Names That Mean Blessed
Names whose recorded root means blessed — Benedict from Latin benedictus, Baruch from Hebrew, Gwen and its Welsh kin (white, blessed).
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gwen + dolen — “white, fair, blessed + ring, bow, hair, brow” via Gwendolen | 384#725 | Up 98 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
benedictus — “blessed, well spoken of” | 305#814 | Up 255 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Barukh — “blessed” | 62#2,260 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
gwen + dolen — “white, fair, blessed + ring, bow, hair, brow” | 11#9,069 | Down 2,638 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
mubārak — “blessed” | 19#5,146 | Down 1,447 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Helgi — “holy, sacred or blessed” | 9#8,724 | Up 1,574 rank positions in five years | 2019 |
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Every name here has a documented root whose literal meaning matches this theme. Each name’s subtitle gives its documented root and meaning. Where it says "via", the name is a recorded form of another name (Maggie of Margaret) and the meaning is the base name's. Roots are extracted from etymologies on Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Ranks come from official birth card-application data; "—" means fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, a genuinely rare pick rather than an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.