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Names with meaning.

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

Soft & gentle

Gentle sounds, tender meanings

1–48 of 93 names

Biblical Hebrew

Eden

Possibly delight; biblical garden name

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Greek · Spanish · Italian

Elena

Form of Helen; older meaning uncertain

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Hebrew · Italian

Eliana

My God has answered

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German · English

Ella

Germanic other; also a short form of El- names

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English

Ellie

Short for Eleanor, Ellen or Elizabeth

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English · French

Eloise

Probably healthy and wide

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Norman French · Germanic

Emery

From Emmerich; includes a ruler element

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Latin · Italian

Emilia

Rival, through Aemilius

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Latin

Emily

Rival, through Aemilius

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German

Emma

Whole; great

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English · French

Evelyn

From the old Norman name Aveline

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English

Everett

Brave as a wild boar

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English

Everly

Wild boar’s woodland clearing

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English

Edwin

Wealth and friend

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Hebrew

Eli

Ascended; uplifted

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Dutch

Elian

Short form of names beginning Eli-

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Italian

Elio

Possibly sun; two historical routes exist

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Hebrew

Eliora

God is my light

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German · Dutch · French · Hebrew

Elise

Short form of Elizabeth

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English

Elliot

Surname derived from Elias

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English · Hebrew

Elliott

The Lord is my God

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English · Welsh · Hebrew

Ellis

Form of Elias or of Welsh Elisedd

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English · French

Elodie

Form of Alodia; possible riches element, origin uncertain

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English

Elora

Probably a modern coinage

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Cornish

Elowen

Elm tree

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Cornish

Elowyn

Variant of Elowen, elm tree

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English · Scottish

Elsie

My God is an oath, through Elizabeth

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Japanese

Emi

Favor and beauty in one Japanese spelling

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Italian · Spanish · Latin

Emilio

Form of the Roman family name Aemilius

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English · Germanic

Emmeline

Vigorous; unceasing

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English

Emmett

From an English surname based on Emma

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Irish

Erin

Ireland

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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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English

Evie

Short form of Eve or Evelyn

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Turkish

Evren

Universe; cosmos

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Basque

Eder

Handsome; beautiful

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English

Edie

Wealth and battle, through Edith

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Welsh

Eira

Snow in Welsh

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Turkish · Polish · Hebrew

Ela

Hazel, as in hazel eyes

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Swedish

Elin

Form of Helen; ancient derivation uncertain

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English

Ellery

Cheerful, through Hilary

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Old English · German

Elmer

Noble; famous

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Japanese

Emiko

Favor, beauty and child in one Japanese spelling

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French · Latin

Émile

Rival

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Norwegian · German · Czech

Emilie

Rival

Uncommon
Welsh

Emrys

Immortal

Uncommon
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