Baby Names by Origin

Browse 553 name origins and cultures — 75391 names in all — each with researched meanings, popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.

This is the full index of every origin and culture in the More4Kids baby-name directory, from the largest traditions to the rarest heritage names. Each entry shows how many names we have for that origin; click any one to browse the names, hear them pronounced, and read sourced meanings. Origins are listed most-names-first.

English 13812 American 11988 Hebrew 6702 Latin 4787 Greek 4347 Arabic 4127 Spanish 2870 French 2691 Irish 2122 Sanskrit 2101 Germanic 1702 Italian 1187 German 1030 Scottish 846 Persian 823 Welsh 770 Japanese 690 Indian 558 Hawaiian 523 Slavic 440 Old English 378 Turkish 350 Scandinavian 318 Modern coinage 297 African American 293 Russian 286 Norse 277 Swahili 272 Dutch 264 Yiddish 261 Modern 222 Punjabi 222 Urdu 220 Portuguese 216 Celtic 209 Coined 205 Gaelic 204 Old Norse 199 Native American 195 Chinese 184