Names That Mean Garden
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Kamala
Hindi, Hawaiian
"lotus or pale red; or, a garden"
A multicultural name that manages to sound soft and strong at the same time, Kamala is also another name for the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. Vice President Kamala Harris, who describes her own name's…
Gardener
English
"keeper of the garden"
Gardener is surely one of the most pleasant and evocative of the occupational options, calling up images of green grass and budding blooms. The name can also be spelled without the first ' e ', as in…
Kumala
Variation of Kamala, Hindi, Hawaiian
"lotus or pale red; or, a garden"
Variation of Kamala.
Rawdah
Arabic
"garden"
This Muslim girls' name has never gotten much use in the US, but Somali model Rawdah Mohamed may draw more attention to her name.
Carmi
Diminutive of Carmen or Carmelo, Hebrew, Spanish and Italian
"garden"
This old-school short form is showing signs of life thanks to the FX series The Bear , featuring Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto. The Carmi spelling updates it for a 21st-century baby.
Carmi
Diminutive of Carmen or Carmella, Hebrew, Spanish, and Italian
"garden"
A short and sweet diminutive that has the fashionable -i ending.
Layton
Old English
"settlement with a leek garden"
The most popular variation of this name for baby girls is Leighton, as in Leighton Meester, the actress who introduced her name to the mainstream when she rose to fame on Gossip Girl .
Orchard
English from Latin
"garden yard"