Names That Mean Child

Brought into prominence as the name of the Crown Princess of Japan

An aristocratic French surname which is synonymous with the indulged child created by Frances Hodgson Burnett in her book Little Lord Fauntleroy. Fauntleroy is also Donald Duck's middle name.

Abam is a Twi girl name traditionally given to the second born child following twins.

A striking option among African girl names, reminiscent of the up-and-coming name Alaia.

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

One of many Japanese options for a winter baby.

Although it has no doubt been used as a name by someone somewhere, Girl likely appears on the US extended baby names list most years as a kind of holding term, where parents have not yet decided on the name so the baby is instead recorded as "Girl", "Boy" or "Unknown".

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

West African names often convey circumstances of birth. In this case, Afafa marks the first child born to a mother's second husband.

Common Japanese choice with a covetable meaning.

Kadida is an Anglicized form of the Arabic name Khadija, wife of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.

Common in Japan among older generations of women, rather than baby girls.

A unisex Hawaiian name with a fitting meaning. It also happens to mean "cloud" in Maori.

This version of Khadija is popular for baby girls in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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.

Airy Japanese girl name that is also that of a sake cup.

A sweet option to honor an ancestral Rose