Names That Mean Pure
Updated Thu Feb 08 2024
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Names that mean pure or innocent symbolize the essential innocence of a newborn. With each baby, our faith in the purity of new life is restored.
The top girl name meaning pure is Katherine in all its variations. Along with Katherine, other girl names meaning pure in the US Top 1000 include Kate, Bianca, Gwen, Jennifer, and Zuri.
The top boy name that means pure or innocent is Finn. Along with Finn, other boy names meaning pure or innocent that rank in the US Top 1000 include Arjun, Gavin, and Xavier.
Purity or innocence is a name meaning commonly found in the etymology of first names. With many names originating from religious sources, from the Bible to the Torah to the Quran to saints' names and other religious tracts, purity or innocence from sin was a common meaning and a desirable quality.
Unique names that mean pure include Agnes, Olwen, and Neve for girls and Sachin, Neo, and Whittaker for boys.
Also included here are some names with meanings related to purity and its symbols: names associated with the color white, for instance, and names that mean new or virginal.
Baby names for boys and girls that mean pure or innocent include the following, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Acacius
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"thorny; or, innocent, not evil"
- Adara
Origin:
Arabic; HebrewMeaning:
"virgin; or noble, exalted"
- Agnes
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"pure, virginal"
- Agyness
Origin:
Invented variation of Agnes, GreekMeaning:
"pure, virginal"
- Alba
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"white"
- Alban
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"white, or, man from Alba"
- Alva
Origin:
English form of Irish AilbheMeaning:
"white"
- Amena
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"honest, utterly pure"
- Arjun
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"bright, shining, white"
- Azra
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"virgin"
- Bai
Origin:
ChineseMeaning:
"outgoing"
- Batul
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"virgin"
- Bela
Origin:
CzechMeaning:
"white"
- Beruriah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"pure, clean"
- Betül
Origin:
Turkish variation of Batul, ArabicMeaning:
"virgin"
- Bianca
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"white"
- Blanche
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"white"
- Bronwen
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"white breast"
- Cait
Origin:
Short form of CaitlinMeaning:
"pure"
- Caitlin
Origin:
Irish variation of CatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Caitriona
Origin:
Gaelic variation of CatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Candace
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"white, pure, sincere"
- Caryn
Origin:
Spelling variation of Karen, Danish variation of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Cat
Origin:
Diminutive of CatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Catalina
Origin:
Spanish variation of CatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Cate
Origin:
English diminutive of CatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Catherine
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"pure"
- Cathy
Origin:
Diminutive of CatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Catriona
Origin:
Scottish form of Katherine, GreekMeaning:
"pure"
- Cleanth
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"clean, pure"
- Concetta
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"pure"
- Dwight
Origin:
German and DutchMeaning:
"white or blond"
- Ekat
Origin:
Slavic diminutive of EkaterinaMeaning:
"pure, unsullied"
- Ekaterina
Origin:
Slavic variation of CatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Finn
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"fair or white"
- Fiona
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"white, fair"
- Gavin
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"white hawk"
- Gilmore
Origin:
Irish and ScottishMeaning:
"devoted to the Virgin Mary"
- Ginny
Origin:
English, diminutive of Virginia, American place-name and LatinMeaning:
"virginal"
- Glenys
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"riverbank, shore; pure"
- Gower
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"pure"
- Guinevere
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"white shadow, white wave"
- Gwen
Origin:
Diminutive of Gwendolen/GwendolynMeaning:
"white circle"
- Gwendoline
Origin:
Variation of Gwendolen, WelshMeaning:
"white ring"
- Halis
Origin:
TurkishMeaning:
"pure"
- Immi
Origin:
Finnish variation of Imma, German, and Impi, FinnishMeaning:
"universal; virgin"
- Ines
Origin:
Italian, Portuguese, Slovene and Croatian variation of AgnesMeaning:
"pure, virginal"
- Inez
Origin:
Spanish variation of AgnesMeaning:
