Names That Mean Air
- Ilmarinen
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"air"Description:
A poetic and powerful Finnish name, Ilmarinen is a god from Finnish mythology, seen as both the creator and a personification of the sky. An immortal creator, he can work with any metal and create almost anything, one notable creation being the magical Sampo, a device that brings good fortune.
- Scirocco
Origin:
Italian, from ArabicMeaning:
"warm wind"Description:
A cool and breezy nature name with a stylish sound, used by Volkswagen for one of its cars.
- Sefarina
Origin:
Spanish, from GreekMeaning:
"west wind"Description:
Sefarina is dramatic and feminine, but Serafina is far more commonly used. Think of Sefarina as deriving from Zephyr, which can be used as a male name; the female version is Zephyrine or Zephyrina, or the Portuguese Zeferina.
- Tuuli
Origin:
FinnishMeaning:
"wind"Description:
A sweet and intuitive Finnish word name. The double U's up the quirkiness, for English speakers at least. Also used in Estonia, notable bearers include actress Tuuli Narkle, cartoonist Tuuli Hypén, singer Tuuli Rand, and footballer Tuuli Tasa.
- Brisa
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"breeze"Description:
Brisa is commonly used in Latino families, all but unheard of in others.
- Windy
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"windy"Description:
And her sisters, Stormy and Sunny.
- Auretta
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"light wind"Description:
A pretty addition to the Au-girl names like Audrey, Aurora and Autumn. The beginning Aur syllable, which often relates to gold, makes this an appropriate and one of the more unusual names for autumn babies.
- Tornado
Origin:
Spanish word nameMeaning:
"tornado"Description:
Tornado first meant thunderstorm and only later came to mean whirlwind, the common modern meaning. More recently, Tornado is the first name of a tennis-playing teen whose sister is called the equally attention-getting Hurricane. Both names work for either gender, if you think you can withstand the storm jokes.
- Hurricane
Origin:
Spanish from Native American word nameMeaning:
"hurricane"Description:
Hurricane is a storm, but it's also an American name, thanks to rising tennis star Hurricane Black -- whose sister's name is Tornado. There's no reason this tempestuous choice can't work for boys too, inasfar as the name can work for any child. As a name, Hurricane is definitely original and attention-getting, but is it a name you'd want to carry around for life?
- Celestial
Origin:
English word name from LatinMeaning:
"of the heavens, planets or stars"Description:
A pretty and almost unique word name to add to the galaxy of astral appellations. More distinctive than the better-known Celeste, it was given fewer than ten baby girls in the US last year. While rare in English-speaking countries, Celestial is a Top 100 name for baby girls in France.
- Coro
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"wind"Description:
A place name from Venezuela believed to come from an indigenous word for wind, this can make an innovative choice for a child of either sex.
- Aire
Origin:
English word name or JapaneseMeaning:
"air; love"Description:
Aire is a poetic spelling of the word "air", once widely used in Middle English. Today, it's a brand new baby name, introduced to wider audiences when Kylie Jenner revealed it as the new name of her son (the baby previously known as Wolf). Aire is an exciting new choice in nature names and unisex names — one that is decidedly less materialistic than the homophone name Heir.
- Zephyria
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"of the West Wind"Description:
Zoe, Seraphina, Zephyr, Ilaria, and Zara are stylish choices and this Greek name combines many of the sounds. Meaning "of the West WInd", it might be considered a feminine form of the Greek god name Zephyros, though it is also used as an epithet for the goddess Aphrodite and the name of a mountain and a plain on the planet Mars.
- Sunshine
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Sunshine was seen as a quintessential hippie name of the 70s, reaching as high as Number 536 in 1975. Now such names are making a bit of a retro comeback, seen, for example, as a character on Glee.
- Fei
Origin:
ChineseMeaning:
"to dance in the air"Description:
Fei would make a great way to honor Chinese roots in the US, thanks to its similarity to the fast-rising Faye.
- Typhoon
Origin:
ChineseMeaning:
"great wind"Description:
Might be asking for trouble, especially when your son reaches the Terrible Twos.
- Stormi
Origin:
Word name, variation of Stormy and StormDescription:
Stormi is like Sunni, with angst. If naming your child Storm or Stormy is asking for trouble, naming her Stormi -- as Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott did -- is asking for trouble of several different kinds. But we're sure she'll be adorable and as celebrity baby names go, this one is nearly normal.
- Shango
Origin:
African, Yoruba, mythology nameDescription:
More substantial than it sounds: Shango was the god of thunder and legendary ancestor of the Yoruba people of Nigeria.
- Waseskwan
Origin:
CreeMeaning:
"the sky is clearing after a storm"Description:
Poetic name used among the Cree people.
- Makani
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"wind"Description:
The sources that do list this name give it as a boys' name, but Woody Harrelson chose it for his daughter, and it does have a feminine lilt.
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