Names That Mean Noble
22 names whose etymology relates to “noble” — drawn from documented origins, sorted by all-time U.S. popularity.
PatriciaFrom Latin patricia (“noble”)API; later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick.
AliceFrom Middle English Alice, from Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheid, proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) +‎ *haiduz (“character”). Dou…
AlbertFrom Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus,…
AlanFrom Old Breton Alan, name of early Breton saints, of disputed origin and meaning; brought to England by Normans. It may have been the name of a Celtic deity, the brother of Bra…
AudreyFrom Middle English Aldreda, Etheldreda, from Old English Æþelþrȳþ (from æþele (“noble”) +‎ þrȳþ (“strength”)).
EthelShort form of names of Old English origin beginning with Ethel-, æþele (“noble”). First used in the 19th century. Cognate to the Germanic Adela and Adele.
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…
ElmerMedieval variant of the given name Aylmer, from Old English Æþelmǣr, from æþel (“noble”) +‎ mǣre (“famous”).
AlisonFrom Middle English Alisoun, from Old French Alison, brought to England by the Normans (from Anglo-Norman Alison, from Norman Alison), diminutive of Aliz, equivalent to English …
AdaShort form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace.
MonaAnglicized from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Muadhnait, from Middle Irish múad (“noble”). In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminuti…
AdeleBorrowed from French Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare athel, German edel, Old English æþele.
AdelaideBorrowed from French Adélaïde, from Old High German Adalheid (from adal (“noble”) + heit (“nature, character”)), modern German Adelheid; doublet of Alice.
AryaBorrowed from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble, respectable”)API. Doublet of Aryan and Iran.
AdelaLatinate form of French Adèle, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”). Compare Old English æþele, English athel.
NobleFrom noble.
KyreeFrom a biblical reference Kyree comes from The name Kyria which is Greek in origin & its meaning is "noble lady" 2 John 1:1, 5 Strong's Bible concordance G2959 In the second epi…
AryanOriginally from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble; noble one”)API and +‎ -n. The Sanskrit word is an autonym originally from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas (see there for more). Borro…
KarimFrom Arabic كَرِيم (karīm, “noble, generous”).
ElmiraPossibly a feminine equivalent of Elmer, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *mēraz (“famous”), as in Spanish Edelmira. Introduced through literature (Molière, Goethe).
AleshiaOne of the modern variations of Alicia, meaning "of noble kind".
AlyshiaOne of the modern variations of Alicia meaning of noble kind.
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Etymologies adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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