Looking for unique baby names? We’ve got you covered with plenty of ideas. Through our humanitarian work and child sponsorship work around the world, World Vision staff members have met many amazing children. Many of thee kids were given some pretty unique names too, and some have great stories behind their names. This is a collection of some of the most unique baby names from around the world.
Gender-neutral baby names from around the world
Some of our favorite unique baby names are actually words and adjectives from the English language. Somehow, when these words become names attached to a smiling child, they become precious, which happens to be one of the names on our list.
- Blessing
- Clever
- Gift (read the story of Isaac, known affectionately as Gift, and pray for children’s health)
- Happy (find out what makes some of our Happy-named staff happy)
- Innocent (learn about the mom who walked to bring clean water to 10-year-old Innocent from Malawi)
- Marvelous
- Obvious (read how Obvious got a sponsor)
- Passion
- Precious
- Wisdom
- Wonderful
Unique names for girls from around the world
- Angely
- Beauty
- Estrella (means “star” in Spanish)
- Genesis
- Grace (this 5-year-old from Uganda walks 6 kilometers a day for water)
- Jeanne d’Arc (after Joan of Arc, this little girl in Rwanda keeps giving away her shoes)
- Joytun (from Bangladesh)
- Loveness
- Oana Denisa (from Romania)
- Phionah (from Uganda)
- Princess
- Purnima (from Bangladesh, means “full moon”)
- Salima (from Uganda)
- Sonali (from Bangladesh, means “golden”)
Unique names for boys from around the world
- Doctor (named after the doctor who delivered him in Uganda)
- Edinson (from El Salvador)
- France
- Jisun (from Bangladesh, means “morning sun”)
- Johaven
- Jolly (from Uganda)
- Kendy (from the Dominican Republic)
- Mandela Nelson (after Nelson Mandela)
- Marlon (from Honduras)
- Martine (from Uganda)
- Mohammed Ali (after the famed boxer)
- Obama (from Rwanda)
- Prince
- Raksmey (from Cambodia, means “ray of light”)
- Toader (from Romania)
- Webby
Want to find even more unique baby names from around the world? Check out these adorable photos of babies and children who need sponsors.
