Baby Names Meaning Gift or Blessing

Gift-names are often chosen after a long wait. They carry the quiet gratitude of a parent who felt the arrival of this child as a specific answer. This hub gathers names whose root meaning is gift or given.

Matthew, Matteo, Mattias (Hebrew, 'gift of God'), Theodore and Dorothy (Greek, 'gift of God' from opposite sides of the compound), Nathan ('given'), Jonathan ('gift of Yahweh'), Mtendere (Chichewa, 'peace-gift'), and Atiya (Arabic, 'gift') all belong here.