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12 beautiful first names that mean “blessing”
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Would you like to give your child a beautiful and at the same time meaningful name? Perhaps there is one for you in the following selection: All of these first names stand for a “blessing”.
Many parents see their baby as a wonderful gift. Believer or not, for many mums and dads having their own child feels like a blessing. So why not just call it that?
“Blessing”, the English term for “blessing”, is actually used as both a first name and a surname and is particularly popular in the US and UK. According to “Ancestry.com”, the name “Blessing” is used around 237,000 times worldwide. If you don’t necessarily see the right first name for your own child in this, but would still like to express the feeling that you have been blessed with a miracle through its birth, you may fall in love with one of the following variants – they all mean in the narrower or broader sense “Blessing”. (And if you still want inspiration in a different direction: At “firstname.com” there is a lot!)
These beautiful first names mean “blessing”
Beatrice
Classic, stylish, beautiful: the name Beatrice comes from Latin and means “the one who brings happiness” or “the one who makes happiness”. With a Beatrice as a daughter, one is evidently happy and blessed.
Nathaniel
Nathaniel is originally Hebrew and means “given by God” or “gift of God”. Lessing fans may primarily associate the name with wisdom – but literally “Nathan” simply means “to give”.
Bennett
Bennett is an English name and a modification of “Benedict”. Both mean “the blessed one”.
Jonathan
Again “Nathan”, that means again someone has given – and again it was God or “Yahweh”, which is the Hebrew expression for God. Like Nathaniel, Jonathan is literally a gift from God.
Benedict
If Bennett is too funky for you, you might find the classic form Benedikt to like – which, like the modification, is called “the blessed”.
Anjali
How about an Indian name? Anjali comes from Sanskrit and means gift of God. Usually the name is used for girls.
Gwyneth
The name should be known to many people through the actress Gwyneth Paltrow. But what few people know: Gwyneth comes from Welsh and means “luck”. He obviously brought it to Miss Paltrow.
Wyn
Wyn is basically the boy variant of Gwyneth. It also goes back to the Welsh language and means “luck” as well as “justice” and “gain” or “victory”. Wyn for the win ?!
Megumi
Why not consider a Japanese name? Megumi means “blessing” and “goodness”, sounds beautiful and is easy to pronounce. Usually the name is chosen for girls.
Nasia
Nasia is a Hebrew girl name and means “God’s miracle”. In terms of sound, Nasia is reminiscent of the maiden name Athanasia, the immortal, from ancient Greek, but the names are not related to one another in terms of linguistic history.
Mateo
The boy’s name Mateo is common in both Italian and Spanish and means “gift from God”. In German we know Mateo as Matthias or Matthäus and in English the beautiful variant “Matthew” is very popular.
Asher
Nope, not “Usher”, but Asher. The Hebrew name is traditionally used more for boys, but in English-speaking countries more and more parents are also choosing it for their daughters. The meaning of the name is in each case “happiness, gift, der: the lucky one”.
Sources used: romper.com, firstname.com