Names that mean beautiful
Beautiful names come from French (Beau, Jolie), Spanish (Bonita), Scots (Bonnie, "pretty"), Swahili (Zuri) and Arabic (Jamal, "beauty"). Calliope, the Greek muse of epic poetry, means "beautiful voice".
Girl names (8)
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Rank 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zuri | good, beautiful (Swahili) | African | #329 |
| Bonnie | pretty, fine (Scots) | Scottish | #396 |
| Calliope | beautiful voice | Greek | #451 |
| Jolie | pretty (French) | French | #1,030 |
| Yamileth | from Jamila, 'beautiful' (Arabic) | Arabic | #1,026 |
| Kiyomi | pure + beautiful (one kanji spelling) | Japanese | #765 |
| Ingrid | "Ing is beautiful" | Scandinavian | #1,121 |
| Bonita | "pretty" | Spanish | #8,957 |
Boy names (4)
How names get on this list
Our editors read each name's documented etymology and tag a theme only when the roots of the name carry that meaning. Popular explanations without support (folk etymologies) don't count, and names whose origin is uncertain are left out unless every explanation agrees. The list covers the roughly 2,000 most used names we have researched so far, ordered by the number of US babies in the last five years. How we research meanings.