100 Beautiful Baby Names Inspired by Jewels and Gemstones

These gemstone names for girls and boys are as beautiful as the jewels and stones they come from. Find your gem baby name!

Your new baby is far more valuable than any precious stone, and you want to choose a name that signifies just how rare and perfect your little one is to you. Consider a gemstone baby name for your brand new bundle of joy.

You could name a blue-eyed little girl Sapphire or you could take your name inspiration from your little one’s birthstone, naming them Pearl or Ruby. There are popular baby name choices, like Crystal or Amber, or maybe you will choose a more unique name, like Citrine.

Many gem names fit best as baby girl names, but there are also baby boy names, such as Beryl or Jasper, or gender-neutral options such as Jade to choose from.

Choose your perfect name from our list of 75 gemstone baby names and their name meanings.

Gemstone Girl Names and Meanings

1. Amber – Tree sap that forms into solid rock
2. Amethyst – Violet-colored quartz
3. Ametrine – A quartz made from a combination of amethyst and citrine
4. Celestine – French, heavenly; fibrous crystals often used in prayer or meditation
5. Carnelian – A red-orange semi-precious stone
6. Citrine – A yellow quartz
7. Coral – Marine invertebrates whose skeletons are made into jewelry
8. Crystal – A solid material with a geometrically formed surface
9. Diamond – The hardest mineral on Earth, a precious gemstone used traditionally for engagement rings.
10. Ebony – English, black; a dense, black hard wood
11. Emerald – A green gemstone, May’s birthstone
12. Esme – French, beloved
13. Esmeralda – Spanish, emerald
14. Garnet – A group of precious stones that symbolize love and friendship
15. Gemma – Italian, precious stone
16. Giada – Italian, jade
17. Goldie – Yiddish, gold
18. Helmi – Finnish, pearl
19. Ivory – Hard, white material made from animal tusks popular in the Victorian era
20. Jacinda – Spanish, hyacinth
21. Lapis – Lapis lazuli is a deep blue metamorphic rock
22. Lazuli – Lapis lazuli is a deep blue metamorphic rock
23. Larimar – A light blue precious gem found only in Barahona City in the Dominican Republic.
24. Mae – English, pearl
25. Margot – French, pearl
26. Maria – Latin, pearl
27. Megan – Welsh, pearl
28. Mica – Hebrew, who is like God; a shiny stone with distinct layers
29. Onyx – A variant of chalcedony, which can be a red or black gemstone
30. Opal – Sanskrit, gem
31. Pearl – Crystallized calcium carbonate formed in the soft tissue of a mollusk. An iridescent, white sphere.
32. Quartz – Silicon dioxide formed into hard crystal
33. Rosegold – A blend of gold, copper, and silver, with a distinctive pink hue
34. Ruby – A deep red gemstone
35. Rumi – Japanese, lapis lazuli
36. Rupa – Sanskirt, shape, form
37. Sapphire – A blue gemstone, September’s birthstone. The Ancient Greeks believed that wearing sapphire protected one from harm and from envy.
38. Serpentine – English, winding, curving; a green and grey gemstone with a mottled appearance that resembles a reptiles’ coloring
39. Silvia – Italian, forest
40. Topaz – A yellow precious stone, November’s birthstone
41. Tourmaline – A multi-colored mineral formed from many compounds

Gemstone Boy Names and Meanings

1. 1. Beryl – Blue, yellow, pink, or green gemstones that form naturally into hexagonal shapes
  2. Flint – A form of quartz
  3. Heliodor – Gold-colored beryl
  4. Jasper – Persian, bringer of treasure
  5. Jade – A pale green gemstone is usually worn for good luck
  6. Jett – A gemstone made from coal
  7. Kyanite – A light blue gemstone that forms in elongated blades
  8. Malachite – A silky green mineral, often patterned
  9. Malachy – Irish, second
  10. Neel – Greek origin, Nile River; blue sapphire
  11. Neelam – Sanskrit, blue sapphire
  12. Obsidian – A rock formed from volcanic gas
  13. Pyrite – A gold-colored mineral known as “fool’s gold”
  14. Silver – A precious metal, from which the color got its name
  15. Shale – Yiddish, prayed for; fine sedimentary rock with bits of quartz in it
  16. Slate – A fine-grain metamorphic rock that forms and splits into thin, flat, strong pieces
  17. Soraya – Japanese, sky
  18. Zircon – A natural stone that comes in many colors

Gender-Neutral Gemstone Baby Names and Meanings

Agate – A multi-colored volcanic rock formation
Alexandrite – A gemstone that changes color from purple to green
Almas – Arabic, diamond
Amazonite – Pale green gemstones
Bich – Vietnamese, jade
Bijou – French, kiss
Gem – A precious stone
Hira – Sanskrit, diamond
Hyacinth – A precious stone that was previously thought to be sapphire. Also the name of a flower
Kin – Japanese, gold
Peridot – An olive-green gemstone
Stone – English, stone