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New Year's Baby Names

The start of a new year brings with it a sense of fresh beginnings, a new dawn dawning, and hopes for the future. These sentiments are embodied in the meanings of many names, including current favorites Aurora and Nova, and undiscovered gems Dagny and Von.

Along with Aurora and Nova, other New Year’s baby names in the US Top 1000 include Esperanza, Eve, Hope, Joy, Nadia, Xavier, Zara, and Zora. Names related to the month of January are also fit for a New Year’s baby, such as Gennaro, Januária, Janvière, and of course, January itself.

A New Year’s baby is a harbinger of hope for the year to come. Here are some baby names from various cultures whose meanings reflect the feelings of a new year, especially appropriate for a baby born in early January.

New Year's Baby Names

Dawn

Meaning: dawn, sunrise

Origin:English
812
Asha

Meaning: hope; life

Origin:Sanskrit; Swahili
343
Amaryllis

Meaning: to sparkle

Origin:Greek
111
Eve

Meaning: life

Origin:Hebrew
244
Jovie A name of American origin, the meaning of Jo...
Origin:Modern invented name
484
Nova

Meaning: new

Origin:Latin
188
Zara

Meaning: blooming flower; God remembers

Origin:Hebrew and Arabic
141
Hope Hope is an English name and the meaning of H...
Origin:Virtue name
279
Zora

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Serbo-Croatian
365
Xavier

Meaning: new house

Origin:Basque
75
Mika

Meaning: beautiful fragrance

Origin:Japanese
296
Neo

Meaning: new or gift

Origin:Latin or Tswana
340
Esperanza

Meaning: hope, expectation

Origin:Spanish
1437
Oriana

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Latin
575
January

Meaning: month name

Origin:English word name
2540
Nyssa

Meaning: goal

Origin:Greek
2544
Tikvah

Meaning: hope

Origin:Hebrew
4441
Signe

Meaning: new victory

Origin:Scandinavian
1161
Eos

Meaning: nightingale

Origin:Greek
1221
Aviva

Meaning: springlike, fresh, dewy

Origin:Hebrew
718