1. Home
  2. Topics

Number Names

Number names have been used since ancient times — think Roman names like Quintus and Octavia — and are still being re-invented in modern times. Number names can show a child's birth order, or a meaningful number for the family. Read on for names with a numerical meaning (including "last"), and a few false friends that sound like they *should* be number names, like Quinn and Sixten.

Octavia

Meaning: eighth

Origin:Latin
306
Hana

Meaning: grace, work, glow, flower

Origin:Hebrew, Hawaiian, Maori, Japanese
783
Quinn

Meaning: descendant of Conn, chief leader, intelligence

Origin:Irish
455
Quinn

Meaning: descendent of Conn

Origin:Irish
176
Una

Meaning: one; lamb; happy

Origin:Latin, Irish, or Old Norse
493
Dixie

Meaning: I have spoken; tenth

Origin:Latin, French
758
Ivy The meaning of Ivy is from the Old English w...
Origin:Botanical name
138
Nona

Meaning: ninth

Origin:Latin
1623
Primrose

Meaning: first rose

Origin:English flower name
301
Tripp The English name Tripp is an occupational na...
Origin:Word name
366
Septimus

Meaning: the seventh son

Origin:Latin
711
Winona

Meaning: firstborn daughter

Origin:Sioux Indian
894
Decima

Meaning: tenth

Origin:Latin
2536
Trinity

Meaning: triad

Origin:Latin
1412
Nessa

Meaning: headlands, promontory

Origin:Scandinavian
653
Thirteen

Meaning: thirteen

Origin:English
0
Thirteen

Meaning: thirteen

Origin:English
0
Tuppence

Meaning: two pence

Origin:English word name
1480
Ottavia

Meaning: eight

Origin:Italian, variation of Latin Octavia
3269
Tressa

Meaning: third

Origin:Cornish
3141