Names

Feminine form of Aemilianus (see Emiliano).

Feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).

Contracted form of Æðelræd. This was the name of a 12th-century English saint.

Means “whirlwind” in Greek. In Greek myth this was the name of an Amazon warrior killed by Herakles during his quest for Hippolyta’s girdle.

Roman family name that was possibly derived from the Greek word ἥλιος (helios) meaning “sun”. This was the family name of the Roman emperor Hadrian.

Created by Russian author Aleksey Tolstoy for his science fiction novel Aelita (1923), where it belongs to a Martian princess. In the book, the name is said to mean “starlight seen for the last time” in the Martian language.

Roman cognomen that was a derivative of Aelius.

Feminine form of Aelianus.

Feminine form of Aelius.

Derived from the Old English elements ælf “elf” and wine “friend”. This name was not commonly used after the Norman Conquest.