Desert inspired Baby Names
by Team NameslistPosted on: March 18th, 2023The vast, open desert sparks our fascination. Maybe it's the striking scenes, the tough yet striking land, or the mystic aura that hovers. It's something about the wilderness that pulls us in.
Parents today are finding baby names in this desert charm. From the proud saguaro cactus to the sparkling Sahara sands, there's plenty to inspire a baby's name.
There's room for every choice, brave or soft. With options from Sahara and Gobi to Mojave and Sonoran, there’s a name for all styles.
If you seek a special, meaningful name that celebrates the desert scene, explore our list of desert-themed names. From Aria to Zephyr, we provide unique names that will stand out and leave a mark on everyone who meets your child.
- Camp
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning: Crooked mouth and Beautiful field
- Ural
- Namesakes: Ural Rakhimov
- Page
- Origin: British and French
- Meaning: Young servant, Page and Intern
- Namesakes: Page Kennedy (TV Actor) , Metal Singer, Page Hamilton
- Delaware
- Origin: German
- Caldera
- Origin: Spanish
- Meaning: Cauldron and Volcanic crater
- Mojave
- Origin: place-name
- Meaning: Of Mohave Indians or place name of Mohave desert
- Mirage
- Origin: French
- Meaning: Fantasy and Illusion
- Johns
- Fernley
- Origin: British
- Meaning: Fern meadow
- Rainier
- Origin: German and Norse
- Meaning: Ruler, Wise army and Judgment warrior
- Namesakes: Rainier Castillo (TV Actor) , Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
- Jura
- Origin: Russian
- Namesakes: Austrian writer, Jura Soyfer
- Sahara
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: The moon and Desert
- Namesakes: Reality Star, Sahara Davenport, American musician, Sahara Smith
- Range
- Origin: French
- Meaning: Forest guardian
- Namesakes: Range Murata
- Pinon
- Yosemite
- Origin: American
- Meaning: Those who kill
- San
- Origin: British
- Meaning: The sandpiper bird and Meaning unknown
- Namesakes: DJ, San Holo, San Yu (Politician)
- Lake
- Origin: Nature name and British
- Meaning: Body of water
- Namesakes: TV Actress, Lake Bell, Football Player, Lake Dawson
- Prescott
- Origin: English and British
- Meaning: Priest's cottage and Dweller at the church
- Namesakes: Prescott Bush (Banker)
- Arava
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: Arid land and Willow
- Goodyear
- Origin: British
- Meaning: Good year
- Shenandoah
- Origin: Native American
- Meaning: Shenandoah river
- Zion
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: A sign, Highest point and Guarded land
- Namesakes: Zion Williamson (Basketball Player) , Zion Golan (Israeli singer)
- Gila
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: Joy of the Lord
- Namesakes: Gila Almagor (Actress) , Gila von Weitershausen (German actor)
- Smoky
- Namesakes: Russian rapper, Smokey
- Khali
- Origin: Arabic
- Abu
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: Father
- Namesakes: Criminal, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, Abu Madyan
- Fortuna
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Fortune, Luck and Good fate
- Namesakes: Fortún Garcés of Pamplona
- Saguaro
- Origin: American
- Atlas
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: To carry and Bearer of the heavens
- Namesakes: Atlas Ramachandran, mayor of Chemnitz, Atlas Crusius
- Keys
- Origin: British
- Meaning: Rejoice, Solution and Variation of Gaius
- Levant
- Origin: French
- Meaning: Rising
- Chino
- Origin: Spanish
- Meaning: Chinese
- Namesakes: Chino Moreno (Metal Singer) , TV Actor, Chino Darín
- Andes
- Meaning: From the Andes
- Tempe
- Origin: Greek place name
- Namesakes: Tempe Brickhill (born 1957)
- Strawberry
- Origin: Fruit name
- Namesakes: Character, Strawberry, Strawberry Yuk-mui Yeung
- Nevada
- Origin: Mexican
- Meaning: Covered in snow and Snowy
- Namesakes: Popularity of Nevada as a baby name (American socialite)
- Oro
- Origin: Spanish
- Meaning: Gold and God of war
- Kings
- Meaning: Royal nature
- Jaran
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: Cry of rejoicing
- Fallon
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: Leader, Of a ruling family and Superior or descended from a ruler
- Namesakes: Fallon Fox (MMA Fighter) , Fallon Taylor (Horse Jockey)
- Del
- Origin: English, German, Irish and French
- Meaning: Of the, Visible and Noble
- Namesakes: Rock Singer, Del Shannon, Basketball Coach, Del Harris
- Black
- Origin: Color name and British
- Meaning: Dark-skinned
- Namesakes: American, Rapper, Black Rob, Black M (Rapper)
- Wind
- Origin: American
- Meaning: Moving Air
- Kenai
- Origin: Native American place name
- Meaning: Flat lands
- Mesa
- Origin: Spanish
- Meaning: Table
- Namesakes: Yugoslavian writer, Meša Selimović
- Taurus
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Bull
- Namesakes: Taurus (comics)
- Zagros
- Meaning: Sweet and Feminine
- Thatcher
- Origin: British
- Meaning: Roof fixer
- Lut
- Denali
- Origin: Place-name and Native American
- Meaning: The High One