Spice Names, Herb Names
Names that mean anise, basil, betony, cilantro, cinnamon, clove, coriander, ginger, herb,
mace, marjoram, mint, myrrh, pepper, rosemary, saffron, sage, salt, sorrel, spice, thyme, etc.
 
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• UNISEX:

  1. SAGE: English unisex name which can mean either "sage (the spice)" or "man/woman of profound wisdom."

• MALE:

  1. BAS: Nickname for English Basil, meaning "king" or "basil (the herb)."

  2. BASIL: English name derived from Greek basileus, meaning "king." Also sometimes given as an herb name.

  3. BAZ: Nickname for English Basil, meaning "king" or "basil (the herb)."

  4. HALWN: "Salt." Arthurian legend name of the father of Huarwar the Hungry. 

  5. HALWYN: Variant of Halwn, meaning "salt."

  6. KYO: Japanese name meaning "approval," "ginger," or "large."

  7. MACE: English name which may mean either "mace (the spice)" or "mace (the weapon)."

  8. MEKHAG: Armenian name meaning "clove."

  9. MIRON: Polish and Russian form of Greek Myron, meaning "myrrh."

  10. MYRON: Greek name adopted by early Christians because of its association with the gift of myrrh given to Jesus by the Magi, derived from the Greek word myron, meaning "myrrh."

  11. NGAI: Vietnamese name meaning "herb."

  12. SABOLA: Egyptian name meaning "pepper."

• FEMALE:

  1. ACHILLEA: "A thousand leaves." A medicinal herb name and feminine form of Latin Achilles, who is said to have treated wounds. The meaning of the name refers to the herb's feathery foliage.

  2. ANISE: English name derived from the name of the herb, meaning "anise."

  3. BETONY: Name of a plant of the mint family once popular in herbal medicine, occasionally used as a forename. It is also called woundwort and lousewort. Some authors have suggested that the name derives from Celtic bew "head" and ton "good," because it is good for complaints of the head. Pliny said that the original name of this plant was Vettonica, from the Vettones, an ancient Iberian tribe. 

  4. BILJANA: Serbian name meaning "herb."

  5. BILYANA: Bulgarian form of Serbian Biljana, meaning "herb."

  6. BRYONY: Flower and herb name derived from the name of the perennial, tendril-climbing, flowering herb plant. Some species are used medicinally. The name derives from Latin bryonia, itself from Greek bryo, meaning "to grow, sprout, swell."

  7. CASSIA: Latin form of Hebrew Kezia, meaning "cinnamon tree." 

  8. CASSIAH: Variant of Latin Cassia, meaning "cinnamon tree."

  9. CORIANDER: "Resembling a bedbug." English spice name (also commonly called Cilantro) derived from Latin coriandrum, itself from Greek corys "bedbug," with the added element -ander "resembling," which refers to the smell of the spice which is similar to the odor of bedbugs.

  10. GINGER: English pet form of Latin Virginia, meaning "maiden, virgin." May also be given as a spice name.

  11. HUALING: Chinese name meaning "flourishing fu-ling (the herb)."

  12. KASSIA: Variant of Latin Cassia, meaning "cinnamon."

  13. KASSY: English pet form of Latin Kassia "cinnamon" or Kassandra "she who entangles men."

  14. KEISHA: Modern English form of biblical Keziah, meaning "cinnamon tree."

  15. KESHIA: Variant of English Keisha, meaning "cinnamon tree."

  16. KEYSHA: Variant of English Keisha, meaning "cinnamon tree."

  17. KEZIA: "Cinnamon tree." Biblical name of a daughter of Job, who named her after a spice tree similar to cinnamon.

  18. KEZIAH: Variant of biblical Kezia, meaning "cinnamon tree."

  19. KISHA: Variant of Keisha, meaning "cinnamon tree."

  20. KIZZIE: Pet form of Hebrew biblical Kezia, meaning "cinnamon tree."
  21. KIZZY: Variant of Hebrew Kizzie, meaning "cinnamon tree."
  22. LAKEISHA: Elaborated form of English Keisha, meaning "cinnamon tree."
  23. LAKESHIA: Variant of English Lakeisha, meaning "cinnamon tree."
  24. LAKISHA: Variant of English Lakeisha, meaning "cinnamon tree."
  25. MARJOLAINE: French spice name meaning "marjoram."

  26. MARJOLEIN: Variant of Dutch Marjolijn, meaning "marjoram."

  27. MARJOLIJN: Dutch form of French Marjolaine, meaning "marjoram."

  28. MARWA: Hindi name derived from the name of a fragrant herb of ancient continental repute, spoken of in legends as an ingredient in medicine, soups, perfumes and even love potions. It is known in Latin as amaracum, in Greek as amarakos, in English as "sweet marjoram."

  29. MINTA: Variant of Greek Minthe, meaning "mint." Sometimes used as a nickname for Greek Amynta, meaning "defender."

  30. MINTHE: Greek myth name of a water nymph who was turned into a mint plant, meaning "mint."

  31. MINTTU: Finnish name meaning "mint."

  32. MINTY: Pet form of Minta, meaning "mint" or "defender." 

  33. MIRA: Variant of Myra, meaning "myrrh."

  34. MYRA: English name invented by the 17th century poet Fulke Greville, which may have been based on the Greek word myrrha, "myrrh," a fragrant, bitter sap derived from the Commiphora tree and used in healing salves, perfumes and incenses. In ancient times, myrrh was worth more than its weight in gold, priced at 5 times that of frankincense, and it was one of the gifts of the Magi to the baby Jesus.

  35. NIKEISHA: Elaborated form of English Keisha, meaning "cinnamon tree."

  36. PIPRA: Esperanto name meaning "peppery."

  37. ROMEY: Pet form of English Rosemary, meaning "rosemary (the herb)." The herb name translates to "dew of the sea."
  38. ROMY: Variant of English Romey, meaning "rosemary (the herb)." The herb name translates to "dew of the sea."

  39. ROSEMARY: English name derived from the herb name, "rosemary," itself from Latin rosmarinus, composed of ros "dew" and marinus "the sea," literally meaning "dew of the sea." In some cases the name may be a combination of Rose "rose" and Mary "beloved."

  40. RUTA: Lithuanian name meaning "rue (the herb)."

  41. SAFFIE: Pet form of Saffron, meaning "saffron (the spice)."

  42. SAFFRON: English name derived from the name of the spice which comes from the crocus flower.

  43. SALACIA: Roman myth name of a goddess of salt water, meaning "salt."

  44. SORREL: English name derived from the name of a perennial herb, "sorrel," itself ultimately from Frankish *sur, meaning "sour." 

  45. TAMARA: Hindi name meaning "spice."

  46. TAMARAH: Variant of Hindi Tamara, meaning "spice."

  47. TUPAARNAQ: Greenlandic name meaning "arctic thyme."

  48. WENQIAN: Chinese name meaning "refined madder (the herb)."