What are the most beautiful, spiritual and meaningful names you have come across?

General Name Discussion
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[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone,

My partner and I have struggled for over A DECADE to get pregnant, and finally we have a little one coming along!

The pressure of finding a beautiful, meaningful and spiritual name seems overwhelming, so I would [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] some inspiring name choices.

Seeing as we don’t know the gender yet, male and female names are welcome!

There are three main forms of criteria I am trying to meet: (1) it sounds beautiful (2) it looks beautiful (3) it has a beautiful, spiritual meaning.

Some names I like so far have been:

([name_u]Zen[/name_u])
Osho
Satoru

(Celtic)
[name_m]Oran[/name_m]/[name_m]Odran[/name_m]
Saoi

(Sanskrit)
Samsara

(Aboriginee)
Uralla
Elanora

(Random)
Mandorla
Espiritu
[name_f]Avalon[/name_f]

… but none of these names quite “do it.” [name_f]Do[/name_f] you guys have any ideas for amazing, meaningful names? :confused:

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Have you considered [name_m]Bodhi[/name_m]?

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yeah we both considered it but we were after something unusual :slight_smile:

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The ones I thought of were [name_f]Renee[/name_f] and [name_m]Reuben[/name_m]

[name_f]Renee[/name_f] because it means “reborn” and that can mark how your life has changed since she has come into your life. I also think it’s simply a beautiful and underused name, coming from the male [name_u]Rene[/name_u] which is equally useable.

[name_m]Reuben[/name_m] because it means “behold, a son”, I just think that’s sweet since you’ve been trying for so long.

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Anastasia means Resurrection so I find that meaning beautiful. But for pretty look, sound, and meaning I don’t think you can beat Seraphine or Seraphina for a girl.

For a boy I really like Thoren. Like the god Thor but more substantial. I met a little Odin in the pediatricians office… I liked that quite a bit, too.

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[name_f]Anjali[/name_f]
[name_m]Azarias[/name_m]
[name_m]Zephaniah[/name_m]
[name_f]Amadea[/name_f]

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To me this is a really vague question. The names I consider to be spiritually meaningful might not be relevant to people of other faith traditions.

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I have to agree here. It doesn’t seem like there is a certain religion or faith you are trying to stick with on names. More specifics would be more likely to get better options (e.g., you like certain spiritual meanings like light)

[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]: dove
[name_f]Reverie[/name_f]: daydreaming, usually about pleasant things
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]/[name_f]Celestia[/name_f]/[name_f]Celestine[/name_f]/[name_f]Celestina[/name_f]: heavenly
[name_f]Leilani[/name_f]: a heavenly flower
[name_f]Concordia[/name_f]: peace, harmony
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_f]Rafaela[/name_f]: god has healed (this is the spanish/portugese spelling there’s also Raphaella, [name_f]Rafaella[/name_f])
[name_f]Frieda[/name_f]: peaceful ruler
[name_f]Celia[/name_f]: heavenly
[name_f]Celine[/name_f]: heavenly
[name_f]Salome[/name_f]: peace

[name_m]Absalom[/name_m]: father of peace
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]: announcing peace
Ithuriel: (discovery of god, I also saw some where spear of god Ithuriel - Wikipedia )
[name_m]Abner[/name_m]: father of light
Raziel: secrets of god
[name_m]Cillian[/name_m]/[name_m]Killian[/name_m]: church
[name_m]Sheehan[/name_m]: peaceful
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]: immortal one
[name_m]Croix[/name_m]: [name_m]Cross[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m]/[name_m]Osias[/name_m]: salvation
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m]: peace

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So far [name_f]Seraphine[/name_f], [name_f]Amadea[/name_f] and [name_f]Celeste[/name_f] are really nice. Thank you guys. <3

My partner and I are not religious (organized religion) but spiritual, so we’re trying to find spiritual rather than religious names. E.g. I tend to like words that mean soul, spirit, love, immortal, etc. rather than religion-specific words that mean God, church, salvation, etc.

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A lot taken from Names with "love" in Meaning - Behind the Name

[name_f]Alma[/name_f]: nourishing or spanish word for soul
[name_f]Enid[/name_f]: soul or life (Welsh)
Libena: love (Czech)
[name_f]Cara[/name_f]: beloved (Italian)
[name_f]Kerensa[/name_f]: love (Cornish)
[name_f]Idonea[/name_f]: love again (if assumed to be a form of [name_f]Idun[/name_f])
[name_f]Carys[/name_f]: love (Welsh)
[name_f]Carita[/name_f]: dearest, esteem, love (Swedish)
[name_f]Aiko[/name_f]: love, affection and child (Japanese)

[name_m]Caradoc[/name_m]: amiable, beloved (Welsh)
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]: heart, mind, spirit
Athanasius: immortal (Greek, but Atanas is the Bulgarian and Macedonian form. Athanasia is the feminine form)

