Baby names that mean beautiful (2024)

Written by

Emma Bennett

14th Jul 2023

Every baby is beautiful and there are loads of baby names that mean beautiful, pretty and other similar concepts. Most are intended for girls but there are also some unisex and boys’ names meaning handsome or beautiful.

If you’re looking for beautiful rare girl names with meaning, names with beautiful meanings for a boy or unisex names that mean beautiful for any bonny baby, hopefully this list will provide some inspiration…

Girls’ names that mean beautiful

Alana

Feminine version of Alan, possibly from old French meaning "handsome".

Alanis

A variation on Alana and feminine version of Alan, possibly from old French meaning "handsome".

Alina

Could be from the Arabic meaning "noble" or the Irish alainn, meaning "lovely".

Amara

A number of possible roots, one of which is Greek from the name of the amaranth flower, which means "unfading".

Annabel

English and Scottish version of Annabella, combining Anna (“grace”) and belle (“beautiful”).

Annabella

French and Italian (from Latin), meaning “beautiful”.

Anusha

The name Anusha is primarily a female name of Indian origin that means “Star, Beautiful Morning”.

Anwen

A girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "very fair, beautiful".

Aoife

From the Irish Gaelic aoibh, meaning "beauty". Could also be an Irish version of the name Eve.

Aphrodite

From Greek, the name could mean “risen from the sea” but is also the name of the mythological goddess of love and beauty.

Ayla

A number of roots. In Turkish it means “halo” or the beautiful ring of light around the moon.

Astrid

An old Norse name still widely used in Scandinavia that means “divinely beautiful.”

Belinda

Originally from the Latin bella, meaning "beautiful".

Bella

The short form of Isabella, which is the Italian form of Isabel. Also from the Italian word for bella, meaning "beautiful".

Belle

From the French word, meaning "beautiful". Belle was the heroine of the french fairytale La Belle et la Bete, better known as Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Bellezza

One of the less common ‘Belle’ names. Italian, meaning “beautiful”.

Bonita

From the Spanish bonito, meaning "pretty".

Bonnie

Could be short for the Spanish Bonito but also from the Scottish word meaning “pretty”.

Callidora

A name of Greek origin, meaning “Gift of beauty”.

Callie

A shortening of Callista/Calista from Greek, meaning “most beautiful”.

Calliope

From the Greek meaning "beautiful voice". In Greek mythology Calliope is the muse of epic poetry.

Callista

From the Greek meaning “most beautiful”. Could also be related to the Irish name Kayley, meaning “slender”.

Caoimhe

Caoimhe is a feminine name of Irish origin, meaning “gentle, kind, beautiful”. Pronounced Keeva/Kweeva (depending on location) and sometimes spelled that way.

Cemile

A Turkish name meaning “pretty, beautiful”, derived from the Arabic Jamil/Jamilah.

Ceridwen

From the Welsh cerdd, meaning "poet" and gwyn, meaning "fair”.

Cosima

Feminine version of Cosmo, from the Greek, “Universe, harmony, beauty”.

Elu

A name of Native American origin meaning “graceful, beautiful”.

Freya

The name itself actually means “lady” but the old Norse goddess was associated with love, beauty and fertility.

Hermosa

A girls’ name of Spanish origin meaning ‘beautiful’.

Indira

A name of Indian origin meaning “beauty and splendour”. Also a byname of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, who is the goddess of prosperity and luck.

Ingrid

Ingrid is a baby girl's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “fair” and “Ing's beauty”. Ing relates to Yngvi, believed to be an older version of the god Freyr and goddess Freyja.

Jamil

Feminine form of Jamal, from the Arabic meaning "beauty".

Jamilla

Feminine form of Jamal, from the Arabic meaning "beauty".

Jolie

From the French meaning "pretty".

Keeva

Anglicised phonetic spelling of Caoimhe, a Gaelic Irish name meaning “Gentle, kind, beautiful”.

Kenzie

A shortened version of Mackenzie. Originally from an Irish Gaelic surname, Mac Coinnich, meaning "son of coinneach". Coinneach is an Irish name that means "handsome".

Kyomi

A Japanese name with a range of meanings including “beautiful”.

Leilani

A girl’s name of Hawaiian origin meaning “heavenly or beautiful flower”.

Lilybelle

Of Latin roots, meaning “beautiful lily”.

Linda

Means "beautiful" in Spanish. also used as a short form of names such as Belinda and Melinda.

Lydia

From Greek, person from Lydia but originally derives from "beautiful one", "noble one”.

Mabel

A short form of the mediaeval old English name Amabel, from the Latin amabilis, "loveable".

Maribel

A combination of Maria with the name ending -belle meaning “beautiful”.

Maribelle

Variation on Maribel – Maria and belle (“beautiful”).

Maeve

From the Irish Gaelic meaning "intoxicating".

Mei

Has a number of meanings in different cultures. In Chinese can mean “beautiful” or “plum”.

Mio

There’s a Spanish root (meaning “mine”) but Mio is also a cute Japanese name meaning “beautiful, cherry blossom”.

Mirabella

A modern name from the Latin mirabilis, meaning "wonderful". Bella also means “beautiful” in Italian and Spanish.

