1. Home
  2. Topics

Names with Inspirational Meanings

Baby names with inspirational meanings or from spiritual sources strike an uplifting chord. Inspirational baby names are virtuous in nature, with meanings like comfort, generous, and bliss. This list includes classic virtue names like Justice and Grace, as well as names with subtler inspirational meanings, such as Grady and Veronique.

Along with Grace and Grady, other names with inspirational meanings in the US Top 500 include Amara, Audrey, Bodhi, Chance, Freya, Nadia, Solomon, and Vera. Rare and fashionable names to inspire include Anouk, Ever, Pax, and Verity.

Names with inspiring meanings might encourage your child to embody the virtue behind their name. Consider these names if you want to set your child up for a lifetime of inspiration.

Serenity

Meaning: peaceful

Origin:Latin
576
Amara

Meaning: grace, immortal, tribe

Origin:Igbo, Sanskrit, Arabic
78
Freya

Meaning: a noble woman

Origin:Norse
15
Adelaide

Meaning: noble, nobility

Origin:Variant of Adelheidis, German
35
Eliana

Meaning: my God has answered

Origin:Hebrew
163
Alana

Meaning: handsome, rock; oak tree; child; awakening

Origin:Feminization of Alan, Irish; variation of Ilana, Hebrew; Gaelic; Hawaiian
256
Winifred

Meaning: blessed peacemaking

Origin:Welsh
161
Asha

Meaning: hope; life

Origin:Sanskrit; Swahili
343
Arya

Meaning: noble; air/song

Origin:Sanskrit; Modern variation of Aria
837
Vera

Meaning: faith

Origin:Russian
139
Anouk

Meaning: grace

Origin:Dutch and French variation of Anna
619
Anais

Meaning: grace

Origin:Catalan and Provencal pet form of Hebrew Anna
408
Irina

Meaning: peace

Origin:Russian from Greek
824
Sari

Meaning: noble

Origin:Arabic
2405
Celia

Meaning: heavenly

Origin:Latin
198
Aaliyah

Meaning: heavens, highborn, exalted

Origin:Variation of Aliya, Arabic
260
Celeste

Meaning: heavenly

Origin:Latin
512
Arwen

Meaning: noble maiden

Origin:Literature, Sindarin
213
Hope Hope is an English name and the meaning of H...
Origin:Virtue name
279
Faith unique, to advise, alone, nun, solitary
Origin:Virtue name
295