Happy Baby Names

Updated Wed Dec 11 2024

Happy baby names connoting sunshine, positivity, and optimism can be a balm against a difficult world. If you want to give your child a happy name, here are few strategies.

1. PICK A NAME WITH A HAPPY MEANING.

There are lots of choices that mean or connote happiness, hope, friendliness and good luck. These names that mean happy include the following.

2. PICK A NURSERY RHYME NAME.

The innocence of bygone childhood could be recaptured by returning to a simpler Mother Goosey name.

3. PICK A NAME FROM THE LAND OF DISNEY.

If, indeed, Disneyland is the happiest place on earth, what better domain to pick a happy-ending name from? Among the many to choose from:

4. PICK A VIRTUOUS NAME.

Despite all obstacles, you want your child to be truthful, loyal, kind, honest and prudent. You can telegraph that positive message from the get-go by choosing a name such as:

About the Author

Linda Rosenkrantz

Linda Rosenkrantz is the co-founder of Nameberry, and co-author with Pamela Redmond of the ten baby naming books acknowledged to have revolutionized American baby naming. You can follow her personally at Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed New York Review Books Classics novel Talk and a number of other books.

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Introducing the Nameberry App

Find your perfect baby name together with our new mobile app.

Swipe through thousands of names with your partner
Names you match on are saved to your shared list
Get personalized recommendations that learn based on your and your partner's preferences
Partner with friends and family to find names you all love
Backed by Nameberry's 20 years of data around name preferences.