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.

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27 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.
Greek #4 in US
Mateo Mateo is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of Yahweh," the Spanish form of Matthew.
Hebrew #8 in US
John John is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is gracious," from Yochanan.
Hebrew #23 in US
Matthew Matthew is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of Yahweh," from Mattityahu.
Hebrew #32 in US
Nathan Nathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "he gave," from Natan.
Hebrew #63 in US
Jonathan Jonathan is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has given," from Yehonatan.
Hebrew #89 in US
Nathaniel Nathaniel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
Hebrew #140 in US
Matteo Matteo is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
Hebrew #146 in US
Matias Matias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
Hebrew #170 in US
Zayn Zayn is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "beauty" or "grace."
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.
Hebrew #312 in US
Matthias Matthias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God".
Hebrew #372 in US
Zayne Zayne is a boy's name with two unrelated sources and no agreement about which it descends from.
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.
English #509 in US
Zain Zain is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "beauty" or "grace".
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.
Hebrew #581 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.
Hebrew #633 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.
French #750 in US
Teddy Teddy is a boy's name that shortens either Edward, meaning "wealthy guardian," or Theodore, meaning "gift of God."
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.
Hebrew #951 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.
English #974 in US
Noam Noam is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "pleasantness" or "delight."
Hebrew #1,274 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."
English #3,192 in US
Mathis Mathis is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," a French form of Matthias.
French #3,318 in US
Mattia Mattia is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God," the Italian form of Matthias.
Italian #4,358 in US
Mathieu Mathieu is the French form of Matthew, meaning gift of God.
French #5,031 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.
French #7,442 in US

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