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Aborigine*

This is going to sound overly sensitive, but it’s really important that if you’re choosing names from other religions or cultures you’re using the correct spellings and everything. I truly don’t mean it in a negative or harsh way, so forgive me, it’s more of a respect thing than anything else. [name_m]Just[/name_m] being culturally aware is important to me. :slight_smile:

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[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] means “divine gift”
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] means “priceless/ of immeasurable worth”

but you said you want something more unusual than Bohdi so:
[name_m]Boone[/name_m]: blessing
[name_u]Seeley[/name_u]: blessed
[name_m]Amyas[/name_m]: loved
[name_f]Aloisia[/name_f]: famous fighter
[name_f]Anika[/name_f]: sweetest face
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]: reality/ truth
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]: bearer of good news
[name_f]Kismet[/name_f]: destiny/ fate
[name_u]Orion[/name_u]: brightest star

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Wow, you’ve made some amazing suggestions ottertails – I particularly love how old [name_f]Enid[/name_f] sounds and the meaning behind it, as well as almost every name you have listed here. xxx

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Anima - the Latin word for soul or spirit
[name_f]Aoife[/name_f] - Irish, “beauty”
[name_f]Indira[/name_f] - Sanskrit, “beauty”
[name_f]Amara[/name_f] - Igbo, “grace”
Gráinne - Irish, “love”
Kanani - Hawaiian, “beauty”
[name_f]Idony[/name_f] - Old English of [name_f]Idonea[/name_f], “love again”
Manami - Japanese, “beautiful affection”
[name_f]Gwyneira[/name_f] - Welsh, “blessed snow”
[name_f]Zainab[/name_f] - Arabic, “beauty”
[name_f]Timea[/name_f] - from ευθυμια “happiness”
Kanti - Sanskrit, “beauty”
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f] - Welsh, “blessed”
Bracha - Hebrew, “blessing”
[name_u]Nima[/name_u] - Arabic, “blessing”
[name_f]Aroha[/name_f] - Maori, “love”
Tien - Vietnamese, “spirit, fairy”
[name_f]Ahava[/name_f] - Hebrew, “love”
Elfleda - Germanic, “noble beauty”
[name_f]Angharad[/name_f] - Welsh, “more love”
Tadala - Chewa, “we have been blessed”
[name_f]Mairwen[/name_f] - Welsh, “blessed”
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]/[name_f]Eva[/name_f] - “life”
Sirvard - Armenian, “love rose”
[name_f]Cinta[/name_f] - Indonesian, “love”
[name_f]Nayeli[/name_f] - Zapotec, “I love you”
[name_f]Chava[/name_f] - Hebrew, “life”
[name_f]Asha[/name_f] - Hindi, “hope”
[name_f]Unna[/name_f] - Norse, “to love”
[name_f]Vita[/name_f] - Latin word for life
[name_f]Nia[/name_f] - Welsh, “purpose”
Noya - Hebrew, “divine beauty”
Carwen - Welsh, “blessed love”
[name_f]Zuleika[/name_f] - Persian, “brilliant beauty”

Ercan - Turkish, “soul, life”
Armo - Finnish, “grace, beauty”
[name_m]Prosper[/name_m] - English, “fortunate, successful”
[name_f]Caron[/name_f] - Welsh, “love”
[name_m]Esmond[/name_m] - English, “grace and protection”
[name_u]Ceri[/name_u] - Welsh, “love”
Gratian - from the Latin for grace
[name_m]Dov[/name_m] - Hebrew, “peace”
Sulo - Finnish, “charm, grace”
Macar - Russian, “blessed”
Gwenael - Welsh, “blessed generosity”
[name_m]Asher[/name_m] - “happy, blessed”

Something simple like [name_m]Creed[/name_m] would also be meaningful, but many congratulations on your pregnancy. I hope something appeals!

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“[name_f]Amara[/name_f]”, “[name_f]Aroha[/name_f]”, “[name_f]Ahava[/name_f]”, “[name_u]Ceri[/name_u]”, “[name_f]Asha[/name_f]”, “[name_f]Unna[/name_f]”, “[name_f]Vita[/name_f]”, “Armo”, “[name_f]Celestine[/name_f]”, “[name_f]Aliza[/name_f]”, “[name_f]Anwen[/name_f]”, these are beautiful guys, just amazing – some of these I have never even heard before.

Since you guys have been at it longer than me (I am very new to exploring names), do you have any suggestions that I can research further for names that mean ‘silence’, ‘stillness’, ‘peace’ and especially ‘wisdom’?

<3

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I’m glad you like a lot of the options! I like to compare between behindthename’s info and nameberry’s information. You may have to find names that have a combined meaning, for example, instead of a boy’s name that means wisdom, you could go with something like [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] that means wise counsel. You also might have to find synonyms. [name_u]Cato[/name_u] means “all knowing” or wise; that probably wouldn’t show up in a search for wisdom. Additionally, you can always google "names that mean __ " and hope that there’s a name berry blog or list that has a list of names. On behindthename, you start typing something like wise and there’s an option that says “search meanings for wise”.

