The name collection

Names with meaning.

3,600+ baby names from 25 cultures, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and story.

Nature

Trees, rivers and wild things

193–240 of 370 names

Japanese

Haruka

Distant in one Japanese spelling

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Hawaiian

Haunani

Beautiful snow

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Turkish

Hazal

Possibly gazelle; also associated with autumn

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Tongan

Heilala

Heilala flower

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Finnish

Helmi

Pearl; also a pet form of Vilhelmiina

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Japanese

Hikari

Light in one Japanese spelling

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Finnish

Hilla

Cloudberry

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Japanese

Himari

Sunlight and hollyhock in one Japanese spelling

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Japanese

Hotaru

Firefly in one Japanese spelling

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Nheengatu · Brazilian Portuguese

Iara

Lady of the water

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Turkish · Turkic

İdil

The Volga River

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Turkish

Ilgın

Tamarisk tree

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Quechua

Illari

Radiance; lightning, in the RENIEC Quechua account

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Basque

Irati

Fern field

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Turkish

Irmak

River

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Basque

Itxaso

Sea; ocean, through Itsaso

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Polish · Croatian

Jagoda

Strawberry in South Slavic languages; berry in Polish

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Sanskrit

Jahnavi

The river Ganga; daughter of Jahnu

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Croatian · Serbian

Jasna

Clear

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Korean

Jinju

Pearl (珍珠 or 眞珠 spelling)

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Japanese

Kaede

Maple in one Japanese spelling

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Japanese

Kaika

Cheerful summer in 快夏; other spellings differ

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Tamil

Kani

Ripe fruit; sweetness

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Tamil

Kayal

A type of fish

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Sanskrit · Marathi

Ketaki

Fragrant screwpine flower

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Finnish

Kielo

Lily of the valley

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Gujarati

Kinjal

Meaning uncertain; often linked with a flower’s filament

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Hebrew

Kinneret

Harp; Sea of Galilee

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Māori

Kiri

Skin; bark of a tree or fruit

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Japanese

Koharu

Little spring in one Japanese spelling

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Turkish

Kumsal

Sandy beach

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Sanskrit

Lahari

Wave; billow

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Persian

Laleh

Tulip

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Vietnamese · Chinese

Lan

Orchid; other meanings depend on the Chinese spelling

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Sanskrit

Lata

Vine; climbing plant

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Hawaiian

Lehua

The ʻōhiʻa flower

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Chinese

Lei

Flower bud with the cited Chinese characters

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Hawaiian

Leimomi

Pearl lei; pearl child

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Chinese

Lian

Lotus or waterfall with the cited Chinese characters

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Icelandic · Finnish

Lilja

Lily

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Dutch · Flemish

Linde

Dutch form of Linda

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Tagalog · Filipino

Liwayway

Dawn; daybreak

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Welsh · Latin

Lowri

Laurel

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