Spring Baby Names

Ilesha is an unusual choice that will undoubtedly be confused with similar and far more common names such as Alicia and Elissa.

This popular Muslim name would more easily translate to English-speaking cultures in its Bahar form.

A lovely international version of the dated Karen, also spelled Karoun.

A name commonly used in India; Vasant Panchami is a Hindu festival dedicated to the goddess of learning.

Delicate and lacy, with less emphasis on the jar syllable.

Cherokee option for a spring-born child.

A beautiful option for a springtime baby. Bahar is also the name of a Persian newspaper and many villages in Iran. Bahaar is an alternation spelling that may create more difficulties in English-speaking cultures.

Shot to fame as the middle name of Brangelina's daughter Shiloh Nouvel, after French architect Jean Nouvel.

A bit grown-up for a tiny baby.

Ostadar is one of the few names relating to rainbows that is definitively masculine in its original language. Beyond its lovely meaning, Ostadar has a fabulous ring to it and is ripe for greater use outside of the Basque region of Spain.

Slavic possibility for a girl born during the Easter season.

A lively name often used to honor a deceased grandmother in Yoruba culture.

Some will see this as spirited, others stuffy. The protagonist of the Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence was a popular and successful lawyer named Newbold Archer.