Names That Mean Birth
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The names
Heidi
Diminutive of Adelheid; German
"noble, nobility"
Heidi became known — and popular — via the 1880 eponymous children's classic by Swiss writer Johanna Spyri and, despite decades of American Heidis of all sizes, shapes, and personalities, the name…
Iphigenia
Greek
"of royal birth"
In mythology, Iphigenia was sacrificed by her father, Agamemnon -- a difficult legacy to pass on to a daughter, and only one reason the name is hardly ever used.
Urien
Welsh
"of privileged birth"
Too close to the name of a bodily fluid.
Abeo
Yoruba, Nigerian
"her birth brings happiness"
Traditional Yoruba choice for the daughter of delighted parents.
Adesimbo
Yoruba, Nigerian
"noble birth"
Asabi
Yoruba, Nigerian
"she is of choice birth"
Ajooni
Hindi
"beyond birth; infinite"
In Sikhism, ajooni is the concept of divine formlessness — a tenet of the religion as Sikhs do not worship idols. The Hindi-language drama Ajooni has boosted this name in the US where it has tripled…