Names with Good Meanings

Unusual yet accessible name with the fashionable double-L sound. Lilting and lovely.

Conceivable middle name choice for admirers of flyer Amelia.

A Puritan-virtue type name that could possibly work for a modern baby with its rhythmic four-syllable sound and admirable meaning.

Rangimarie is the Maori words for peace, and is occasionally used as a feminine name. Dr Rangimarie Pere is a prominent New Zealander with this name.

Spaniards use Pax and Paz, Hebrew speakers Shalom, for Greeks it's Irene, so why can't we make the English word Peace a name? Peace Adzo Medie is the author of the novel His Only Wife.

A sixties-style name that might work best as a middle.

Name that makes a strong philosophical statement -- but might ironically be a lot for a child to carry.

Nigerian name with an honorable meaning.

Could serve as an alternative to the more common Latifah.

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

North African name with a distinctive beat.

Integrity may be an outstanding quality, but Honor or True may work better as names.

An occasionally heard African name, hobbled by a zoolike sound.

This feminine version of the masculine name Eder is far better than the alternative, Eider.

Ultimately a feminization of the very fashionable boys' name Zayn, Zoyna and its ilk, such as Zaina and Zoya, are fairly popular Arabic names for girls in Pakistan and among Muslims in India.

A modern virtue name possibility.