Lavender

Lavender: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “lavender plant”
Origin: English
Say it: LAV-ən-der · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

From the English plant name, ultimately from Latin lavandula. Used as a given name from the vocabulary word and associated with the fragrant purple flower.

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How popular is Lavender?

202478.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Lavender in 2024258

2024 rank#997 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,098

Lavender is rising: use over the last five years is 5.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Lavender

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
Lilylily flower · English
Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Lavender questions

What does the name Lavender mean?

Lavender means "lavender plant". It comes from English. From the English plant name, ultimately from Latin lavandula. Used as a given name from the vocabulary word and associated with the fragrant purple flower.

Is Lavender a boy or girl name?

Lavender is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Lavender?

258 US babies were named Lavender in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Lavender?

Lavender is usually pronounced LAV-ən-der.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.