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Ooo you two have a very unique, yet beautiful style. A big congrats to you both, by the way!

I unfortunately can’t really fit your style and am struggling to think of any names that might be unusual enough for you both, but I thought I’d share the most “meaningful” name that I’ve come across. It’s just one of those names that when I heard the meaning I thought, “wow that’s really beautiful.”

[name_f]Olive[/name_f]/[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]/[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]

[name_f]Olive[/name_f] - “No matter what the conditions: hot, dry, cold, wet, rocky, or sandy, the evergreen olive tree will live and produce fruit. It is said that you can never kill an olive tree. [name_m]Even[/name_m] when cut down or burned, new shoots will emerge from it’s roots.”

Some other names that you [name_f]MAY[/name_f] like:

[name_f]Una[/name_f] - meaning “one”
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f] - meaning “lover of strength”
[name_f]Kismet[/name_f]
[name_f]Moon[/name_f]
[name_f]Nevaeh[/name_f] ([name_f]Heaven[/name_f] backwards)
[name_f]Irina[/name_f] - meaning “peace”
[name_f]Zosia[/name_f] - meaning “wisdom”

[name_m]Bodhi[/name_m] - meaning “enlightenment”
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] - meaning “gift from God”
[name_u]Pax[/name_u] - meaning “peaceful”
[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] - meaning “peace”

Again, not sure if these are unusual enough for your taste, but thought I’d share! :slight_smile: Good luck on naming your little miracle!

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Saw you wanted names that mean wisdom/wise

Here are some…

[name_f]Zosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ulima[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Belig[/name_f]

[name_m]Frodi[/name_m]
[name_m]Nakos[/name_m]
[name_m]Sabino[/name_m]

If you want to search names with specific meanings, go to the top right corner where it says “find a name,” click on it and it will allow you to type in a meaning! :slight_smile:

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@ottertails " I like to compare between behindthename’s info and nameberry’s information." That’s a really smart suggestion that I didn’t think of before … thank you! I’m sure others who come to this thread will appreciate this advice just as much as me!

@alibc I think [name_f]Olive[/name_f] is simple but very sweet and meaningful. I remember learning that [name_f]Olive[/name_f] trees themselves represent immortality, hence why they can never be killed! You’ve also made some fantastic suggestions here like [name_f]Moon[/name_f] which is also simple, but sweet and symbolic, and [name_f]Nevaeh[/name_f] (unique) :smiley:

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*Fen - Frisian diminutive of names that begin with ‘frid’ (“peace”) - and a nature name to boot!
*[name_m]Siegfried[/name_m] - Germanic, “victory of peace”
Nirav - Sanskrit, “quiet, calm”
*[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] - Old English, “desiring peace”
[name_m]Alvis[/name_m] - Norse, “all wise”
Thulani - Zulu, “be quiet, be comforted”
Basir - Arabic, “wise”
*[name_m]Solomon[/name_m] - Hebrew, “peace”
*[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] - Germanic, “brave peace”
Aqil - Arabic, “wise”
Tihomir - Croatian, “quiet peace”
[name_m]Mortimer[/name_m] - Old [name_m]French[/name_m], “still water”
[name_m]Fedde[/name_m] - Frisian diminutive of names that begin with ‘frid’ (“peace”)
*[name_m]Absalom[/name_m] - Hebrew, “my father is peace”
Cedomir - Serbian, “child of peace”
[name_m]Seanan[/name_m] - Irish, “little wise one”
[name_m]Humphrey[/name_m] - Germanic, “peaceful warrior”
Dragomir - Serbian, “precious peace”

*Thulile - Zulu, “is quiet”
Shizuka - Japanese, “quiet summer, quiet perfume”
Nuha - Arabic, “mind, wisdom”
*Mirica/[name_f]Mira[/name_f] - short form of Slavic names containing ‘mier’ (“peace, world”)
[name_f]Salome[/name_f] - Hebrew, “peace”
*[name_f]Viveka[/name_f] - Sanskrit, “wisdom”
*[name_f]Eir[/name_f] - Norse goddess, “mercy”
Sumati - Hindi, “wise, good mind”
Rauha - Finnish, “peace”
*[name_u]Zola[/name_u] - Zulu, “quiet, still”
*[name_f]Irena[/name_f] - Scandinavian, “peace”
*Chika - Japanese, “flower of wisdom”
*Maiara - Tupí, “wise”
*Sakina - Arabic, “calmness, peace”
[name_u]Dana[/name_u] - Persian, “wise”
[name_f]Shanti[/name_f] - Sanskrit, “peace, tranquillity”
*[name_f]Mirna[/name_f] - Slavic, “peace”
*[name_f]Clemence[/name_f]/[name_f]Clemency[/name_f] - [name_m]French[/name_m], “mercy”
Manisha - Sanskrit, “thought, wisdom”

  • = my favourites (of which there are a lot) - hope this helps a bit more.