New on the App StoreSwipe baby names with your partner — match on names you both love.

Get the iPhone appDownload on the App Store
Nameberry Logo

Names That Mean Leap

  1. Alula
    • Origin:

      Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "first leap"
    • Description:

      Alula, the palindromic name of the first double star to be identified as physically related to its twin, would make the perfect name for a first-born twin. Ideas (we're only half joking) for the second born: Aviva, Aziza, Otto. Alula is reminiscent of the unusual name chosen by Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen for their second daughter: Elula, a month name from the Hebrew calendar.
  2. Sacheverell
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "roebuck leap"
    • Description:

      Over the top for even the most ardent Anglophile. Sacheverell Sitwell was a member of the prominentliterary Sitwell family.
  3. Horst
    • Origin:

      German
    • Meaning:

      "leap"
    • Description:

      Heavy and horsey.
  4. Zophar
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "to leap"
    • Description:

      Zophar is a friend of Job in the Bible, the most impassioned of the three who visit him during his trials.

The Nameberry App Is Live

Nameberry app screenshot
Find your perfect baby name together in our iPhone app, now available on the App Store.
  • Swipe through thousands of names with your partner
  • Names you match on are saved to your shared list
  • Get personalized recommendations that learn based on your and your partner's preferences
  • Partner with friends and family to find names you all love
  • Backed by Nameberry's 20 years of data around name preferences.
Download on the App Store
Nameberry app screenshot