What names come from gems and jewels?
Gemma and Pearl are names connected with jewels. Gemma means "gem" or "precious stone" in Italian, while Pearl uses the English word for a pearl.
Explore the names below and follow any name to its full history.
Gema Spanish · gem, jewel
Mony Khmer · gem, jewel; from Sanskrit mani
Ngoc Vietnamese · jewel, gem
Ploy Thai · gem, gemstone
Kaew Thai · crystal, glass, precious gem
Keo Lao · crystal, precious stone; the Lao cognate of Thai Kaew and one of the most-used elements in Lao naming, standing alone as a given name or call-name for both sexes
Ratana Thai · jewel, crystal
Ratanak Khmer · jewel, treasure; from Pali ratana
Gemma Italian · "gem, precious stone"
Adi Hebrew · jewel, ornament; a modern Israeli favorite for girls and boys
Jewell English · from the word 'jewel,' a precious gem
Jewel French · precious stone
Jemma Italian · variant of Gemma, meaning gem, precious stone
Diamond English · precious gem, unbreakable
Farida Arabic · unique, precious gem; famously borne by Queen Farida of Egypt, first wife of King Farouk
Pearl English · pearl gem
Ratna Indonesian · jewel
Marguerite French · pearl, daisy flower
Ruwan Sinhala · gem, precious gold (Sinhala, from Sanskrit ratna); a jewel name from the island the old texts called Ratnadipa, the island of gems
Pearlie English · diminutive of Pearl, the gemstone name
Phetmany Lao · diamonds and gems (phet = diamond, from Sanskrit vajra, + many = jewel)
Manimekalai Tamil · jeweled girdle (mani, gem + mekalai, girdle); heroine of the Tamil Buddhist epic Manimekalai, one of the five great epics of Tamil literature
Yadana Burmese · jewel, treasure, from Pali ratana (ရတနာ)
Mutiara Indonesian · pearl
Margaux French · pearl
Margaret Greek · pearl
Megan Welsh · pearl
Perla Italian · pearl
Malgorzata Polish · pearl; US-friendly spelling of Małgorzata
Perel Yiddish · pearl; an heirloom Yiddish name still given in Brooklyn
Marjorie French · pearl
Margot English · pearl; nickname-style for Margaret
Momi Hawaiian · pearl
Mook Thai · pearl
Helmi Finnish · pearl; also used as a short form of Vilhelmiina
Leimomi Hawaiian · pearl lei, child of pearl
Gretchen German · diminutive of Margaret, pearl
Lulu Arabic · traditionally pearl; also nickname for Louise
Margarita Spanish · variant of Margaret, pearl
Nilmini Sinhala · blue gem, sapphire (Sinhala nil, blue, plus mini, gem, from Sanskrit mani); a name that points straight at Sri Lanka's famous sapphires, on the island the old texts called Ratnadipa, the island of gems
Margery Greek · medieval variant of Margaret, 'pearl'
Zeynep Turkish · precious jewel, ornamented olive tree (Turkish form of Zainab)
Manivanh Lao · jewel (from Sanskrit mani); a classic Lao girls' compound in its French-era spelling
Margret Greek · variant spelling of Margaret, 'pearl'
Margo French · variant of Margot, the French short form of Marguerite (Margaret: Greek margarites, "pearl")
Margarett Greek · a 19th-century spelling variant of Margaret, from Greek margarites, pearl
Rubye English · an elaborated spelling of Ruby, a Victorian-era gem name from Latin ruber, red
Maggie Greek · pet form of Margaret, "pearl"
Maisie Scottish · pet form of Margaret, "pearl"
Margie English · pet form of Margaret, 'pearl'
Peggy English · pet form of Margaret, 'pearl'
Muthu Tamil · pearl (Tamil), a widely used classic Tamil Nadu name
Maisy Scottish · diminutive of Margaret, meaning 'pearl'
Margrethe Greek · pearl (form of Margaret); Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark for over half a century
Meaghan Welsh · Variant spelling of Megan, a Welsh pet form of Margaret, Greek for pearl; the -gh- spelling gives it a deceptively Irish look.
Gosia Polish · everyday form of Małgorzata (Margaret, 'pearl')
Pearline English · An early 1900s elaboration of Pearl (Latin perla, 'pearl') with the fashionable -ine ending.
Margarette Greek · A spelling variant of Margaret, from Greek margarites, pearl, with a French-style -ette ending.
Marjory Scottish · A medieval Scottish variant of Margery/Margaret (Greek margarites, pearl), later associated with the herb marjoram; made famous by Marjorie Bruce.
Peggie English · a variant spelling of Peggy, the centuries-old English rhyming pet form of Meg, short for Margaret (Greek, pearl)
Meagan Modern American · a variant spelling of Megan, the Welsh pet form of Margaret, from Greek margarites, meaning pearl
Maizie Scottish · variant of Maisie, pet form of Margaret meaning pearl
Rita Greek · pearl (short form of Margherita); famously borne by Rita Levi-Montalcini, neurologist and Nobel laureate who discovered nerve growth factor
Madge English · A traditional English pet form of Margaret, ultimately from the Greek margarites, meaning pearl.
Maegan Welsh · American spelling of Megan, the Welsh diminutive of Margaret, from Greek margarites, pearl.
Gretta German · a German short form of Margarete (Margaret), ultimately from Greek margarites, pearl
Reta Uncertain · Likely a pet form clipped from a longer name such as Margareta/Marguerite, pearl, or Henrietta/Loretta; no single agreed root.
Meghan Welsh · variant spelling of Megan, a Welsh diminutive of Margaret (pearl)
Greta German · pearl (German short form of Margarete)
Margarito Spanish · the Spanish masculine form of Margarita, from Greek margarites, pearl, formed with the male suffix -o
Meta German · A German pet form of Margareta, from Greek margarites, pearl, via Latin margarita
Kanmani Tamil · term of endearment meaning "apple of one's eye" (kan "eye" + mani "gem")
Mazie Scottish · variant of Maisie, a Scottish diminutive of Margaret (pearl)
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