Updated November 2023
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Mexican
"Eternal God bless our daughter"
Debanhi took the lead in 2022 as the name with the biggest increase in percentage of babies born — a whopping 1,164% increase. The name was given to 177 baby girls, and this rise may be attributed to…
Cree
"our house"
Place-name
"our lady of the snows"
Nevis — as in the island in the West Indies making up the nation St. Kitts and Nevis — was derived from the Spanish name Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, meaning "Our lady of the snows"
African Nigerian
"she is our joy"
A bit masculine in feel.
Yoruba, Nigerian
"our child is our pride"
Poetic Nigerian name rarely heard outside of West Africa.
Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele
"our treasure"
This South African name is often shortened to the spunky nickname Gugu.
Italian surname or Mormon
"son of Mauro; our lord"
Moroni isn't heard very often these days, probably because the first five letters have strong teasing potential. It's a common Italian surname meaning "son of Mauro," but its use as a first name is…