Updated October 2026
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Hebrew
"house of bread"
The Spanish name Belén is a well-established girl name, but parents have been slower to use the English equivalent. It is beginning to come into wider use, along with other New Testament place names…
Ahlaam is a feminine name of Arabic origin meaning 'dreams' or 'aspirations.' The name comes from the Arabic word 'ahlam' (أحلام), the plural form of 'hulm' meaning dream. It carries beautiful…
American Word Name
"rousing, uplifting song"
A modern word name, Anthem may be considered spiritual, patriotic, uplifting, or simply musical. Used to describe a song that is rousing and promotes a certain belief, group or country, it also links…
Scottish form of Columba, Latin
"dove"
Callum is virtually unused for girls in the US, but we could easily see it fitting in with other boy names for girls such as Elliot, Asher, and August.
Diminutive of Cameron or Camilla
A Pam for the modern age, improved by a harder edge and a tad less prissiness.
Gem is a concise, evocative feminine name derived directly from the English word for precious stones. This nature-inspired name conveys qualities of rarity, beauty, and value. As a given name, Gem…
Place name
"city of the ancient god Shalem"
Transferred from the geographical name, Jerusalem is a sacred city in many religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It is given to around a dozen babies of each sex per year…
"pleasantness, charm, tenderness"
A popular name for both sexes in Israel, in the Top 10 for boys and Top 100 for girls. In the US, Noam is most closely association with (male) intellectual figure Noam Chomsky and so is used (at this…
Turkish
"yearning"
Quite popular in Turkey in the 1980s, Ozlem fell out of the Turkish top 100 in 2011.
Latin
"day"
A modern name likely inspired by the Latin phrase carpe diem meaning "seize the day", it appears in romantasy novel Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole.