Winter Names
Winter names can evoke snow and frost, an evergreen landscape, or a celebration in the colder months. This is a Northern Hemisphere seasonal collection; each note explains the weather, botanical, calendar, or cultural connection.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saint Nicholas supplies the connection with Christmas traditions. | 3,115#112 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
A familiar name with a separate seasonal association through Christmas songs. | 82#2,242 | Down 331 rank positions in five years | 1946 | ||
Jack Frost, the personification of winter weather. | 8,748#15 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
The Douglas-fir supplies an evergreen and Christmas-tree connection. | 308#807 | Down 70 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
A name traditionally connected with Christmas Day. | 2,736#89 | Down 38 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
The evergreen plant is closely associated with winter celebrations. | 751#416 | Up 63 rank positions in five years | 1983 | ||
An international form of the Christmas-associated name. | 2,028#144 | Down 59 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
An evergreen climber familiar in winter decorations. | 5,117#39 | Up 18 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
The Italian word for white gives this a snowy color association. | 594#500 | Down 80 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Traditionally associated with one of the Magi in Christmas naming. | 2,804#129 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
A French Christmas name, also used in English. | 635#478 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
A bird associated with winter and Christmas imagery in Britain. | 382#705 | Up 169 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
A French feminine Christmas name. | 1,507#202 | Up 8 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The season itself, used as a direct word name. | 732#426 | Down 111 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
An alternative spelling of Winter. | 676#457 | Down 81 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
A calendar name for the first full month of Northern Hemisphere winter. | 9#10,444 | Down 4,271 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
The calendar month supplies a direct winter connection in the Northern Hemisphere. | 21#5,767 | Down 1,736 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
The Italian and Portuguese word for snow, with separate name histories elsewhere. | 51#3,156 | Down 385 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
A direct name from winter's most familiar weather. | 36#4,055 | Down 783 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
The Welsh word for snow, used as a personal name. | 116#1,749 | Up 676 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A traditional name of one of the Magi. | 20#4,888 | Up 391 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Another traditional name given to one of the Magi. | 7#9,820 | Down 2,247 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
A direct weather name with a crisp, wintry image. | 13#6,576 | new | 2025 | ||
The word for the midwinter festival and Christmas season. | —Unranked | — | 2014 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.