Mirabelle

A variation on Mirabella from the Latin mirabilis, meaning "wonderful". Belle also means “beautiful” in French.

Naamah

From Hebrew, meaning “pleasant, lovely”.

Nayana

A name of Hindi origin meaning “beautiful eyes”.

Omarosa

A name of Nigerian origin meaning ‘my beautiful child’.

Phoebe

Latinised version of the Greek name Phoibe from phoibos, meaning "bright", "clear" or "radiant".

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Reiko

One of a number of Japanese girl’s names meaning "beautiful, lovely, graceful”.

Rosabella

A relatively modern mash-up of Rose + Bella or “beautiful rose”.

Rosalind

Originally from the Germanic hros, meaning "horse" and lind, meaning "tender" or "soft", but the meaning later changed to mean "lovely rose", from the Latin rosa lindai.

Rumi

A beautiful Japanese girls’ name with a number of meanings including the precious stone lapis lazuli and “beauty”.

Shaina

Of Hebrew origin, from the Yiddish meaning "beautiful".

Sigrid

From the old Norse word sigr, meaning "victory" and frithr, meaning "fair" or "beautiful".

Tegan

Comes from the Welsh word teg ('fair') and generally taken to mean 'darling', 'loved one', or 'favourite'.

Tove

A Scandinavian name going back to old Norse. Related to the name Thor (along with Tuva) and meaning, “beloved, fair beautiful”.

Tuva

A Scandinavian name going back to old Norse. Related to the name Thor (along with Tove) and meaning, “beloved, fair beautiful”.

Vashti

A girl’s name of Persian origin, meaning ‘beautiful’.

Venus

From Latin. Venus was the name of the Roman goddess of love and beauty, equivalent to the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

Yamileth

A girl’s name of Spanish and Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful”.

Zaina

Zaina means “beauty” and “grace”, from the Arabic zayn.

Zaynab

From Arabic, Zaynab is the name of a beautiful, fragrant plant and a popular Quranic name.

Zara

A form of Sarah, a biblical name meaning "princess", but also from Arabic word zahr, meaning "blooming flower".

Zerlin

A name of Arabic origin meaning “beautiful dawn”.

Zuri

Zuri is a given name of Swahili origin meaning “beautiful”.

Boys’ names that mean beautiful

Adonis

From the Greek adon, meaning "lord". In mythology, Adonis was the lover of the goddess Aphrodite and the peak of male beauty.

Alan

Could derived from the Gaelic word ailin, meaning "little rock" but also old French meaning "handsome".

Alain

French version of Alan, meaning “handsome, cheerful”.

Allen

Variation on Allen - could derived from the Gaelic word ailin, meaning "little rock" but also old French meaning "handsome".

Argider

Derived from Basque argi "light" and eder "beautiful".

Beau

From the French meaning "beautiful" and used in English to mean "admirer" or "sweetheart".

Beaumont

From the French, meaning “a beautiful mountain”.

Beauregard

A masculine name of French origin meaning "beautiful gaze”. May have begun as a surname for people who lived in a place with beautiful views.

Calixto

An unusual name Spanish name of Greek origin, from kallistos meaning “most beautiful”.

Cullen

An Irish and Scottish surname and occasional given name. From the place but also considered by many to mean “handsome”.

Faron

Of English origin but now little used. Means “handsome servant”.

Hasan

From the Arabic, meaning "good" or "beautiful".

Jamal

From the Arabic meaning "beauty".

Kenneth

From the Scottish Gaelic names cainneach meaning "handsome" or cinead meaning "fiery".

Kenny

Short form of Kenneth, which is from the Scottish Gaelic names cainneach meaning "handsome" or cinead meaning "fiery".

Kevin

From the Irish name caoimhn, which is from the Irish Gaelic coem "handsome" and gein "birth".

Shaquille

A variation of the Arabic Shakil meaning “handsome”, popularised by US basketball player Shaquille O’Neal.

Usain

A male name of Arabic origin that means “Beautiful, Good”.

Zinedine

A boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "beauty of the faith". Popularised in modern times by French footballer Zinedine Zidane.

Unisex names that mean beautiful

Aysun

A unisex Turkish given name meaning "(a person) whose face is as beautiful as the moon".

Bellamy

From an English surname which stems from old French meaning "handsome friend".

Cosmo

A name of Greek origin meaning "order, beauty, universe".

Eirian

Eirian is a Welsh name with meanings translating to ‘lovely, silver and bright.'

Hazen

The name Hazen is primarily a gender-neutral name of Dutch origin that means “Smooth, Beautiful”.

Hiromi

A unisex given name from Japan, meaning “generous beauty”.

Mackenzie

From an Irish Gaelic surname, Mac Coinnich, meaning "son of coinneach". Coinneach is an Irish name that means "handsome".

Mekanani

A name of Hawaiian origin meaning “beautiful eyes”.

Memphis

From the ancient Egyptian city (also a later one in the US), literally "his beauty," from men "his" + nefer "beauty".

Mika

Can be a Finnish version of Michael but also a Japanese girl’s name meaning “Beauty/Beautiful”.

Namilani

Primarily a gender-neutral name of Hawaiian origin that means “Beautiful Heaven”.