Names That Mean Stone
- Thurston
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"Thor's stone"Description:
Shades of Thurston Howell, the effete millionaire castaway on Gilligan's Island.
- Turquoise
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"Turkish stone"Description:
Turquoise is similar in hue to Aqua, which is one of the cool new color names on the palette. Other blue-hued options: Cerulean, Cyan, Indigo, or Blue itself.
- Peta
Origin:
Native American, Blackfoot,or Greek, "golden eagle, or rock, stone"Meaning:
"golden eagle, or rock, stone"Description:
Too tightly tied to the acronym for the activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
- Parks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"park-keeper or stone"Description:
Parks is a rare member of the fashionable single-syllable, S-ending surname crowd, which includes trending choices like Brooks, Banks, Hayes and Wells.
- Holsten
Origin:
German or Dutch surnameMeaning:
"dweller in the woods; hollow stone"Description:
Cool new surname option and rarer alternative to Halston, which is skewing more and more feminine. Holsten has origins as a surname in German and Dutch. The German form is a variation of Holstein, from the elements holt, meaning "wood," and sete, "tenant." The Dutch Holsten comes from the place name Hoolsteen, composed of the elements hol, meaning "hollow," and steen, "stone."
- Sixten
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"stone of victory"Description:
Nope, not a misspelling of Sexton or a number name. This Old Norse name is actually a name denoting victory and in the Swedish Top 100..
- Merve
Origin:
Turkish variation of Marwa, ArabicMeaning:
"white stone"Description:
Merve is derived from Marwa, a significant name in the Muslim community, as it the name of a mountain in Mecca.
- Petronella
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"rock, stone"Description:
Petronella, and its shorter sister Petra, are both feminizations of Peter. While Petronella is a name with deep history, it's extremely rare. It was given to no baby girls on record in the US last year.
- Elixir
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"medicinal substance; philosopher's stone"Description:
Potentially a cool route to Eli.
- Dunstan
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dark stone"Description:
A two-syllable surname feel puts this name of an important English saint in the running -- though it could sound like a confused cross between Duncan and Dustin.
- Eban
Origin:
Hebrew, diminutive of EbenezerMeaning:
"stone of help"Description:
Affable and creative and perfectly able to stand alone; there's nothing Scroogish about it, even though it is usually spelled Eben.
- Torsten
Origin:
Swedish from Old NorseMeaning:
"Thor's stone"
- Ishi
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"stone"Description:
Connotes a strong, solid character.
- Jacinth
Origin:
Gemstone name, variation of Hyacinth, EnglishMeaning:
"blue larkspur; precious stone"Description:
Jacinth is a gemstone of the Zircon variety. The name is related to the floral Hyacinth.
- Porfirio
Origin:
Italian and Spanish from GreekMeaning:
"purple dye"Description:
This ancient saint's name was borne by the infamous midcentury playboy, Porfirio Rubirosa.
- Ioni
Origin:
Variation of Ione, GreekMeaning:
"violet-colored stone"Description:
A phonetic variant of the gorgeous Greek name Ione, and one that was used by model Coco Rocha for her daughter in 2015.
- Stein
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"Stone"
- Pyrite
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"fire stone"Description:
So named because it emits sparks when struck with a stone.
- Athelstan
Origin:
Anglo-SaxonMeaning:
"noble stone"Description:
The name of the first English king, who ruled in the 10th century AD.
- Pello
Origin:
Greek and BasqueMeaning:
"stone"Description:
Creative variation on Peter.