Baby Names That Mean Jewel / Gem
433 baby names meaning jewel — with origins, popularity, and audio pronunciation on every name.
Looking for a name that means jewel? Here are 433 baby names whose meaning carries the sense of jewel. Each links to its full page with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.
Girl Names
Maritta#14579 in the U.S.Maritta is a Finnish and Scandinavian name in the Margareta/Marit family — Marit being the NordMarjori#14581 in the U.S.A trimmed respelling of Marjorie, itself a medieval English form of Margery/Margaret, from GreeRubina#14596 in the U.S.From the Latin rubinus ('ruby; red gem'), Rubina reads as 'little ruby; ruby-red' - used acrossRubyrose#14598 in the U.S.A modern smoosh of Ruby (the red gemstone, from Latin rubeus, 'red') and Rose (the flower), wriMayze#14611 in the U.S.A modern one-syllable coinage, read variously as a respelling of Maze, as a clipped Mazie/MaisiTalei#14750 in the U.S.From the Fijian talei, 'dear; precious; beloved; a treasured one.' A warm, affectionate name.Pearla#14807 in the U.S.An elaborated form of Pearl, the jewel name — from the Latin perna by way of Old French perle. Rubyann#14891 in the U.S.A double name written as one: Ruby, from Latin rubeus, 'red' — the gemstone — plus Ann, from HeSameen#14920 in the U.S.From Arabic thamin ('precious; costly; of great worth'), used in Urdu and Persian as Sameen. A Saphyre#14929 in the U.S.A modern respelling of the jewel name Sapphire, from Greek sappheiros (itself from a Semitic roAjorie#15023 in the U.S.A modern name, echoing Marjorie ('a pearl') with an A- opening; no single fixed root; routes unAdiella#15279 in the U.S.A modern name built on an Adi- opening (Hebrew 'adi', 'ornament; jewel') with the -ella ending Bijou#15627 in the U.S.From the French word bijou, 'jewel' - itself borrowed from Breton bizou, 'ring,' from biz, 'finGrethel#15715 in the U.S.A form of Gretel — a German pet form of Margaret, from the Greek margarites, 'a pearl'; known fCoralia#15742 in the U.S.A name from coral (Latin corallium, from Greek korallion) - the jewel of the sea. A flowing, ocAziylah#15888 in the U.S.A modern coinage echoing Azila and the Arabic Aziza ('precious; beloved; mighty'). As spelled hFaryal#15948 in the U.S.From the Arabic/Urdu Faryal, glossed as 'angel' and, in another tradition, 'a beautiful, pearl-Garnet#16044 in the U.S.From the English word garnet, the deep-red gemstone and January's birthstone — the stone name fGhita#16054 in the U.S.A short form of Margaret - Danish Margrethe or Italian Margherita - from Greek margarites, 'peaIdamae#16153 in the U.S.A vintage-style compound of Ida ('industrious; work') and Mae (a form of Mary/May, 'pearl; the Inci#16166 in the U.S.From the Turkish inci, 'pearl' — a bright, simple word name, the Turkish counterpart to MargareJemmah#16177 in the U.S.A modern spelling that sits between two documented names: Gemma, from Latin gemma, 'gem, precioKoraleigh#16510 in the U.S.A modern blend of Coral — the pink-red sea coral, long used as a jewel-like word name — with thRemani#16737 in the U.S.Remani is read a few ways — as a modern coinage extending Remi, and sometimes tied to the SanskMargarett#16750 in the U.S.A doubled-t spelling of Margaret, which comes through Latin and French from the Greek margariteTakara#17008 in the U.S.From the Japanese takara, 'treasure; a precious or valued thing.' A warm, cherished-sounding naUla#17088 in the U.S.Ula reads as a Celtic name ('gem of the sea') and as a Slavic/Polish short form of Urszula (UrsWillowmae#17497 in the U.S.A modern compound joining Willow (the graceful tree; 'slender; graceful') with Mae (a form of MZaphira#17546 in the U.S.A form of Zafira, the Arabic feminine of Zafir, 'victorious; successful'; the spelling also recDhaniraA modern name shaped from the Sanskrit element dhana, 'wealth, riches, treasure,' which appearsGretchellAn elaborated form of Gretchen, itself a German pet form of Margaret (from Greek margarites, 'pKanzFrom Arabic kanz, 'treasure, hoard.' The word appears in classical Arabic and in the Quran with