Easter Names 🌿

[Audreymb]

Because today is Palm Sunday, I started thinking about how it’s very common to see name lists that relate to the Christmas holiday, and even that many December babies end up with middle or first names like Noelle or many others. But we don’t really do that for Easter! What names do you think could work for Easter names? Your list could be related to the religious side of the holiday, to the secular side, or a mix!

I thought this would be a fun way to kick off Holy Week!

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My religious choices

• Magdalena (after Mary Magdalene, the first person to see the resurrected Christ)
• Stone
• Victory
• Victoria
• Cruz (Spanish for cross)
• Alba (means white )
• Dove
• Callum (means dove)
• Love
• Loveday

My secular choices

• April
• Daisy
• Flora
• Rini (Japanese for little bunny)
• Arley (“from the rabbit meadow”) I can’t get over how cute that name meaning is!! I even know an Arley!

I’m excited to see what everyone comes up with! I don’t mind if anyone repeats any of mine either.

[winterlyricalfox]

[name_u]Pascoe[/name_u] means Easter!! I have been obsessing over it just a little recently lol

More ideas:

[name_m]Arledge[/name_m] ("Dweller at the rabbit lake)
[name_f]Bonnibel[/name_f] nn [name_f]Bunny[/name_f] (I can’t think of who, but I know a few people on here love this!!)
[name_u]Pascal[/name_u]
[name_f]Cerelia[/name_f] (of the spring)
[name_f]Ceres[/name_f]
[name_u]Demeter[/name_u]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Odelette[/name_f] (“Little spring”)
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_u]Harlan[/name_u] (“Hare land”)
[name_m]Peter[/name_m] (Like [name_m]Peter[/name_m] Rabbit!!)
[name_u]Harley[/name_u]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]

[Audreymb]

[name_u]Love[/name_u] those!! They are all so adorable! That is so cool that [name_u]Pascoe[/name_u] means [name_f]Easter[/name_f]. People need to be utilizing that kir did they have late [name_u]March[/name_u] amor early [name_f]April[/name_f] babies!

So many cute, cute gems I was going to list more I loved, but then it’d end up being way too many to list haha. Thanks for sharing!

[spring_rain]

[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_u]Joseph[/name_u]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_u]Elijah[/name_u]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]

Secular
[name_f]Bunny[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] ( could be under religious too)
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Azalea[/name_f]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m] ( the big rabbit)
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] ( potter )
[name_u]March[/name_u]
[name_f]April[/name_f]
[name_f]Daffodil[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Jonquil[/name_f]
[name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u]
[name_f]Blossom[/name_f]
[name_f]Pink[/name_f]

[Audreymb]

Love these! I love all the flowers and spring choices I met a Harvey recently, and I didn’t know the meaning of his name!

@spring_rain

Lily ( could be under religious too)

Oh yeah, good point! I’m assuming you’re talking about the “consider the lilies of the field” verse from the Sermon on the Mount? Love it! I recently learned from a podcast that the lilies He refers to there are Jerusalem lilies, which are also scarlet poppies. I guess they bloom everywhere in that area in the spring, so everyone He taught would be familiar with them. They don’t need to be planted or tended to, they just bloom on their own. They were likely blooming all around them when he made that analogy I thought it was interesting information that added to the story. There is also a great hymn called “Consider the Lilies of the Field” that you may or may not have heard. It’s a good one!

With the meaning of potter, I also think Beatrix could be both secular and religious like Lily love it!

[snowmaiden]

@Strawberry.Bunny’s [name_f]Bonnibel[/name_f] nn [name_f]Bunny[/name_f] is pretty perfect for this prompt, I think!

