Valentine’s Day is a time for delicious treats, and if you’re expecting a new baby right about now, plenty of those sweets could inspire your kid’s name. From names that mean “sweet” to those favorite candies that come packaged in heart-shaped boxes for February 14th, here are 14 possibilities inspired by all things candy-coated and sweet.
Dulcie
Dulcie could be a sweeter spin on new retro favorites like Sadie, Hattie, and Winnie. From a Latin word meaning sweet, it’s found in romantic elaborations like Dulcibella and Dulcinea — Don Quixote’s true love. The Spanish Dulce has been more popular in recent years, originally associated with the Virgin Mary, but now just as likely to bring to mind the caramel flavor of dulce de leche.
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Mary Jane
Sweet Mary Jane is familiar to many as the little girl on the wrapper of the peanut butter taffy, ever since its creation in 1914. This time the name is no mystery. Creator Charles Miller named them after his Aunt Mary Jane. Once the perpetual #1 name for a daughter, today Mary has left the US Top 100. Mary Jane feels sweetly vintage in 2015.
Godiva
Back in 1926, Belgian chocolatier Joseph Drap named his confectionary after the legend of Lady Godiva. She rode through town dressed in nothing but her hair to protest excessive taxes. With Genevieve and Evangeline so popular, Godiva might be a wild, daring alternative.
