300+ Peaceful Baby Names With Meanings and Origins

Choosing a name is a big moment. Many parents want one that carries a calm, gentle meaning. A name that means peace can feel like a quiet blessing for your child.beatiful names

This list brings together more than 300+ peaceful baby names from many cultures and languages. You will find names for boys, girls and unisex options. Each name comes with its origin and a short meaning.

Some names mean “peace” directly. Others mean calm, serene, gentle or harmony. Browse the sections below and save the ones

Peaceful Baby Names For Boys

• Pax – peace (Latin)
• Paxton – peace town (English)
• Frederick – peaceful ruler (Germanic)
• Friedrich – peaceful ruler (German)
• Fritz – short form of Friedrich, peaceful ruler (German)
• Godfrey – God’s peace (Germanic)
• Manfred – man of peace (Germanic)
• Wilfred – desires peace (Old English)
• Winfred – friend of peace (Old English)
• Axel – father of peace (Scandinavian)
• Solomon – peaceful (Hebrew)
• Absalom – father of peace (Hebrew)
• Jonah – dove, a symbol of peace (Hebrew)
• Noah – rest, comfort (Hebrew)
• Placido – calm, serene (Italian and Spanish)
• Serenus – serene, calm (Latin)
• Pacifico – peaceful (Italian and Spanish)
• Sereno – calm, tranquil (Italian and Spanish)
• Casimir – proclaimer of peace (Slavic)
• Irenaeus – peaceful (Greek)
• Sigfrid – victory and peace (Germanic)
• Siegfried – victory and peace (German)
• Mirko – peace and glory (Slavic)
• Gottfried – God’s peace (German)
• Calum – dove (Scottish)
• Colm – dove (Irish)
• Oliver – olive tree, a symbol of peace (Latin)
• Olivier – olive tree, a symbol of peace (French)

Peaceful Baby Names For Girl

• Irene – peace (Greek)
• Eirene – peace, the Greek goddess of peace (Greek)
• Pacifica – peaceful (Latin)
• Serena – calm, peaceful (Latin)
• Serenity – a state of calm (English)
• Harmony – agreement, peaceful unity (English)
• Olive – olive tree, a symbol of peace (Latin)
• Olivia – olive tree (Latin)
• Frida – peaceful (Germanic)
• Frieda – peace (German)
• Winifred – blessed peacemaking (Welsh)
• Winnie – short form of Winifred (Welsh)
• Tranquility – calmness (English)
• Calma – calm (Italian and Spanish)
• Placida – calm, serene (Latin)
• Colombe – dove (French)
• Paloma – dove (Spanish)
• Columbine – dove-like (Latin)
• Jemima – dove (Hebrew)
• Mira – peace (Slavic)
• Mirjana – peaceful (Slavic)
• Miroslava – peace and glory (Slavic)
• Irina – peace (Russian)
• Irena – peace (Slavic)
• Eirini – peace (Modern Greek)
• Fredericka – peaceful ruler (Germanic)
• Pacita – peaceful, from Pacifica (Spanish)
• Serenella – little serene one (Italian)

Unisex Peaceful Baby Names

• Paz – peace (Spanish)
• Amani – peace (Swahili)
• Zen – calm, meditative state (Japanese)
• Haven – a safe, peaceful place (English)
• Halcyon – calm and peaceful, as in “halcyon days” (Greek)
• Dove – a bird that symbolizes peace (English)
• Solace – comfort and calm (English)
• Serene – calm, peaceful (English)
• Peace – the word itself (English)
• Pace – peace (Italian)
• Zephyr – gentle breeze (Greek)
• Oasis – a peaceful haven (Greek)
• Harbor – a safe shelter (English)
• Mir – peace (Slavic)

Arabic and Islamic Boy Peaceful Baby Names

• Salam – peace (Arabic)
• Salim – safe, peaceful (Arabic)
• Salman – safe, secure (Arabic)
• Sulaiman – peaceful, the Arabic form of Solomon (Arabic)
• Salem – peaceful, safe (Arabic)
• Aslam – safer, more peaceful (Arabic)
• Musallam – safe, peaceful (Arabic)
• Silmi – peaceful (Arabic)
• Sakin – calm, tranquil (Arabic)
• Aman – peace, safety (Arabic)
• Amin – trustworthy, secure (Arabic)
• Hadi – calm, quiet; also guide (Arabic)
• Halim – gentle, patient (Arabic)
• Hilmi – gentle, forbearing (Arabic)
• Hani – content, happy (Arabic)
• Razi – content, satisfied (Arabic)
• Rida – contentment (Arabic)
• Radi – content, pleased (Arabic)
• Rizwan – God’s pleasure, contentment (Arabic)
• Sabir – patient (Arabic)
• Sabri – patient, enduring (Arabic)
• Rafiq – gentle companion (Arabic)
• Mutmain – at peace, content (Arabic)
• Nuh – the Arabic form of Noah, rest (Arabic)
• Yunus – the Arabic form of Jonah, dove (Arabic)
• Sallam – one who greets with peace (Arabic)
• Muslim – one who submits to God in peace (Arabic)
• Islam – submission, peace (Arabic)
• Razin – calm, composed (Arabic)
• Waqar – dignity, calm composure (Arabic)
• Taslim – submission, peaceful acceptance (Arabic)

