March Baby Names Let The Sunshine In!

Updated Sat Mar 01 2025

The first month of Spring is a great time to have a baby — and to celebrate the season through their name! Whether you're honoring a March-born relative or simply stuck for ideas for your Springtime baby, we've got you covered with a range of March inspired options.

March names are drawn from all over the style map, from earthy choices straight from nature to inspiration from the stars. Pisces names and Aries names — the two zodiac signs for March — include names that mean purple or names that mean red, as well as names that mean water or names that mean fire.

Spring baby names include vibrant nature-inspired options, from flower names, to names that mean green, and names that mean new beginnings to reflect the changing season.

March baby names may also mark the month’s significant events: most notably Women’s History Month which runs throughout March. Commemorative holidays in the US include Harriet Tubman Day (March 10) and Cesar Chavez Day (March 31) while Ireland, Wales, and Cornwall also celebrate their national days in March. This year, you could even consider a sweet choice inspired by Shrove Tuesday (or Pancake Day) for something more lighthearted.

If you’re in need of name inspiration for a baby due this month, here is your definitive guide to finding the perfect March-inspired moniker.

Top March Baby Names

“In like a lion, out like a lamb” — or so the saying goes.

Popular March names for babies include one of the most stylish international names right now: Leo, meaning “lion”. Leander and Leonie are other familiar possibilities, while for some less popular alternatives, you could look at our extensive list of names that mean lion, including Leonce, Timoleon, and Ruslana.

Bronte, Taran, and Rainie are stormy names that could match the fierce weather at the beginning of the month, while names meaning "lamb" such as Oona, Kori, Yuna, or Agnus could work as a nod to the milder weather at the end.

Irish Names like Connor and Riley are perennially popular in the US, while Maeve and Killian are more recent favorites that would make fitting choices for a child born around St Patrick's Day (March 17).

And Welsh names like Owen, Rhys, Megan, and Dylan have successfully crossed the pond, too — perfect for a St David’s Day baby (March 1). Rhiannon, Aled, and Bronwen are other accessible choices.

Top March names also honor notable figures born in March, like Aretha Franklin, Albert Einstein, James Madison, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Vincent van Gogh.

Here are some of the most fashionable March names right now:

March Girl Names

Women’s History Month provides a great opportunity to look to exceptional women of history for March girl name inspiration. Try Flannery (O’Connor), Maya (Angelou), Harriet (Tubman), Greta (Thunberg), or Simone (Biles or de Beauvoir) — or check out our long list of heroine baby names for more ideas.

Other stylish March names for girls include Agnes and Una, meaning “lamb”, or perhaps the literary Meg, Jo, Beth or Amy, inspired by the March sisters in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.

Floral names belonging to Spring blooms such as Primrose, Daphne, and Azalea could also make pretty choices for March girls, while names that mean blue or purple reflect the month's birthstone (aquamarine) and the color associated with Pisces.

Off-beat Welsh and Irish names may also appeal, such as Carys, Deryn, Olwen, Delyth, Clodagh, and Cliodhna.

Below is a selection of the most appealing March baby names for girls:

March Boy Names

The month of March gets its name from Mars, the Roman god of war, so names that mean warrior like Evander, Milo, and Gunnar are fitting for fierce boys born in March. These join bold names that mean fire like Blaze, Ignatius, and Phoenix that work well for an Aries baby.

Gentler options include boy names that mean water to honor both the Pisces star sign and the March birthstone (aquamarine). Fisher, Ren, Indigo, Kai, and Beckett are just a few options.

Lesser-used Welsh and Irish imports including Ossian, Brynmor, Oran and Lyr also commemorate the month, while nature-related choices such as Florian, Aspen, Linnaeus, Oak, Adair, Sage, and Rye recognize the beginning of a warmer season,

Notable namesakes for March-born baby boys include Grover Cleveland, Ezra Jack Keats, Ayrton Senna, and Tennessee Williams. Alternatively, why not celebrate a powerful women through your son’s name, in honor of Women’s History Month? Barrett (for Elizabeth Barrett Browning) would make a handsome choice, as would Alcott (for Louisa May Alcott), Parks (for Rosa Parks), Truth (for Sojourner Truth), or Baker (for Josephine Baker).

Below is a selection of the most appealing March baby names for boys:

Unique March Baby Names

If you’re looking for a truly unique name with a link to the month of March, international names with March-related meanings are a great place to start!

Try Araluen, Eriska, Foss, or Esca for unique names that mean water or perhaps Crimson, Altan, Radclyffe, or Roux for unusual names that mean red. You could even consider Jonquil as a unisex nod to the March birth flower, the daffodil. The Bengali and Urdu Nargis and the Turkish Zerrin are also associated with the flower.

Other unique March baby names include Piran, the patron saint of Cornwall, whose feast day is celebrated on March 5. You might want to look into the range of Cornish names that are hardly heard outside of their native region, including Endellion, Kinvara, Kerensa, Mithian, and Austol.

Browse more unique names for babies born this month, below — or find our full list of March baby names here.

About the Author

Emma Waterhouse

Emma Waterhouse joined the team in 2017, writing about everything from the top baby name trends 2023 to how not to choose the next big baby name. As Nameberry's head moderator, she also helps to keep our active forums community ticking.

Emma's articles on names and naming trends have been featured in publications including the Huffington Post, People, Today's Parent, Fatherly, and Good Housekeeping.

A linguist by background, Emma speaks several languages and lives in England's smallest county with her husband and four young children. You can reach her at emma@nameberry.com.