300+ Food Baby Names

Tangerine

Word name

We've had Apples, Plums, Peaches, Cherries, and Berries added to the fruit basket: you could be the first to pick a Tangerine.

Tarragon

Latin herb name

Aromatic but also problematic.

Tea

Short form of Dorotea or Mattea

"gift of God"

As Theo and Thea get more popular, so do Teo and Tea, short forms of the Latinate variations of Theodore and Matthew -- which include Dorotea and Mattea. But like Theo and Thea, Tea can stand…

Tequila

Spanish

"liquor distilled from the agave plant"

Mexican national drink, not to be served as a name to a baby.

Thym

Spelling variation of Thyme, nature name

Fragrant herb often used for cooking, but scarcely as a name.

Thyme

English herb name

Not time yet for Thyme.

Tiree

Place name

"Land of corn"

Tiree is the anglicised name of the Scottish island of Tiriodh in the Inner Hebrides. It’s known as Scotland’s "sunshine isle", benefiting from an uncharacteristically warm and sunny climate and…

Toma

Feminine short form of Thomas or form of Tamar, Hebrew

"date palm tree"

If you're looking for an honor name for grandpa Tom, this could be a good choice. It's also used as a male short form of the name in Eastern Europe.

Topeka

Place name from Kansa

"place of potatoes"

The name of the capital city of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County, which is thought to come from a Kansa word meaning "good place to grow potatoes".

Tulsi

Hindi

"basil"

Tulsi is more than a simple nature name: The holy basil plant is sacred in the Hindu religion, used to honor the god Vishnu and representative of his consort, the goddess Tulsi. The Tulsi plant is…

Tuptim

Thai

"pomegranate"

The Persian Golnar is likely a more wearable version of this ruby-colored fruit than this Thai name. Most famously, Tuptim was the servant girl in love with the prince in The King and I.

Umeko

Japanese

"plum-blossom child, patient"

Unfamiliar Asian choice that can work for a parent in search of something really different.

Vadelma

Finnish

"raspberry"

Modern Finnish name taken directly from the Finnish word for raspberry.

Vanille

French

"vanilla"

While Vanilla might be too bland, the French version is more flavorful.

Vidalia

Latin

"life"

The name Vidalia comes from the Latin Vitalis, the root of which stems from vita, meaning "life". Most people would know of Vidalia as a type of onion, which were historically grown in Vidalia,…

Vilja

Finnish, Swedish, Slavic

"grain, will, fairy"

A name made most famous by the operetta The Merry Widow which features "The Vilja's Song". A vila is a woodland spirit or fairy in Slavic mythology. Vilja also means "grain" in Finnish and "will,…