Butterfly Names
Butterfly baby names came to wider attention when it was rumored that Kylie Jenner would choose a butterfly name for her baby girl, to symbolize her love of the fluttery species. (As the world now knows, she chose Stormi instead.)
Baby names that relate to butterflies can be literal word names, like Butterfly itself as in the name of Gone With the Wind actress Butterfly McQueen. Or they may be the names of stages of the butterfly or moth development such as Chrysalis, the rumored name of Jenner's baby.
Popular butterfly names include butterfly-related words or species names, such as Vanessa and Julia. Along with Vanessa and Julia, other butterfly names in the US Top 1000 include Annabella, Duke, Edith, Hector, Laurel, Memphis, Pearl, and Valeria.
Among the more unique butterfly baby names are Cressida, Indra, Mariposa, and Yara.
But butterfly names are not just for girls—we have plenty of options for boys on this list as well, all ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Acadia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"idyllic place"
- Admiral
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"a high rank in the navy"
- Adonis
Origin:
Greek, from Semitic AdonaiMeaning:
"lord"
- Alexandra
Origin:
Greek, feminine form of AlexanderMeaning:
"defending men"
- Annabella
Origin:
Latin variation of AnnabelMeaning:
"loving"
- Aphrodite
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"foam or born from the sea"
- Atalanta
Origin:
Greek mythology name
- Austria
Origin:
Place-name, Latinization of German, Osterreich
- Azure
Origin:
English color nameMeaning:
"sky blue"
- Beata
Origin:
Swedish, German, Italian, from LatinMeaning:
"blessed"
- Bindi
Origin:
Australian AboriginalMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Blues
Origin:
English word name
- Bronze
Origin:
English word name
- Butterfly
Origin:
English word name
- California
Origin:
Place-name
- Cassius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"hollow"
- Chocho
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Chōko
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"butterfly child"
- Chouko
Origin:
Variation of Choko, JapaneseMeaning:
"butterfly child"
- Chrysalis
Origin:
Nature name, English word nameMeaning:
"a quiescent insect pupa, of a butterfly or moth"
- Claudina
Origin:
Spanish variation of Claudia, LatinMeaning:
"lame"
- Cliff
Origin:
Topographical name or short form of Clifford or Clifton
- Constantine
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"steadfast"
- Copper
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"a reddish brown mineral"
- Cressida
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"gold"
- Cynthia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"moon goddess or, woman from Kynthos"
- Diana
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"divine"
- Duke
Origin:
English rank of nobility
- Edith
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"prosperous in war"
- Farasha
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Geranium
Origin:
Flower name, from GreekMeaning:
"crane"
- Hector
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"holding fast"
- Icarus
Origin:
Greek mythology name
- Indra
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"possessing drops of rain"
- Isabella
Origin:
Spanish and Italian variation of Elizabeth, HebrewMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Julia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"youthful or sky father"
- Kamama
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Kimana
Origin:
Native American, ShoshoneMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Kimimila
Origin:
Lakota, Native AmericanMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Lace
- Lady
Origin:
English; diminutive of AdelaideMeaning:
"noble"
- Laurel
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"laurel tree"
- Leaf
Origin:
Nature name
- Lysandros
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"liberator"
- Mariposa
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Melania
Origin:
Spanish and Greek variation of MelanieMeaning:
"black"
- Memphis
Origin:
Greek and Coptic place-nameMeaning:
"Enduring and beautiful"
- Moon
Origin:
Word name
- Narcissus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"daffodil"
- Noble
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"aristocratic"
- Parvana
Origin:
Azerbaijani variation of Parvaneh, PersianMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Parvaneh
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Pearl
Origin:
Latin gem nameMeaning:
"pearl"
- Perhonen
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Phaedra
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bright"
- Pine
Origin:
Nature name
- Posie
Origin:
Variation of Posy or short form of Mariposa, English or SpanishMeaning:
"a bunch of flowers or butterfly"
- Rusty
Origin:
Short form of Russell
- Skipper
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"captain"
- Turquoise
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"Turkish stone"
- Ulysses
Origin:
Latin variation of the Greek Odysseus
- Valeria
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"strength, health"
- Vanessa
Origin:
Literary invention; also a species of butterfly
- Viceroy
Origin:
Word name, EnglishMeaning:
"ruler who represents the king"
- Vlinder
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Yara
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"friend, helper"
- Zephyr
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"west wind"