Updated October 2026
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German and Catalan
"blue"
Japanese
"one thousand springs"
Indigenous Australian or Tswana, Sotho
"dusk, twilight; lion"
Tau, which rhymes with cow, is the alphabetical nickname Grimes and Elon Musk chose for their third child, Techno Mechanicus. Tau is the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet and a common variable…
Flemish, meaning unknown
A popular name in Belgium, made famous by model Cilou Annys.
African
"my heart is content"
It's hard to find a name meaning much sweeter than Obiajulu's.
Duyğu is a Turkish feminine name pronounced approximately as 'doo-yoo.' It means 'emotion,' 'feeling,' or 'sentiment' in Turkish, deriving from the Turkish word for emotional response or sensation.…
Finnish diminutive of Elsa, German
"pledged to God"
In Finland, many pet forms of names end in U, such as Elsu, a nickname for Elsa.
Irish
"Ireland, land of abundance"
The Old Irish name for Ireland, now Éire, which is the source of Erin (via its genitive form Éireann "of Ireland"). In Irish mythology, Ériu is the mother goddess of Ireland, whose name may derive…
Sonyuru is an extremely rare feminine name with unclear etymological origins. It may be a modern invented name or possibly derived from combining elements of other names or words from various…
Emylou is a sweet, distinctive feminine name typically understood as a compound of the names Emily and Lou or Louise. Emily derives from the Latin 'aemulus' meaning 'rival' or 'trying to equal,'…
Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele
"our treasure"
This South African name is often shortened to the spunky nickname Gugu.
Bizou is a delightful feminine name derived from the French word meaning 'kiss' or 'little kiss.' This charming, affectionate name carries a sense of sweetness and endearment with its playful sound.…
"light or radiance"
Literary name
"hope"
Karou is the blue-haired, tattooed protagonist of Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy; her name means "hope" in the language of the chimaera who raised her. Reminiscent of sweet…
Greenlandic
"sinew"
This is a Greenlandic girls' name made famous when Princess Mary and Prince Frederik named their twin daughter Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda. Ivalu is a variant spelling.
Finnish
"Christmas"
A rare Finnish name for Christmas babies.
Diminutive of names beginning with Ju-
An informal nickname for names such as Julia, Juliette, and June.
The name of the protagonist in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 2013 novel Americanah .
English
"rainbow"
Melodramatic wordplay name coined by actor Ving Rhames for his daughter, this could be considered a variation of "rainbow" or as a smoosh name, blending Reign and Beau, to mean "royal and beautiful".
Chinese
"willow tree"
Commonly associated with Chinese supermodel Liu Wen.