Names That Mean Excellence

  1. Jethro
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "excellence"
    • Description:

      Jethro, though the biblical father-in-law of Moses, has suffered for a long time from a Beverly Hillbilly image, but some really adventurous parents might consider updating and urbanizing it and transitioning it into the hip o-ending category.
  2. Virtue
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "moral excellence"
    • Description:

      The mother of all virtue names.
  3. Masaru
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "victory; excellence"
  4. Hiroyoshi
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "large honor; vast excellence"
  5. Jethra
    • Origin:

      Feminization of Jethro, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "excellence"
    • Description:

      Rare and ethereal.

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