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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

Von

Meaning: hope

Origin:Norse
1657
Kazuki

Meaning: hope of peace

Origin:Japanese
1760
Taraja

Meaning: hope

Origin:African, Kiswahili
6871
Newlyn

Meaning: new pond

Origin:Welsh
14122
Kia

Meaning: season's beginning

Origin:African
1214
Zera

Meaning: seeds, beginnings

Origin:Hebrew
1618
Novak

Meaning: new

Origin:Serbian
1763
Svale

Meaning: swallow (bird) or cool/fresh

Origin:Norway
9443
Newbold

Meaning: new building

Origin:English
10732
Newbury

Meaning: new borough, new settlement

Origin:English
11980
Ahaan

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Sanskrit
5616
Gry

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Norwegian
6814
Fajar

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Indonesian, from Arabic Fajr, meaning "dawn"
10066
Shahar

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Hebrew
10860
Zelenka

Meaning: green

Origin:Czech
5750
Raja

Meaning: the anticipated one

Origin:Arabic
9483
Desiree

Meaning: desired, wished

Origin:French
1243
Asier

Meaning: the beginning

Origin:Basque
2562
Newman

Meaning: newcomer

Origin:English
6216
Newland

Meaning: new land

Origin:English
7246