Australian baby names

Australian baby names offer modern, familiar names as well as ancient wonders of Aboriginal origin.

On this page you'll find a list of the most popular baby names in Australia, many of which are very familiar.

But if you're looking for something more exotic, there are indigenous Australian names, too.

Find a select choice of girls' and boys' names - maybe one of these names could suit you and yours?

The land of the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru (Ayers Rock), koalas and kangaroos really does offer a great diversity of choice to budding baby-namers!

The most popular Australian baby names

For a bird's eye view of the most popular Australian names, we can check out the most recent - 2008 - ranking of the top ten boys' and girls' names from Australia's most populous state, New South Wales:

Rank	Boys	Girls
1	Jack	Mia
2	William	Chloe
3	Lachlan	Isabella
4	Joshua	Emily
5	Cooper	Olivia
6	Riley	Ella
7	Thomas	Charlotte
8	Oliver	Sienna
9	James	Sophie
10	Benjamin	Ava
Rankings - Source: Data © Copyright - State of NSW - New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages

Indigenous Australian names

Indigenous, or Aboriginal baby names from Australia are simply... beautiful. Australian Kylie Minogue's first name means "boomerang." Which goes to show how well these names can work.

As you'd expect, these Australian names contain many nature related meanings - the sea, the sky, plants and weather feature strongly. They're are not too exotic, either, so can be combined successfully with many more familiar middle names and surnames.

Girls' names

Starting off with names referring to the moon, how about Loorea, Miah, Orana, or Alkina?

There's Yindi meaning "sun" - or Alkira and Loila representing "sky"; and Yara - a "seagull."

Weather names include the beautiful Amarinda, Mincarlie and Tallara which mean "rain"; and Camira and Leewana - "wind."

Elanora suggests a home situated by the sea shore. Tathra, a seaside town in Australia means "beautiful country" - and Kiah comes from "the beautiful place."

Boys' names

More great possibilities here, with a few names from wildlife to add to the mix: Mullion is an "eagle" - Akama a "whale" and Banjora, "koala."

You might like to consider Cobar referring to "burnt earth," Orad meaning "earth", Berrigan - "wattle", or Derain who is "from the mountains." Warrain simply "belongs to the sea."

Let's finish with Nambur, a "tea tree", Taree - a "wild fig", Marron - a "leaf" and Burnu which simply means "tree."

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