Given name & surname
Aa
“river”
Aa is a surname from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in English, German, and Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aa goes back to Proto-West Germanic *ahu, meaning “river.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Aa’s family of names
In German usage, Aa as a surname has a related form in Aach. In German usage, Aa as a surname has a related form in ACH. In German usage, Aa as a surname has a related form in Awater.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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