35 adorable baby names that are perfect for redheads

Being Pregnant – 10 Sep 25 By Rebel Wylie

Fun fact: You don't have to have red hair yourself to have an adorable ginger haired baby!

Genetics are so fascinating and complicated. If you score a babe with red hair, you’ve pretty much won the genetic lottery!

Making up less than two percent of the world’s population, a baby born with red hair has the rarest hair colour there is. And it doesn’t take red-haired parents to make a red-haired baby either!

Red hair is the result of a mutated MC1R gene, and if both parents carry that gene that’s a 25 percent chance that bub will be born with ginger locks. See? Fascinating!

If that happens, choosing a baby name that suits their flaming mane is as exciting as the hair colour itself. Lucky for you, we’ve found 35 beautiful names that are perfect for ginger babes in the gallery below …

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Get inspiration for names that are just suited to a beautiful red haired baby.

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35 adorable baby names that are perfect for redheads

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Adam

Derived from the Hebrew meaning “to be red” or “son of red earth”.

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Alani

This name has Hawaiian origins meaning “fragrant orange tree”.

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Alroy

A Gaelic name meaning “red haired”.

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Amber

A beautiful gemstone name for the stone of the same colour.

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Aodh

An Irish baby name meaning “fire”.

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Aurora

A nickname for Aurora is ‘Rory’ which in Gaelic means “red king”.

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Autumn

A gorgeous season which is associated with gorgeous red and brown colours.

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Blue

This is a cute Australian nickname for a redhead.

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Cherry

An adorable fruit name for your little sweetie.

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Clancy

This Irish origin name means “red-haired warrior”.

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Coral

A beautiful ocean baby name for your babe.

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Crimson

A strong colour name that speaks for itself.

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Eithne (enya)

A beautiful name that means “little fire”.

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Ember

A fiery name referring to the burning pieces in a glowing fire.

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Flannery

An Irish name meaning “red-haired”.

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Flynn

An Irish origin name meaning “son of the red-haired one”.

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Garnet

A gemstone baby name. Garnet was originally named after the brightly coloured pomegranate fruit.

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Ginger

No explanation needed!

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Harkin

A Gaelic origin name meaning “red”.

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Keegan

An Irish origin name meaning “fiery”.

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Phoenix

A Greek origin name meaning “reborn from the ashes”.

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Poppy

A flower name inspired by the bright red poppy flower.

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Radley

An English origin name that means “from the red meadow”.

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Redford

This Scottish origin name was made for redheads!

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Rohan

A Gaelic origin name meaning “red-haired”.

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Roisin

This Irish origin flower name means “little rose”.

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Rooney

A surname-firstname that means “red haired” in Gaelic.

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Rosie

What is redder than a fragrant red rose?

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Rowan

A Gaelic origin name meaning “little red one”.

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Ruby

A sweet gemstone name for the ruby red stone.

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Rudy

From ‘Rudyard’ of old English origin meaning “red yard”.

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Rufus

From the Latin meaning “red-haired”.

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Rusty

An adorable colour name perfect for a redhead.

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Scarlet

A strong colour name inspired by the colour scarlet red.

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Sorrell

A gorgeous nature name meaning “brown” or “chestnut”.

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