Unique Meaningful Names

We are expecting #3 and are not finding out gender.

I love names with a meaning that shows that we belong to [name_m]God[/name_m] or that we love the [name_m]Lord[/name_m]. I especially love unique names because they highlight that even more. Like when I hear the name [name_f]Haddasah[/name_f].
We are bilingual (Spanish/English) and not every name sounds good in both languages. I love the name [name_m]Azael[/name_m] and Auerlia in Spanish but not [name_f]English[/name_f]. And there’s some names that are opposite.

For boys, I love [name_u]Shia[/name_u]. It is my #1 pick but my husband is absolutely against it. We like Beniah, [name_m]Solomon[/name_m].

We have 2 girls already so I am having a harder time finding girl names that fit my criteria.
Please help! Thank you!

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[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m] / [name_m]Amadeus[/name_m] / [name_f]Amadea[/name_f]
Azariuh / [name_f]Azaria[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorotea[/name_f]
[name_f]Teodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Sarai[/name_f]
[name_u]Hezekiah[/name_u]
[name_f]Bathsheba[/name_f]
[name_f]Tamar[/name_f]
[name_m]Gamaliel[/name_m]
[name_m]Ishmael[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m]
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_m]Zebediah[/name_m]
[name_f]Zipporah[/name_f]
[name_f]Anselma[/name_f]

[name_m]Amadeo[/name_m]
Ciriaco
[name_m]Cirilo[/name_m]
[name_m]Eliseo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ismael[/name_m]
[name_m]Timoteo[/name_m]
[name_m]Zakaria[/name_m]

[name_f]Dominica[/name_f]
[name_f]Matea[/name_f]
[name_f]Micaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Rafaela[/name_f]
Timotea

[name_f]Amara[/name_f] - eternal
[name_f]Gabriella[/name_f] - hero of [name_m]God[/name_m]
[name_f]Liliana[/name_f] - [name_m]God[/name_m] is my oath
[name_f]Renata[/name_f] - reborn
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f] - [name_m]God[/name_m] has heard

[name_u]Daniel[/name_u] - [name_m]God[/name_m] is my judge
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] - the [name_m]Lord[/name_m] is my [name_m]God[/name_m]
[name_u]Meyer[/name_u] - light giver

[name_f]Vera[/name_f] (“truth” in Latin; “faith” in Russian)
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]

[name_m]Simeon[/name_m]
[name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_u]Zephaniah[/name_u]

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] - eternal

[name_f]Keturah[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_f]Shoshanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f]
[name_f]Soledad[/name_f]
[name_f]Rivka[/name_f]
Avriella
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Camellia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]

Love Benaiah!

Also maybe: Shepherd, Osias/Ozias, Jeremiah, Isaiah

Girls: Hosanna, Susanna, Ruth, Junia,

Hopefully these help! :slight_smile:

This sounds like me! But instead of trying to find names that sound beautiful to us either way my husband and I choose meaningful God-honoring names that we can use in English and we give our children Spanish nicknames. For my first son we use the Spanish equivalent of his name, my second son we use a Spanish nickname similar to his middle name, and for my daughter we call her Esperanza in Spanish because it was a name that went along perfectly with the overall meaning of her English name.

Maybe you’d like some of these:

Girls:

Names meaning “lily” (“consider the lilies, how they grow…”):

Lilia
Liliosa
Lilias
Lileas
Lilian
Lilianne
Liliana
Lilou
Liriel
Shoshana
Susanna

Blessed:

Beatrice/Beatrix/Beatriz

The Lord is my light:

Alora
Elora
Eliora

Light:

Liora
Lucy
Lucia
Luciana
Lucinda
Elena

Odelia “I will praise the Lord”

Talia “gentle dew from heaven”

Anatalia (combination of Ana + Talia) “grace, gentle dew from heaven”

Moriah “the Lord is my teacher”

Osanna “praise the Lord”

Odella/Odela “song/I will praise the Lord”

Eliza “pledged to God”
Elsa “pledged to God”
Lilibet “pledged to God”

Shira “my song”

Christiana/Cristiana (chris-tee-ana/chris-tee-onna) “Christian”

Alethea “truth”

Cordelia “heart” when combined with a middle it could gain more meaning (“Cordelia Elizabeth; heart pledged to God” I like to pour my hopes for my children to walk with God and honor Him into their names like this!

Eliana “my God has answered”

Sophia/Sofia “wisdom”

Evangeline “bearer of good news”
Evangelina “bearer of good news”

Evelia “life”

Zara “blooming flower”

Adele/Adeline/Adelina: noble (Phillipians/Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things) (also the Bereans were deemed “noble” for having zealously and eagerly sought out to establish/confirm the truth of the gospel

Vivi/Vivian/Vivienne/Viviana/Vivianna: “life”

Celeste/Celestia/Celestina/Celestine/Celine: “heavenly”

Carmen “garden”

Catalia/Catalina “pure” (“Catalina Sophia”; pure wisdom, Catalina Alethea “pure truth”, etc.)

Katrina “pure”

Cassia “cinnamon”

Keturah “incense” (reminiscent of the sweet-smelling aromas of incense/sacrifices of righteousness/mercy)

Jemima “dove”

Clementina/Clemencia/Clementina: merciful

Eulalie/Eulalia: “sweet-speaking” (Eulalie Alethea sweet speaking truth, Eulalia Sofia sweet-speaking wisdom)

Roanna “sweet”

Boys:

Alessio “defender of mankind” (a reflection of God’s son, the greatest defender of mankind against death and sin and a reminder of who man was made to mirror.)

Alesso “defender of mankind”

Benicio “blessed”

Eliseo “God is my salvation”

Eleos “mercy/ compassion”

Amadeo “love of God/lover of God”

I’ll stop there for now, if you’d like to see more I could post more :blush:

Edit: Jemima/Jemimah was one of Job’s daughters! (I accidentally put Keturah before.)

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I forgot to consider the “unique” aspect with all of the names I mentioned but a good amount that I listed are less common names. I’m the same way in that regard as well, [name_m]God[/name_m] makes His creations unique as reflected in fingerprints, tree rings, snowflakes, leaf patterns, insect colorations, down to the tiniest details, even among plant and animal species, or “identical” twins there is individuality. I love to express that in a name as well!

You listed both of my girl names. Thank you for the extensive list!

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