Names That Mean Beautiful
18 names whose etymology relates to “beautiful” — drawn from documented origins, sorted by all-time U.S. popularity.
LindaLatinised short form of Germanic compound names ending in -lind, -linde (“tender, soft”) (English -inda), such as Sieglinde and Dietlinde, and earlier names such as Old High Ger…
RebeccaThe Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew רִבְקָה (Rivka, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
BonnieOriginally an American nickname from Scottish bonnie (“fine, beautiful”).
LydiaBorrowed from Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía, “the region of Lydia”), from λυδία (ludía, “beautiful one, noble one”), a feminine form of Λυδός (Ludós) (Lydus, from λυδός (ludós) (ly…
BellaFrom Italian: a diminutive of Isabella and Arabella, by folk etymology interpreted as bella (“beautiful”).
RebekahFrom Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
BelindaFrom Belle +‎ -inda, base from various Romance sources such as French belle, Italian bella (“beautiful”), suffix Latinate form of German linde (“soft”) (English linden, lith…
AnnabelleA variant of Annabel, by folk etymology, "beautiful Anna".
BelleFrom French belle (“beauty, beautiful”)API, from Latin bella.
ShaynaBorrowed from Yiddish שיינע (sheyne), a feminine inflection of שיין (sheyn, “beautiful”).
AnnabelOriginally a mishearing or misreading of Latin amabilis (“lovable”) (= Amabel, Mabel), used since the 12th century and by folk etymology interpreted as Anna + belle, "beautiful …
FridaIn Scandinavia, Frida mainly derives from the Old Norse name Fríða, short for female names ending in fríðr (“beautiful, beloved”). * In Central and Eastern Europe, Frida is a sh…
JamilaFrom Arabic جَمِيلَة (jamīla, “beautiful”).
CalistaFrom Latin Callistus, from Ancient Greek Κάλλιστος (Kállistos, “most beautiful”), from καλός (kalós, “beautiful”). Compare Callisto.
YamilethFrom Spanish, derived from Arabic جَمِيلَة (jamīla, “Jamila”, literally “beautiful”).
CalliopeFrom Latin Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), from κᾰλλῐ- (kăllĭ-, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).
OaklynOriginally Oakland the Beautiful, for the many trees in the area. Renamed to Oaklyn in 1894 to avoid confusion with another Oakland in North Jersey.
MeiFrom Mandarin 美 (měi, “beautiful”), a common Chinese given name among women.
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Etymologies adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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