Names That Mean Peace

A jauntier, more accessible form of Siegfried.

Sippo

Barış has been in the Turkish Top 100 since 1980, the first year for which there are records. It is typically written with the Turkish dotless I.

Bariş

A warm and musical name with a lovely meaning. There is a popular song called Dembe by famous Ugandan artist named Bobbi Wine, who also ran for President.

Dembe

Irya is an Irina diminutive, and rare even in its native country.

Irya

Fenne and its phonetic version Fenna are vintage names enjoying a resurgence in The Netherlands, where both make the girls' Top 100.

Fenne

Axelle is the French feminine form of Axel — it was a Top 100 French name in the late '90s and early 2000s — sometimes adopted for boys in the US as an Axel variant.

Axelle

Ireneusz

Gofraidh, pronounced guffry and sometimes Anglicized to Gotty, Gorry, or Geoffrey, was once a popular name, particularly among the O'Kane family. But in 1880 one Gofraidh MacCionnaith left a deathbed curse on any of his descendants who would revive the name.
 
Oh, well. We didn't like it that much anyway.

Gofraidh

A pretty Irish name with a wonderful meaning, currently of the rise alongside Síofra. Derived from the older name Síthmaith, it comes from the elements maith meaning "good" and síd meaning either "Peace" or "fairy mound".

Síomha

Alternatively spelled Síomha, this Irish name has a wonderful meaning.

Síthmaith

Not to be confused with the Aria/Arya name family, Arja is a variation of Irja, which ultimately is derived from Irene.

Arja

Actress Geffri Maya Hightower, known for her roles in Private Practice and All American, introduced fans to her one-of-a-kind feminization of the hit mid-century boy name Jeffrey. So far, her name hasn't inspired any copycats, but as she continues to rise to stardom, we may start to see baby girls named Geffri pop up. Appropriately, Hightower's Instagram handle is @girlwithaboysname.

Geffri

Irja is the Finnish translation of Irya, the Russian short form of Irina. Arja is a more modern variation.

Irja

Forsythe is a rare and intriguing surname name, most likely derived from the Old Gaelic name Fearsithe, meaning "man of peace." It may instead come from a bygone place name meaning "fairy meadow" or "fairy mound", from Gaelic fer "grass" or for "hill, mound" plus sithe "fairies."

Forsythe

Ireneu

While Irena is a more popular Lithuanian Irene variant, Airinė is an alternative, notably borne by high jumper Airinė Palšytė. Spelled as Airine, it is more notably used in East Africa and the Philippines. 


Airinė

The Hungarian form of Tihomir, pronounced the same way. A signicant namesake is the priest and author Tihamér Tóth.

Tihamér

Bold and strong, Casimira is a feminine form of Casimir, which ultimately derives from the Slavic elements kaziti and mirŭ meaning "to destroy" and "peace, world". A notable bearer is Casimira Rodríguez who was Bolivia's first indigenous Quechua woman to serve as a government minister.