85+ Names That Mean Dream (Girl, Boy, Gender-friendly)

Names beyond your wildest dreams

Natalie Grant (with child sleeping)
Written by Natalie Grant Updated on June 30th, 2023

The arrival of your dear little munchkin may possibly be your biggest dream come true. Now that your miracle has happened it’s no surprise you’re searching for an extraordinary name that means dream to give to your precious newborn.

Throughout history the world’s greatest thinkers and achievers have also been great dreamers – Martin Luther King, Albert Einstein, and John Lennon, to name but a few.

A name that means dream represents all the enchanting characteristics your child will come to love and embrace for the rest of her life.

Browse through the list we’ve compiled from countries around the world and discover one that inspires your child’s dreams to come true.

Female baby names

  1. Aine — [Irish] “Dream”
  2. Aisling — [Gaelic] “Dream”
  3. Amaya — [Japanese] “Night rain”
  4. Anka — [Slavic] “Dream or vision”
  5. Anoushka — [Sanskrit] “Dream”
  6. Anuja — [Sanskrit] “One who is born of a dream”
  7. Ashe — [African] “Dream”
  8. Bhavya — [Hindi] “A dream”
  9. Breena — [Irish] “Dream”
  10. Chandra — [Sanskrit] “Moon”
  11. Chimamanda — [Igbo] “My God will not fail”
  12. Danika — [Slavic] “Morning star”
  13. Devani — [Hindi] “Divine Dream”
  14. Diem — [Vietnamese] “Dream”
  15. Fana — [African] “Dream”
  16. Isadora — [Greek] “Gift of Isis”
  17. Jhana — [Sanskrit] “Meditative trance”
  18. Lailah — [Hebrew] “Night”
  19. Maika — [Polynesian] “Dream”
  20. Mireya — [Spanish] “Miracle”
  21. Naira — [Indian] “Dream”
  22. Nola — [Latin] “Dream”
  23. Nyx — [Greek] “Night”
  24. Oriana — [Italian] “Dawn”
  25. Rhea — [Greek] “Dream”
  26. Seren — [Welsh] “Dream”
  27. Sevana — [Armenian] “Dream”
  28. Somya — [Sanskrit] “Dream”
  29. Soraya — [Persian] “Star of the sky”
  30. Taliyah — [Hebrew] “Dew of heaven”
  31. Uma — [Sanskrit] “Goddess of the night”
  32. Zola — [African] “Peaceful Dream”

Male baby names

  1. Adan — [Spanish] “Dream”
  2. Aiden — [Irish] “little dream”
  3. Ansel — [Hebrew] “dream”
  4. Asher — [Hebrew] “happy and blessed”
  5. Avishai — [Hebrew] “dream”
  6. Bhavish — [Hindi] “A dream”
  7. Bodhi — [Sanskrit] “awakening or enlightenment”
  8. Brahman — [Sanskrit] “dream”
  9. Caelan — [Gaelic] “dream”
  10. Chayton — [Native American] “spirit of the falcon”
  11. Csenge — [Hungarian] “Dream”
  12. Daemon — [Greek] “dreamer”
  13. Deacon — [Greek] “dreamer”
  14. Dion — [Greek] “dream”
  15. Domenico — [Italian] “God’s Dream”
  16. Eion — [Gaelic] “Dream”
  17. Gabriel — [Hebrew] “God is my strength”
  18. Gage — [English] “pledge”
  19. Havok — [Scandinavian] “dream”
  20. Hopeton — [English] “dreamy place”
  21. Ian — [Gaelic] “God is gracious”
  22. Isaiah — [Hebrew] “God is salvation”
  23. Kai — [Hawaiian] “sea”
  24. Kian — [Gaelic] “ancient”
  25. Marley — [English] “meadow near the lake”
  26. Maximo — [Latin] “the greatest”
  27. Nathan — [Hebrew] “gift”
  28. Noah — [Hebrew] “rest”
  29. Orion — [Greek] “dawning light”
  30. Owen — [Welsh] “well-born”
  31. Wren — [English] “Dream”
  32. Zane — [Hebrew] “God is gracious”

Unisex baby names

  1. Ahsan — [Arabic] “Dream”
  2. Alari — [Estonian] “Dreamer”
  3. Amrit — [Indian] “Dream”
  4. Anwar — [Arabic] “Light of Dreams”
  5. Arin — [Hebrew] “Peaceful Dream”
  6. Atal — [Indian] “Dreamer”
  7. Aya — [Japanese] “Color of Dreams”
  8. Ayanna — [African] “Beautiful Dream”
  9. Azar — [Persian] “Dream”
  10. Bodhi — [Indian] “Awakening”
  11. Cai — [Welsh] “Rejoice in Dreams”
  12. Chika — [Japanese] “A Thousand Dream
  13. Daemon — [Greek] “Divine Dream”
  14. Eilam — [Hebrew] “Forever Dreaming”
  15. Emmett — [English] “Truthful Dreamer”
  16. Enzo — [Italian] “Dreamer”
  17. Fata — [Arabic] “Dream”
  18. Indra — [Indian] “Lord of Dreams”
  19. Kale — [Hawaiian] “Dream Maker”
  20. Lila — [Persian] “Night of Dreams”
  21. Morpheus — [Greek] “God of Dreams”
  22. Nalani — [Hawaiian] “Heavenly Dreams”
  23. Nisha — [Indian] “Night of Dreams”
Natalie Grant (with child sleeping)
Written by Natalie Grant Updated on June 30th, 2023