Names That Mean Friend or Friendly

  1. Derwin
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "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.
  2. Faunia
    • Origin:

      Latin feminine variation of Faunus
    • Meaning:

      "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.
  3. Nakotah
    • Origin:

      Sioux
    • Meaning:

      "friend to all"
    • Description:

      This name of a subtribe in the Great Sioux Nation could make an inventive twist on the overused Dakota.
  4. Boudewijn
    • Origin:

      Dutch
    • Meaning:

      "brave friend"
    • Description:

      Dutch form of Baldwin
  5. Nadim
    • Origin:

      Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "friend"
    • Description:

      Friendly option: has also been defined as "drinking companion".
  6. Pal
    • Farquahar
      • Origin:

        Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Fearchar
      • Meaning:

        "dear man"
      • Description:

        Definitely a far stretch for any child.
    • Herophile
      • Origin:

        Greek
      • Meaning:

        "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:

        Swahili
      • Meaning:

        "friend"
      • Description:

        Frequently found in all three forms: Sadik, Sadiki, and Sadiq.
    • Tomoya
      • Origin:

        Japanese
      • Meaning:

        "friend"