I love names and my husband and I took the naming of our three kiddos pretty seriously, but we also had a lot of fun too. Right now super unique and cool names are very popular, and today’s parents aren’t considered with their kids having a generic nameplate from a gift shop.
Don’t you remember those growing up? My name was NEVER available. Brenda was the closest name to mine!
In all seriousness though, names are important. When we call someone by a name, that’s the meaning we are assigning to them. In essence, we are calling them a meaning.
Let me say it like this, we wouldn’t want anyone calling our kid stupid, right? First, you wouldn’t believe that was true, but also you don’t want your child hearing over and over that they’re stupid, dumb, or any other negative attribute.
On the flip side, we want to speak powerful words and encouragement into the hearts of our children. Let’s say your child’s name is Wisdom or the Greek equivalent, Sophia. I know several children by both of those names and they are beautiful. And each day they are called Wisdom… very powerful!
In the case of my middle daughter, her name came to me in a dream. I looked it up and it fit the description we wanted so that was easy!
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In this list, I wanted to offer names that sounded fresh and cool but having strong and powerful meanings. I also purposefully didn’t separate boy names from girl names because parents are switching up names so much these days I wanted to leave that up to you.
These are perfect baby names for 2019!
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Strong and Cool Names with Powerful Meanings:
Abigail – Joy of the Father
Ace – Number one, the best
Amara – Eternal
Amora – Love
Axel – My Father is Peace
Asher – Blessed and Happy
Aaliyah – Rising
Alessandra – Defender of mankind
Balan – A Knight Of The Round Table
Barke – Barke
Bazyli – King
Callie – Most Beautiful
Caelan – Powerful warrior
Chance – Good Fortune
Creed – Guiding principle; I believe
Dante – Lasting and Enduring
Declan – Full of Goodness
Denzell – Powerful
Edric – power and good fortune
Elliot – Lord is my God.
Esme – Loved
Ethan – Strong and Firm
Faye – Loyalty; confidence
Felix – Happy and Prosperous
Gabriel – Devoted to God; a hero of God
Griffin – Strong Lord
Hannah – Favor; grace of God
Henry – Ruler
Ian – God is gracious
Ida – Hardworking
Jayce – Healer or the lord is salvation
Julian – Father of the Skies
Karson – Christian
Kay – Pure
Levi – Joined in harmony
Lucas – Light-giving; illumination
Milo – Soldier
Mila – People’s Favor
Malik – Sovereign
Noelle – Day of Christ
Noah – Rest, Peace
Owen – Young Warrior
Paisley – Church
Nova – New
Quillion – Crossing Swords
Raine – She is singing; queen.
Reyes – King
Reign – Rule, Sovereign
Reese – Enthusiasm
Reilly – Courageous
Ronin – Well-advised ruler
Salem – Peace
Scout – To listen
Tiara – Crown
Verena – True
Valerio – Strength
Walt – Army Ruler
Xander – Protector of Men
Zale – Sea Strength
Zana – God’s gracious gift
Which baby name is your favorite? Share in the comments below!
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