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Names meaning beautiful and lovely

Beauty in many languages: Bonita and Bella, the Yiddish Shana, the French Mignon and many more. 211 names so far, each with its own page, story and name art.

Adel

“just, fair”
Arabic

Adil

“just, fair”
Arabic

Aigerim

may mean “beauty of the moon”
Kazakh

Aisulu

“beautiful as the moon”
Turkic

Akemi

may mean “bright beauty”
Japanese

Alaina

may mean “little rock; or handsome”
Breton, via English

Alan

may mean “little rock; or handsome”
Breton

Alina

may mean “noble; beautiful; light”
Germanic, Gaelic and Greek

Allen

may mean “little rock; or handsome”
Breton, via English

Amare

may mean “handsome”
Amharic

Anabel

may mean “lovable (as Amabel); or grace and beauty”
Latin, via Spanish

Annabelle

may mean “lovable; or grace and beauty”
Latin, via Scottish and French

Anong

may mean “beautiful woman”
Thai, from Sanskrit

Anwen

“very fair, very blessed”
Welsh

Aoife

may mean “beauty, radiance”
Irish

Arnfríður

“eagle and beautiful”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Aruzhan

“beautiful soul”
Kazakh

Arwyn

may mean “very fair”
Welsh

Astrid

“divinely beautiful”
Old Norse

Ástríðr

“god-beautiful”
Old Norse

Ātaahua

“beautiful”
Māori

Ayana

may mean “beautiful flower”
Amharic

Ayu

“beautiful”
Javanese

Baha

“splendour, beauty”
Arabic

Barry

“fair-haired”
Irish

Beau

“handsome”
French

Beaumont

“beautiful mountain”
French

Bébhinn

“fair lady, melodious woman”
Irish

Belinda

may mean “beautiful”
Italian or Germanic

Bella

“beautiful”
Italian

Belle

“beautiful”
Latin, via French

Bonita

“pretty”
Spanish

Bonnie

“pretty, fine”
Scots

Bonny

“pretty”
Scots

Cadhla

may mean “beautiful”
Irish

Calista

“most beautiful”
Greek

Calixte

“most beautiful”
Greek, via Latin and French

Calixto

“most beautiful”
Greek, via Spanish

Calliope

“beautiful voice”
Greek

Calogero

“beautiful old man”
Greek, via Italian

Caoilfhionn

“slender and fair”
Irish

Caoimhe

“gentle, beautiful”
Irish

Cemal

“beauty”
Arabic, via Turkish

Cemil

“beautiful”
Arabic, via Turkish

Chhavi

“beauty, radiance”
Sanskrit

Chiamaka

may mean “God is beautiful”
Igbo

Christabel

“Christ + beautiful”
Latin

Christabelle

“Christ + beautiful”
Latin

Clarabelle

may mean “bright and beautiful”
Latin and French

Claribel

may mean “bright and beautiful”
Latin, via English

Coinneach

may mean “handsome; or born of fire”
Scottish Gaelic

Cosimo

“order, beauty”
Greek, via Italian

Cosma

“order, beauty”
Greek, via Italian

Cosmo

“order, beauty”
Greek, via Italian

Djamila

“beautiful”
Arabic

Džemal

“beauty”
Arabic, via Bosnian

Emi

may mean “blessing and beauty; or smile”
Japanese

Estrid

“divinely beautiful”
Old Norse

Eurwen

“golden and fair”
Welsh

Eurwyn

“golden and fair”
Welsh

Finbar

“fair head”
Irish, via English

Fingal

“fair stranger”
Gaelic

Finlay

“fair warrior”
Scottish Gaelic

Finley

“fair warrior”
Scottish Gaelic

Finn

may mean “fair, white; or a Finn”
Irish, also Old Norse

Finnegan

may mean “fair”
Irish

Finnian

“fair, white”
Irish

Fiona

“fair, white”
