Baby Name Meanings
By Sophie Kihm · Updated September 2026
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Lithuanian
"little snow"
The Lithuanian name for Snow White, as well as the word for "snowflake" and the snowdrop flower.
Swedish
"white snow"
Used as the Swedish name for Snow White.
English word name
"snowy"
Snowy has only ever appeared on the charts twice: in 2013, when it was given to 6 baby girls, and in 2016, when it was used for five. With recent celeb choices such as Stormi and Thunder, could Snowy…
Japanese
"frost child"
One of many Japanese options for a winter baby.
Vietnamese
"frost"
Vietnamese cognate of the Chinese name Shuang.
Salishan, Native American
"snow-covered mountain"
The Native name of Washington State's Mount Ranier.
Tahoma was the original name of Mount Ranier, used by the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest.
Sanskrit
"snow"
Chilly choice for a winter baby.
Pronounced as "tweet" or "tweak," depending on the dialect.
Estonian
"frost, catkin"
Urmas was likely derived from the Estonian word urm , meaning "frost" and "catkin." It was first used by Johannes Linnankoski, a Finnish author, for his 1908 play Kirot . It is considered an older…
Pashto
Snowy name with an exclamatory first syllable.
Chinese
Unisex Chinese name ideal for a child born in the winter.
Gender-neutral choice with the covetable X initial. Xue's snowy meaning makes it especially well suited to a winter-born child.
One of the few truly unisex names that start with X .
Among the few unisex names that start with X .
"snow child"
Perfect choice for a child born on a snowy day.
"snow boy"
In the Japanese culture, this name suggests a sense of independence and is one of the popular names for December babies .
Finnish
"snow cherry"
Sparkly, wintery, and vibrant, this Finnish compound name blends two word names into one. Meaning "snow cherry", it was chosen for 12 girls in Finland in a recent year.
"snow flower"
A modern Finnish compound name, first used in the 70s, it blends the wintery Lumi with floral Kukka. A recent count saw it chosen for 23 girls as a first name and 106 as a middle, and as such, it…
