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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

Roxana

Meaning: dawn; or, little star

Origin:Persian
979
Novi

Meaning: new

Origin:Variation of Nova, Latin
1574
Marnie

Meaning: of the sea

Origin:English
406
Nadine

Meaning: hope

Origin:French variation of Nadia, Russian
634
Arche

Meaning: beginning

Origin:Greek
4577
Nadia

Meaning: hope; tender, delicate

Origin:Russian, Arabic
326
Joy

Meaning: joy

Origin:English word name
513
Dagny

Meaning: new day

Origin:Scandinavian
3007
Roxy

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Diminutive of Roxanne, Persian
618
Amal

Meaning: hope, inspiration

Origin:Arabic
1904
Revel

Meaning: rejoice

Origin:English word name
2718
Nouvel

Meaning: new

Origin:French
12292
Gennaro

Meaning: January

Origin:Italian
2332
Novel

Meaning: new

Origin:English from Latin
11342
Fioralba

Meaning: flower of the dawn

Origin:Italian
5421
Neoma

Meaning: new moon; pleasantness

Origin:Greek or Hebrew
1532
Jubilee

Meaning: ram's horn

Origin:Hebrew
2848
Suyana

Meaning: hope

Origin:Quechua
6869
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Origin:Russian and Slavic feminine form of Galina
3066
Idony

Meaning: love again, renewal

Origin:Norse
1685