Girl · Hebrew
Hebrew 'my father's joy', also read 'my father rejoices' or 'father of exaltation' Well attested
US 2025: #41 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #171
Related in meaning in Chinese: 怡 yí (joy)
Baby names that mean joy or happiness
English baby names grouped by what they mean, as name dictionaries and word-origin sources give it. Bazi8 is a site about BaZi, the Chinese reading of a birth date, and Chinese names; where a Chinese character shares a name's meaning, the card shows it. This meaning isn't tied to one of the five elements, so nothing here depends on a baby's chart.
Girls' names
Girl · Basque
Basque alai 'joyful, cheerful' Well attested
The Hawaiian surfboard called an alaia is an unrelated word.
US 2025: #117 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #279
Same meaning in Chinese: 怡 yí (joy)
Girl · Italian
From the feminine of Italian allegro, 'cheerful, lively' Well attested
US 2025: #3979 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #747
Related in meaning in Chinese: 乐 lè (happy)
Girl · English word, also a surname
The English word bliss, 'great joy'; also a surname, partly from a French place name Likely
US 2025: #2219 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #2138
Related in meaning in Chinese: 乐 lè (happy)
Girl · English surname
English surname, from Middle English blithe, 'cheerful', often through places called Blyth Likely
US 2025: #2052 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #2138
Related in meaning in Chinese: 乐 lè (happy)
Girl · Arabic
Arabic farah, 'joy, happiness' Well attested
One reference adds a Persian sense, 'glory', without a citation.
US 2025: #1350 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #778
Same meaning in Chinese: 怡 yí (joy)
Girl · Latin
From Latin Hilarius and Hilaria, from hilaris, 'cheerful' Well attested
The double l suggests 'hill', but the name comes from the Latin for 'cheerful'.
US 2025: #2592 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #5927
Also spelled: Hilary
Related in meaning in Chinese: 乐 lè (happy)
Girl · English word
The English word joy; the Puritans took it up as a name Well attested
US 2025: #419 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #542
Related names: Gioia
Same meaning in Chinese: 怡 yí (joy)
Girl · Spanish, from Latin
Spanish form of Latin laetitia, 'joy, gladness' Well attested
US 2025: #1707 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #2278
Also spelled: Letitia
Same meaning in Chinese: 怡 yí (joy)
Boys' names
Boy · Hebrew
Hebrew 'happy'; in the Bible, a son of Jacob Well attested
The English surname Asher, for an ash maker, is a separate name.
US 2025: #28 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #150
Same meaning in Chinese: 乐 lè (happy)
Boy · Latin
Latin felix, 'happy' Well attested
US 2025: #175 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #59
Same meaning in Chinese: 乐 lè (happy)
Boy · Arabic
Arabic sa'd, 'success, happiness' Well attested
US 2025: #2353 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #798
Related in meaning in Chinese: 乐 lè (happy)
Names for either
Either · Sanskrit
Sanskrit ananda, 'joy, happiness, bliss' Well attested
US 2025: #7923 (girls), #5872 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #2138 (girls), #2952 (boys)
Same meaning in Chinese: 怡 yí (joy)
Chinese characters linked with joy: 怡 yí (joy), 乐 lè (happy), 悦 yuè (pleased), 欣 xīn (joyful), 忻 xīn (joyful), 恺 kǎi (joyful), …
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