Arabic and Islamic Girl Peaceful Baby Names

• Salma – safe, peaceful (Arabic)
• Salwa – comfort, solace (Arabic)
• Sakina – tranquility, calm (Arabic)
• Sukoon – peace, calm (Urdu and Arabic)
• Salamah – safety, peace (Arabic)
• Amina – safe, secure (Arabic)
• Mutmainnah – a soul at peace (Arabic)
• Ridha – contentment (Arabic)
• Radiya – content, pleased (Arabic)
• Raziya – content, satisfied (Arabic)
• Haniya – happy, content (Arabic)
• Halima – gentle, patient (Arabic)
• Aafiyah – well-being, peace of body and mind (Arabic)
• Sabirah – patient (Arabic)
• Taskeen – comfort, peace of mind (Urdu)
• Rahat – comfort, relief, peace (Urdu)
• Sulaima – peaceful, the feminine of Sulaiman (Arabic)
• Salima – safe, peaceful (Arabic)
• Taslima – peaceful acceptance (Arabic)

Hebrew and Biblical Peaceful Baby Names

• Shalom – peace (Hebrew)
• Shlomo – peaceful (Hebrew)
• Shlomit – peaceful (Hebrew)
• Shulamit – peaceful (Hebrew)
• Salome – peace (Hebrew)
• Shalev – calm, peaceful (Hebrew)
• Shalva – tranquility, calm (Hebrew)
• Shiloh – peaceful place (Hebrew)
• Shalem – whole, complete, at peace (Hebrew)
• Shlomi – my peace (Hebrew)
• Menucha – rest, tranquility (Hebrew)
• Manoah – resting place (Hebrew)
• Shaanan – at ease, serene (Hebrew)
• Zalman – a form of Solomon, peaceful (Yiddish)
• Yona – dove (Hebrew)
• Menachem – comforter (Hebrew)
• Nachum – comforted (Hebrew)
• Nechama – comfort (Hebrew)

Sanskrit and Indian Peaceful Baby Names

• Shanti – peace (Sanskrit)
• Shantanu – one who brings peace (Sanskrit)
• Shanta – calm, peaceful (Sanskrit)
• Prashant – calm, tranquil (Sanskrit)
• Prashanti – peace, tranquility (Sanskrit)
• Shamit – peace (Sanskrit)
• Shamita – calm, peaceful (Sanskrit)
• Shamik – peaceful (Sanskrit)
• Shaant – calm, quiet (Hindi)
• Saumya – gentle, calm (Sanskrit)
• Sama – calm, equanimity (Sanskrit)
• Nirvan – ultimate peace, liberation (Sanskrit)
• Nirvana – ultimate peace, liberation (Sanskrit)
• Shantam – peaceful (Sanskrit)
• Vishrant – calm, at rest (Sanskrit)
• Tripti – contentment (Sanskrit)
• Tushti – satisfaction, contentment (Sanskrit)
• Kshama – forgiveness, patience (Sanskrit)
• Dhairya – patience, steadiness (Sanskrit)
• Ahimsa – non-violence, peaceful living (Sanskrit)
• Karuna – compassion (Sanskrit)
• Samadhan – contentment, resolution (Hindi)
• Samadhi – deep calm in meditation (Sanskrit)
• Santosh – contentment (Sanskrit)
• Santoshi – content, satisfied (Sanskrit)
• Shantala – peaceful (Kannada)
• Shamini – calm, peaceful (Sanskrit)
• Sukhmani – peace of mind (Punjabi)
• Sehaj – natural calm, balance (Punjabi)
• Sushant – very calm (Sanskrit)
• Prasanna – calm, serene, cheerful (Sanskrit)
• Shanto – calm, peaceful (Bengali)
• Sheetal – cool, calming (Hindi)
• Aaram – rest, peace of mind (Hindi and Urdu)
• Shanthi – peace (South Indian spelling)

