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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

Beeja

Meaning: the beginning, or, happy

Origin:Hindi
8528
Neander

Meaning: new man

Origin:Greek
4110
Zorina

Meaning: golden dawn

Origin:Slavic
3055
Altan

Meaning: red dawn

Origin:Turkish
4377
Nadezhda

Meaning: hope

Origin:Slavic
3408
Raanan

Meaning: fresh, luxuriant

Origin:Hebrew
4197
Siddharth

Meaning: one who has accomplished a goal

Origin:Sanskrit
677
Koki

Meaning: bright light; hopeful fortune

Origin:Japanese
2465
Vihaan

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Sanskrit
451
Naveen

Meaning: new

Origin:Hindi
1564
Hila

Meaning: halo; hope

Origin:Hebrew or Pashto
2212
Zerline

Meaning: beautiful dawn

Origin:French variant of Zerlin and Zerlina
6513
Imeda

Meaning: hope

Origin:Georgian
17745
Januaria

Meaning: January

Origin:Portuguese
12136
Spero

Meaning: I hope

Origin:Latin
7029
Murad

Meaning: wish

Origin:Arabic
8963
Shprintza

Meaning: hope

Origin:Yiddish
8737
Arata

Meaning: new; fresh

Origin:Japanese
4142
Makara

Meaning: Capricorn

Origin:Hindi astrology name
9439
Aurora

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Latin
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