The 75 Luckiest Names for Boys and Girls Around the World

How much influence does your baby’s name have on their destiny? There’s no way to know for sure. But there’s no harm in stacking the odds in your child’s favor by giving them a lucky name!

No matter how hard we work, chance and circumstances play a major role in all of life’s prospects. That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with promoting diligence and dedication! In fact, you might want to take another route and choose a virtue name for your baby, like Prudence or Constance.

If you want a lucky name for your baby, you might find it in names whose linguistic roots mean fortune or luck. Many names that mean happiness also mean luck. This is because the word for happiness evolved from the word for chance or fortune. When you think about it, it makes sense. Often our good luck is responsible for our greatest happiness.

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Also, many cultural associations with good luck may lead you to the perfect baby name. For example, naming a child Clover can be a nod to the lucky symbol of the four-leaf clover. Jade is another example, which is considered a lucky stone in many cultures.

Choose from our list of 75 lucky and popular baby names.

Baby Girl Names That Mean Good Luck 

Lucky names for girls are found in many different cultures and languages. Some of the girl name meanings, such as the Latin Fortuna, translate directly to mean “good luck”, while others, signify a cultural symbol associated with good fortunes, such as Iris, which means rainbow. Everyone knows there’s a bucket of gold at the end of everyone!

1. Arianwen - Welsh - fair, blessed
2. Ayaan - Somali - good luck
3. Beata - Latin - blessed
4. Beatrice - Latin - blessed
5. Beatrix - Latin - blessed
6. Benecia - Latin - blessed
7. Bente - Latin - blessed
8. Branwen - Welsh - fair, white, blessed, raven
9. Clover - English - a wildflower which normally has three leaves—clovers with four leaves are considered good luck to the Irish
10. Delyth - Welsh - pretty
11. Evangeline - Greek - bearer of good news
12. Faustina -  Latin-  lucky, auspicious
13. Felicia - Latin - happiness, good luck
14. Felicitas - Roman Mythology -  goddess personification of good luck; Latin, happiness - good luck
15. Felice - Latin - happiness-  good luck
16. Felicity - Latin-  happiness-  good luck
17. Fortuna -  Latin - luck
18. Fortunata - Italian - fortunately
19. Giada - Italian-  lucky stone, jade is considered good luck in Asian cultures
20. Glika - Yiddish - luck
21. Iris - Greek -  rainbow (common good luck symbol)
22. Jade - English - lucky stone, jade is considered good luck in Asian cultures
23. Laima - Latvian - luck, fate
24. Lakshmi -  Sanskrit - lucky omen
25. Patricia - Latin - noble, feminine form of the name Patrick, patron saint of Ireland associated with good luck
26. Penny - English - duck, pennies found on the street are considered lucky
27. Kiara - Italian-  light or clear
28. Octavia - Ancient Roman - eighth
29. Sa'adah - Arabic, happiness - luck
30. Sachie -  Japanese, happiness-  good luck
31. Sachiko -  Japanese - lucky child
32. Serendipity - English - good fortune
33. Waimarie - Maori - good luck
34. Zada - Arabic - increased fortune

Baby Boy Names That Mean Good Luck 

Lucky boy names often come from Latin words like Benedicte (blessing) or Faustus (favor). There are many spellings and variations of these types of names as they have made their way into different languages. For example, Benedict, Benedetto or Benoit all come from the same Latin root, meaning blessing.

1. Ace - English - highest rank
2. Arley - Old English - from the rabbit meadow (rabbits can be considered a good luck sign)
3. Asher -  Hebrew - happy, blessed
4. Ayman -  Arabic - right-handed, lucky, blessed
5. Barack -  Arabic - blessing
6. Benedetto -  Latin - blessed
7. Benedict -  Latin - blessed
8. Bennett -  Latin -  blessed
9. Benoit - Latin - blessed
10. Boniface - Latin - good fate
11. Bonaventura -  Italian - good fortune
12. Boone - English - good
13. Chance - English - chance or luck; Latin, falling
14. Dilwyn -  Welsh - fair, white, blessed
15. Edmund - Old English - rich protection
16. Enfys -  Welsh - rainbow (common good luck symbol)
17. Faust -  Latin - lucky, auspicious
18. Fausto -  Latin - lucky, auspicious
19. Felix - Latin - lucky, successful
20. Fisher - English - fisherman, associated with luck of the catch
21. Hideyoshi - Japanese - excellent luck
22. Kazuyuki - Japanese - peace and happiness
23. Kichiro -  Japanese - lucky son
24. Koji -  Japanese - good luck and prosperity
25. Koki -  Japanese -  light, happiness, and luck
26. Lesego -  Tswana - luck, blessing
27. Lucky -  English - lucky
28. Olve -  Norwegian - protected warrior
29. Omni -  Finnish - happiness, luck
30. Patrick - Latin - noble; Catholic Saints, patron saint of Ireland, associated with good luck
31. Sa’d -  Arabic - fortune, good luck
32. Sarava -  Afro-Brazilian - good luck
33. Srecko -  Slovene - luck
34. Tychon -  Ancient Greek - success, chance, fortune; Greek Mythology, a minor deity associated with Priapus, god of fertility and gardens. 

Lucky Gender-Neutral Baby Names

If you want a unisex name that means good luck, you have a few great choices. Some of these are simply English words used as names, like Fortune or Happy. Others are from cultures that commonly use gender-neutral monikers, such as Japan.

1. Bahati -  Swahili - luck and good fortune
2. Fortune -  English - luck
3. Happy -  Old Norse - chance, luck
4. Samnang -  Khmer - luck, fortune
5. Tyche -  Greek Mythology - goddess of fortune, luck and fate; Greek, chance, luck
6. Xiang - Chinese - good omen in flight
7. Yoshi -  Japanese - righteous, lucky

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