Baby Name Meanings
By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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Urhobo
"praise God"
Variation of Ejiroghene
Zulu, Ndebele
"praise"
African
Short form of Dumisani
Japanese
"admired, praised"
Interesting name with a cool, upbeat sound.
Hebrew and French
"God is praised"
An interesting cousin of Natalie (the 'h' is silent) found in the Louisiana Cajun community, Athalie is the name of a tragedy by classic French playwright Racine.
Slovene variation of Aeneas, Greek
"the praised one"
Top 50 pick in Slovenia, where it is a form of Aeneas, the mythological son of Venus. Anej peaked in Slovenia in 2007, when it ranked Number 15.
Welsh
"great praise"
A name from ancient legend: Amlodd (also spelled Amlawdd) Wledig is recorded as being an early British chieftain. Some sources name him as the father of Igraine, the mother of King Arthur. It has…
Greek
"respected"
A cool Greek name which is related to Sebastian.
Spelling variation of Shakir; Arabic
"thankful"
Shaquille O'Neal came almost as close as he could to a Junior when he selected this name for his son.
"respectful"
Shona
"thank you"
Unisex name with a gracious meaning, most often used in Zimbabwe.
Sotho
"gratitude"
Teboho comes from the Sotho language native to southern Africa. It's most commonly used as a name in Lesotho and South Africa.
"be thankful"
Arabic, Greek
"praise; death"
A multicultural choice with two rather different meanings, Thana is an Arabic name with the spiritual meaning of "praise". It may also appear as Thanaa, Sana, and Sena, the latter spellings…
English word name
"conscious of benefit received"
In the Plymouth Colony of the seventeenth century, Thankful was the third most popular of the abstract word names. It disappeared after 1700 and has virtually no chance of returning.
"good, respectful"
Popular name in Japan, wouldn't work too well outside that culture.
Chinese
"support, comfort"
This name can be used for either girls or boys and is a great international choice.
Ngono
Gracious African choice.
Greek, female variation of Aeneas
This name found in the fantasy series Endymion/Rise of Endymion has a slightly physiological feel to it.
Diminutive of Yehudit, Variation of Ita, Yiddish, Irish
"He will be praised; woman from Judea; thrist"
Itta is a cute old-fashioned name that arose parallelly as a nickname for Yehudit, used among Ashkenazi Jews, and a variation of Ita, an Irish name. It's ripe for revival, thanks to the success of…
