Names That Mean Friend or Friendly
- Derwin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dear friend"Description:
A twist on Darwin with the same friendly meaning. Its lovable-nerd feel is given a cool edge by several football players with the name.
- Faunia
Origin:
Latin feminine variation of FaunusMeaning:
"to befriend"Description:
Faunia is more often rendered as Fauna, who was a Roman goddess of fertility, women and healing. Faunia was the downtrodden yet loving heroine of Philip Roth's Human Stain. Faunia and Fauna have more gravitas than the doe-like Fawn.
- Nakotah
Origin:
SiouxMeaning:
"friend to all"Description:
This name of a subtribe in the Great Sioux Nation could make an inventive twist on the overused Dakota.
- Boudewijn
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"brave friend"Description:
Dutch form of Baldwin
- Nadim
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"friend"Description:
Friendly option: has also been defined as "drinking companion".
- Pal
- Farquahar
Origin:
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish FearcharMeaning:
"dear man"Description:
Definitely a far stretch for any child.
- Herophile
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"friend of the heroes"Description:
In Greek Mythology, Herophile was Aphrodite and Poseidon's daughter and a sibyl who predicted the fall of Troy.
- Sadik
Origin:
SwahiliMeaning:
"friend"Description:
Frequently found in all three forms: Sadik, Sadiki, and Sadiq.
- Tomoya
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"friend"