Baby Name Meanings
By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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English
"carefree person"
Corliss, eccentric yet well-established, has an independent and artistic air.
Irish, Anglicization of Diarmaid
"free from envy"
Dermot is an appealing, relatively undiscovered Irish mythological hero's name long popular in the Old Country, and imported into the American consciousness by actor Dermot Mulroney. We see it in the…
Hebrew
"sparrow; freedom"
An uncommon Hebrew name that can still sometimes be heard in Jewish communities.
Irish
"free man"
This authentic form of the name of an Irish mythological hero with the power to make women fall instantly in love with him would work far better here as the Anglicized Dermot.
French variation of Frances
"from France; free man"
Fanchon is a sweet and affectionate Gallic choice.
Dutch variation of Frankie, Latin
Friendly and handsome, Frenkie is a Dutch variation of Frankie, spelled phonetically to lean closer to the (American) English pronunciation of the name. It began to climb up the name charts in The…
Greek
"free"
A nickname for Eleftherios, sometimes bestowed in its own right. Notable bearers include Greek singer Lefteris Pantazis and writer Lefteris Papadopoulos.
Albanian
"desire for freedom"
A patriotic name for Albanians, Liridon is a handsome and dramatic choice.
A grand, dramatic Albanian name with a patriotic meaning, Liridona has a beautiful sound and could be a fresh take on Donna, or a longer form of Lyra.
"liberator"
French variation of Lysander.
Persian
"noble lineage"
Scheherazade -- or Sheherazade --is a legendary Persian queen immortalized as the narrator of all one thousand stories in the One Thousand and One Nights . Her story is even more remarkable than the…
"rescued by God; delivered by God"
A variation of the Biblical Paltiel, this name was also appears in the name of an Israeli-American folk-pop duo, Ilana & Palti, made up of singer-songwriters Paltiel-hay Jacoby and Ilana Zadok.
Quechua
This would make an interesting South American heritage choice. One famous bearer was Quispe Sisa, an Inca princess in the 16th century. It is also a surname.
Spanish
"adventurer, explorer"
A worldly and attractive choice for a child of any background. Two early New World explorers were Hernandos — de Soto and Cortés.
Serbo-Croatian
"freedom"
The story behind this name is positive: it was first used as a virtue name by the 19th-century liberal thinker Vladimir Jovanović (who also named his daughter Pravda, "justice"). However, it is now…
Word name
One of the classic hippie word names. In the 1970s, actors Barbara Hershey and David Carradine gave this name to their son...who later changed it to Tom.
A sixties-style name that might work best as a middle.
"liberty"
Libertad is the forceful name recently given to his daughter by Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal. English equivalent Liberty has been in use for girls for some time. Libertad might be considered a…
French
"open, secure, protected"
This unique baby name is stronger, more distinctive than April or Avril.
"open-spirited, friendly"
Rarely heard but pleasing feminissima name for a baby girl.
