Dog Names That Mean Calm

While several meanings are possible depending on the characters used, prosperity and peace are certainly lovely meanings for a name to have.

Many parents these days are responding to names meaning peace, and this is one of the more unusual ones (more often heard as a surname). Pronounced PACH-ee-a, it relates to such other peaceful names as PAZ, PAX, and PAXICO

Best known in the US as the name of Chris Brown's son (they pronounce it like "echo"), but Aeko is a traditional Japanese name for baby girls.

A light and simple Māori name with an appealing O ending and lovely meaning.

Everyone will misunderstand it as Lara, but if you're willing to put up with the confusion, this is a truly different yet simple option.

Derived from an ancient Roman name, this is best known in its male form Placido, thanks to the tenor.

This name, used in both India and Nepal, is one of those lovely boys names that opts for quiet strength over hypermasculine energy. Bollywood cinematographer Nirav Shah is a notable bearer of this name.

A lovely meaning and sound -- if you're fluent in Dutch.

Properly spelt Bình in Vietnamese, this is a very popular name for both sexes. The pronunciation is usually Anglicized as "BIN", but the middle vowel is more like the U in "burn".

An is a gender-neutral Chinese name, originally a surname, that can be used for girls or boys and means peace or quiet. It is also a Vietnamese name meaning safe and secure. In the English-speaking world, it may feel slight due to its equivalence to the article an.

Bouncy South African girl name whose sound doesn't quite match its meaning.

Rongo is a masculine Maori name stemming from both the name of a god and also the Maori word for peace, "rangimarie", which itself is occasionally used as a feminine name. Rongo was the name of the Maori god of cultivated food and of peace. In Maori culture the two ideas are closely linked - food can only be cultivated and plentiful when communities are at peace and working together. If Ringo, Rango and Rocco can get a look in, why not Rongo?

Mirko is a diminutive version of Miroslav but is now given as a full name.

Calming Japanese choice.

This Croatian name is the diminutive of Mira and Mirela.

A unisex name with a lovely serene meaning in the Ambaric language of Ethiopia.

Mandara is one of those names that sounds like its meaning -- and calm is certainly a quality worth courting in a child.

A unisex name with a lovely serene meaning in the Ambaric language of Ethiopia.