Scottish Gaelic

Fionn

“fair, white”
Irish

Fionnabhair

may mean “fair phantom”
Irish

Fionnbharr

“fair-headed”
Irish

Fionnghal

“fair stranger”
Gaelic

Fionnghall

“fair stranger”
Gaelic

Fionnghuala

“fair shoulder”
Irish

Fionnlagh

“fair warrior”
Scottish Gaelic

Flavia

“golden, fair-haired”
Latin

Flavie

“golden, fair-haired”
Latin, via French

Flavio

“golden, fair-haired”
Latin, via Italian

Gauri

“fair, bright”
Sanskrit

Gaynor

may mean “fair, white”
Welsh, via English

Ghada

“graceful young woman”
Arabic

Giedrė

“clear sky, fair weather”
Lithuanian

Gražina

“beautiful”
Lithuanian

Grażyna

may mean “perhaps beautiful”
Polish, from Lithuanian

Guinevere

may mean “fair, white”
Welsh, via French and English

Gülcemal

“rose beauty”
Persian and Arabic, via Turkish

Gulnaz

“graceful flower”
Persian

Guri

“divinely beautiful”
Old Norse

Güzel

“beautiful”
Turkic

Gwen

“white, fair, blessed”
Welsh

Gwenllian

may mean “fair and flaxen”
Welsh

Gwennie

“white, fair”
Welsh, via English

Gwenny

“white, fair”
Welsh, via English

Gwyn

“white, fair, blessed”
Welsh

Gwynne

“white, fair”
Welsh

Hasan

“good, handsome”
Arabic

Hassan

“good, handsome”
Arabic

Hüseyin

“good, handsome”
Arabic, via Turkish

Husna

may mean “beauty, goodness”
Arabic

Hüsnü

“beauty, goodness”
Arabic, via Turkish

Hysen

“good, handsome”
Arabic, via Albanian

Ifeoma

“good thing, beautiful thing”
Igbo

Indah

“beautiful”
Malay and Indonesian

Indira

may mean “beauty; a name of Lakshmi”
Sanskrit

Ingiríðr

“Ing is beautiful”
Old Norse

Ingrid

“Ing is beautiful”
Old Norse

Ingrida

“Ing is beautiful”
Old Norse, via Slovak, Lithuanian and Latvian

Ingríðr

“Ing is beautiful”
Old Norse

Iorwerth

“handsome lord”
Welsh

Jamal

“beauty”
Arabic

Jamil

“handsome, beautiful”
Arabic

Jamila

“beautiful”
Arabic

Jenifer

may mean “fair, white”
Welsh, via Cornish

Jenn

may mean “fair, white”
Welsh, via English

Jenna

may mean “fair one”
Welsh, via English

Jennifer

may mean “fair, white”
Welsh, via Cornish and English

Jisoo

may mean “wise and beautiful”
Korean

Jolie

“pretty”
French

Justin

“just, fair”
Latin

Justine

“just, fair”
Latin, via French

Justus

“just, fair”
Latin

Kalista

“most beautiful”
Greek, via English

Kalli

“beautiful”
Greek

Kalliopé

“beautiful voice”
Greek

Kalliopi

“beautiful voice”
Greek

Kaloyan

“handsome John”
Greek, via Bulgarian

Kanani

“the beauty”
Hawaiian

Keavy

“gentle, beautiful”
Irish

Keelin

“slender and fair”
Irish

Ken

“handsome; or born of fire”
Scottish Gaelic, via English

Kenna

may mean “handsome”
Scottish Gaelic, via English

Kenneth

may mean “born of fire; or handsome”
Scottish Gaelic

Lalit

“charming, graceful”
Sanskrit

Lavanya

“grace, beauty”
Sanskrit

Leinani

“beautiful garland”
Hawaiian

Levent

“handsome, brave young man”
Turkish

Li

may mean “beautiful; or jasmine”
Chinese

Linda

may mean “pretty”
Spanish, Germanic

Lindy

may mean “beautiful; or soft”
Spanish and Germanic, via English

Lynda

may mean “beautiful”
Spanish and Germanic, via English

Maha

“oryx; beautiful eyes”
Arabic

Målfrid

may mean “speech + beautiful”