Latin, Greek and English Peaceful Baby Names

• Concordia – harmony, agreement (Latin)
• Concord – harmony, agreement (English)
• Harmonia – harmony, the Greek goddess of harmony (Greek)
• Harmonie – harmony (French)
• Hesychia – stillness, tranquility (Greek)
• Galen – calm (Greek)
• Galene – calm, the Greek spirit of calm seas (Greek)
• Galini – calm, serenity (Modern Greek)
• Tranquillus – calm, peaceful (Latin)
• Tranquilina – tranquil, calm (Latin)
• Placidia – calm, serene (Latin)
• Amity – peaceful friendship (English)
• Accord – agreement, harmony (English)
• Placid – calm, peaceful (English)
• Alcyone – the kingfisher of calm “halcyon” days (Greek)
• Unity – oneness, peaceful togetherness (English)
• Pacificus – peacemaker (Latin)

Japanese, Chinese and Southeast Asian Peaceful Baby Names

• Heiwa – peace (Japanese)
• Yasu – peaceful, calm (Japanese)
• Yasuo – peaceful man (Japanese)
• Yasuko – peaceful child (Japanese)
• Yasuhiro – calm and broad-minded (Japanese)
• Yasumi – peaceful beauty (Japanese)
• Nagi – calm, a lull (Japanese)
• Shizuka – quiet, calm (Japanese)
• Shizuko – quiet child (Japanese)
• Nodoka – calm, mild, peaceful (Japanese)
• Heiko – peaceful child (Japanese)
• Taira – peace, level (Japanese)
• Shizuo – quiet, peaceful man (Japanese)
• Ping – peaceful, calm (Chinese)
• An – peace, safety (Chinese and Vietnamese)
• Ning – peaceful, tranquil (Chinese)
• Jing – quiet, still (Chinese)
• Yining – peaceful, calm (Chinese)
• Anxin – peace of mind (Chinese)
• Binh – peace (Vietnamese)
• Hoa – peace, harmony (Vietnamese)
• Santi – peace (Thai)
• Damai – peace (Malay and Indonesian)
• Maluhia – peace (Hawaiian)
• Malie – calm, serene (Hawaiian)
• Rangimarie – peace (Maori)
• Rongo – peace, the Maori god of peace (Maori)

Celtic, Germanic and Frederick Name Forms

• Heddwen – peace (Welsh)
• Heddwyn – peaceful (Welsh)
• Hedd – peace (Welsh)
• Tangwen – blessed peace (Welsh)
• Friederike – peaceful ruler (German)
• Friedhelm – helmet of peace (German)
• Friedel – little peaceful ruler (German)
• Freda – peace (English and German)
• Frede – peace (Danish)
• Sigfred – victory and peace (Scandinavian)
• Federico – peaceful ruler (Italian and Spanish)
• Frederico – peaceful ruler (Portuguese)
• Frederic – peaceful ruler (French)
• Fryderyk – peaceful ruler (Polish)
• Fredrik – peaceful ruler (Scandinavian)
• Frederik – peaceful ruler (Dutch and Danish)
• Freddie – short form of Frederick (English)
• Freddy – short form of Frederick (English)
• Fred – short form of Frederick (English)
• Frederica – peaceful ruler (Latin and English)
• Federica – peaceful ruler (Italian)
• Frederique – peaceful ruler (French)
• Fredrika – peaceful ruler (Swedish)
• Godfried – God’s peace (Dutch)
• Goffredo – God’s peace (Italian)
• Manfredo – man of peace (Spanish and Italian)
• Wilfredo – desires peace (Spanish)

Slavic Names That Mean Peaceful

• Miran – peaceful (Slovene and Croatian)
• Mirna – peaceful (Croatian)
• Mirena – peaceful (Croatian)
• Miroslav – peace and glory (Slavic)
• Mirek – peace, short form of Miroslav (Polish and Czech)
• Miroljub – lover of peace (Serbian)
• Vladimir – ruler of peace (Slavic)
• Vladimira – ruler of peace (Slavic)
• Radomir – joyful peace (Slavic)
• Borimir – fighter for peace (Slavic)
• Dobromir – good peace (Slavic)
• Ljubomir – lover of peace (Slavic)
• Branimir – defender of peace (Slavic)
• Tihomir – quiet peace (Slavic)
• Tihana – quiet, calm (Croatian)
• Dragomir – precious peace (Slavic)
• Velimir – great peace (Slavic)
• Slavomir – glorious peace (Slavic)
• Stanimir – establishing peace (Slavic)
• Arina – peace (Russian)
• Iryna – peace (Ukrainian)
• Salomea – peace (Polish)
• Ireneusz – peaceful (Polish)
• Kazimierz – proclaimer of peace (Polish)
• Kazimiera – proclaimer of peace (Polish)

Turkish, Persian, Finnish, Hungarian and Other European Names

• Baris – peace (Turkish)
• Huzur – peace, serenity (Turkish)
• Sakine – calm, tranquil (Turkish)
• Selim – safe, peaceful (Turkish)
• Selma – safe, secure (Turkish)
• Suleyman – peaceful, the Turkish form of Solomon (Turkish)
• Aram – calm, peaceful (Persian)
• Aramesh – calm, peace (Persian)
• Rauha – peace (Finnish)
• Frigyes – peaceful ruler (Hungarian)
• Iren – peace (Hungarian)
• Irenee – peaceful (French)
• Pacifique – peaceful (French)
• Placide – calm, serene (French)
• Salomon – peaceful, the French and German form of Solomon (French and German)

