnish epic the Kalevala this is the name of a girl who drowns herself when she finds out she must marry the old man Väinämöinen.

From the name of a town in southwest France where there is a famous image of the Virgin Mary.

Basque form of Angelus (see Angel).