Baby names that mean “blessing”: Names for the child you waited years to meet

Some babies arrive on schedule, and some arrive after years of hoping, waiting and quietly praying. For parents who’ve been through that long stretch, the word “blessing” stops being a figure of speech and starts being the only word that fits. If that’s where you are, a name that says it outright can feel like a small, private way of marking everything it took to get here. Across Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, Swahili and Latin, there are names that carry the idea beautifully. Here are seven worth considering.