Cat Names That Mean Beautiful
- Ratih
Origin:
IndonesianMeaning:
"most beautiful; godlike"Description:
Popular Indonesian name that may leave a young girl in an English=speaking country open to teasing.
- Jaffa
Origin:
Hebrew place-nameMeaning:
"beautiful"Description:
A pleasant and adaptable place name for a part of Tel Aviv.
- Ataahua
Origin:
MaoriMeaning:
"beautiful"Description:
One of the most unusual and intriguing international girl names meaning beautiful.
- Gorgeous
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"beautiful, delightful"Description:
A positive word name given to a dozen or so baby girls per year.
- Leinani
Origin:
Hawaiian. "beautiful flowers"Meaning:
"beautiful flowers"Description:
Leinani was a popular girl name in Hawaii during the first half of the 20th century. Today it could make a good update to Leilani.
- Reika
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"beautiful flower"Description:
Lovely Japanese choice that would translate well cross-culturally.
- Harika
Origin:
TurkishMeaning:
"a miracle, beautiful"Description:
Pretty and unusual.
- Yaffa
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"beautiful"Description:
The Hebrew equivalent to the Yiddish Shayna, Yaffa is derived from the word yafe meaning "beautiful". Also written as Yafa, it is used as both a given name for girls and more generally as last name.
- Raanana
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"beautiful, fresh"Description:
Lovely Hebrew name with distinctive double a's, but beware of possible "banana" teasing.
- Beautiful
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically"Description:
Adjectives names are the latest class of word names to gain popularity in the US, a trend spurred by celebrities. Beautiful is one of the more established adjective names — first used in 1997 — yet has never been given to more than 70 baby girls in a single year.
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