If you’ve been following this blog lately, you’d know I love playing name games and word games. You’ve probably gathered too that I enjoy making lists; how many isogram posts have I written now? While I don’t have any baby name crosswords looming on the horizon, my latest endeavor is to curate a selection of names including the letters of the word “name!” Because “name” is short, we don’t have many direct anagrams (words or names created by rearranging letters) that would work for a real person; “Name” apparently isn’t as forgiving as Alex, a name that one Belgian family has somehow jumbled around for at least 12 different children to include Xela and Alxe! Off the top of my head, Amen, Eman, and Mena are probably the most usable “Name” rearrangements, but Mean is just, well, mean. If anagrams alone are out of the question, what about names that include the letters ‘n,’ ‘a,’ ‘m,’ and ‘e?’ Oh, there are plenty of those!
For your entertainment and name inspiration, here are some names that include all the letters in “Name:”
- Amandeep
- Amanpreet
- Amandine
- Amante
- Ambellina
- Amberlynn
- Ambrosine
- Ameen
- Ameena
- Ameliana
- Amen
- Amenadiel
- Amnen
- Amnesty
- Amoreena
- Amreen
- Amunet
- Anaximander
- Andromeda
- Anselm
- Beaumont
- Benjamin
- Camden
- Cameron
- Carmen
- Carmine
- Chamberlain
- Chrysanthemum
- Clementina
- Demiana
- Domenica
- Elmina
- Eman
- Emani
- Emelina
- Emiliano
- Emmaline
- Emmanuel
- Emmanuella
- Emunah
- Enma
- Germaine – Also Jermaine
- Gethsemane
- Handsome
- Hermelinda
- Jamesina
- Jasmine
- Jessamine
- Macallen
- Mackenzie
- Mackinley
- Maclean
- Madeleine – Alternatively, Madelyn, Madeline, etc.
- Magdalena
- Magenta
- Mahealani
- Malena – Also Milena
- Manelyk
- Manasseh
- Manfred
- Manreet
- Manveer
- Marceline
- Marianne
- Marlene
- Marsden
- Martinez
- Matheson
- Maureen
- Maxine
- Maybelline
- Mazelyn
- Mazikeen
- Mccartney
- Mckenna
- Megan
- Melanie
- Mena
- Menachem
- Menashe
- Menucha
- Michelina
- Michelangelo
- Minerva
- Montreal
- Montserrat
- Montague
- Montezuma
- Nachmen
- Nadeem
- Namarie
- Nameer
- Namine
- Nazeem
- Nechama
- Nehemiah
- Nema
- Nneoma
- Nymeria
- Oluwaferanmi
- Oluwanifemi
- Rembrandt
- Romance
- Suleiman
- Tasneem
- Temperance
- Tremaine
- Wilhelmina
- Ximena
There are hundreds of names you can find when you arrange and rearrange even just a few letters. Whether you’re naming a baby, a character, or are simply curious about the manifold possibilities, creativity goes a long way in name inspiration! You can go for the timeless popularity of Benjamin or the fresh uniqueness of Chrysanthemum and everything in between. The options I found span the Globe, deriving not just from English but from Hebrew, Yoruba, and more.
Do you have any favorite names including all four letters of “name?” Are there any you’d add to this list, or is there another list you’d like me to make? Can you conjure up any new names from the word(s) for “names” in languages other than English? Let me know! As always, I would love to hear your ideas.
The Well-Informed Namer 