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Magical Christmas Baby Names

Christmas baby names can be drawn from many sources, from names that mean Christmas to figures associated with the magical holiday to symbols of Christmas and winter.

The top Christmas baby names are Clara and Ivy for girls and Theodore for boys. Along with Ivy, other Christmas names for girls in the US Top 1000 include Eve, Stella, Natalie, Holly, Josephine, Mary, Lucia, and Angela.

Along with Theodore, Christmas names for boys ranking in the US Top 1000 include Pax, Nicholas, Joseph, Christian, Christopher, and Bennett. Gender neutral Christmas names we're hearing more of include Hollis, Lux, Juniper, and Winter.

Unique Christmas names that strike the perfect style note today include Snow, Drummer, Lumi, Lucian, Kerensa, and Pace.

The Christmas names here represent many origins and styles and include Christmas names for girls and boys as well as gender-neutral names with Christmas meanings. Names that mean blessed or holy, star or light, joy or peace might be considered Christmas names. Nature names related to snow or the trees and flowers of Christmas qualify, along with the names of the Holy Family, the angels and the Wise Men.

If you're expecting a baby born during the end-of-year holidays, or simply want a name that connotes the magical season, consider this collection of Christmas baby names.

Sage

Meaning: wise and knowing

Origin:Herb name and also Latin
519
Sage

Meaning: wise

Origin:Herb name; Latin
126
Magnolia

Meaning: Magnol's flower

Origin:Flower name, from French surname
199
Natasha

Meaning: birthday of the Lord

Origin:Russian diminutive of Natalya
318
Evie

Meaning: life

Origin:Diminutive of Eve or Eva
88
Beatrix

Meaning: she who brings happiness; blessed

Origin:Latin
112
Ariadne

Meaning: most holy

Origin:Greek
147
Evangeline

Meaning: bearer of good news

Origin:Greek
10
Seraphina

Meaning: ardent; fiery

Origin:Hebrew
64
Estelle

Meaning: star

Origin:French
189
Belle

Meaning: beautiful

Origin:Short form of Isabelle or French
310
Christabel

Meaning: fair Christian

Origin:Latin and French
2117
Astrid

Meaning: divinely beautiful

Origin:Scandinavian
54
Dorothea

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Greek
325
Dorothy

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:English variation of Greek Dorothea
352
Natalie

Meaning: birthday of the Lord

Origin:French variation of Russian Natalia
370
Neve

Meaning: snow

Origin:Anglicized spelling of Irish Niamh or Italian and Portuguese
403
Alba

Meaning: white

Origin:Latin
436
Rowan

Meaning: rowan tree; little redhead

Origin:Scottish and Irish
35
Rowan

Meaning: rowan tree; little redhead

Origin:Scottish and Irish
452