Names that mean luck
This list groups names by the literal gloss at the start of each meaning, not the cultural notes that follow. Closely related meanings are gathered under luck. Tap any name for its story, or grow a tree and see which of them belong in your family.
Heng Sino-Khmer · luck, prosperity; from Teochew Chinese, brought by the Sino-Khmer families at the center of Cambodian commerce. Used as both surname and given name, a reminder that Khmer naming carries a Chinese layer alongside its Sanskrit one
Loc Vietnamese · fortune, prosperity
Samnang Khmer · luck, good fortune; a native Khmer word rather than a Sanskrit borrowing. Given heavily to children born in the late 1970s and 1980s, when surviving the Khmer Rouge years and reaching a border camp made the meaning literal; in the US it reads as a first-generation marker
Phuoc Vietnamese · happiness, good fortune, blessing; the southern form Phước of Phúc
Onni Finnish · happiness, luck
Aishwarya Sanskrit · prosperity, wealth; famously borne by Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, the country's last reigning queen consort before the monarchy's abolition
Phúc Vietnamese · fortune, blessing
Otto Germanic · wealth, fortune
Tanawat Thai · wealth, fortune
Sambath Khmer · wealth, fortune; from Pali sampatti
Odile French · wealthy, fortune
Felicity Latin · "happiness, good fortune"
Slamet Indonesian · safe, prosperous, blessed
Kamran Persian · successful, fortunate
Felix Latin · happy, fortunate
Felicia Latin · happy, fortunate
Khang Vietnamese · healthy, strong, prosperous
Vuthy Khmer · growth, prosperity; from Pali vuddhi
Lucky English · directly from the word 'lucky', meaning fortunate
Fai Cantonese · brightness, prosperity (輝)
Iqbal Punjabi · glory, prosperity, good fortune (Arabic iqbal, via Persian into Punjabi usage); a long-common Punjabi name across faiths, predominantly male
Masayuki Japanese · governing justly, correct fortune
Yasir Arabic · traditionally 'wealthy' or 'ease, prosperity'
Sirikit Thai · prosperity, glory (siri 'glory, splendor' + kit 'fame, deed'); famously borne by Queen Sirikit, queen mother of Thailand
Txooj Hmong · Hmong word traditionally meaning prosperous, good fortune
Isuru Sinhala · prosperity, lordship (Sinhala, from Sanskrit ishvara); a 1990s-2000s favorite that keeps a Sanskrit root under a distinctly Sinhala sound
Yusra Arabic · ease, prosperity (from yasira, 'to be easy')
Feliks Polish · Polish form of Felix: lucky, successful
Clover English · the clover plant, from Old English clafre
Otília Portuguese · fortune, wealth (Portuguese form of the German Ottilie/Odilia); a devout name used by German-Brazilian Catholic families
Liban Somali · a traditional Somali name linked to fortune and luck
Guled Somali · a traditional Somali name associated with good fortune
Ayaanle Somali · a traditional Somali name traditionally linked to good fortune
Yun-Fat Cantonese · enriching prosperity (潤發); famously borne by Chow Yun-fat, iconic Hong Kong leading man (A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled)
Hodan Somali · a traditional Somali name traditionally linked to prosperity
Lakshmi Sanskrit · one of the names of the goddess Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and fortune
Thana Thai · wealth, prosperity (the thana of Thanakorn, used alone as a compact modern pick)
Laksmi Indonesian · Indonesian form of Lakshmi, goddess of fortune
Laxmi Sanskrit · the goddess of fortune honored on Laxmi Puja, the third night of Nepal's Tihar festival; the x spelling, standard in Nepal, marks the name as Nepali against Indian Lakshmi
Tuah Malay · luck, good fortune (Malay). The name of Hang Tuah, the legendary Melaka admiral of the Hikayat Hang Tuah epic, which makes it the rare beloved Malay boys' name with no Arabic layer at all.
Ottis Germanic · a variant spelling of Otis, an English surname derived from Otto/Odo, meaning wealth or fortune
Sriyani Sinhala · from Sanskrit shri, splendor and good fortune, with the Sinhala feminine ending -yani; a distinctly Sinhala formation of the 1950s-70s cohort
Ho-seok Korean · great fortune (BTS J-Hope's birth name)
Odis Germanic · A variant spelling of Otis, an English surname from Ode/Otto, itself from a Germanic root meaning wealth or fortune.
Otis Germanic · from a surname derived from Otto/Odo, Germanic name meaning wealth or fortune
Odette French · French diminutive of Oda, 'wealth, fortune'
Yukio Japanese · meaning kanji-dependent, commonly glossed 'snow boy' or 'man of good fortune'; famously borne by Yukio Mishima, novelist and playwright
Wonyoung Korean · source of prosperity (worn by IVE's Jang Wonyoung)
Edythe Old English · Variant spelling of Edith, from Old English ead, wealth or fortune, and gyth, war or strife.
Andrzej Polish · manly, brave (Polish form of Andrew). Its name day eve, Andrzejki on November 29, is Poland's night of wax-pouring fortune games, the clearest surviving case of the name-day calendar outranking the birthday; in the US he is usually Andrew on paper and Andrzej at the family table.
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