Some of My Favorite Girl/Boy Names

There are some names with very deep meanings that I have fallen in love with, from all kinds of cultures. I guess that’s part of why I love names: some cultures have such a connection to them. Having a list of names from other cultures helps me feel connected to them, you know? Like, seriously, I will have a “DUDE!” moment behind reading someone’s name. An “A-HA!” moment.

At any rate, I hope you enjoy this list of names. :D I have other names, but I figured it’d be easier to list by category. :D

“It’s not what you are called, it is what you answer to.” Answer to hope, love, faith, purpose, positivity, creativity, healing. “Let the weak say I am strong.” :)

Names are/were taken from:

55,000+ Baby Names by Bruce Lansky, 2005, Meadowbrook Press

The Best Baby Names in the World by JM Congemy, 2007, Harper

These are girl/boy names. While girls and boys can use these names, more likely than not, these are girls' names. 

GIRL/BOY (GIRL-DOMINANT)

Ebony: a hard, dark wood (Greek) (g/b)

Simran: absorbed in God (Sikh) (g/b)

Chinue: God’s blessing (Nigeria) (CHIH-noo-eh) (g/b)

Simone: he heard (French) (g/b)

Kenna: beautiful (Irish) (g/b)

Afton: from Afton, England (English) (g/b)

Bailey: bailiff (English) (g/b)

Manpreet: mindful of love (Punjabi) (g/b)

Tatum: cheerful (English) (g/b)

Sydney: from Saint-Denis, France (g/b)

Darby: free (Irish); deer estate (Scandinavian) (g/b)

Cherokee: people of a different speech (Cherokee) (g/b)

Alma: learned (Arabic); soul (Latin) (g/b)

Bronwyn: white breasted (Welsh) (g/b)

Carmen: song (Latin) (g/b)

Ciara: black (Irish) (g/b)

Deja: before (French) (g/b)

Déja: before (French) (g/b)

Marion: bitter (French) (g/b)

Alisha: truthful (Greek); noble (German); See Alicia (g/b)

Alicia: truthful (Greek); noble (German) (g/b)

Kennedy: helmeted chief (g/b)