Names that mean spring
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 spring. Tap any name for its story, or grow a tree and see which of them belong in your family.
Aviv Hebrew · spring, the season of renewal; a modern Israeli favorite (also the aviv of Tel Aviv)
Xuan Vietnamese · spring, the season
Haru Japanese · spring
Izumi Japanese · spring, fountain
Maayan Hebrew · spring, wellspring
Verna Latin · spring-like
Weldon English · well hill, spring hill
Bomi Korean · spring beauty
Aviva Hebrew · Hebrew for 'spring', the season
Haruko Japanese · spring child
Persephone Greek · goddess of spring
Haruki Japanese · clear, sunny spring (kanji-dependent); famously borne by Haruki Murakami, internationally bestselling novelist
Haruka Japanese · distant, spring fragrance
April Latin · the English month name, probably from Latin aperire, 'to open,' referring to flowers opening
Madhavi Tamil · a spring-flowering vine (from Sanskrit madhavi); the accomplished dancer of the Sangam-era epic Silappatikaram
Wells English · surname, "dweller by the spring"
Vernon French · place name, possibly 'alder grove' or 'place of the spring'
Laverne French · from 'la Verne,' the alder tree, or Latin vernus, 'spring-like'
Vernell Modern American · A 20th-century elaboration on Vernon or Verna, from Latin 'vernus', meaning of the spring.
Vernita Latin · an American elaboration of Verna, from Latin vernus, of spring, and the feminine form of Vernon
Chloe Greek · "young green shoot," a springtime epithet of the harvest goddess Demeter, mentioned once in the New Testament; beloved in France for decades before the English-speaking world caught up. Ancient credentials, thoroughly modern sound
Bluebell English · woodland spring flower
Oanh Vietnamese · oriole, the songbird of spring poetry
Vernice Modern American · An American blend of Verna (Latin vernus, spring) and Bernice (Greek, bringer of victory).
Kelby Norse · An English surname from Old Norse kelda, spring, and by, farmstead, meaning settlement by the spring
Tuyen Vietnamese · a ray or line (as Tuyến), or spring water (as the feminine Tuyền)
Easter Old English · From Eastre/Eostre, the Old English word for the spring festival, of debated pre-Christian origin; given for birth near the holiday.
Vernie Uncertain · Disputed: a diminutive of Vernon (French, 'alder grove'), Verna (Latin, 'of spring'), or Veronica.
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