Some others I think would be great (both secular and non-secular, and featuring a handful of fictional rabbits)…

[name_f]Esther[/name_f] (A fave!!)
[name_f]Bonnie[/name_f]
Pleasance and [name_u]Pleasant[/name_u]
[name_f]Spirit[/name_f]
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_u]Hopper[/name_u]
[name_u]Hazel[/name_u]
[name_f]Flower[/name_f]
[name_u]Blessing[/name_u]
[name_u]Donnie[/name_u]
[name_u]René[/name_u] and [name_f]Renée[/name_f] (meaning ‘rebirth’)
[name_u]Florence[/name_u]
[name_u]Briar[/name_u]
[name_f]Meg[/name_f]
[name_f]Sunday[/name_f]
[name_f]Remember[/name_f]
[name_u]Nesta[/name_u]
[name_f]Jonquil[/name_f]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m]
[name_u]Cross[/name_u]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f] (meaning ‘life’)
[name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_f]Meadow[/name_f]
[name_f]Spring[/name_f]
[name_m]Egbert[/name_m]
[name_f]Joycie[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] (meaning ‘grace’)
[name_f]Mercy[/name_f]
[name_f]Holiday[/name_f]
[name_u]Marie[/name_u], [name_u]Maria[/name_u], and [name_f]Mary[/name_f], etc.
[name_u]Love[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosebud[/name_f]
[name_f]Sunshine[/name_f]
[name_f]Maddalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Birdie[/name_f]
[name_m]Little[/name_m]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] and [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] (meaning ‘God’s gift’)
[name_u]Wise[/name_u]
Hark
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] (meaning ‘blessed’)
[name_u]Honor[/name_u]
[name_u]Zeal[/name_u]
Deliverance
[name_f]Rainbow[/name_f]

[snowmaiden]

@Audreymb

There is also a great hymn

I love this one. “Consider the Lilies” is splendid.

[Audreymb]

Wow, what an amazingly extensive list! Y’all are making me want to have a baby close to Easter to use at least one related name. Esther is also one I love. We’re thinking of naming a future child Li|ia Esther, so now with all of these suggestions, I want her in the early spring haha!

So many good names and meanings, thanks!

@snowmaiden

“Consider the Lilies” is splendid.

Oh yes, this shorter version is the actual name of the song. Thank you!

[snowmaiden]

@Audreymb

Oh yes, this shorter version is the actual name of the song.

At least the versions I’ve heard of. With hymns, of course, sometimes the longer title and the shorter are equally used (“Brighten the Corner” versus “Brighten the Corner Where You Are,” for example. Why the difference? Dunno!). I always wondered a bit why that was.

@Audreymb

We’re thinking of naming a future child Li|ia Esther

So so gorgeous. This is such a springtime name! If she’s not born in spring, perhaps she’ll be a little springtime soul.

[heartwings]

I am not religious (Christian, Jewish etc) but I still celebrate it in a secular way because it is one of the main holidays of my country. I will just use bunny and spring imageries if I have to or something related to flowers and [name_f]April[/name_f]!

Wait, it is already Palm [name_f]Sunday[/name_f]? The churches here celebrate it but I do not go to them so I had no idea

[Audreymb]

So fun! Yes, I love the secular [name_f]Easter[/name_f] as well And yes, it’s already Palm [name_f]Sunday[/name_f], and [name_f]Easter[/name_f] is only a week away! We’re getting a snowstorm tomorrow where I live, so it hardly feels like [name_f]Easter[/name_f] is near I think our [name_m]Saturday[/name_m] egg hunt will be snow…

[halinka]

[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]! Also [name_f]Magdalene[/name_f] itself. [name_u]Cruz[/name_u] is a good one too.

Maybe [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m], as [name_m]Jesus[/name_m] is referred to as the Good [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]. I’ll also add [name_u]Pascal[/name_u] (meaning “of the passover, Easter”), [name_m]Jonas[/name_m] (meaning “dove”), and [name_u]Paz[/name_u] + [name_u]Pax[/name_u] (meaning “peace”),

others…

[name_m]Akseli[/name_m] (“father of peace”)
Ariihau (“peaceful king”)
Tulimir, Tuliusz (“to prevail over peace”)
Zelleke (“He surpassed”)
[name_m]Oshea[/name_m] (“salvation”)
Fasika (“Easter”)
Ememabasi (“peace of the Lord”)

[name_f]Galilee[/name_f], [name_f]Galilea[/name_f] (“sea of galilee”)
Hali’a ("sudden remembrance”)
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] (“resurrection”)
Páscoa (“Easter”)
[name_f]Pashka[/name_f] (“Easter”)
[name_f]Oona[/name_f], [name_f]Una[/name_f], Uainín (“lamb”)
Ascensión (“ascension, ascending”)

any names meaning “gift of God” or “light” could work too I think.

