Butterfly Names
- Perhonen
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"butterfly"Description:
This is one of the few butterfly names that is distinctly masculine, found as a surname in Finland.
- Ripheus
Origin:
GreekDescription:
Ripheus is a figure in Virgil's Aeneid: a Trojan hero, the "most just of all Trojans" who was killed defending his city against the Greeks.
- Kimimila
Origin:
Lakota, Native AmericanMeaning:
"butterfly"Description:
Kimimila is a trending choice among parents with Lakota heritage. It's especially popular in South Dakota, where many Lakota live today.
- Claudina
Origin:
Spanish variation of Claudia, LatinMeaning:
"lame"Description:
Claudina — a traditional Spanish diminutive of Claudia — was a Top 500 name in Spain for the first half of the 20th century. It never caught on as a given name in the US. At its peak, Claudina was given to 17 American baby girls in 1969.
- Chocho
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"butterfly"Description:
Repetitive Japanese name with a flittering meaning.
- Kamama
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"butterfly"Description:
Soft and rhythmic addition to the collection of names that mean butterfly.
- Parvaneh
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"butterfly"Description:
This ethereal Persian name comes from the word for "butterfly". Parvana is the Azerbaijani form.
- Chōko
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"butterfly child"Description:
Airy Japanese girl name that is also that of a sake cup.
- Vlinder
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"butterfly"Description:
A known but not overused female name in Dutch-speaking countries and regions, Vlinder ranked in the top 400 girls’ names in the Netherlands from 2009-2012.
- Parvana
Origin:
Azerbaijani variation of Parvaneh, PersianMeaning:
"butterfly"Description:
Parvana, also spelled Pərvanə, is an Azerbaijani name related to the Persian word for "butterfly".