Baby Names Meaning Life

Baby names that mean life carry that quality as a quiet wish for a child. Our collection holds 206 names tied to life, drawn from cultures around the world — each with its own meaning, origin and numerology. Browse them below and follow any name for its full profile.

Whether you want the meaning to be obvious or a subtle thread only your family knows, a name that means life lets the sense travel with your child for life. The most prominent names are shown first; the list grows as we add more.

Names meaning life

AdamMan; of the earth — rooted yet ready to travelHebrew · Numerology 1AishaAlive, living, prosperous — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulArabic · Numerology 2AvaLife; birdlike, living one — warm, characterful and easy to wearLatin, German · Numerology 6OmarLong-lived, flourishing — full of character and easy to loveArabic · Numerology 2VivaanFull of life; rays of the morning sun — timeless and effortless to saySanskrit · Numerology 6ZoeLife — a small name carrying real depthGreek · Numerology 1AbelBreath, vapour — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulHebrew · Numerology 11AkshayaImperishable, eternal — a classic with a fresh edgeTelugu · Numerology 3AmbroseImmortal — memorable across culturesGreek, Latin · Numerology 1AmraLife; (a tree of paradise) — timeless and effortless to sayBosnian · Numerology 6AmritaImmortal; nectar of immortality — understated and quietly elegantSanskrit · Numerology 8AnantInfinite, endless, eternal — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 5AnastasijaResurrection — memorable across culturesSerbian · Numerology 5AnastasioResurrection — rooted yet ready to travelSpanish · Numerology 9AnastasiosResurrection — soft-sounding with strong rootsGreek · Numerology 1AndiswaIncreased, added to — timeless and effortless to sayAfrican · Numerology 8Annapurna(the goddess of nourishment); full of food — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 1AnoushEternal, immortal; sweet — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 6ArataNew, fresh — timeless and effortless to sayJapanese · Numerology 5AshaLife; hope — rooted yet ready to travelAfrican · Numerology 11AthanasiaImmortality — understated and quietly elegantGreek · Numerology 11AthanasiusImmortal — rooted yet ready to travelGreek · Numerology 5AyandaThey grow, they increase — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulZulu · Numerology 1AyushLong life — a small name carrying real depthSanskrit · Numerology 2BabajideFather has returned — a classic with a fresh edgeAfrican · Numerology 7BabatundeFather returns — soft-sounding with strong rootsAfrican · Numerology 7BabatunjiFather wakes and returns again — a small name carrying real depthAfrican · Numerology 8BandileThey have increased the family — full of character and easy to loveAfrican · Numerology 11Bao ThoA precious longevity — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 7BekeleHe has grown and sprouted — soft-sounding with strong rootsAfrican · Numerology 22BoshengAbundant and flourishing — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 7BowangAn abundant flourishing — understated and quietly elegantChinese · Numerology 8BulaLife, health — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulFijian · Numerology 9CansuThe water of life — a small name carrying real depthTurkish · Numerology 4ChaimLife — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulYiddish · Numerology 7ChaitanyaConsciousness, awareness, life energy — warm, characterful and easy to wearSanskrit · Numerology 1ChavaLife; (Eve) — memorable across culturesHebrew · Numerology 8ChayaLife, living — a classic with a fresh edgeYiddish · Numerology 2ChetanConsciousness, life, energy — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 6ChetanaConsciousness, intelligence, life — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 7ChimeDeathless, immortal — soft-sounding with strong rootsTibetan · Numerology 11ChitoseA thousand years — a name with quiet staying powerJapanese · Numerology 7ChiyoA thousand generations — warm, characterful and easy to wearJapanese · Numerology 33ChiyokoA child of a thousand ages — a classic with a fresh edgeJapanese · Numerology 5ChiyonoA field of a thousand ages — full of character and easy to loveJapanese · Numerology 8ChizuA thousand blessings — a name with quiet staying powerJapanese · Numerology 4ChizueA thousand blessings — soft-sounding with strong rootsJapanese · Numerology 9ChizukoA child of a thousand ages — full of character and easy to loveJapanese · Numerology 3ChizuruA thousand cranes — a small name carrying real depthJapanese · Numerology 7CrescentiaGrowing, flourishing — memorable across culturesLatin · Numerology 7CrescentiusGrowing, increasing — understated and quietly elegantLatin · Numerology 1DelgarVast, flourishing — memorable across culturesMongolian · Numerology 11Duc ThoA virtuous longevity — soft-sounding with strong rootsVietnamese · Numerology 8DunyaThe world — full of character and easy to loveArabic · Numerology 2EmrysImmortal — soft-sounding with strong rootsWelsh · Numerology 8EphraimFruitful, productive — a classic with a fresh edgeHebrew · Numerology 7FaniryGrowth; a sprout — a name with quiet staying powerMalagasy · Numerology 1FullaAbundance, bountiful; (a goddess) — a classic with a fresh edgeNorse · Numerology 7GenkiVigor, vitality — a small name carrying real depthJapanese · Numerology 1HaoshengVast and flourishing — distinctive without trying too hardChinese · Numerology 5HarukoA spring child — understated and quietly elegantJapanese · Numerology 11HastiExistence, being, the universe — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 3Haurvatat(the divinity of wholeness and health) — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 4HawaEve; longing, life — timeless and effortless to sayArabic · Numerology 6HayatLife — a name with quiet staying powerArabic · Numerology 1HebeYouthful prime; (the goddess of youth) — soft-sounding with strong rootsGreek · Numerology 2HengshengConstant and flourishing — full of character and easy to loveChinese · Numerology 6HeshengA harmonious flourishing — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 3HevelBreath, vapour; (Abel) — a small name carrying real depthHebrew · Numerology 7HewanEve; life — distinctive without trying too hardAfrican, Hebrew · Numerology 6HisakoA long-lived, eternal child — distinctive without trying too hardJapanese · Numerology 9HiwotLife — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 3HozumiA bountiful harvest — a classic with a fresh edgeJapanese · Numerology 11Hung PhatHeroic flourishing — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 5Hung ThinhHeroic prosperity — understated and quietly elegantVietnamese · Numerology 1IdanAn era, an epoch — soft-sounding with strong rootsHebrew · Numerology 1IdirHe lives; alive — a classic with a fresh edgeBerber · Numerology 4IdowuBorn after twins — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 9IdunnEver young; (the goddess of youth) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulNorse · Numerology 8IevaLife; (Eve) — rooted yet ready to travelLatvian · Numerology 1Inari(the god of rice and prosperity) — distinctive without trying too hardJapanese · Numerology 33InukA person, a human being — full of character and easy to loveNative American · Numerology 1IyaboMother has returned — a small name carrying real depthAfrican · Numerology 7IyabodeMother has come back — timeless and effortless to sayAfrican · Numerology 7JeevanLife — a name with quiet staying powerSanskrit · Numerology 3JetaLife — soft-sounding with strong rootsAlbanian · Numerology 9KariukiReborn; one who returns — a classic with a fresh edgeAfrican · Numerology 8KehindeThe second-born of twins — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulAfrican · Numerology 11KeolaThe life — understated and quietly elegantHawaiian · Numerology 8KhaldunEternal, everlasting — rooted yet ready to travelArabic · Numerology 8KhalidEternal, immortal — timeless and effortless to sayArabic · Numerology 9KhalidaImmortal, eternal — a small name carrying real depthArabic · Numerology 1KhangProsperity, health, well-being — full of character and easy to loveVietnamese · Numerology 5KhavaLiving, life; (Eve) — a name with quiet staying powerChechen · Numerology 7KhuludImmortality, eternity — rooted yet ready to travelArabic · Numerology 5KizzaBorn after twins — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 1KonatsuA little summer — full of character and easy to loveJapanese · Numerology 2LestariEternal, everlasting — warm, characterful and easy to wearIndonesian · Numerology 3LeventeBeing, existence — distinctive without trying too hardHungarian · Numerology 11Linh ChiThe lingzhi of longevity — soft-sounding with strong rootsVietnamese · Numerology 9Linh DanA precious elixir — rooted yet ready to travelVietnamese · Numerology 8LivLife; protection — distinctive without trying too hardOld Norse · Numerology 7LocA bud, a sprout; prosperity — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 3LushengThe land flourishing — a classic with a fresh edgeChinese · Numerology 5LwandileIt has expanded, it has grown — soft-sounding with strong rootsAfrican · Numerology 8MaishaLife — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 6ManavHuman, mankind — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 6MinoriA bountiful harvest — warm, characterful and easy to wearJapanese · Numerology 6MizuhoAbundant ripe rice — a classic with a fresh edgeJapanese · Numerology 11MunkhEternal, everlasting — a name with quiet staying powerMongolian · Numerology 22MwangiRapid expansion, quick growth — full of character and easy to loveAfrican · Numerology 4NatsuhoSummer grain — understated and quietly elegantJapanese · Numerology 8NatsukiThe hope of summer — memorable across culturesJapanese · Numerology 5NatsukoA summer child — rooted yet ready to travelJapanese · Numerology 2NdubuisiLife is the first and greatest — rooted yet ready to travelAfrican · Numerology 9NiainaLife; the one who lives — soft-sounding with strong rootsMalagasy · Numerology 3NittayaEternal, everlasting — understated and quietly elegantThai · Numerology 9NnamdiMy father is alive — distinctive without trying too hardAfrican · Numerology 1NokuphilaMother of life and health — timeless and effortless to sayAfrican · Numerology 8NokwandaMother of increase — distinctive without trying too hardAfrican · Numerology 11Nuwa(the creator goddess who mended the sky) — distinctive without trying too hardChinese · Numerology 5OkeyoBorn during the harvest — timeless and effortless to sayAfrican · Numerology 8OmriSheaf of grain; my life — memorable across culturesHebrew · Numerology 1Osiris(the god of the afterlife and rebirth) — distinctive without trying too hardEgyptian · Numerology 8PerpetuaEverlasting, perpetual — soft-sounding with strong rootsSpanish · Numerology 3PhallaFruit; result, reward — soft-sounding with strong rootsKhmer · Numerology 5PhatProsperity; to flourish — distinctive without trying too hardVietnamese · Numerology 9Phuc HungA flourishing revival — distinctive without trying too hardVietnamese · Numerology 8Phuc ThoBlessing and longevity — warm, characterful and easy to wearVietnamese · Numerology 1PhyoA fresh sprout; flourishing — warm, characterful and easy to wearBurmese · Numerology 1PolycarpMuch fruit, fruitful — warm, characterful and easy to wearGreek · Numerology 7PraneeA living being; life — timeless and effortless to sayThai · Numerology 5PutraSon — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 22PyaeComplete, full, abundant — a name with quiet staying powerBurmese · Numerology 2QishengA flourishing beginning — memorable across culturesChinese · Numerology 7RaananFresh, lush, flourishing — distinctive without trying too hardHebrew · Numerology 22RunshengFlourishing and sleek — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulChinese · Numerology 7SandileWe have increased — a small name carrying real depthAfrican · Numerology 1SandisoExpansion, increase — distinctive without trying too hardAfrican · Numerology 9Saturn(the god of time and the harvest) — full of character and easy to loveLatin · Numerology 3ShashwatEternal, perpetual, everlasting — rooted yet ready to travelSanskrit · Numerology 9ShushengFlourishing rain — full of character and easy to loveChinese · Numerology 11SilaSky, weather, the life force — timeless and effortless to sayInuit · Numerology 5SpirosSpirit, breath — a classic with a fresh edgeGreek · Numerology 33SvenYoung man, lad — soft-sounding with strong rootsScandinavian · Numerology 6TaishengSupreme and flourishing — rooted yet ready to travelChinese · Numerology 11TaiwoThe first twin to taste the world — a classic with a fresh edgeAfrican · Numerology 5TamerOne who owns date palms; abundant — rooted yet ready to travelArabic · Numerology 3TamirTall, upright; one who owns date palms — timeless and effortless to sayHebrew, Arabic · Numerology 7Tan PhatNewly flourishing — rooted yet ready to travelVietnamese · Numerology 8TanaySon — rooted yet ready to travelSanskrit · Numerology 7TarunYoung, youthful — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 2ThanasisImmortal — rooted yet ready to travelGreek · Numerology 1Thien TruongA heavenly expanse — soft-sounding with strong rootsVietnamese · Numerology 7ThinhProsperous, flourishing — rooted yet ready to travelVietnamese · Numerology 5ThoLongevity, long life — timeless and effortless to sayVietnamese · Numerology 7Tien PhatAdvancing prosperity — warm, characterful and easy to wearVietnamese · Numerology 3TowaEternity, forever — memorable across culturesJapanese · Numerology 5TowakoAn eternal child — full of character and easy to loveJapanese · Numerology 22TruongTo grow, to expand — memorable across culturesVietnamese · Numerology 5

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Frequently Asked Questions

+What are some baby names that mean life?

Names in our collection associated with life include Adam, Aisha, Ava, Omar, Vivaan. Each links to a full profile with its meaning, origin, popularity and numerology.

+How many baby names meaning life are listed here?

We currently list 206 names tied to the meaning life, spanning many cultures and both boys' and girls' names, and the collection keeps growing.

+Are names that mean life for boys or girls?

Both — the meaning life appears across boys', girls' and unisex names. Use the gender note on each card, or our tools, to narrow your shortlist.