Name's That Starts with "A" Written in Modern Baybayin

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Baybayin is a Pre Spanish Filipino Script.

Here are names that starts with the letter A written in the Modern baybayin.

What makes it a modern baybayin.

Modern baybayin uses the vowel cancellation mark to take out the vowel.

Each character inherently comes with the vowel "A" other than the vowel themselves.

Here are the 17 characters written in the western alphabet.

A, BA, KA, DA/RA, E/I, GA, HA, LA, MA, NA NGA, O/U, PA, SA TA, WA, YA

Aylani

Ailani

Baybayin is syllabic so the characters represents a syllable.

It is written as its pronounced.

Aisha

Ayisha

The SHA is written as SI YA

Ayda

Aida

Aurora

Broken down to the syllables

The Au sounds is A W hence A W RO RA

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Asura

If you noticed, there's a kudlit at the bottom of the SA character, That kudlit makes the sound O/U hence the SU in A SU RA

Axel

There's no X in the Tagalog/Filipino Alphabet

So it can be written as what character sounds the closest.

The combination of the K and the S will work

A K (adding a vowel cancellation on the K) followed by the SE then L (also with the vowel cancellation mark.)

A K SE L

Ayana

Aiana

Arnold

The character DA/RA is the same, so usually baybayin practitioners add the slash on the character to make it RA to distinguish the two character.

Alot of tagalog / Filipino word have the DA/RA inrterchangeable.

Sample:

Padaan - Paraan means the same.

Armando

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Ashley

Ashli

Arthur

Ariana

Ariyana

Arin

Aren

Would be written the same way.

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Arlo

Ara

Apollo

Antonio

Antonyo

Written the same way since its sounds the same.

Antoni

Anthony

Antuan

Antoan

Antonet

Ansel

Antoinette

Depends on how it sounds, This one has the TWA hence Antuwanet

Annemarie

Annmari

Annmarie

Ann

Anne

Angela

Anika

Angie

Angee

Andrew

Andru

Andrea

Andres

Andy

Andie

Anastasia

Notice the written name Anastasia but its written in baybayin as Anasteysiya

In English the "A" sometimes sounds or pronounced as EY an in baybayin it is written as how it sounds, hence the "Tey"

Analee

Anali

Analisa

Anabell

Annabel

Anabel

Annabelle

All written as one since it sounds the same.

Ana

Anna

Common mistakes with writing baybayin is people write each character as how words are spelled. Again, written as how it sounds,

Annamarie

Anamarie

Anamari

Amiya

Amia

Amora

Ameera

Amira

Amina

Ameena

Amihan

Amilia

Amelia

Amilya

Amaya

Amber

Amanda

Amado

Amalia

Amalya

Alvin

Tagalog/Filipino alphabet dont have the "V" character so its replaced with "B"

Alma

Alonzo

Alonso

Tagalog/Filipino alphabet dont have the "Z" so it replaced with "S"

Altea

Alteya

Althea

Alona

Alita

Allison

Alisson

Alison

Allen

Alen

Aliyah

Aliya

Alissia

Alisia

Alisha

Alisa

Aleesa

Alina

Aleena

Aleksis

Alexis

Tagalog/Filipino dont have the "X" so its replaced with the combination of K & S character

Alex

Aleks

Alessandra

Alek

Alejandro

Alehandro

Alehandoro

Tagalog/Filipino dont have the "J" so its replaced with the "ha" character

Albert

Alavia

Alanis

Alaneese

Alan

Alana

Akira

Akeera

Aiko

Ayko

Agatha

Agata

Adeena

Adihna

Adina

Adela

Adeela

Adelyn

Adelin

Adam

Adelia

Adelya

Abela

Abella

Abby

Abi

Abbi

Abel

Abegail

Abegayle

Feel free to comment, I know I missed a lot of names that starts with an "A"

This took me a whole day to put together.

Hope yall liked it and learned something new.

Hit me up if theres something I missed.

Salamat!