Easter really is a beautiful holiday — and the spirit of spring combined with the religious roots of the season make for the most gorgeous baby names.

Whether you are expecting an Easter baby and want a spiritual name (think Mary or Noah) or just love the warm spring weather, we gathered some of the best Easter-inspired baby girl names and baby boy names around.

Easter flower baby girl names. Easter is a time for gorgeous and colorful flowers that symbolize the beginning of spring and rebirth. These flower baby girl names are pretty and feminine — and perfect for your Easter baby girl.

  • Daisy
  • Tulip
  • Lily
  • Rose
  • Violet
  • Orchid
  • Daffodil
  • Hyacinth
  • Iris
  • Primrose (or Prim)
  • Flower
  • Meadow
  • Azalea
  • Blossom
  • Petal

Cool spring-inspired boy names. Why not let the spring season inspire your baby name choice? The following names are unique, yet distinctly masculine. Whether you want a name on the more unusual end of the spectrum, such as Falcon, or one that is more well-known (yet still cool), such as Brooks, perhaps the following names will strike the perfect chord for you:

  • Ridge
  • Lake
  • Brooks
  • Hawkins
  • Leif
  • River
  • Falcon
  • Storm
  • Aries
  • Taurus
  • Sage
  • Cedar
  • Finn
  • Forrest
  • Reed

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Spiritual Easter baby names. If you would like to give your baby a spiritual name inspired by the people in the story of Easter, check these names out. They are a little more classic, which means they will never go out of style.

  • Noah
  • James
  • John
  • Peter
  • Joseph
  • Simon
  • Mary
  • Magdalene
  • Salome
  • Joanna

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Easter around the world. If you are looking for an exotic baby name, consider Easter in other languages. For example, in Spanish Easter is Pascual and Pascuala, while in Italian it is Pasquale. In French, you can name your son Pascal or your daughter Pascale.

Baby names with Easter-inspired meanings. These gorgeous names are totally reminiscent of Easter.

  • Caldwell: English boy name meaning “from the cold spring”
  • Attwell: English boy name meaning “lives by the spring”
  • Lavernia: French girl name meaning “born in the spring”
  • Tazia: Italian girl name meaning “one who will be reborn”
  • Lulu: Native American girl name meaning “rabbit”

And one to grow on … The name Easter! Easter is classified as a baby boy name of English origin that means “From the name of the Christian festival, which is based on Eostre, the name of a Germanic spring goddess.” If Easter seems a bit too unique for a first time, you could also consider it as a middle name.

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Kim Grundy is a mom and writer. Raised in Oklahoma, she now lives in California with her husband and two sons. This article originally appeared in SheKnows and is used by permission. 

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