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Names That Mean Ancient

  1. Jerusalem

    • Origin:

      Place name

    • Meaning:

      "city of the ancient god Shalem"

    • Description:

      Transferred from the geographical name, Jerusalem is a sacred city in many religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It is given to around a dozen babies of each sex per year in the US.
  2. Kennon

    • Origin:

      Scottish and Irish

    • Meaning:

      "ancient"

    • Description:

      This is one of several similar sounding Gaelic surname names that would make perfectly acceptable choices--others are Kennan, Keenan and Kenyon. Another possible meaning is "descendant of the fair ones," referring to the Norse invaders.
  3. Jerusalem

    • Origin:

      Place name

    • Meaning:

      "city of the ancient god Shalem"

    • Description:

      Transferred from the geographical name, Jerusalem is a sacred city in many religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It is given to around a dozen babies of each sex per year in the US.
  4. Keenen

    • Origin:

      Variation of Keenan

    • Meaning:

      "ancient"

    • Description:

      Energetic name that's keen to please.
  5. Palmira

    • Origin:

      Latin, from Palmyra, ancient Syrian city

    • Meaning:

      "palm tree; pilgrim"

    • Description:

      A place name relating to the tropical palm tree, or a feminine form of Palmiro, meaning "pilgrim".
  6. Lindos

    • Origin:

      Greek

    • Meaning:

      "Ancient Greek place name"

    • Description:

      Variant of Lindus
  7. Thesally

    • Origin:

      from the Greek Thessaly, a region of Ancient Greece

    • Description:

      Thessaly is the name of an area of Greece, known for being near Mount Olympus. This variation lends itself to the nickname Sally. You may also wish to consider the name Larissa, which is the capital of the Thessaly region.
  8. Scilla

    • Origin:

      Botanical name and short form of Priscilla

    • Meaning:

      "ancient"

    • Description:

      Scilla are little woodland flowers in a beautiful bright blue color. Scilla can also be a short form of Priscilla, from Prisca "ancient".
  9. Qadim

    • Origin:

      Arabic

    • Meaning:

      "ancient"

    • Description:

      More frequently seen with the Kadeem spelling, as in actor Kadeem Hardison.
  10. Lindus

    • Origin:

      Greek

    • Meaning:

      "Ancient Greek place name"

    • Description:

      Lindus or Lindos was one of the most important towns in ancient Rhodes. Lindus also was the native place of Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
  11. Donar

    • Origin:

      German

    • Meaning:

      "ancient thunder god"

    • Description:

      Futuristic, in a 1930s kind of way.
  12. Sebbe

    • Origin:

      Swedish variation of Sebastian

    • Meaning:

      "person from ancient city of Sebasta"

    • Description:

      This Swedish form of Sebastian would work nicely as a nickname.
  13. Epic

    • Origin:

      English word name

    • Meaning:

      "grand, heroic, monumental in scale; a long poem derived from ancient oral tradition"

    • Description:

      Literature and poetry lovers might use Epic as a word name — an epic is a long narrative poem, typically the story of a hero. But epic has taken on a contemporary meaning of "impressive," which makes it somewhat of a virtue name as well.
  14. Jerusalema

    • Origin:

      Variation of Jerusalem, Hebrew

    • Meaning:

      "city of the ancient god Shalem"

    • Description:

      Jerusalema is the name of a viral song released by Master KG, a South African DJ, in 2019. The #JerusalemaChallenge was an international sensation during Summer 2020, and in 2021, Jerusalema debuted on the baby name charts when it was given to six baby girls.
  15. Priscillia

    • Origin:

      Variation of Priscilla

    • Meaning:

      "ancient"

    • Description:

      Fanciful variation of already extravagant name. You might recognize it as the name of Swiss Olympian Priscillia Annen.