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.

Vikram

Meaning: valorous

Origin:Hindi
1598
Toivo

Meaning: hope

Origin:Finnish
2583
Lafayette

Meaning: faith

Origin:French
1058
Fate

Meaning: faith

Origin:Short form of Lafayette, French
3279
Reason

Meaning: a statement offered in explanation or justification

Origin:English word name
3972
Zinedine

Meaning: beauty of the faith

Origin:Arabic
1279
Zalman

Meaning: peace

Origin:Variation of Solomon
4291
Sabir

Meaning: patient

Origin:Arabic
5583
Destin

Meaning: destiny

Origin:Latin
3861
Ayan

Meaning: fortune

Origin:Somali
15309
Elmer

Meaning: noble and renowned

Origin:English
1524
Kareem

Meaning: noble, generous

Origin:Arabic
2745
Zain

Meaning: beauty, grace

Origin:Variation of Zayn, Arabic
3783
Zaki

Meaning: full of virtue, pure

Origin:Arabic
8388
Geoffrey

Meaning: pledge of peace

Origin:Anglo-Saxon from French
1456
Kanye

Meaning: honor, tribute

Origin:African place-name, Nigeria
1624
Keilani

Meaning: heaven, sky, glorious chief

Origin:Hawaiian
2016
Shula

Meaning: flame; peace

Origin:Arabic or diminutive of Shulamit, Hebrew
3276
Nabila

Meaning: honorable, noble

Origin:Arabic
3911
Alonzo

Meaning: noble, ready

Origin:Italian diminutive of Alphonso
1079