Names That Mean Wind

This glamorous name of a hot young French singer is catching on. Tessa and Barron Hilton used it as a middle name for their daughter Milou.

Camira is one of those rare names that feels at once familiar and unique. A handful of baby girls were named Camira in the US last year.

A place name from Venezuela believed to come from an indigenous word for wind, this can make an innovative choice for a child of either sex.

Portuguese form of Zephyrinus, deriving from the name of the Greek god of the west wind, Zephyr. Saint Zephyrinus was a 3rd-century pope.

Airy word name on the rise for both sexes. Breeze makes an especially lovely middle name.

Boreas was the Greek god of the north wind, deriving from the same root as the Latin name of the Northern Lights, aurora borealis.

Tuulikki is a Finnish name meaning "little wind" -- tuuli means wind in Finnish -- and also the name of a forest goddess. Supermodel Else Hosk, whose mother is Finnish, chose this name for her daughter.

Zepherin is an ancient saints' name that sounds like anything but. Zepherin Namuncura, a priest of Argentinian Indian background, was beatified in the 20th century. There was a Pope Zephyrinus.

As Makenna, Makenzie, and Makayla lose their spark, Hawaiian Makani feels fresh as ever.

Evocative nature name popular for boys in Turkey. It derives from the Greek Boreas, as in the aurora borealis.

If there are too many Savannahs in your neighborhood, you might consider this. Pavana is a Hindu goddess of the wind.

A cool and breezy nature name with a stylish sound, used in the Scirocco spelling by Volkswagen for one of its cars.

A breezy Turkish word name.

A cool and breezy nature name with a stylish sound, used by Volkswagen for one of its cars.

Feminissima.

Zephyrinus is the form of the name of the Greek god of the west wind best known as the name of a Jewish pope and saint.

Might be asking for trouble, especially when your son reaches the Terrible Twos.

A cool and breezy nature name with a stylish sound, used in the Scirocco spelling by Volkswagen for one of its cars.