Names That Mean Respect

  1. Hadar
    • Origin:

      Israeli place name or Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "fruit or glory"
    • Description:

      Also a city near Tel Aviv, Hadar is a name found primarily in Israel. There is also a citrus fruit associated with the holiday of Sukkat the Torah calls the "hadar fruit".
  2. Gorm
    • Origin:

      Danish and Norwegian
    • Meaning:

      "honor, respect"
    • Description:

      Gorm the Old was a famed king of Denmark. His name was common in Viking times.
  3. Sideræl
    • Origin:

      Invented name
    • Meaning:

      "with respect to the distant stars"
    • Description:

      Sideræl was created by Grimes and Elon Musk, who used it as a middle name for their daughter Y, whose full name is Exa Dark Sideræl. They were inspired by the word sidereal, which Grimes explains as, "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."
  4. Folami
    • Origin:

      Yoruba, African
    • Meaning:

      "honor and respect me"
    • Description:

      Nigerian name with an honorable meaning.
  5. Erelieva
    • Origin:

      Germanic
    • Meaning:

      "beloved respect"
    • Description:

      A Gothic name belonging to the wife of Theodemir, a 5th century king of the Ostrogoths, and the mother of Theodoric the Great. The name also belongs to a genus of moths.
  6. Admire
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "regard with respect"
    • Description:

      One of the newest virtue names, given to only a handful of baby girls in the most recent year on record.
  7. Sideræl
    • Origin:

      Invented name
    • Meaning:

      "with respect to the distant stars"
    • Description:

      Grimes and Elon Musk created this name for their daughter Y, full name Exa Dark Sideræl. Grimes explained it is "a more elven" spelling of sidereal, "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."
  8. Sidereal
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "with respect to the distant stars"
    • Description:

      Sidereal is the English spelling of Sideræl, one of the middle names Grimes and Elon Musk chose for their daughter. They used "a more elven" spelling of the word sidereal, which Grimes defined as "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."
  9. Sidereal
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "with respect to the distant stars"
    • Description:

      Elon Musk and Grimes used Sideræl as a middle name for their daughter, whose full name is Exa Dark Sideræl but is nicknamed Y. They modeled the name after the word sidereal, which Grimes defines as "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time." Will it inspire any babies named Sideræl or Sidereal? We won't hold our breath, but we'll be watching.