300+ Food Baby Names

  1. Malus
    • Origin:

      Latin botanical name
    • Meaning:

      "the apples"
    • Description:

      A name given to apple--specifically crab apple--trees. The first syllable rhymes with Cal.
  2. Sugar
    • Origin:

      Literary and word name
    • Description:

      You can call your daughter Sugar, but only as a term of endearment. Her real name has to be something, almost anything, else.
  3. Zea
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "grain"
    • Description:

      An unusual possibility; Zea would fit right in with schoolmates named Tea and Leya.
  4. Fabienne
    • Origin:

      French variation of Fabia
    • Meaning:

      "bean grower"
    • Description:

      Instead of the usual French suspects -- Danielle, Isabelle, Gabrielle -- why not consider Fabienne, which is less common and just as pretty.
  5. Anzu
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "apricot"
    • Description:

      A representative Japanese name with a meaning symbolizing ripeness.
  6. Colby
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "from a coal town"
    • Description:

      One of the first reality show-inspired names (he was a Texas hunk on an early season of "Survivor"); hugely trendy for boys but just starting for girls.
  7. Narine
    • Origin:

      Armenian
    • Meaning:

      "pomegranate"
    • Description:

      Narine has been a top name in Armenia since records began in 2012. Even more common is its short form, Nare, which has ranked first each year with the exception of 2016.
  8. Bancroft
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "field of beans, dweller near the bean farm"
    • Description:

      An upper-crusty-sounding name with humble origins.
  9. Fabio
    • Origin:

      Italian and Spanish variation of Fabian
    • Meaning:

      "bean grower"
    • Description:

      Sounds like exactly what it is: The name of a romance novel hero.
  10. Almond
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      Gwyneth Paltrow's Apple has opened the world of botanical names beyond flowers to trees, herbs, fruits, and — why not — nuts. Cayley and Brandon Jenner have a daughter named Joan Almond.
  11. Pom
    • Origin:

      French diminutive
    • Meaning:

      "apple"
    • Description:

      Pom is a shortened word name that's not much used in France, but cute and familiar here as one of Babar (the Elephant's) triplets. Pom, pommy and pommie are (non-derogatory) terms sometimes used by Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans to denote a person of English heritage.
  12. Chia
    • Vidalia
      • Origin:

        Latin
      • Meaning:

        "life"
      • Description:

        The name Vidalia comes from the Latin Vitalis, the root of which stems from vita, meaning "life". Most people would know of Vidalia as a type of onion, which were historically grown in Vidalia, Georgia. Vidalia as a place name was named after Spanish aristocrat Don José Vidal.
    • Acai
      • Origin:

        Brazilian Portuguese fruit and tree name
      • Description:

        The açai palm is a tree native to Brazil that produces açai berries (the base of those trendy smoothie bowls). Since US birth certificates don't allow for diacritical marks, we are unsure if people are naming their children after the fruit (pronounce ah-sah-EE) or omitting the cedilla and pronouncing it a-KYE.
    • Inari
      • Origin:

        Finnish place name; Japanese
      • Meaning:

        "loaded with rice"
      • Description:

        A unisex cultural crossover that has seen a little use from the 1990s onwards. In Japanese mythology, Inari is an androgynous deity associated with rice, tea and foxes. In Finland, it is the name of a region, lake and village which is a center of Sami culture.
    • Barric
      • Origin:

        English
      • Meaning:

        "grain farm"
      • Description:

        Perfect choice if your baby has grandpas named Barry and Eric, but also a bit military.
    • Inari
      • Origin:

        Finnish place name; Japanese
      • Meaning:

        "loaded with rice"
      • Description:

        A unisex cultural crossover that has seen a little use from the 1990s onwards. In Japanese mythology, Inari is an androgynous deity associated with rice, tea and foxes. In Finland, it is the name of a region, lake and village which is a center of Sami culture.
    • Rimona
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "pomegranate"
      • Description:

        Well used in Israel, likely to be confused with Ramona here.
    • Java
      • Origin:

        Anglicization of Indonesian Jawa; place name
      • Description:

        A name with something for everyone: for romantics, it's a beautiful Indonesian island; for teckies, it's a computer programming language.
    • Quince
      • Origin:

        Latin
      • Meaning:

        "applelike fruit"
      • Description:

        'Q' names are hot, and this is an intriguing fruit name that could be used for a girl or boy. The quince often appears in Greek myth, in tales of Aphrodite, Paris and Atalanta. Can also be a nickname for Quincy.