I hope you all have a lovely [name_f]Easter[/name_f]

[heartwings]

Here you get some ideas. They might not work in an [name_f]English[/name_f] speaking country though unlike here.

You get somehow old but still reasonable [name_f]Renata[/name_f] and [name_m]Renato[/name_m] and then you get the classic yet modern [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] (or the super old Anastasio) and maybe [name_u]French[/name_u] [name_u]René[/name_u] and [name_f]Renée[/name_f].

[name_f]My[/name_f] [name_f]English[/name_f] teacher of maaaany years ago was a [name_u]Pascale[/name_u] (g). I like the name, I think the masculine is [name_u]Pascal[/name_u].

Oh, then you get [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] and [name_f]Palma[/name_f] (for the plants)

[Audreymb]

[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] is perfect! [name_u]Love[/name_u] it! I’m glad you found some names that mean lamb as well because lambs are so much an [name_f]Easter[/name_f] thing, both secular and religious, so it’s perfect So many other gems as well! Thank you for sharing these names!

[name_u]Happy[/name_u] [name_f]Easter[/name_f] to you too

[Audreymb]

These are all great, and I think most would work in [name_f]English[/name_f] speaking countries! I think [name_u]Pascal[/name_u] from Tangled brought [name_u]Pascal[/name_u] into awareness more here, at least for me since that’s one of my favorites! And I actually know an [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]

Thanks for sharing!

[spring_rain]

It just occurred to me with [name_f]Lily[/name_f] as I typed it .
Yes with [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] I thought it was fitting for [name_f]Easter[/name_f] . I love flowers and flower names.

[Greyblue]

[name_f]Lovely[/name_f] options - [name_u]Callum[/name_u], [name_u]Alba[/name_u], [name_u]Loveday[/name_u], [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f], [name_f]Flora[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] and [name_u]Arley[/name_u] are wonderful!

A few ideas:

[name_u]Pascal[/name_u]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Renee[/name_f]
[name_f]Chloe[/name_f]
[name_f]Cerelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vita[/name_f]
[name_m]Omri[/name_m]
[name_f]Una[/name_f]
[name_u]Coco[/name_u]

[tori101]

[name_u]Love[/name_u] your [name_f]Easter[/name_f] names

[name_f]My[/name_f] daughter is [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] and everyone always says how perfect this name is for a baby born on the cusp of spring (she was born in February) so I think [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] would also be amazing for an [name_f]Easter[/name_f] baby.

I also like [name_f]Mary[/name_f], [name_f]Magdalene[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], Flora/Florence, [name_f]Jemima[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]April[/name_f], [name_f]Tulip[/name_f], [name_u]Dove[/name_u], [name_u]Laurel[/name_u], [name_f]Daffodil[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Honey[/name_f], [name_f]Aviva[/name_f] and [name_f]Chloe[/name_f].

For boys I think [name_u]Palmer[/name_u], [name_u]Pascal[/name_u], [name_u]Pascoe[/name_u], [name_u]Callum[/name_u], [name_u]Brooks[/name_u], [name_u]Joseph[/name_u], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_u]Asher[/name_u], [name_m]Caldwell[/name_m], Attwell, [name_u]Aviv[/name_u], [name_m]Tamir[/name_m], [name_m]Octavian[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], Matthew/Matthias, [name_u]Ash[/name_u] and [name_m]Chester[/name_m].

[elanorelle]

@tori101

I think [Lilia] (Lilia - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity | Nameberry) would also be amazing for an Easter baby.

I have always thought this, too!

All these suggestions are great! I don’t think anyone has suggested Nicodemus, Thomas, Salome, or Joanna yet, so I’ll throw those out there.

The only other thought I have to add is that, since Passover is right before Easter, names from Exodus would work very well for a baby born around this time as well! Moses, Aaron, Miriam, Joshua, Tzipporah, etc. — Joshua (being Yehoshua, which becomes Yeshua) kind of works as a dual-holiday name!

[spring_rain]

I didn’t even think of [name_f]Mercy[/name_f] and [name_f]Sunday[/name_f]