Baby Name Meanings · Name Image
By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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English word name
"arouse; set on fire"
Kindle is riding on the coattails of Kendall and co with its on-trend sounds. As a word, it has an inspirational meaning, but its secondary modern-day meaning — as an Amazon brand of tablets — gives…
Variation of Kamala, Hindi, Hawaiian
"lotus or pale red; or, a garden"
Variation of Kamala.
Japanese
"crimson"
This Japanese color name is not bestowed upon baby girls, but it's been used for many fictional characters.
French
"the red-haired one"
A colorful French surname that could appeal to English speakers.
Word name
Spicy but insubstantial nickname name.
Sanskrit, Hindi
"ruby"
Derived from the Sanskrit māṇika , meaning "ruby", Manik is a common boy name in countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
Icelandic, meaning unknown
A popular boy name in Iceland, possibly related to the color maroon, or a short form of names starting with Mar-.
Cherokee
"red bird, cardinal"
Cheasequah refers to the cardinal, associated with the sun in Cherokee culture.
Gemstone name
Carnelian is an ochre-colored semi-precious gemstone, named after a type of cherry.
Spanish
"the red one"
St Quiteria was a second-century virgin martyr who was killed after refusing to renounce her Christian faith in order to marry. She was born in what is now Portugual, and her name is sometimes used…
English
"red cliff"
Harvard's sibling.
"son of the red-haired"
Inventive way to honor a redheaded ancestor, though most people would mispronounce it reeding, making it sound to some kids like a school assignment: Redding is a preferable spelling.
Color name
Fiery but slight middle name choice; much more apt to be a redhead's nickname. Instead, check out other names that mean red: Rory, Rowan, Ruby.
French place-name; also color name
Ron Burgundy was Will Ferrell's fictional helmet-haired newsman, but this color name is much more suited to a girl.
Hungarian
"having copper-colored hair"
A beyond unusual choice for a little redhead.
"russet-haired"
An old English redhead name -- one of the few that doesn't begin with the letter r -- with references both to a famous French knight and a magical horse. Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin is a…
Sanskrit
"red"
Signifying the first rays of sun, Rohit is a wildly popular name in India, where it is connected to the Hindu God Vishnu. Along with Hindus, Rohit is also used among Jains and Sikhs.
Colorful middle name choice.
Irish
"red-haired"
Roone is a lively, attractive and unusual redhead entry brought into the mix by the late TV sports and news executive Roone Arledge, who seemed to own it as a one-person name when he was alive. Roone…
English diminutive of Adam, Hebrew
"son of the red earth"
Atkin is a short form of Adam that originated in Medieval England. It's now obsolete, but traces remain in surnames such as Atkins and Atkinson. Medieval nicknames that followed a similar formula…
