Girl · German
German short form of names with the element fried, 'peace' Likely
US 2025: #4012 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #2605
Also spelled: Freida
Related in meaning in Chinese: 和 hé (harmony)
Baby names that mean peace
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 · English word, from Greek
The English word harmony, 'concord, agreement', from Greek harmonia Well attested
US 2025: #276 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #538
Same meaning in Chinese: 和 hé (harmony)
Girl · Greek
Greek eirene, 'peace' Well attested
US 2025: #651 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #997
Also spelled: Eirene
Related names: Irina
Same meaning in Chinese: 宁 níng (peaceful)
Girl · Spanish
Spanish paz, 'peace'; short for Maria de la Paz, 'Mary of Peace' Likely
A separate Hebrew word paz means 'fine gold'.
US 2025: #7407 (girls)
Same meaning in Chinese: 宁 níng (peaceful)
Girl · Hebrew, via Greek
Greek form of a Hebrew name related to shalom, 'peace' Well attested
US 2025: #1042 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #1892
Related in meaning in Chinese: 和 hé (harmony)
Girl · English word
The English word for calm and peace, from Latin serenus, 'clear, calm' Well attested
US 2025: #129 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #997
Related names: Serena
Same meaning in Chinese: 宁 níng (peaceful)
Girl · Sanskrit
Sanskrit shanti, 'peace, calm' Likely
US 2025: #9373 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #4201
Also spelled: Shanthi
Same meaning in Chinese: 宁 níng (peaceful)
Boys' names
Boy · Arabic, via Hindi and Urdu
Arabic aman, 'safety, protection', understood as 'peace' in Hindi and Urdu Likely
US 2025: #2285 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1226
Related in meaning in Chinese: 和 hé (harmony)
Boy · Scandinavian, from Hebrew
Scandinavian form of Absalom, Hebrew 'father of peace' Likely
Some sources suggest the first bearer, a Danish bishop, was really named Norse Áskell.
US 2025: #79 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #147
Also spelled: Aksel
Boy · English, from Germanic
Pet form of Frederick, Germanic 'peace' + 'ruler' Well attested
US 2025: #1510 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #10
Also spelled: Freddy
Related names: Frederick
Boy · Germanic, via French
Germanic hun, read as 'bear cub', 'strength' or 'to grant', + 'peace' Likely
England and Wales 2025: #1897 (boys)
Also spelled: Humfrey
Boy · Latin
Latin pax, 'peace', also the Roman goddess of peace Well attested
US 2025: #2074 (boys)
Same meaning in Chinese: 宁 níng (peaceful)
Boy · Hebrew, via Greek and Latin
Hebrew Shelomo, from shalom, 'peace'; a king of Israel in the Bible Well attested
US 2025: #422 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #393
Also spelled: Salomon
Related in meaning in Chinese: 和 hé (harmony)
Boy · Old English
Old English wil, 'desire', + frith, 'peace' Well attested
US 2025: #3844 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #113
Also spelled: Wilfrid
Names for either
Either · Hebrew
Hebrew shalom, 'peace' Well attested
US 2025: #3163 (girls), #1725 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #1809 (girls), #2014 (boys)
Same meaning in Chinese: 宁 níng (peaceful)
Chinese characters linked with peace: 和 hé (harmony), 宁 níng (peaceful), 安 ān (peaceful), 靖 jìng (peaceful), 恬 tián (quiet), 晏 yàn (peaceful)
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.