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Names That Mean Branch

Nameberry
By Nameberry
Updated Thu Nov 30 2023
  1. Dalia

    • Origin:

      Hebrew, Spanish, or Swahili

    • Meaning:

      "branch; dahlia; gentle"

    • Description:

      Similar in sound to the flower name Dahlia, this gentle but distinctive name, heard in many cultures, hits that Golden Mean between too popular and too unusual. In Lithuanian mythology, Dalia is a goddess of weaving and of fate.
  2. Spurgeon

    • Origin:

      Norse

    • Meaning:

      "little branch"

    • Description:

      Spurgeon entered the mainstream name lexicon when it was chosen for their son by Ben Seward and wife Jessa Duggar, from the US reality show 19 Kids and Counting starring their large family.
  3. Clematis

    • Origin:

      Flower name, from Greek

    • Meaning:

      "vine branch"

    • Description:

      Flower name that sounds a bit too much like a disease.
  4. Orwell

    • Origin:

      English surname

    • Meaning:

      "the branch of the river"

    • Description:

      Most closely associated with famed English novelist George Orwell (whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair), this English surname is now occasionally sported as a literary first name. Given its meaning, Orwell could also be used by those looking for a more subtle alternative to River.
  5. Ritva

    • Origin:

      Finnish

    • Meaning:

      "birch branch"

    • Description:

      Ritva is a Finnish name last trendy in the 1940s, starting to make a comeback today.