African Names That Mean Peace

• Salama – peace (Swahili)
• Udo – peace (Igbo)
• Udoka – peace is greater (Igbo)
• Udochukwu – peace of God (Igbo)
• Kagiso – peace (Tswana)
• Khotso – peace (Sesotho)
• Thula – quiet, hush (Zulu)
• Selam – peace (Amharic and Tigrinya)
• Selamawit – peaceful (Amharic)
• Alafia – peace, well-being (Yoruba)
• Mulalo – peace (Venda)

Dove and Olive Names, Classic Symbols of Peace

• Columba – dove (Latin)
• Colman – little dove (Irish)
• Colum – dove (Irish)
• Colomba – dove (Italian)
• Colombina – little dove (Italian)
• Palomo – dove (Spanish)
• Jonas – dove (Greek and Latin form of Jonah)
• Oliva – olive tree (Latin and Spanish)
• Oliviero – olive tree (Italian)
• Olivera – olive tree (Serbian)

Peace in Different Languages (Table)

Language	Word for Peace	Name Ideas
Arabic	Salam	Salim, Salma, Salman
Hebrew	Shalom	Shlomo, Shlomit, Shalev
Sanskrit	Shanti	Prashant, Shanta, Shamita
Latin	Pax	Pax, Paxton, Pacifica
Greek	Eirene	Irene, Eirini, Irenaeus
Spanish	Paz	Paz, Pacifico, Pacita
German	Frieden	Friedrich, Frieda, Fritz
Swahili	Amani	Amani, Salama
Japanese	Heiwa	Heiwa, Yasu, Heiko
Russian	Mir	Mira, Miroslav, Vladimir
Welsh	Hedd	Heddwen, Heddwyn
Finnish	Rauha	Rauha
Turkish	Baris	Baris, Huzur
Maori	Rangimarie	Rangimarie, Rongo

Top Peaceful Baby Names at a Glance (Table)

Name	Best For	Origin	Meaning
Pax	Boy	Latin	Peace
Salim	Boy	Arabic	Safe, peaceful
Frederick	Boy	Germanic	Peaceful ruler
Prashant	Boy	Sanskrit	Calm, tranquil
Irene	Girl	Greek	Peace
Serena	Girl	Latin	Calm, peaceful
Sakina	Girl	Arabic	Tranquility, calm
Shanti	Girl	Sanskrit	Peace
Shalom	Unisex	Hebrew	Peace
Amani	Unisex	Swahili	Peace
Paz	Unisex	Spanish	Peace
Olivia	Girl	Latin	Olive tree, a symbol of peace

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most popular baby name that means peace?

It depends on where you live. Olivia and Oliver are very common in English-speaking countries, and their link to peace comes from the olive branch. In South Asia, Salim, Salma and Shanti are widely loved. Irene is a long-standing classic in Europe.

What are some Arabic names that mean peace?

Salam, Salim, Salma, Sakina and Aman are some of the best known. Salam simply means peace. Salim and Salma carry the idea of being safe and at peace. Sakina means tranquility and calm.

Which Sanskrit and Hindu names mean peace?

Shanti is the most direct choice, and it means peace. Prashant means calm and tranquil, and Shamita is a gentle option for a girl. Nirvana and Nirvana point to a deep, lasting peace.

Are there unisex baby names that mean peace?

Yes. Paz, Amani, Shalom and Mir all mean peace and work for any child. Zen, Haven and Halcyon are modern picks that suggest calm and shelter.

What are short baby names that mean peace?

Pax, Paz, Mir, An, Udo and Hedd are all very short. They are easy to spell and quick to say. Many of them also work well as middle names.

Which names mean peaceful ruler?

Frederick is the best-known one. Its forms include Friedrich, Federico, Fredrik and Fryderyk for boys. Frederica, Federica and Friederike are the matching names for girls. Nicknames like Fred, Freddie and Freddy keep the same meaning.

How do I choose the right peaceful name for my baby?

Start with the language and culture you want to honor. Say the name out loud with your surname and check how it sounds. Look up the spelling and pronunciation in other languages too. Think about nicknames, and ask yourself if you will still love the name years from now.

Conclusion

A name that means peace is a lovely gift. It can come from Arabic, powerful Hebrew, Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, Japanese or many other traditions. Some names say “peace” outright. Others hint at calm, harmony or gentleness.

Take your time with this list. Read the meanings, say your favorites out loud best and picture them with your family name. When one feels right, you will know. Wishing you and your little one a calm and happy start.