Vanilla

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Vanilla, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Mango
• Cookie
• Sugar
• Bean
• Mochi
• Kiwi
• Lemon
• Pepper
• Brie
• Butter
• Ice
• Cinnamon

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Vanilla is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Vanillá

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Vanílla, Vànilla

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Vanilla is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Orhideju dzimtas ģints

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Vanilla mean?

Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., latinisierte Form des französischen Vornamens Vanille nach dem gleichnamigen Gewürz.

In which country does Vanilla have the most bearers?

Vanilla is most frequently recorded in the United States.