Names That Mean Beautiful

Names that mean beautiful celebrate loveliness itself, and nearly every language has its own tender word for it. They make a sweet, simple wish — that a child be seen as beautiful, inside and out. Many come from words for beauty and grace across the world: the Italian Bella, the French Belle, the Arabic Jamila and Jamil, the Sanskrit Sundari, the Hebrew Yaffa and the Chinese Mei. A few carry a poetic flourish — the Norse Astrid (“divinely beautiful”), the Greek Callista (“most beautiful”). Beautiful names span the soft and classic (Bella, Linda) to the striking and rare (Callista, Ziba), and they suit a child you already find perfect. Gathered from languages around the world, here are real baby names that mean beautiful, lovely or fair, each with its genuine meaning and origin.