Have a baby Virgo on the way? You do if your due date lies between Aug. 23 and Sep. 22. Need a perfect name? Relax, we’ve got you.
Sometimes this sun sign gets a bad rap for being too picky and too critical, when in fact, it’s one of the most helpful, thoughtful signs of the zodiac, often shunning the spotlight and preferring instead to live a modest life with pure motives. As an earth sign, Virgos are known for their grounded common sense and attention to detail. Not to mention they are industrious, the hardest workers of the zodiac. Sure, they may need your help to learn to relax, as they tend to notice — and worry about — the little details the rest of the world seems to miss. But overall, this is a delightful sign that deserves a delightful name — and that whole “virgin” meaning is only one angle of a myriad of ways to interpret Virgo.
We’ve rounded up some of our favorite names for Virgo bebes (but we’re sure Virgo — who’s good with sharing — won’t mind if another sign wants to borrow one of these gems). Here’s a few different ways of looking at naming your late August or September little one:
Earth & Harvest Names
Girls:
Aerin
Adamina
Afra
Anona
Autumn
Avani
Demeter
Dhara
Eartha
Gaia
Hestia
Hermione
Ilesha
Boys:
Adam
Adan
Bart
Bartlett
Thelonious
Gender-neutral:
Dion
Kaj
Jara
Mies
Seb
Terre
Sena
Terra
Tierra
It now makes complete sense to us that Hermione Granger was probably a Virgo.
Names Meaning “Pure” or “Chaste”
For girls:
Agnes
Adara
Astraea
Caitlin/Kaitlin
Catherine/Katherine
Conchita
Daphne
Glenda
Lillian
Karen
Neysa
Safia
Virginia
Winifred
You’ll notice there are a lot less for boys with this meaning, ahem. Oh, those societal expectations run deep:
Gower
Khalis
Koto
Names With Other Virgo Virtues
The Puritans liked to name their girls virtuous names and would have had no shortage for Virgo girl babies — if, you know, they had been down with the zodiac and hadn’t thought it was the work of sorcerers and all that jazz.
For girls:
Prudence (or Prudie or Prue, how sweet are those?)
Patience
Faith
Hope
Temperance
Chastity
For Virgo boys and girls, any names meaning “industrious,” “helper,” “hard worker,” or with similar service-related meanings are perfect. Here’s a bunch that fit the bill:
Girls:
Amelia
Deborah
Emily
Fabrianne
Boys:
Ellar
Emery
Emil
Ezra
Galen
Mahir
Marshall
Nevin
Reeve
Swain
Thane
Great Explorers — What better name for an earth sign than one that belonged to an explorer of the Earth? Most of these are boys’ names (dammit, History), but, hey, worth a look. Disclaimer: They were not always good guys, so do your due diligence for sure if problematic history may eat at you.
For boys, some of the best known explorers:
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
Ponce de Leon
Francis (or Frances) Drake
Leif Erikson
Walter Raleigh
Meriwether Lewis
Ernest Shackleton
Of course, if you don’t like those, we’ve got some other boy names here.
But in our humble opinion? Meriwether alone totally deserves another shot at the baby name charts.
For girls, some excellently named female explorers include:
Louise Arner Boyd
Isabella Bird
Ida Laura Pfeiffer
Freya Stark
Alexandrine Tinne
Delia Akeley
Harriet Chalmers Adams
Octavie Coudreau
We are so down with a new generation of Virgo female explorers named Octavie, Freya and Alexandrine, we can’t even deal. Let’s get this party started, parents.
Actual Virgins — For very literal folks who can’t get past Virgo being the sign of the virgin; consider this a fascinating history lesson.
Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen of England (although her virgin status has been debated by historians)
Joan of Arc, just forget all about that fiery death
Nikola Tesla, apparently no real electricity going on in his life
Hans Christian Andersen
Isaac Newton
Artemis, the Greek virgin goddess. Now that’s some next-level virginity, y’all.
Hopefully you spotted something on our list that felt very… Virgo. If not, now you’ve got a sense of the star sign you’re working with — and we have a feeling you’re on your way to finding just the right name for your fall baby. (Hint: There are plenty more female explorers on Google, just saying. And our roundup of Leo names is pretty sweet — and Leos know that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so borrow away.)
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