To help usher in the New Year, here are some baby names that mean “new” or have some sort of association with the New Year.

Male

• Arata “new; fresh” (Japanese)
• Athanaric “year of power” (Old German)
• Gēar “year” (Anglo-Saxon)
• Navin “new” (Sanskrit)
• Neo “new” (Greek)
• Primo “first” (Italian)
• Ro’y “year” (Guarani)
• Silvester/Sylvester, used as the term for New Year’s Day in many European countries as this was the feast of St. Sylvester

Female

• Dagny “new day” (Old Norse)
• Estraine “new year” (Anglo-Norman)
• Gabonzahar “New Year’s Eve (Basque)
• Mara “year” (Aymara)
• Nova “new” (Latin)
• Novella “little new one” (Latin)
• Oighrigh “new speckled one” (Gaelic) pronounced OY-rik
• Prima “first” (Italian)
• Nochevieja “New Year’s Eve” (Spanish)
• Noitevella “New Year’s Eve” (Galician)
• Renef “New year” (Anglo-Norman)
• Réveillon “New Year’s Eve” (French)
• Silvestra/Sylvestra, used as the term for New Year’s Day in many European countries as this was the feast of St. Sylvester