Names That Mean Life

Jivanta

Kokoro

Mehira

This name of the mortal girl loved by Eros is too loaded with psyche/psycho/psychic associations.   The mythological Psyche became goddess of the soul.

Psyche

A perfectly fine Eastern European girls' name, tainted slightly by its use as the name of a village near Chernobyl in Ukraine that has been devastated by radiation.

Radinka

A lovely <a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-names/485/arabic-names-for-girls">Arabic name for girls</a> mostly used for Muslim girls of South Asian descent.

Ruhee

Senta is a lovely name, but if you name your daughter Senta, will the kids call her Santa? Maybe, but this obscure yet simple <a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-names/493/german-names-for-girls">German name for girls</a>.may appeal to parents searching the untraveled name routes.

There is an unrelated Italian name for girls Santa, the feminine of Santo, meaning saint. Senta Berger is an Austrian actress most famous in the 1960s and 1970s.

Senta

Bourne

Vigor

A truly multicultural choice, with separate origins from Scandinavia (also spelled Viveca and Vivica), as well as India (with spiritual meaning in Hinduism). 

Viveka

Beresford

Bekele is an attractive Ethiopian name prime for use in the English-speaking world, especially given the short form Bek.  Pronunciation is three syllables with the emphasis on the second -- beh-KEH-lee.

Bekele

A popular name in medieval Scotland, it can be found in the surname Macbeth, meaning "son of Beathan" or "son of life."  In later years it was increasingly anglicized as Benjamin.

Beathan

A modern invented name, possibly a variation on Ziola, which comes from Greek Zoilos meaning "lively". It appears in several songs by the band Jane's Addiction, inspired by the adopted name of a former girlfriend of one of the band members.

Xiola

A vibrant and lively name, Živanka is likely to be a variation of Živa or Živana. Deriving from the Old Slavic word živŭ meaning "alive, living", it is also related to a Slavic goddess, associated with life and fertility.
 
 Used in Croatia and Serbia, other forms include the Serbian Živka, the Bulgarian and Macedonian Zhivka, and the masculine Živko.

Živanka

Americans may not realize Barclay is the phonetic spelling of the British Berkeley -- though both sound like old-fashioned butler names. 

Barclay

Used occasionally in India as a unisex name, Uyir could translate to "life essence", "life breath" or "soul" in Tamil. It was used by singer Gavanya Doraiswamy and her partner Felix Grimm for their daughter in 2026, and it appeared in the title of Malayalam movie the same year. 



Uyir

Ardent

A zippy and spirited name and a feminine form of Vivaldo, this name possibly originates from the Germanic Wigbald meaning "bold, brave warrior" and the Latin Vitale meaning "life". Associated with the 17th century Italian composer, Antonio Vivaldi, Vivalda is a rare choice, but with familiar nicknames Vivi, Viv, Alda, and Val, and could work for those seeking alternatives to Vivian, Ada, Valentina, and Olivia. 

Vivalda

Zhansaya is a beautiful and comforting name, popular in its native Kazakhstan. A Top 20 choice back in the 2000s, it has since declined slightly in use, but remains familiar and appealing.
 
The name is a combination of two Persian elements: jān meaning "soul, life" and sāyeh meaning "shadow, shade, comfort, protection". Putting them together results in a name with several possible interpretations, with appealing options being "comfort of the soul" or "protector of life".
 
A notable bearer is chess player and social media personality Zhansaya Abdumalik.

Zhansaya

Life is one of the most popular meanings for baby names today, symbolizing the beginning of the new life of the child. 

Names in this category might literally mean life but also can have life-related meanings such as breath, growth, or strength. We've also included here some habitational names that refer to a person who lives in a certain place, particular one who lives on a farm or near a field where crops are grown.

Several popular girl names mean life, including Ava, Zoe, and Vivian in all their forms and spellings. Brooks and the biblical Abel are two of the top baby names meaning life for boys.

If you want to browse all the names with life-related meanings, this list is for you.

Baby names meaning life for girls, boys, and unisex, including all life meanings of names (Page 6)