Names That Mean Peace
Names built on a recorded root meaning peace — many of them Germanic compounds on frid/fred, like Frederick ('peaceful ruler') and Geoffrey.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eirḗnē — “peace” | 442#651 | Down 31 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
friþuz + rīks — “peace + king, ruler” | 728#435 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
friþuz — “peace, sanctuary” | 35#3,341 | Down 526 rank positions in five years | 1961 | ||
friþuz + nanþaz — “peace + daring” | 819#387 | Down 45 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
friþuz + rīks — “peace + king, ruler” via Frederick | 116#1,510 | Up 242 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
friþuz — “peace, sanctuary” | 31#3,598 | Down 897 rank positions in five years | 1975 | ||
friþuz + rīks — “peace + king, ruler” via Frederick | 17#6,629 | Down 204 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
šālōm — “peace” | 767#422 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
wil + friþ — “will + peace” | 29#3,843 | Up 68 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
friþuz + rīks — “peace + king, ruler” via Frederick | 127#1,422 | Down 155 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
wynn + friþ — “joy + peace” | —Unranked | — | 1922 | ||
šālōm — “peace” via Solomon | 184#1,151 | Up 718 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
šālôm — “peace” | 211#1,049 | Up 61 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
shalóm — “peace” | 239#1,042 | Up 374 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
šālōm — “peace” via Solomon | 92#1,765 | Up 440 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Godafrid — “peace of God” | 10#7,846 | Down 1,094 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
friþuz — “peace, sanctuary” via Geoffrey | —Unranked | — | 1962 | ||
wil + friþ — “will + peace” | —Unranked | — | 1922 | ||
unnaną + friþuz — “to grant, bestow + peace” | —Unranked | — | 1924 | ||
mir — “peace” | 21#4,811 | Up 351 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
kaziti + mirъ — “to destroy + peace” | 29#3,810 | Up 3,448 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
friþuz — “peace, sanctuary” via Geoffrey | 10#7,910 | Down 682 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
avshalóm — “father of peace” | —Unranked | — | 1990 | ||
Gott + Friede — “god + peace” | —Unranked | — | 1918 | ||
friþuz — “peace, sanctuary” via Jeff | —Unranked | — | 1958 | ||
jj-m-ḥtp — “(the one) coming in peace, (the one) returning home safely” | —Unranked | — | 1993 | ||
friþuz + nanþaz — “peace + daring” via Fernando | —Unranked | — | 2023 | ||
Eirḗnē — “peace” via Irene | —Unranked | — | 1954 | ||
eirḗnē — “peace” | 5#12,743 | new | 2025 |
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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.