Global Baby Names

Baby names that work beautifully across cultures and languages — truly universal names that feel at home anywhere in the world. These globally-used names have crossed cultural boundaries to become loved worldwide, making them perfect for international families or parents who want a name with universal appeal.

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Hebrew and Greek

God has answered; sun ray

My God is Yahweh

God is my oath

light, bright, shining one

torch, bright, shining one

Greek, Germanic

God is my light; foreign, other

Hebrew, via English and French

My God is Yahweh

God is my oath

God is my oath

Princess, noble, famous, renowned

Germanic, Italian

helmet, protection

Greek, Hawaiian, possibly Celtic

light, sun ray

3229.Elodie-Rose

French (from Germanic) and Latin

wealthy rose

Germanic, through Old French and Spanish

healthy, wide, famous warrior

healthy, wide, or famous warrior

Germanic, Old French

Healthy, wide

healthy, wide

healthy, wide, or famous warrior

healthy, wide, or famous warrior

healthy, wide, or famous warrior

3237.Eloise-Grace

Germanic and Latin

healthy, wide, and grace

3238.Eloise-Marie

Germanic and Hebrew/Egyptian

Healthy, wide, and bitter, or star of the sea

healthy, wide, or famous warrior

English (possibly Welsh or Hebrew influences)

oak tree; from the oak tree

Hebrew, Greek, Polish

tree, oak tree; light, torch; God is my oath

sun ray, shining light

English, possibly a variant of Eleonora or a modern coinage

God is my light

God is my light

God is my light

healthy, wide, or famous warrior

French, Germanic

healthy, wide

Germanic, Hebrew

pledged to God, a promise of devotion and faith

3249.Elsa Maria

Germanic (Elsa), Hebrew/Aramaic (Maria)

pledged to God, bitter, or desired (Elsa); wished-for child, rebellion, or sea of bitterness (Maria)

3250.Elsa-Maria

Hebrew and Aramaic

God is my oath, bitter, or desired

3251.Elsa-Marie

Germanic, Hebrew

pledged to God and bitter/sea of sorrow

My God is abundance; God is my oath

My God is abundance / My God is an oath

3254.Elsie Marie

Hebrew, Germanic, Latin

pledged to God; bitter, beloved

3255.Elsie-Marie

Germanic and Hebrew

pledged to God and bitter/sea of sorrow

pledged to God

Moon goddess

Old Norse, Old English, Irish

elf, good, white, or river

Norse, Germanic

All-wise; also interpreted as 'all-friend' or 'elf friend'

all-wise

All-wise

my God is Yahweh

My God is Yahweh

My God is Yahweh

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