Cat Names That Mean Lucky

Sreya is an Indian name with several positive meanings--beautiful, fortunate, auspicious, favorable--and ties to the goddess Lakshmi. Spelling variant Shreya was on the U.S. popularity list from 2002 to 2005.

Benedita is easy for an English speaker to pronounce yet sounds just uncommon enough to be intriguing. And with Benedict more in mainstream use, Benedita feels possible.

Upbeat name with an auspicious meaning.

Saint Madern, also sometimes referred to as Saint Madron, was a Cornish monk and hermit sanctified in the 6th century. The Cornish village of Madron is named after him.

The name of the Hindu elephant-headed god of success and wisdom, son of Shiva and Parvati.

A quirky international translation of Benedict.

Swiss-German variation of the Roman name Beatus.

Cornish form of Benedict

Yet another member of the Gwyn/Gwen/Finn family of names ultimately deriving from a Celtic element meaning "white", Guin gets rare use in England and Wales; a notable bearer is Olympic-medal winning rower Guin Batten.

The Yiddish name from which the common matronymic Jewish surname Glick derives.

Many Cornish names in use today are taken directly from the dictionary, as is the case with Bennath, a noun meaning "blessing." Despite its similarity to the male name Bennett, Bennath is most commonly used among baby girls.

Of the Faust- name family, Fausto is considered the most stylish.

Portuguese form of Benedict

Faroese nature name.