Boys' Names: A


Name (Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Iacchus	Greek	To shout
Iago	Welsh (from Jacob)	Deceiver
Ian/Iain	Scottish	see Ioannes
Iarflaith		see Iarlaith
Iarla (ear-la)	Gaelic	Western prince
Iarlaith (also Iarflaith)	Gaelic	Tributary lord
Iason	Ancient Greek (from Jason)	To heal
Ibhar	Hebrew	Unknown
Ibrahim	Arabic (from Abraham)	Father of a multitude
Ibnijah	Hebrew	Unknown
Ibri	Hebrew	Unknown
Ibsam	Hebrew	Unknown
Ibzan	Hebrew	Unknown
Icarus	Greek	Follower
Ichabod	Hebrew	Where is the glory?
Ichiro	Japanese	First son
Idande	Unknown	Protection
Idbash	Hebrew	Unknown
Iddo	Hebrew	Unknown
Ieuan	Welsh	see Ionnes
Iezer	Hebrew	Unknown
Igal	Hebrew	Unknown
Igashu	Native American	Wanderer
Igdaliah	Hebrew	Unknown
Ige	Unknown	Born by breech
Ignatius (also Ignace, Ignacio, Ignacy, Ignatz, Ignazio, Inaki)	Latin	Fire
Igor	Russian	see Ives
Iggi (also Iggy)	African	Only son
Ihab	Arabic	Gift
Ikaia	Hawaiian	see Isaiah
Ike		see Isaac
Ikechukwa	African	Powerful god
Ikenna (also Ikennachukwa)	African	Father God's power
Ikkesh	Hebrew	Unknown
Ilai	Hebrew	Unknown
Ilan	Hebrew	Tree
Ilario	Italian (from Hilary)	Cheerful
Ilias (also Ilya)	Latin (from Elijah)	God is Jehovah
Ilom	Unknown	My enemies are many
Ilya	Russian	see Ilias
Imad	Arabic	Support
Imamu	African	Spiritual leader
Imhotep	Egyptian	He comes in peace
Imlah	Hebrew	Unknown
Immanuel	Hebrew (from Emmanuel)	God is with us
Immer	Hebrew	Unknown
Imnah (also Imna)	Hebrew	Unknown
Imrah	Hebrew	Unknown
Imre	Hungarian (from Emeric)	Industrious rule
Imri	Hebrew	Unknown
Inaki	Basque	see Ignatius
Inari	Unknown	Shrimp
Indigo	English	Purple
Indra	Sanskrit	Possessing drops of rain
Ing (also Inge)	Old Norse	Norse god of fertility
Ingemar (also Ingmar)	Old Norse	As famous as Inge
Ingolf	Old Norse	Ing's wolf
Ingram	Teutonic	Angle's raven
Ingvar	Old Norse	Ing's warrior
Innes	Gaelic (from Angus)	Choice
Innocent (also Innokenti)	Latin	Not guilty
Inoke	Unknown	Devoted
Innokenti		see Innocent
Ioannes (also Ian, Iain, Ieuan, Ion, Ivan)	Greek (from John)	God is gracious
Iob	Hebrew (from Jashub)	Unknown
Iobhar (ee-var)	Gaelic	see Ives
Iomhar (ee-ovar)	Gaelic	see Ives
Ion		see Ioannes
Ionatan (yo-nat-aun)	Gaelic (from Jonathan)	God is gracious
Iorwerth	Welsh	Handsome lord
Iosac (ee-osac)	Gaelic	see Isaac
Ioseph (yo-saf)	Russian (from Joseph)	May he add
Ipati	Russian	Surpassing
Iphdeiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Ir Nahash	Hebrew	Unknown
Ira	Hebrew	Watchful
Irad	Hebrew	Unknown
Iram	Unknown	Shining
Iran	Hebrew	Unknown
Irene	Greek	Peace
Iri	Hebrew	Unknown
Irial	Gaelic	Unknown
Irijah	Hebrew	Unknown
Irving (also Irvin, Irvine)	Scottish	Place name
Iru	Hebrew	Unknown
Irwin	Teutonic	Boar friend
Isaac (also Ike, Iosac, Itzak)	Hebrew	He laughs
Isador		see Isidore
Isaiah (also Ikaia)	Hebrew	God is my salvation
Isandro	Spanish (from Lysander)	Release of a man
Isao	Unknown	Unknown
Ishbah	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishbak	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishbi-benob	Unknown	Unknown
Ish-Bosheth (also Ishbosheth)	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishhod	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishi	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishmael (also Ishma, Ismael, Ismail)	Hebrew	God hears
Ishmaiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishmerai	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishpah	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishpan	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishuah	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishvah	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishvi	Hebrew	Unknown
Ishvior	Hebrew	Unknown
Isidore (also Isador, Isidro, Izzy)	Greek	Gift of Isis
Iskender	Turkish (from Alexander)	Protector of mankind
Ismael	Spanish	see Ishmael
Ismail	Arabic	see Ishmael
Ismakiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Ismet	Unknown	Honour
Isocrates	Greek	Equal power
Israel	Hebrew	One who struggles with God
Issachar	Hebrew	Reward
Isshiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Issay	African	Hairy
Istu	Native American	Sugar pine
Istvan	Hungarian (from Stephen)	Crown
Ithai	Hebrew	Unknown
Ithamar	Hebrew	Unknown
Ithel	Welsh	Generous lord
Ithiel	Hebrew	Unknown
Ithmah	Hebrew	Unknown
Ithra	Hebrew	Unknown
Ithran	Hebrew	Unknown
Ithream	Hebrew	Unknown
Ittai	Hebrew	Unknown
Ittamar	Hebrew	Island of palms
Itzak		see Isaac
Iustas (yoo-staws)	Gaelic (from Eustace)	Fruitful
Ivan	Russian	see Ioannes
Ivar (ee-var)	Gaelic	see Ives
Ives (also Igor, Iobhar, Iomhar, Ivar, Iver, Ivet, Ivo, Ivor, Iwo)	Old English (from Yves)	Archer
Ivrit	Unknown	The Hebrew language
Iwo		see Ives
Iye	Native American	Smoke
Izefia	African	I have no child
Izegbie	African	Long expected child
Izhar	Hebrew	Unknown
Izliah	Hebrew	Unknown
Izrahiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Izri	Hebrew	Unknown
Izzy		see Isidore