Parents dont care that Claudette means little Claude while Claudine means like or of Claude.

Feminine names ending in a. Used in Italy as a boys name and is taken to have the same meaning as Andrew. Girl names ending in A are a populous and stylish group. Semitic -t often ends female names Elizabeth Pyatt Lameen Souag John E.

Names with the Latin gender ending -us latinized from the Greek endings -os masculine or feminine -e feminine -a neuter or -on neuter are masculine. Olivia Sophia Julia and so on. All the nouns ending in a double consonant e are usually feminine.

One of the most popular girl names in Italy. European-Inspired Romantic Girl Names. Haitian names use all the classic French endings plus endings derived from several other languages.

Possibly from the Greek meaning womanly or the feminine form of Andreas. Actually if you pay attention to the most common European female names you will notice a similar pattern. Catalan for of the Spanish name Ana which is a form of Anne.

The important consideration is how the ending sounds. Secondly the Russian grammar structure provides feminine names with particular endings. The names that have not been influenced by Latin end in e like Godelieve and Veerle.

- Celtic names frequently do not end in -a Dorcas Caris John Davis. Has long been used in Britain. One reason for this is that -a was the ending for the female form of Latin names and so this has passed down to some derivatives of those names.