Names That Mean Life
Names built on a recorded root meaning life — Vivian from Latin vīvus, Chaim from the Hebrew word for life itself.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
vīvus — “alive” | 3,362#72 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
ḥayyā — “living” | 499#588 | Up 74 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
חַיִּים — “life” | 411#666 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
eneit — “spirit, life; purity” | 30#4,585 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
ḥayím — “life” | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
vivus — “living” | 23#5,543 | Down 71 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
ijèọma — “good journey, safe journey (general); good journey in life” | —Unranked | — | 1980 | ||
Hḗbē — “Youth, Prime of Life” | —Unranked | — | 2016 | ||
ḥayím — “life” via Hyman | —Unranked | — | 1917 | ||
vīvus — “alive” via Vivian | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
vita — “life” | —Unranked | — | 2010 | ||
vīvus — “alive” via Vivian | —Unranked | — | 1960 |
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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.