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Names That Mean Gift

Names meaning gift, given or granted — almost always a gift from God, which is why this theme runs across Hebrew, Greek and Latin in forms that no longer look related. Theodore and Matthew say the same thing in two languages.

Every name here has a researched page whose stated meaning carries this sense.

Rankings for

50 names, most popular first in United States

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Theodore Theodore is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of God," formed from theos, meaning god, and doron, meaning gift.
Boy Greek #4 in US
Mateo Mateo is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of Yahweh," the Spanish form of Matthew.
Boy Hebrew #8 in US
John John is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is gracious," from Yochanan.
Boy Hebrew #23 in US
Matthew Matthew is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of Yahweh," from Mattityahu.
Boy Hebrew #32 in US
Grace Grace is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "favor" or "blessing," from gratia.
Girl Latin #38 in US
Hannah Hannah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor," from Channah.
Girl Hebrew #56 in US
Nathan Nathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he gave," from Natan.
Boy Hebrew #63 in US
Jonathan Jonathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has given," from Yehonatan.
Boy Hebrew #89 in US
Anna Anna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor," the Greek and Latin form of Hannah.
Girl Hebrew #107 in US
Nathaniel Nathaniel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
Boy Hebrew #140 in US
Matteo Matteo is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
Boy Hebrew #146 in US
Matias Matias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
Boy Hebrew #170 in US
Annie Annie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" or "favor."
Girl Hebrew #182 in US
Gracie Gracie is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "grace."
Girl Latin #227 in US
Ana Ana is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "favor" or "grace," and it is the form of Anna used across Spanish, Portuguese and Slavic Europe.
Girl Hebrew #245 in US
Zayn Zayn is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "beauty" or "grace."
Boy Arabic #252 in US
Mathias Mathias is a boy's name, the French and Scandinavian form of Matthias, from a Hebrew name meaning gift of God.
Boy Hebrew #312 in US
Matthias Matthias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God".
Boy Hebrew #372 in US
Anya Anya is a girl's name of Russian origin, a diminutive of Anna.
Girl Russian #375 in US
Annalise Annalise is a girl's name of German origin, a compound of Anna and Liese.
Girl German #409 in US
Dorothy Dorothy is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of God."
Girl Greek #421 in US
Zayne Zayne is a boy's name with two unrelated sources and no agreement about which it descends from.
Boy Arabic #473 in US
Johnathan Johnathan is a misspelling that became a name — it inserts an h into Jonathan by confusion with John, and the two are different Hebrew names that only look related.
Boy English #509 in US
Hanna Hanna is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "favor" or "grace," and it is the source of Anne, Anna, Nancy and Hannah alike.
Girl Hebrew #513 in US
Zain Zain is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "beauty" or "grace".
Boy Arabic #567 in US
Seth Seth is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "appointed" or "placed," given to Adam and Eve's third son after Cain killed Abel.
Boy Hebrew #581 in US
Anne Anne is a girl's name from the Hebrew Hannah, meaning favor or grace.
Girl Hebrew #619 in US
Nathanael Nathanael is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has given," and it is the same name as Nathaniel with the spelling closer to the Greek.
Boy Hebrew #633 in US
Hana Hana is a girl's name with three unrelated origins: the Japanese for "flower," the Arabic for "happiness," and a Slavic and Czech form of Hannah, meaning "grace."
Girl Disputed #657 in US
Mathéo Mathéo is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," a French form built from Matthieu on the Italian pattern.
Boy French #750 in US
Teddy Teddy is a boy's name that shortens either Edward, meaning "wealthy guardian," or Theodore, meaning "gift of God."
Boy English #823 in US
Jon Jon is a boy's name meaning God is gracious, and it is both an English shortening of Jonathan and the standard Scandinavian and Catalan form of John — two routes to the same three letters.
Boy Hebrew #951 in US
Nancy Nancy is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace."
Girl Hebrew #967 in US
Mathew Mathew drops a t from Matthew, and the doubled t was never in the Hebrew — it entered through the Greek and Latin spellings, so the shorter form is arguably closer to the original.
Boy English #974 in US
Ann Ann is a girl's name from the Hebrew Hannah, meaning grace or favor, and the spelling without the final e.
Girl Hebrew #1,077 in US
Noam Noam is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "pleasantness" or "delight."
Boy Hebrew #1,274 in US
Anita Anita is a girl's name, the Spanish diminutive of Ana, meaning grace.
Girl Spanish #1,347 in US
Annette Annette is a girl's name meaning grace, a French diminutive of Anne.
Girl French #1,449 in US
Dora Dora means gift, and it is the end of several names rather than a name in its own right — Theodora, Isidora and Dorothea all supply it, and Dorothy means the same thing with the halves reversed.
Girl Greek #2,393 in US
Leanne Leanne is a British and Irish name far more than an American one — England peaked at 616 births, Scotland 287 and Ireland 201, against an American high of 801 in a vastly larger population.
Girl English #2,513 in US
Anne-Marie Anne-Marie joins grace to a name nobody can translate — Anne means favor, and Mary's meaning has never been established, so only half of this compound has a settled sense at all.
Girl French #2,949 in US
Ted Ted is a boy's name that serves two unrelated names at once, and it exists because medieval English moved the n from "mine Edward."
Boy English #3,192 in US
Mathis Mathis is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," a French form of Matthias.
Boy French #3,318 in US
Mattia Mattia is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," the Italian form of Matthias.
Boy Italian #4,358 in US
Mathieu Mathieu is the French form of Matthew, meaning gift of God.
Boy French #5,031 in US
Doreen Doreen has two possible parents and neither is settled — an Irish Doireann whose own meaning is disputed, or Dora with an Irish diminutive attached, which would make it a nineteenth-century construction.
Girl Irish #5,130 in US
Matthieu Matthieu means gift of God, and it is the second spelling of this name in our gap band — France ranks Matthieu 430th and Mathieu 416th, so the two have split the sound almost exactly evenly.
Boy French #7,442 in US
Annick Annick is the Breton form of Anne, meaning grace, and the -ick ending is a Breton diminutive rather than a French one.
Girl Breton 132,124 births

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