Names That Mean Child

Tammuz is the Semitic variation of Dumuzid, a name from Sumerian mythology. Tammuz is the name of fourth month on the Hebrew calendar, corresponding with June and July on the Gregorian calendar.

Common Japanese name among Gen X women.

Lively and engaging Scottish surname, particularly appropriate for a boy born on Monday.

Momoko is a Japanese name meaning "peach child." It's also the name of a character in the popular Sailor Moon manga series.

This Irish saint's name makes an attractive alternative for Dylan or Donald.

Youthful Kazakh name derived from the Turkic word for moon, ay.

Only if it's a family name, and even then, better in the middle.

Considered an old-fashioned choice in Japan.

Motoko Kusanagi, perhaps the best known association to the name, is a character from the sci-fi anime and manga series The Ghost in the Shell. She's a strong, wise, and independent cyborg who appears as a young woman.

Best known to the West through the story of Sadako and the thousand paper cranes, which tells the story of Sadako Sasaki, this name has become synonymous with peace.

One of many Japanese options for a winter baby.

For towheads with ties to Scotland -- in theory, anyway.

Either means "the flowers" or "the child" – lei can mean both. Either way, a strong and pretty Hawaiian name.

Sachi, often short for Sachiko, was given to 25 girls in the US in a recent year. While it is technically Japanese, this short form has an unidentifiably international feel and might be a relative of the stylish Sacha.

Popular in Hawaii in the first decades of the 20th century, this name also means "rock" in Māori.

Commonly borne by Gen X women in Japan.

West African naming tradition dictated that children were named for their time of birth or birth order — Nsia would have been given to a sixth-born baby girl.

Traditionally the name for the fifth-born child, however, we like it no matter where the child is in the birth order.

Once a common girl name in Hawaii, today Leialoha is virtually unheard of.