Australian Names List

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Acacia - "thorny"
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek

Adelaide - "noble, nobility"
Gender: Female
Origin: Variant of Adelheid, German

Alinta - "fire, flame"
Gender: Female
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Pronunciation: uh-LIN-tah

Alira - "quartz stone"
Gender: Female
Origin: Aboriginal Australian
Pronunciation: a-LEE-rah

Ambelin - unknown
Gender: Female
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Pronunciation: AM-beh-lynn

Anzac - "Australian and New Zealander Army Corps"
Gender: Female
Origin: word name, from the "Australian and New Zealander Army Corps"
Pronunciation: Anne-zack

Araluen - 'water lilies"
Gender: Female
Origin: Aboriginal Australian, 'Water lilies' or 'place of the water lilies'
Pronunciation: A-ra-LOU-en

Austra - "goddess of the dawn"
Gender: Female
Origin: unknown

Banjo - "musical instrument"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: English

Bindi - "butterfly"
Gender: Female
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Pronunciation: BIN-dee

Bronte - "thunder"
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek
Pronunciation: bron-tay

Colbee - "from a coal town"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: English variation of Colby; Australian Aboriginal

Corymbia - unknown
Gender: Female
Origin: botanical name
Pronunciation: coh-RIM-bee-ah

Darwin - "dear friend"
Gender: Male
Origin: English

Dianella - unknown
Gender: Female
Origin: botanical name

Dimity - unknown
Gender: Female
Origin: Type of cotton cloth
Pronunciation: DIM-it-ee

Elouera - "a pleasant place"
Gender: Female
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Pronunciation: El-lou-EHR-ah

Eureka - "I have found it"
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek
Pronunciation: you-REE-kah; modern Greek EV-ree-kah

Euroa - "joyful"
Gender: Female
Origin: Indigenous Australian
Pronunciation: you-RO-ah

Evonne - "yew wood"
Gender: Female
Origin: French variation of Yvonne

Gough - "red-haired"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish
Pronunciation: GOFF

Huon - "tree"
Gender: Male
Origin: Tree name
Pronunciation: HUGH-on

Iluka - "by the sea"
Gender: Female
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Pronunciation: ih-LOU-kah

Jabiru - "bird"
Gender: Male
Origin: Brazilian, type of bird
Pronunciation: JAB-ih-roo

Jarrah - unknown
Gender: Unisex
Origin: botanical name

Jedda - "wren"
Gender: Female
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Pronunciation: JED-ah

Karri - unknown
Gender: Female
Origin: botanical name

Kiara - "light, clear; little dark one; cockatoo"
Gender: Female
Origin: Variation of the Italian Chiara is the Irish Ciara or Aboriginal Australian
Pronunciation: kee-AHR-a

Kylie - "a boomerang"
Gender: Female
Origin: Aboriginal

Lachlan - "from the fjord-land"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish
Pronunciation: LACK-lin or LOCK-lin

Lowan - "malleefowl"
Gender: Male
Origin: Indigenous Australian

Lowitja - unknown
Gender: Female
Origin: Indigenous Australian variation of Lois
Pronunciation: Low-ee-cha

Lucinda - "light"
Gender: Female
Origin: Variation of Lucia

Lutana - "moon"
Gender: Female
Origin: Australian Aboriginal

Maroochy - "black swan"
Gender: Female
Origin: Aboriginal Australian

Matilda - "battle-mighty"
Gender: Female
Origin: German

Melba - unknown
Gender: Female
Origin: Modern invented name

Menzies - "to reside, abide"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish surname of Norman origin

Merindah - "beautiful"
Gender: Female
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Pronunciation: meh-RIN-dah

Merredin - unknown
Gender: Female
Origin: Indigenous Australian place name
Pronunciation: MEH-red-in

Miles - "solider or merciful"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: English form of Milo

Mirri - "the sun"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Pronunciation: MIH-ree

Narelle - "little river"
Gender: Female
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Pronunciation: nuh-RELLE

Orana - "welcome"
Gender: Female
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Pronunciation: oh-RAH-na

Rosella - unknown
Gender: Female
Origin: nature name

Sydney - "Saint Denis"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: French

Talei - "precious one"
Gender: Female
Origin: Torres Strait Islander

Talia - "gentle dew from heaven; by the water"
Gender: Female
Origin: Hebrew; Australian Aboriginal

Tasma - unknown
Gender: Female
Origin: Dutch
Pronunciation: TAZ-mah

Tasman - unknown
Gender: Male
Origin: Dutch
Pronunciation: TAZ-muhn

Victoria - "victory"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin

Voss - "Fox"
Gender: Male
Origin: Germanic

Walken - "rainbow"
Gender: Male
Origin: Australian Aboriginal
Pronunciation: WAHL-ken

Warrin - "the cold months"
Gender: Male
Origin: Australian Aboriginal

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