Lotus
Lotus is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning The sacred lotus flower.
What Lotus means
The sacred lotus flower.
Lotus sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Lotus comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Lotus is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Lotus?
Lotus sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Lotus
We group Lotus under flowers and growing things and Peace — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Lotus
These share Lotus's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Acacia — Thorny tree; resurrection.
- Anthea — Flower; blossom.
- Azalea — The azalea flower.
- Calla — Beautiful; the calla lily.
- Galene — Calm seas.
- Harmony — Perfect agreement and balance.
- Hyacinth — The fragrant purple bloom.
- Ianthe — Violet flower.
- Irene — Peace.