Christmas Baby Names

Baby names are often chosen because of a special time of year or event. Christmas is no exception to that rule. There are plenty of Christmas names to go around for girls. Boys names were a bit harder to come up with, but I finally had some come up in a conversation at a prenatal class the other night.

Baby Girl Names

• Holly - Anglo Saxon for the ivy tree. Think Christmas carol The Holly and the Ivy

• Gloria - Latin for glory. Also the name of a famous Christmas carol.

• Natalie (Natalia) - Latin meaning Christmas day.

• Tasha - From Natasha/Natalie in Russian for Christmas day.

• Mary (Merry) - Bitter from Hebrew. Mother of Jesus.

• Noel - Means Christmas in French. The First Noel is a famous Christmas Carol.

• Joy - The emotion. Also a Christmas carol - Joy to the World

• Angel - The heavenly being who spread the news of the birth of Jesus.

• Carol - English for hymn or song.

• Ivy - Old English for the plant. Think Christmas carol The Holly and the Ivy

• Star - The famous star over Bethlehem to guide visitors to the manger.

• Winter - Named after the season.

Baby Boy Names

• Emmanuel - God is with us from the Hebrew.

• Christopher - Hebrew for God has judged. Could be spelled with a K for the popular character Kris Kringle.

• Noel - French for Christmas.

• Christian - Latin for follower of Christ.

• Timothy - Revering God from Greek.

• Gabriel - The Angel who announced the birth of Christ.

• Joseph - From the Hebrew - he will add. Father of Jesus.

• Nicholas - Greek for victorious people. Popular character - Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, also a Christmas carol.