20 cool winter-inspired baby names and their meanings
Ice, ice baby!
Snow falling, cosying up by the fire and rugging up in loads of layers when you brave the elements to go outside.
Whether you are expecting a baby this winter or you simply love this season for what it is, a winter-inspired baby name could be cool.
With winter in Australia arriving during the months of June, July and August, we’ve rounded up 20 names that are perfect for your little cold weather babe.
Found! The perfect name for your winter baby.
Winter-inspired names for boys and their meanings
Aiden
A Gaelic name meaning ‘little fire’.
August
A Latin name, from the word, Augustus, it means ‘great’ and ‘magnificent’.
Princess Eugenie and Mandy Moore chose this name for their baby boys in early 2021.
Caldwell
A name with English, Scottish and Irish roots, Caldwell means ‘cold spring’ or ‘cold steam’.
Frost
Frost is of English origin and means The Freezing Of Water.
It is an English descriptive surname for a person who had white hair or who had a ‘frosty’ disposition.
This name is as cool for boys as it is for girls.
Jared
Jared is the Hebrew word for rose, which is the birth flower for the month June.
Kari
A Turkish name that translates to “covered with snow.”
This wintery name also works well for girls.
Keegan
This Gaelic name means ‘little fire’.
Leo
Leo is Latin for ‘lion’.
Winter babes born under the star sign Leo arrive between the period of July 23 and August 22.
Nevada
This name has a Spanish origin and means ‘snow capped’.
A unisex name that will suit both boys and girls.
Yukio
This Japanese name means ‘snow’.
It’s the perfect winter-inspired name for your little Yuki.
Winter-inspired names for girls and their meanings
Alaska
The name Alaska is of Native American origin and means ‘great land’.
Alba
This name is of Latin origin meaning ‘white’.
Demi
A nickname for Demeter, the Greek goddess responsible for winter.
Elsa
The name Elsa, the Scandinavian version of Elisabeth, has a wintery-feel to it thanks to Elsa from Frozen.
Ember
Of English origin, the word ‘Ember’ means ‘spark, burning low’.
The embers of a fire are small pieces of wood or coal that remain and glow with heat.
Gwyneira
A Welsh name which translates to ‘white snow’.
Ruby
The name is of Latin and French origin and means ‘deep red precious stone’.
Ruby is the birth stone of July, the middle month of winter.
Snow
A name of English origin that means ‘Frozen Rain, Light-haired’.
Vale
A name with Engligh origins meaning “valley by the stream” but it has a wintry feel to it thanks to the US ski resort town of Vail in Colorado.
Winter
A name of English origin meaning the coldest season.
The name spiked in popularity when Nicole Richie and Joel Madden named their daughter, Harlow Winter.
