Names that mean mountain
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 mountain. Tap any name for its story, or grow a tree and see which of them belong in your family.
Pierre French ยท rock, stone
Ridge English ยท ridge, hill
Bryn Welsh ยท 'hill, mound'
Craig Scottish ยท crag, rock
Monte Italian ยท mountain
Phu Thai ยท mountain
Son Vietnamese ยท mountain
Thach Vietnamese ยท stone; written Thแบกch
Keo Lao ยท 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
Aaron Hebrew ยท a biblical name of uncertain origin, possibly Egyptian; Hebrew meanings such as high mountain are later theories
Rocky English ยท rock, stone (English nickname name); immortalized by Rocky Balboa in Rocky (1976)
Brenda Irish ยท sword, fiery hill
Keanu Hawaiian ยท the cool breeze (Hawaiian ke + anu, "coolness")
Yael Hebrew ยท 'ibex, mountain goat' (Hebrew Yael)
Gemma Italian ยท "gem, precious stone"
Stone English ยท from the word stone; English surname
Weldon English ยท well hill, spring hill
Sierra Spanish ยท mountain range
Harlow English ยท place name/surname, "rock hill"
Pete Greek ยท rock
Pedro Portuguese ยท rock
Kaya Turkish ยท rock; already an established Western name (used across Scandinavia and the English-speaking world), and independently a real Japanese given name written with characters like ไฝณ่ถ or ้ฆ่ถ
Pietro Italian ยท rock; a trendy pick in Brazil recently, part of a wave of Italian-spelling revivals alongside Enzo and Valentina
Peter Greek ยท rock
Clinton English ยท settlement on a hill
Jael Hebrew ยท mountain goat, ibex; biblical heroine who killed the enemy general Sisera
Malaysia Sanskrit ยท country name, from Sanskrit malaya, mountain
Jewel French ยท precious stone
Pekka Finnish ยท Finnish form of Peter, "rock, stone"
Shaila Bengali ยท mountain (Sanskrit shaila); used as a given name in its own right, distinct from the male compound names Shailendra/Sailesh ("lord of the mountain")
Montana Spanish ยท 'mountain', from Spanish montana, used as a place name
Knox Scottish ยท surname, "round hill"
Langston English ยท English place name/surname, 'settlement by the long stone'
Monty English ยท mountain of the ruler; short for Montgomery
Montserrat Spanish ยท from the sacred mountain in Catalonia, Spain; Marian devotional name
Feng Chinese ยท varies by character: often ๅณฐ, 'mountain peak', or ้ฃ, 'wind'; a pinyin-era given name
Parvathy Sanskrit ยท daughter of the mountain, the goddess consort of Shiva; the -thy spelling is characteristic Kerala romanization, worn by the Malayalam cinema star Parvathy Thiruvothu
Jemma Italian ยท variant of Gemma, meaning gem, precious stone
Brynn Welsh ยท "hill", variant of Bryn
Cierra Spanish ยท variant of Sierra, Spanish for 'mountain range'
Kip English ยท English surname/nickname, traditionally 'pointed hill'; also short form of Christopher
Zion Hebrew ยท a sacred hill in Jerusalem, symbol of a promised homeland; a name rich with spiritual meaning
Sailesh Bengali ยท lord of the mountain (shaila, mountain + isha, lord), an epithet for the Himalaya
Yunxi Chinese ยท clouds over a mountain stream (้ฒๆบช)
Lorelei German ยท from the Rhine rock and legendary siren, traditionally "murmuring rock"
Landen English ยท phonetic variant of Landon, 'long hill'
Shantel Modern American ยท A respelling of Chantal, a French surname and place name meaning 'stone', later linked to Saint Jeanne de Chantal.
Montez Spanish ยท A Spanish surname from monte, mountain, plus -ez, son of, adopted as a modern given name.
Stanford English ยท An English place name and surname meaning stone ford.
