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Delicious Thanksgiving Names

If you're expecting a baby around the Thanksgiving holiday or simply love the idea of expressing gratitude in your child's name, you might want to consider these Thanksgiving-themed baby names.

Grace, an element of gratitude or the prayer we say before the big holiday meal, is the top Thanksgiving name for girls. Along with Grace, other Thanksgiving girl names ranking in the US Top 1000 include Autumn, Hope, Faith, and Mercy. Unique Thanksgiving girl names to consider include Junia, Marigold, Remember, and Susanna.

Elias is the top boy name with a Thanksgiving theme. Along with Elias, other Thanksgiving boy names ranking in the Top 1000 include Jasper, Jayden, Myles, Moses, and Sage. Unique Thanksgiving boy names on our favorites list include Alden, Truman, and Oceanus, the name of the baby born on the Mayflower.

Thanksgiving name can reference the harvest or the sumptuous Thanksgiving meal, the Pilgrims or the fall season. Here's a collection of Thanksgiving names for boys and girls.

Vesta

Meaning: pure

Origin:Latin
1081
Anona

Meaning: corn, grain

Origin:Latin
1905
Felicity

Meaning: good fortune, happy

Origin:Latin
168
Mercy

Meaning: compassion

Origin:English word name
689
Jayden

Meaning: thankful

Origin:Spelling variation of Jaden
2928
Jayden

Meaning: thankful

Origin:Variation of Jaden or Jadon, Hebrew
199
Caius

Meaning: rejoice

Origin:Latin
73
Rufus

Meaning: red-head

Origin:Latin
174
Samson

Meaning: sun

Origin:Hebrew
420
Bellamy

Meaning: fine friend

Origin:English and Irish from French
627
Rory

Meaning: red king

Origin:Irish
64
Bartholomew

Meaning: son of the furrow

Origin:Aramaic
141
Jasper

Meaning: bringer of treasure

Origin:Persian
49
Tate

Meaning: cheerful

Origin:English from Norse
219
Moses

Meaning: delivered from the water

Origin:Egyptian
817
Elias

Meaning: Yahweh is God

Origin:Greek variation of Elijah, Hebrew
132
Fabian

Meaning: bean grower

Origin:Latin clan name
342
Clement

Meaning: mild, merciful

Origin:Latin
397
Bruno

Meaning: brown

Origin:German
413
Aki

Meaning: born in the autumn, ancestor

Origin:Japanese, Finnish; "born in the autumn, ancestor"
1961