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Girl Names That Mean Life

Names meaning life may appeal to parents of babies of either gender, but the girls' names that mean life are particularly appealing. Life — or lively or vivacious or energetic — is a meaning not attached to a large number of names, but one that is inspiring and uplifting. The most common girl names related to life are Ava and Zoey in all its spellings.

Along with Ava and Zoey, other girl names that mean life in the US Top 1000 include Alma, Bria, Eva, Evie, Hayden, Liv, Vivian, and Viviana. Among the lively girl names that deserve more attention are Asha, Hathaway, Karasi, and Amarli.

We also include here names for girls that refer to the place where the person lives, as well as names with meanings connected to soul, growth, blood, and breath. Girl names with meanings that relate to life include the following.

Avita

Meaning: life

Origin:Latin
3003
Eshe

Meaning: life

Origin:African, Swahili
3672
Beatha

Meaning: life, livelihood

Origin:Irish
7040
Dusha

Meaning: soul

Origin:Russian
8566
Kokoro

Meaning: heart; mind; soul

Origin:Japanese
8888
Shaw

Meaning: lives by the thicket

Origin:English
8972
Zivanka

Meaning: full of life

Origin:Slavic
9014
Jivanta

Meaning: giver of life

Origin:Hindi
9141
Brio

Meaning: vivacity, zest

Origin:Italian
9324
Chaka

Meaning: life

Origin:Hebrew
9923
Janan

Meaning: heart, soul

Origin:Arabic
10710
Radinka

Meaning: energetic, active

Origin:Slavic
11267
Bethoc

Meaning: life

Origin:Gaelic
13719
Ardent

Meaning: burning; enthusiastic, passionate

Origin:Latin
14421
Bergen

Meaning: lives on a hill

Origin:Scandinavian
14449
Dittany

Meaning: grown on Mount Dikte

Origin:Plant name from French
16432
Eztli

Meaning: blood

Origin:Nahuatl
16521
Vigor

Meaning: force, strength, liveliness

Origin:English from Latin
25450
Ruhee

Meaning: soul

Origin:Arabic via Urdu
6995
Hathaway

Meaning: one who lives near the heath

Origin:English surname
4197