The name collection

Names with meaning.

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

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Soft & gentle

Gentle sounds, tender meanings

1–48 of 304 names

Hebrew

Aaron

Uncertain; perhaps exalted

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Spanish

Ángel

Messenger; angel

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Hebrew

Asher

Happy; blessed

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English · Latin

Bennett

Blessed, through Benedict

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English

Everett

Brave as a wild boar

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Breton · English · Spanish · Portuguese

Gael

Probably referring to a Gaelic speaker

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English

Grayson

Son of the steward

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Latin

Julian

Belonging to the Julius family; origin uncertain

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Italian · Romanian · Hungarian

Luca

From Lucania in Italian; a separate Hungarian Lucia form

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Spanish · Hebrew

Mateo

Gift of God

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Hebrew

Micah

Who is like God

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English · Germanic

Myles

Variant of Miles; meaning uncertain

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Hebrew

Noah

Rest; comfort

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English

Wesley

West clearing or meadow

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Sanskrit · Hindi

Aarav

Sound; cry

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Hebrew

Abel

Breath; vapor

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English

Alden

Old friend

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Italian · Greek

Alessio

Defender; helper

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English

Alvin

From several older names involving friendship

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Italian

Angelo

Messenger; angel

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English · Scottish

Archie

Genuine; bold, through Archibald

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English

Arlo

Uncertain; possibly linked to a literary place name

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Spanish · Italian · Portuguese

Aurelio

Golden, through Aurelius

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Sanskrit

Ayaan

Path; progress

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Spanish

Benicio

Good, through the Benizi surname

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English · Welsh

Bowen

Son of Owain

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Irish · English

Callan

From the surname Ó Cathaláin

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Scottish Gaelic · Latin

Callum

Dove

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Spanish · Portuguese

Camilo

Form of Camillus; meaning uncertain

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Dutch · Swedish

Casper

Possibly treasurer

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English

Cole

Surname linked to Nicholas or Cola

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Greek

Dorian

Possibly inspired by the Dorian people

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English

Edwin

Wealth and friend

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Hebrew

Eli

Ascended; uplifted

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Italian

Elio

Possibly sun; two historical routes exist

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Italian · Spanish · Latin

Emilio

Form of the Roman family name Aemilius

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English

Emmett

From an English surname based on Emma

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Welsh

Evan

The Lord is gracious

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Greek

Evander

Good man; a separate Scottish route also exists

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Scottish · English

Graham

Probably gravelly homestead

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Arabic

Isa

Jesus

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Hebrew

Jesse

Possibly gift or existence

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Hebrew

Jonah

A dove

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Hawaiian

Kaleo

The voice; the sound

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Hawaiian

Keanu

The coolness; interpreted as “cool breeze”

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Arabic

Khalil

Close friend

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Latin

Lucian

From Lucianus, ultimately linked to light

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French · Latin

Lucien

Light, through Lucius

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