130+ Names That Mean Peace

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

This Celtic saint's name is the most offbeat Jen name of all.

Has a decidedly Roman Catholic feel, thanks to the bishop.

A name that's more familiar in its male form, Placido, but this can be a similar-feeling alternative to Serena.

A dignified yet gentle surname name occasionally heard in England and the West Indies.

Paciano is an appealing twist on all the newly fashionable names that suggest peace.

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?

Hopelessly nerdy.