Monserrat Spanish ยท from Montserrat, the sacred mountain near Barcelona associated with the Virgin Mary
Phouvong Lao ยท mountain lineage (phou = mountain + vong = lineage, from Sanskrit vamsa)
Wardell English ยท English surname/place name from Old English weard, guard, and hyll, hill; watchman's hill
Shailendra Bengali ยท lord of the mountains (shaila, mountain + indra, lord), an epithet for the Himalaya
Mervin Welsh ยท traditionally sea hill, variant of Mervyn
Landon English ยท "long hill," a place name turned surname turned first name; it rode the 2000s wave of two-syllable boys' names ending in -n and outlasted many of them. Newer than it sounds, easygoing as they come
Brandon English ยท English surname from a place name meaning hill covered with broom
Eben Hebrew ยท short form of Ebenezer, Hebrew for 'stone'
Eldon English ยท meaning uncertain, English place name (possibly elder-tree hill)
Brynleigh Welsh ยท modern blend of Bryn ('hill') and leigh ('meadow')
Petro Ukrainian ยท Ukrainian form of Peter: rock
Richmond English ยท From the place name Richmond, Old French riche (rich, powerful) and mont (hill), brought over after the Norman Conquest.
Petra German ยท rock (feminine of Peter)
Rochelle French ยท 'little rock,' from the city of La Rochelle
Branden English ยท variant of Brandon, "beacon hill"
Torrey English ยท A surname-turned-name from Old English torr, 'high rock, peak', also used as a nickname for Torrance.
Ciera Modern American ยท A modern blend echoing Ciara (Irish, from 'ciar', dark) and Sierra (Spanish for a jagged mountain range).
Venkatesh Telugu ยท lord of the Venkata hill, i.e. Venkateswara (Sanskrit isha, lord); a devotional classic kept current by the actor Venkatesh
Brent English ยท from the place name meaning steep hill
Sherrill English ยท From an English surname/place name meaning bright hill or clear hill, from Old English scir and hyll.
Clint English ยท settlement on a hill (short for Clinton)
Landyn English ยท modern respelling of Landon, long hill
Piotr Polish ยท rock (Polish form of Peter)
Petelo Samoan ยท Samoan form of Peter: rock
Taryn Irish ยท modern feminine form of Tara, from the Hill of Tara
Shasta Native American ยท from the Shasta people of Northern California and the mountain named for them; the tribal name's exact meaning is debated
Stanton English ยท an English place name and surname meaning stone settlement, from Old English stan and tun
Hilton English ยท an English place name and surname meaning hill settlement, from Old English hyll and tun
Brynley Welsh ยท modern coinage built on Bryn, traditionally 'hill,' with a -ley ending
Abenezer Amharic ยท stone of help (the Ebenezer Samuel raised, 'thus far the LORD has helped us')
Arlo English ยท modern name of uncertain origin, popularly linked to "fortified hill"
Chantelle Modern American ยท a respelling of Chantal, from Old Occitan cantal, stone, honoring 17th-century saint Jeanne de Chantal
Chantel Modern American ยท A respelling of the French Chantal, from Occitan cantal, stone, a place name honored in Saint Jeanne de Chantal.
Parbati Nepali ยท Nepali form of Parvati, daughter of the mountain, consort of Shiva; fitting for the country of the high Himalaya, with the characteristic Nepali b spelling
Dustin Scandinavian ยท from a surname derived from Old Norse 'Thorstein', meaning 'Thor's stone'
Aron Hebrew ยท Polish, Croatian and Scandinavian form of Aaron (most likely of unknown Egyptian origin; Hebrew theories suggest "high mountain" or "exalted")
Lyndon English ยท English place name/surname meaning 'hill of linden trees'
Masen English ยท modern respelling of Mason, occupational surname 'stone worker'
Montgomery French ยท Norman French place name/surname, 'hill of Gomeric (the powerful man)'
Aitana Spanish ยท Spanish place name (Sierra de Aitana mountain, Alicante); popularly said to mean 'glory', though disputed
Phero Vietnamese ยท rock (Vietnamese form of Peter, a common Catholic baptismal name)
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