"pure, virginal"
- Innocent
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"harmless, innocent"
- Inocencia
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"innocence"
- Ivory
Origin:
Word name meaning the hard, white material from the tusks and teeth of animals; can also mean "pale, white"Meaning:
"pale, white"
- Jenna
Origin:
English, diminutive of JenniferMeaning:
"white shadow, white wave"
- Jennifer
Origin:
Cornish variation of Welsh GuinevereMeaning:
"white shadow, white wave"
- Jun
Origin:
Chinese, KoreanMeaning:
"ruler, talented, handsome"
- Kaitlyn
Origin:
Spelling variation of CaitlinMeaning:
"pure"
- Kanya
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"virgin"
- Karen
Origin:
Danish variation of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Kasia
Origin:
Polish, diminutive of Katarzyna, form of Katherine
- Kat
Origin:
Diminutive for Katherine, GreekMeaning:
"pure"
- Katarina
Origin:
Slovak variation of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Kate
Origin:
English, diminutive of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Katell
Origin:
Breton variation of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Katelyn
Origin:
Spelling variation of CaitlinMeaning:
"pure"
- Kateri
Origin:
Mohawk variation of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Katharine
Origin:
Spelling variation of Katherine, GreekMeaning:
"pure"
- Katherine
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"pure"
- Kathleen
Origin:
Anglicized form of Irish CaitlinMeaning:
"pure"
- Kathryn
Origin:
Variation of Katherine and Catherine, GreekMeaning:
"pure"
- Kathy
Origin:
Diminutive of Katherine and KathleenMeaning:
"pure"
- Katia
Origin:
Russian diminutive of EkaterinaMeaning:
"pure"
- Katie
Origin:
English, diminutive of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Katrina
Origin:
German variation of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Katti
Origin:
Short form of Katherine, GreekMeaning:
"pure"
- Katy
Origin:
Short form of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Katya
Origin:
Russian, diminutive of Ekatarina, Russian variation of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Kenyon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"white haired or blond"
- Kit
Origin:
English, diminutive of ChristopherMeaning:
"bearer of Christ"
- Kitty
Origin:
English, diminutive of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Kyomi
Origin:
Japanese "pure and beautiful"Meaning:
"pure and beautiful"
- Lucasta
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"pure light"
- Nakia
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"pure"
- Navin
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"new, novel"
- Nazih
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"pure, chaste"
- Neo
Origin:
Latin or TswanaMeaning:
"new or gift"
- Nevada
Origin:
Spanish place-nameMeaning:
"covered in snow"
- Neve
Origin:
Anglicized spelling of Irish Niamh or Italian and PortugueseMeaning:
"snow"
- Neville
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"new town"
- Newlyn
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"new pond"
- Nola
Origin:
GaelicMeaning:
"white shoulder"
- Nouvel
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"new"
- Nova
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"new"
- Olwen
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"white footprint"
- Rowena
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"white spear or famous friend"
- Sachin
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"pure"
- Signe
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"new victory"
- Snow
Origin:
English word name
- Tahira
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"pure and chaste"
- Tamah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"innocent, honest"
- Tohar
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"pure, bright"
- Vesta
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"pure"
- Virginia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"virginal, pure"
- Whitman
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"white man"
- Whitney
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"white island"
- Whittaker
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"white field"
- Wyclef
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller at the white cliff"
- Wynn
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"fair, blessed"
- Wynn
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"fair, blessed"
- Xavier
Origin:
BasqueMeaning:
"new house"
- Ynez
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"pure, virginal"
- Zaki
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"full of virtue, pure"
- Zakia
Origin:
Arabic and HebrewMeaning:
"pure"
- Zakkai
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"pure"
- Zelenka
Origin:
CzechMeaning:
"green"
- Zuri
Origin:
KiswahiliMeaning:
"good, beautiful"