Whether you’re a foodie or just believe charming infants look delicious enough to eat, choose one of these baby names inspired by fruits, vegetables, spices, drinks, and other culinary combinations.
Baby boy names
- Ale – (beer)
- Alfredo – (pasta preparation)
- Almond
- Anise – (spice)
- Bacon
- Baker
- Barack – (Hungarian brandy made from apricots)
- Barley – (grain)
- Bartlett – (type of pear)
- Basil
- Bass
- Benedict – (eggs Benedict)
- Berry
- Bing – (cherry)
- Caesar – (salad)
- Cajun – (type of food)
- Cane – (as in sugar cane)
- Capers
- Chai – (spiced tea)
- Chili
- Chip
- Chuck – (steak)
- Cobb – (salad)
- Colby – (cheese)
- Devon – (cream)
- Dijon – (mustard)
- Dom – (champagne)
- Eggbert – (from egg)
- Filbert – (nut)
- Frank – (frankfurter)
- Frito
- Graham – (cracker)
- Harvey – (Harvey Wallbanger cocktail)
- Hash – (finely chopped food)
- Herb
- Hero – (sandwich)
- Ice
- Jack – (cheese)
- Joe – (Sloppy Joe)
- Jordan – (almonds)
- Kale – (leafy, green vegetable)
- Kobe – (beef)
- Louie – (crab Louie)
- Mace – (spice)
- Maize
- Monte – (Monte Cristo sandwich)
- Mulligan – (stew)
- Napoleon – (dessert)
- Pippin – (type of apple)
- Ray – (type of fish; also known as skate)
- Reuben – (sandwich)
- Sage
- Shepherd – (shepherd’s pie)
- Tom – (Tom Collins cocktail)
- Vin – (French word for wine)
- Waldorf – (salad)
- Wellington – (preparation for beef)
Baby girl names
- Abalone – (edible mollusks)
- Absinthe – (drink)
- Almond
- Amandine – (preparation involving almonds)
- Amarantha – (seeds, leaves, and stems of the amaranth plant; used in Asian cooking)
- Ambrosia – (dessert)
- Angelica – (herb)
- Anise – (spice)
- Anjou – (type of pear)
- Apple
- Banana
- Bean
- Bellini – (cocktail)
- Berry
- Blanche – (from the cooking term, blanch)
- Blueberry
- Brandy
- Brie – (cheese)
- Burgundy – (wine)
- Candy
- Cashew
- Cassis – (liqueur)
- Chai – (spiced tea)
- Champagne
- Chardonnay – (wine)
- Charlotte – (dessert made with lady-fingers)
- Cherry
- Chianti – (wine)
- Clementine
- Clove
- Coco – (from hot cocoa)
- Colby – (cheese)
- Cookie
- Coriander – (herb)
- Cress – (green, leafy vegetable in the mustard family)
- Curry
- Danish – (pastry)
- Dolce – (Italian word for dessert)
- Dulce – (Spanish word for dessert)
- Éclair – ( French dessert of cream, pastry, and chocolate)
- Fig
- Ginger
- Hallah – (or Challah, type of bread)
- Honey
- Jelly
- Julienne – (style of cutting food)
- Kale – (leafy, green vegetable)
- Lilikoi – (Hawaiian name for passion fruit)
- Madeleine – (a small sponge cake)
- Magdalena – (a small sponge cake)
- Margarita
- Martini
- Melba – (toast)
- Melony – (from melon)
- Merlot – (wine)
- Nori – (seaweed)
- Olive
- Paprika
- Parsley
- Peach / Peaches
- Pear
- Pepper
- Plum
- Reese – (from the candy)
- Rosemary
- Saffron
- Sage
- Sherry
- Shirley – (Shirley Temple cocktail)
- Sugar
- Sultana – (type of grape used for raisins)
- Suzette – (crêpe preparation)
- Sweetpea
- Syrah – (wine)
- Taffy
- Thyme
- Virginia – (ham)