Old Norse

Manju

“beautiful, sweet”
Sanskrit

Mayumi

may mean “true reason and beauty”
Japanese

Mei

may mean “beautiful; plum blossom”
Chinese, Japanese

Melih

“handsome, pleasant”
Arabic, via Turkish

Meliha

“beautiful, pretty”
Arabic, via Turkish

Michiko

may mean “beautiful, wise child”
Japanese

Mignon

“dainty”
French

Mio

may mean “beautiful cherry blossom; or mine”
Japanese and Swedish

Miyu

may mean “beautiful gentleness”
Japanese

Murugan

“the youthful, beautiful one”
Tamil

My

may mean “beautiful”
Vietnamese

Nani

“beautiful”
Hawaiian

Nefertiti

may mean “the beautiful one has come”
Ancient Egyptian

Nigâr

“beloved; beautiful image”
Persian

Nohea

“handsome, lovely”
Hawaiian

Nohealani

“heavenly beauty”
Hawaiian

Priyanka

“beloved; lovely”
Sanskrit

Puanani

“beautiful flower”
Hawaiian

Ragnfríðr

“beautiful counsel”
Old Norse

Randi

may mean “counsel + beautiful”
Old Norse, via Norwegian

Rangrid

may mean “beautiful counsel”
Old Norse, via Norwegian

Reina

may mean “lovely; also queen”
Japanese

Rhianwen

“fair maiden”
Welsh

Riya

may mean “singer; or graceful”
Sanskrit

Roopa

“form, beauty”
Sanskrit

Rosabel

“beautiful rose”
Latin, via English

Rosabella

“beautiful rose”
Latin, via English

Rosabelle

may mean “beautiful rose”
Latin and French

Rupa

“form, beauty”
Sanskrit

Sapphira

may mean “beautiful”
Aramaic and Greek, via English

Seoyeon

may mean “auspicious and beautiful”
Korean

Shahlo

“dark-eyed beauty”
Persian, via Uzbek

Shaima

may mean “with a beauty mark”
Arabic

Shaina

may mean “beautiful”
Yiddish

Shana

may mean “beautiful”
Yiddish

Shaquille

may mean “handsome”
Arabic

Shayna

“beautiful”
Yiddish

Sherlock

may mean “fair-haired”
Old English

Sigrid

“beautiful victory”
Old Norse

Sigríðr

“beautiful victory”
Old Norse

Sigríður

“beautiful victory”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Siiri

“victory + beautiful”
Old Norse, via Finnish

Siri

“beautiful victory”
Old Norse

Snæfríður

“snow + beautiful”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

Snefryd

“snow beautiful”
Old Norse

Solfrid

“beautiful sun”
Old Norse

Solfryd

“beautiful sun”
Old Norse

Sumaq

“beautiful, excellent”
Quechua

Sushmita

“with a lovely smile”
Sanskrit

Susmita

“lovely smile”
Sanskrit

Tanushree

“radiant beauty”
Sanskrit

Tegan

may mean “fair, beautiful”
Welsh

Tegwen

“fair and blessed”
Welsh

Tove

“beautiful Thor”
Old Norse

Tuan

may mean “handsome, talented”
Vietnamese

Turid

“Thor's beauty”
Old Norse, via Norwegian

Tuva

may mean “Thor + beautiful”
Old Norse, via Swedish

Vanna

may mean “perhaps colour, beauty”
Pali, via Khmer

Wasim

“handsome”
Arabic

Xhemal

“beauty”
Arabic, via Albanian

Xhemil

“beautiful”
Arabic, via Albanian

Yamila

“beautiful”
Arabic, via Spanish

Yan

may mean “swallow; or beautiful”
Chinese

Zain

“beauty, grace”
Arabic

Zayn

“beauty, grace”
Arabic

Zayna

may mean “beauty, grace”
Arabic

Zinedine

“beauty of the faith”
Arabic, via French

Zuri

“beautiful, good”
Swahili

Þuríður

“Thor + beautiful”
Old Norse, via Icelandic

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