Names That Mean Life
7 names whose etymology relates to “life” — drawn from documented origins, sorted by all-time U.S. popularity.
DeanAPI The surname or given name is of multiple origins, depending on context: * As an English surname, from Middle English dene (“valley”). * Also as an English surname, from the …
ChaimFrom Hebrew חַיִּים (“life”).
EnidFrom Middle Welsh eneit (“spirit, life; purity”), from Proto-Celtic *anatyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Gaulish anatia (“souls (?)”) a…
HymanAnglicisation of Hyam, from Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”).
TalithaFrom Aramaic טליתא (ṭalyəṯāʾ, “female child, girl, maiden”). From a passage in the New Testament (Gospel of Mark) in which Jesus restores to life a little girl.
WaltClipping of Walter. The derogatory British sense is a reference to the fictional character Walter Mitty from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a mild-mannered pushover who has wi…
GaiaBorrowed from Ancient Greek Γαῖᾰ (Gaîă, “Gaea, the Earth personified as a goddess”), from γαῖᾰ (gaîă, “the Earth”), probably related to γῆ (gê, “earth, land; country”). Sense 1 …
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Etymologies adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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