Names by meaning, not by theme
Our meaning lists are rule-based: a name is on a meaning page when its recorded meaning contains the word in a usable position, not negated and not about a namesake. That makes the lists checkable. It also means some entries are there because of one word in a longer meaning.
| List | Names | With a documented meaning | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Names That Mean Moon | 154 | 154 | 100.0% |
| Names That Mean Star | 101 | 101 | 100.0% |
| Names That Mean Sun | 86 | 86 | 100.0% |
| Names That Mean Light | 280 | 280 | 100.0% |
| Names That Mean Fire | 28 | 28 | 100.0% |
| Nature Baby Names | 1,370 | 1,370 | 100.0% |
Counts are distinct names. A name given to both genders is counted once.
Meanings, origins and genders are as recorded in this site's dataset: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and the MuslimNames.com dataset (CC0). Each is one documented sense, not a full etymology.
Moon
154 names in our data have a meaning that contains a word for moon. These are the ones SSA also lists in 2024, best rank first:
| Name | Rank 2024 | Matched in meaning | Documented meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luna | 13 | “moon” | the moon |
| Jericho | 903 | “Moon” | Moon city |
| Selina | 1,307 | “Moon” | Moon, Salty |
| Aiyla | 2,359 | “Moonlight” | Moonlight |
| Maira | 2,740 | “Moon” | Moon, Favourable, admirable. |
| Maha | 3,164 | “moon” | Beautiful”, Radiant, literally meaning “moon-like”. |
| Qamar | 3,320 | “moon” | The moon. Al-Qamar |
| Mahsa | 3,439 | “moon” | Mahsa is a Persian name for girls that means moon-like, thus meaning beautiful. |
A name is listed when its recorded meaning contains a word for “moon” in a usable position: not negated, and not about a namesake or a title. Of those names, the ones SSA also lists in 2024, ordered by rank (best of boy and girl); meanings longer than 90 characters are skipped.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
Meanings, origins and genders are as recorded in this site's dataset: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and the MuslimNames.com dataset (CC0). Each is one documented sense, not a full etymology.
See the full names that mean moon list.
Star
101 names have a star meaning:
| Name | Rank 2024 | Matched in meaning | Documented meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stella | 49 | “star” | star |
| Esther | 131 | “star” | star |
| Tobias | 280 | “Star” | Born with a Star |
| Lyra | 481 | “constellation” | a lyre; the constellation lyra |
| Estelle | 636 | “star” | star |
| Tara | 1,020 | “Star” | Star |
| Zahara | 1,202 | “star” | Flower, beauty, star |
| Tala | 1,333 | “star” | Little palm tree, star |
A name is listed when its recorded meaning contains a word for “star” in a usable position: not negated, and not about a namesake or a title. Of those names, the ones SSA also lists in 2024, ordered by rank (best of boy and girl); meanings longer than 90 characters are skipped.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
Meanings, origins and genders are as recorded in this site's dataset: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and the MuslimNames.com dataset (CC0). Each is one documented sense, not a full etymology.
See the full names that mean star list.
Sun, light and fire
The names that mean sun, names that mean light and names that mean fire pages use the same rule. Their counts are in the table at the top.
Reading a nature list critically
- Check the whole meaning. A name appears because one word matched. Read the full meaning before you read the theme into it.
- Check the rank. A name that is also in the top of the SSA chart will be common. The tables above show the best-ranked first, so you can see where the common ones are.
- Check the spelling. SSA counts each spelling separately, so a variant can look much rarer than the name it is a variant of.
- Check both languages. The same word is a name in more than one language, and the recorded origin is one source's label.
Where to go next
The nature baby names page lists every name whose meaning contains a nature word, with the matched word shown for each. The baby name generator lets you filter by gender and origin, and the name combiner can blend two names you like.