Names That Mean Young

Marceli

Polish variation of Marcellus, Latin

"young warrior"

Tilen

Slovene variation of Giles, Greek

"young goat"

Tilen is the Slovene form of Giles — one of those names that feel ultra-British but is actually Greek in origin.

Mladen

Slavic

"young"

Used across the Balkans, Mladen derives from the word mlad, meaning "young, youthful". The feminine form, Mladena, is associated with spring and new beginnings.

Moschion

Greek

"young bull, calf"

Derived from the Greek moschos meaning "calf, young bull", this unusual name could work particularly well for a Taurus baby. Borne by an Ancient Greek tragic poet and by a 1st Century physician, it's…

Aqissiaq

Greenlandic

"young ptarmigan"

This animal name sails from Greenland, where it's an elaboration on the word ptarmigan, aqisseq , referring to a ptarmigan chick. But the arctic bird is not the name's only significant namesake:…