Why does womens names end mostly with an "A"?

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Like sandra,anita,priya,barbara,anna etc.......

i know my dear friends there are exceptions but i said mostly.......:-)

Here is a sample !!!

Ada , Aelicia ; Agatha ; Albreda , Aldreda ; Alexandra ; Aleysia ; Alieva ; Alina ; Alv(i)(e)va ; Alyenora ; Amabila, Anabila ; Anastasia ; Anna; Ascelina ; Avelina ; Basilia ; Benedicta Benigna ; Berta (2); Byota (1)

Camilla (1); Cassandra (2); (2); Cecilia) (37); Celestria (6); Claricia (2); Clemencia (2); Crestina (1); Cristian(i)a (51); Custancia (2)

Desiderata (1); , Dionisia (14)

Edelina (2); Edida (1); Ediva (1); Egidia (3); Ela (4); Eleanor (4); Elena (3) Emelina (1); Emma (57); Ermengarda (1); Ermenilda (1); Erneburga (2); Esilia (1); Estrilda (7); Eugenia (3); Eva (7)

Felicia (15); Fina (1); Flandrina (1);

Galiena, Galiana (6); Gemina (1); and many more............

Gencelina (1); Goda (1); Godehyda (1); Godelda (1); Godeva (1); Goldeholda (1); Grecia (6); Guida (1); Gundreda (6); Gunnilda (9); Gunnora (10)

Hadewisa ,Helewisa (6); Hodierna (1); Humberga (1); Hyldeihera (1)

Ida (8); Idonea (9); Imania, Imayna (2); Isabella) (55); Ismania (1); Isolda (3); Ivetta (2)

Joia (2); Juliana (44)


Laurencia (1); Lauretta (2); Lecelina (2); Lecia (8); Leticia (12); Livina (1); Lora (1); Lyneya (1)

Mabillia (17);(54); Marsill(i)a (6); Marsona (1); ); Matilda (142); ); Meliora (2); Milesant(a) (2); Morgina (1);
Nesta (3); Nic(h)ola (4); Nolicia (1)

Olymppia (1); Orphillia (1); Osanna (2)

Pavia (1); Petronilla (12); Philippa (6)

Richemaya (1); (1); Ro(h)esia (45); (1);

Sabelina (1); Sabina (19); Sae(y)va (4); Sarra, Sara (19); Sayna (2);

Senicla (1); Sibilla (9); Sinapopla (1); Susan(na) (3)

Thomasia (1); Willelma (2); Wyburga (1); Yerilda (1)

Answer 1

Because in Latin (and its descendants like Spanish and Italian) most feminine adjectives end in A...

Most masculine adjectives (and thus names) ended in -us, but those names have not retained quite as much popularity and/or their spellings have changed (e.g. Julius, Brutus, Rufus...)

Answer 2

It many European languages, every object has a "gender". It is considered either male or female. The verb, articles, adjectives, etc used with the noun are altered to match the gender of the object. For example, in many language you use "el" for "the" when speaking of a male, and "la" for "the" when speaking of a female.

One of the ways those languages distinguished between male and female was to end the noun with an "o" or "us" if male or an "a" of female.

That is why many female names ends with an "a". Also may many female version of male names are made by putting an "a" on the end of the name.

Answer 3

Or, Janet, Carol, Betty, Sarah, Joan, Marcy, Dawn, Kim, etc.

Answer 4

Maybe just the women you date. The most common female name in the U.S. is Ashley.

My name ends with an A....lol it's Laura.

Answer 5

Bcoz womens are A- Advanced than men.

Answer 6

so does mine ......but the is still a lot that dont, so really most female names dont end with a A, its just thats the way your thinking

Answer 7

Have you taken a scientific poll? My name is Casey :-)

Just teasing

Answer 8

Not exactly, there are many which doesnt...like sunithi, chandini, arundhati, juhi, kajol, shree...and so many...its alo that many boys name ends with 'a',....

Answer 9

coundn't tell ya..
but my first and last name both start with an " A "
and they both end with an " L " ....

Answer 10

There are so many exception !
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