Names That Mean Garden
- Hortensio
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"of the garden"Description:
Hortensio was derived from the Ancient Roman cognomen Hortensius, as were the more familiar names Hortensia and Hortense.
- Gardner
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"keeper of the garden"Description:
One of the best of this fashionable occupational group, strong and particularly well suited to a girl, also with alluring connection to glamour girl Ava Gardner.
- Gardener
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"keeper of the garden"Description:
One of the most pleasant and evocative of the hot new occupational names. Related name: Gardner, as in Ava.
- Carmi
Origin:
Diminutive of Carmen or Carmella, Hebrew, Spanish, and ItalianMeaning:
"garden"Description:
A short and sweet diminutive that has the fashionable -i ending.
- Carminho
Origin:
Diminutive of Carmo, PortugueseMeaning:
"garden"Description:
Carminho is a Portuguese singer who popularized her stage name — she was born Maria do Carmo Carvalho Rebelo de Andrade. Carminho is a nickname for Carmo, the Portuguese form of the Hebrew name Carmel.
- Jannat
Origin:
Bengali and UrduMeaning:
"paradise, garden"Description:
Jannat is derived from the Arabic word jannah, which refers to the final paradise for good souls in the afterlife. Jannat is primarily used among Indian and Pakistani Muslims. Cennet is the Turkish variation.
- Rawdah
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"garden"Description:
This Muslim girls' name has never gotten much use in the US, but Somali model Rawdah Mohamed may draw more attention to her name.
- Layton
Origin:
Old EnglishMeaning:
"settlement with a leek garden"Description:
The most popular variation of this name for baby girls is Leighton, as in Leighton Meester, the actress who introduced her name to the mainstream when she rose to fame on Gossip Girl.
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