Names That Mean Beautiful

A quetzal is a beautiful, brightly-colored bird found in Mexico and Central America. It is the national bird of Guatemala, as well as the name of their currency.
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Quetzal is given as a baby name to a small but significant number of girls each year. It's one of the most intriguing <a href="https://nameberry.com/search/girls-names/q">girl names that start with Q</a>.

Quetzal

Short and sweet Japanese name that could easily cross cultures.

Hallfrid

Hawaiian names tend to evoke sunshine and warm weather — this option is more appropriate for a wintertime baby.

Haunani

An attractive Japanese name with appealing meanings. 

Miyabi

Name from the Mohawk tribe associated with actress Kaniehtiio Horn, who <a href="https://twitter.com/kaniehtiio/status/1270865779030929412">created a video</a>  on how to pronounce her rare name.

Kaniehtiio

Gytha

Dagfrid

Yiddish form of Shaina that peaked in the US in 1991.

Sheyna

An ancient Egyptian name with noble ties — Nofret, or Neferet, was a princess of Egypt during the third century B.C.

Neferet

A little-known Callie name, belonging to a naiad in Greek mythology – a daughter of the god of the Nile. She was one of the wives of Aegyptus.

Caliadne

Snæfríðr

Nofret was a princess who lived during the 4th dynasty of Egypt. She married the son of a Pharoah, Prince Rahotep, and bore six children.

Nofret

Asfrid

Not a traditional name, but this Romance phrase rolls off the tongue so easily we're surprised no one used it sooner — it first appeared on the US charts in 2020. Its mirror-image name, Rosabella, is growing in popularity, and we can see Bellarosa doing the same.

Bellarosa

Common Japanese choice with a covetable meaning.

Minako

Unfortunately Kjellfrid does not have a very intuitive spelling or pronunciation for Americans.

Kjellfrid

Mariabella

Ahsen is derived from the masculine Arabic name Ahsan and is used on both sexes in Turkey, however, it is more popular among baby girls.

Ahsen

Most common in Japan in the mid-20th century, but to Western ears it doesn't sound dated.