Names That Mean Famous

Ludvik

Unlikely to catch on in the Anglophone world, where parent name Ludwig still conjures up images of Beethoven.

But Ludvig actually ranks among the top boy names in Norway and Sweden, while German form Ludwig ranks among the Top 100 boy names in Germany and Ludovico is cool in Italty. 

Ludvig

In Greek legend Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon, mother of Orestes and Electra. She took a lover while her husband was away fighting in the Trojan War, and upon his return she had him killed as revenge for his sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia. She was subsequently killed by Orestes.

Clytemnestra

A German and Dutch name related to Ramiro via Raginmar and Reinmer. It is also found as a surname.

Reimer

English form of the Ancient Germanic name Chlodochar, modernized as Lothar. This was the name of a 9th-century Frankish king, the son of Louis I, who ruled the region called Lorraine. The name and word Lothario derives from the same source.

Lothair

Ro- names are on the rise — think Roman, Rory, and Rowan — but straightforward and streamlined Row (and Rowe, Roe, and Ro) takes this trend to the next level. The pared-down single syllable gives Row an ultra-cool edge.
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Morgan Stewart and Jordan McGraw named their daughter Row Renggli in 2021. The baby's middle name is a Swiss-German surname name meaning "curved" or "slender."

Orlo is a name nobody ever heard of until the surprise popularity of the unrelated but similar-sounding Arlo. If Arlo can be a hit, why not Orlo? Why not indeed.
</br></br>Some sources identify Orlo not as a diminutive of Orlando but as a Hebrew name drawn from the Orl- prefix, a la Orli, which means light.

Orlo

Loulabelle

Names that mean famous or fame might inspire your child to seek the limelight or feel that they're famous without having to do anything at all. Famous is certainly an appropriate name meaning today.

Because names were coined hundreds or even thousands of years ago, the meaning of famous does not usually refer to "famous on Instagram." Instead, most names with famous in the meaning mean things like "famous ruler" and "famous warrior".

These names meaning famous are ordered by current popularity on Nameberry.

Names that mean famous with origin and popularity (Page 7)