Explore names by feel, flow, and meaning.

Connected with Finnish ilma, “air” or “sky”.

Finnish · Finnish: /ˈil.mɑ.ri/; three syllables, stress on the first.

Nature-inspiredGentle

Inaya

Arabic · Arabic /ʕiˈnaːja/: three syllables, an initial ʿayn sound and a long, stressed middle a.

Care, attentive concern.

Simple and sweetWarm

Irene

Greek · English /aɪ.ˈɹin/; also /aɪ.ˈɹi.ni/

Peace.

ClassicGentle

Isaac

Hebrew · /ˈaɪzək/ (English); /isaˈak/ (Spanish); /izak/ or /izaak/ (French)

He laughs; he will laugh

Isabel

Traditionally “my God is an oath”, through Elizabeth.

Hebrew · English /ˈɪz.ə.bɛl/; Spanish /i.sa.ˈβel/

ClassicElegant

Isabella

Traditionally “my God is an oath”, through the Elizabeth name family.

Hebrew · English: /ˌɪz.əˈbɛl.ə/; Italian: /i.zaˈbɛl.la/.

ClassicElegantLyrical

Isaiah

Hebrew · English: US /aɪˈzeɪə/; UK /aɪˈzaɪə/. Stress on the middle syllable.

Yahweh is salvation.

TraditionalLyrical

Isidro

Spanish · Spanish: /i.ˈsi.ðɾo/ — ee-SEE-dro

Gift of Isis

TraditionalWarm

Isla

A name drawn from the Scottish island Islay; its older literal meaning is uncertain.

Scottish · English: /ˈaɪ.lə/ — EYE-luh

Nature-inspiredGentle

Issa

The Arabic name for Jesus in the Qur’an

Arabic · Arabic /ˈʕiː.saː/

TraditionalGentle

Ivy

Ivy, the evergreen climbing plant

English · /ˈaɪvi/ (English)

Nature-inspiredGentle

Jace

English · English /dʒeɪs/, rhyming with face

Healer, through Jason.

ModernMinimal

Jack

Linked through John to “God is gracious”.

English · English /ˈd͡ʒæk/; German /dʒɛk/.

Simple and sweetFriendly

Jackson

English · /ˈdʒæksən/ (English)

Son of Jack

ModernStrong

Jacob

Uncertain; traditionally “heel-holder”, possibly “may God protect”

Hebrew · /ˈdʒeɪkəb/ (English)

Jade

Unisex

English · English: /dʒeɪd/; French: /ʒad/

Jade, the gemstone.

Nature-inspiredElegant

Jakob

Biblically linked to “holding the heel”; “may God protect” is another proposed explanation.

Hebrew · German: /ˈjaː.kɔp/, roughly YAH-kop.

TraditionalGrounded

Jamal

Arabic · Arabic: /dʒaˈmaːl/

“Beauty”.

James

Traditionally linked with Jacob’s “heel-holder” or “supplanter” interpretation.

English · English: /dʒeɪmz/, one syllable, ending with a voiced z sound.

ClassicStrong

Jasmine

Jasmine, the flowering plant.

English · English /ˈd͡ʒæz.mɪn/; French /ʒas.min/.

Nature-inspiredGraceful

Javier

Spanish · Spanish /xaˈβjeɾ/; two syllables, stress on the second.

New house

Jaxon

English · English /ˈdʒæk.sən/.

Son of Jack.

ModernBold

Jaxson