Baby Names by Origin & Culture

From Italian and Irish to Hawaiian and Yoruba: 26 naming traditions, each with the names US families actually use.

One name, many languages

Names migrate. A single Hebrew or Greek name travelled with traders, saints and translators, changing shape in each language it reached. Pick a root name and follow it outward.

John from Hebrew Yohanan, “God is gracious”

Hebrew → Greek Iōannēs → Latin Iohannes → every European language

  1. SeanIrish · 734 US babies in 2024
  2. IanScottish · 4,555 US babies in 2024
  3. EvanWelsh · 2,587 US babies in 2024