Names Categorized "continents"

Africa 1 is a feminine given name used primarily within African American communities. It derives from the continent of Africa, a name whose origin is believed to be Latin, possibly referring to the Afri, an ancient peopl...

America is a feminine given name in the English-speaking world, predominantly referencing the United States of America. The name is derived from Amerigo, the medieval Italian form of the Germanic name Emmerich. The explo...

EtymologyAmi is a Japanese feminine given name. It is typically written with two kanji: the first character 亜 (a) meaning “second” or “Asia,” and the second character 美 (mi) meaning “beautiful.” As with many Japanese n...

Asia 1 is a feminine given name directly taken from the name of the world's largest continent, Asia. The continent's name itself is of ancient origin, tracing back to the Akkadian word asu, meaning "east" or "sunrise," r...

Asia 2 is a Polish diminutive of Joanna, itself derived from the Latin Iohanna, which traces back to the Greek Ioanna, the feminine form of Ioannes (see John). In the New Testament, the name belongs to a woman who follow...

Europa is a female name derived from Greek mythology, originating from the Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē). The name is composed of the elements eurys meaning "wide" and ops meaning "face, eye," giving it the literal meani...

Europe is a Greek feminine name, directly taken from the continent of the same name. It is the Greek form of Europa, a figure from Greek mythology. The name traces further back to the Greek elements εὐρύς (eurys) meaning...