Baby Name Meanings
Names with Good Meanings
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Names with good meanings create a positive message for your child to live up to. The names with good meanings here include modern virtue names such as Justice and Serenity that are literally inspirational words as well as more conventional names with positive meanings such as brave, strong, and beautiful.
Along with Justice and Serenity, other names with good meanings in the US Top 1000 include Asher, which means blessed; Ingrid, which means fair or beautiful; and Zuri, which means good and beautiful.
The top boy names with good meanings include Everett, which means brave; Amias, which means loved; and Felix, which mens happy. **Popular girl names** with good meanings include Astrid, which means divinely beautiful, and Veronica, whose meaning relates to victory.
Rarer names with great meanings to put on your radar include Amity, Hart, Pax, and Valencia. There are names with positive meanings with origins in a wide range of cultures, from the Tamil Elili, which means beautiful, to the Cornish Sowena, which means success, to the African Folami, which means honor and respect.
Baby names with great meanings could set your child on the right course for life. Consider these names with uplifting positive meanings for your baby girl or boy.
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Asher
Hebrew
"fortunate, blessed, happy one"
Asher—an excellent, soft and sensitive Old Testament choice—is a baby boy name on the rise, and is a Nameberry biblical favorite. Asher's ascent is especially amazing given that the took a…
Isaac
Hebrew
"laughter"
Isaac has shaved off his biblical beard and leaped into the upper echelon of popular boys' names, outrunning cousin Isaiah. A favorite of the Puritans, Isaac has never dipped below Number 400 on the…
Ezekiel
Hebrew
"God strengthens"
Ezekiel used to be reduced to its nickname Zeke, but modern parents now embrace it in full for its power and dignity. Along with biblical brethren Asher and Ezra, Ezekiel is rising steadily up the…
Everett
English variation of the German Eberhard
"brave as a wild boar"
Everett is a preppy but outdoorsy name, with wintery New England vibes. In the last decade, it’s had a leap in popularity, perhaps because of its similarity to trendy girls’ names like Ava and…
Axel
Scandinavian variation of Absalom
"father of peace"
A classic in its native Scandinavia, Axel has a cool rock 'n' roll flavor in the US, thanks to Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose (born William). With its distinctive letter 'x', it has an effortlessly cool…
Jonah
Hebrew
"dove"
Jonah, the name of the Old Testament prophet who was swallowed by the whale, only to emerge unharmed three days later, is increasingly appreciated by parents looking for a biblical name less common…
Serenity
Latin
"peaceful"
Peaceful, calm, and untroubled: these are qualities parents may be hoping for, either on their parenting journey or in their child’s life. The name Serenity encapsulates these hopes, conjuring up a…
Bella
Diminutive of Isabella, Italian
"beautiful"
Everything ella, from Ella to Bella to Arabella, is red hot right now. Bella is one of the most, well, beautiful girl names starting with B . It carried a hint of a nice Old World grandmotherly…
Barrett
German
"bear strength"
Barrett is one of many surname names that are up and coming for boys in recent years. Barrett joints Bennett, Beckett, and others in the trend of "-tt" ending boy names taking over the charts.…
Felix
Latin
"happy, fortunate"
Felix is one of those ancient but nontraditional names for boys that have come into favor over the past few decades, a favorite of parents who want a masculine name with history and heft that breaks…