Names That Mean Good or Kind
- Latifah
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"kind and gentle"Description:
Singer-actress Queen Latifah -- born Dana Owens -- makes this North African Muslim name sing.
- Hideyoshi
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"good luck"
- Buena
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"good, excellent"Description:
Affirmative adjective occasionally used as a name.
- Keisuke
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"kind help"
- Ganei
Origin:
Diminutive of Gennady, RussianMeaning:
"noble, generous"Description:
A nickname for Gennady, a cool and unusual Russian boy name.
- O'keefe
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"son of the kind one"Description:
Most parents interested in this name would be honoring either an ancestor or painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
- Dobrawa
Origin:
Polish from SlavicMeaning:
"oak grove; good glory"Description:
The exact origins of Dobrawa are unknown. It may be a variant of Dąbrówka, ultimately of Slavic origins meaning "oak grove," or a contraction of Dobrosława, "good glory."
- Buona
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"good"Description:
Naming your child the word for good comes with no guarantees.