Names That Mean Fragrant
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Myra
Greek
"sweet-smelling oil"
As with many grandmother-y names, this choice may be coming back into style. Myra was invented in the seventeenth century by a poet called Fulke Greville as a short form of Miranda--or perhaps an…
Jacaranda
Spanish, Portuguese, Tupi-Guarani flower name
"fragrant"
Distinctive and charming nature name that blends elements of Jacqueline and Amanda.
Narda
Greek botanical name; Latin
"fragrant"
Too close to Nada.
Reseda
Latin
"the fragrant mignonette blossom"
A town in the San Fernando Valley: slightly better than Encino or Tarzana.
Quanah
Native American, Comanche
"sweet smelling, fragrant"
Name of a major figure in Indigenous history, Quanah Parker, a Comanche chief who became a judge on the Court of Indian Affairs. Quanah is derived from the Comanche word kwana , meaning "odor" or…
Alamea
Hawaiian
"ripe"
You could think of this lovely name as Alma after a month on the beach in Maui.
Kyoka
Japanese
"mirror; fragrant flower"
Kyōka Izumi was a 19th-century surrealist author. He was a man, but a female character in the anime series Bungo Stray Dogs was named after him in full. Kyōka , meaning "wild" or "mad poetry," is a…
Kamiko
Japanese
"fragrant ocean child"
Popular choice for female anime characters.
Honoka
Japanese
"harmony + flower; fragrant grain"
Five sets of parents were recently inspired to use this floral Japanese name by the anime series Dead or Alive , which features a martial artist and student character named Honoka.
Quannah
Native American, Comanche
"fragrant"
Model and activist Quannah Chasinghorse has Hän Gwich’in and Oglala Lakota ancestry, but her name originally comes from the Comanche Nation. In Comanche, kwana means "odor" or "smell". A famous male…
Feifei
Chinese
"snowfall; fragrant"
Qitarah
Arabic
"fragrant"
An intriguing Arabic option, also spelled Qitara.
