Names That Mean Magnetic (47 Ideas for Boys and Girls)

We hope you’re attracted to these names that mean magnetic. We’ve also been inspired by famous physicists who researched magnetic properties.

Boy names That mean magnetic

Alexander

The first European to describe the compass and how it could be used for navigation was named Alexander Neckam.

Cobalt

A magnetic material. Coby could be an interesting nickname.

Faraday

Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831

Ferris

As in ferric or made of iron, which is a magnetic material

Gauss

German mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss developed important knowledge in magnetism, such as finding a way to represent the unit of magnetism. He also built a magnetic observatory to measure Earth’s magnetic field around the world.

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Isaac, Newton

Sir Isaac Newton was said to wear a signet ring that contained a lodestone that was able to lift more than 200 times its own weight.

Maxwell

Scottish mathematician James Clerk Maxwell developed Maxwell’s equations, which created the field of electromagnetism, which unifies electricity, magnetism, and optics.

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Neo

A neodymium magnet, also known as a Neo magnet, is a widely used, very strong magnet made from the elements neodymium, iron, and boron.

Nickel

Nickel is a magnetic metal.

Oersted

Hans Christian Orsted, a professor at the University of Copenhagen, discovered that an electric current could create a magnetic field in 1819. The magnetic unit, the oersted, is named after him.

Pliny

The ancient Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder wrote about lodestones in his encyclopedia Naturalis Historia

Tesla

Magnetic fields are measured in a unit called tesla.

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Thales

The ancient Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus is credited with discovering that lodestones are attracted to iron in the 6th century BC.

William, Gilbert

In 1600, English physicist William Gilbert published a book called On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on the Great Magnet the Earth.

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Girl names that mean magnetic

Ampere

Andre-Marie Ampere was a French physicist who made important discoveries about magnetism in 1820.

Magnesia

The word magnet may come from lodestones found in the city of Magnesia, in Anatolia. Today this would be in western Turkey.

Nicole

Sounds like Nickel, a magnetic metal

North

Magnets in compasses point North.

Polaris

The North Star, also known as Polaris or the pole star appears very close to magnetic north.

Terella

A Terella is a small magnetized ball representing Earth that was used in physics experiments in the 1600s.

Words related to magnetism

These words are related to magnetic and magnetism, and may inspire some unique name ideas.

Allure
Attraction
Balance
Coil
Compass
Current
Dipole
Dynamo
Electret
Electromagnetic
Electron
Field
Flux
Horseshoe
Iron
Lodestone
Maglev
Magnetite
Magneto
Magnetosphere
Magnon
North
Pole, Polar, Polarity
Pull
Rare-earth
Solenoid
Steel

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Names that mean magnet inspired by other languages

By translating the word magnet into different languages, we come up with some intriguing name ideas

Magineti (Amharic)
Mighnatis (Arabic)
Magnis (Armenian)
Maqnit (Azerbaijani)
Magenni (Bambara)
Imana (Basque)
Bahnit (Belarusian)
Cumbaka (Bengali, Gujarati)
Imant (Catalan)
Maginito (Chichewa)
Citie (Simplified and Traditional Chinese)
Magnetu (Corsican)
Megneteve (Dhivehi)
Magneet (Dutch)
Magneto (Esperanto)
Magneetti (Finnish)
Aimant (French)
Iman (Galacian)
Magniti (Georgian)
Magnitis (Greek)
Leman (Hatian Creole)
Maganadisu (Hausa)
Chumbak (Hindi)
Magnes (Hungarian)
Segull (Icelandic)
Maighnead (Irish)
Magnete (Italian)
Jishaku (Japanese)
Myagnet (Kannada)
Medek (Khmer)
Jaseog (Korean)
Meknetis (Kurdish)
Aem heak (Lao)
Aimant (Lingala)
Magnetas (Lithuanian)
Andriamby (Malagasy)
Kantam (Malayalam)
Kalamita (Maltese)
Aukume (Maori)
Soronz (Mongolian)
Aarrhtarrrar (Myanmar)
Magnetico, Magnetica (Portuguese)
Maneta (Samoan)
Magnaid (Scots Gaelic)
Makenete (Sepedi)
Iman (Spanish)
Sumaku (Swahili)
Kantam (Tamil)
Ayaskantam (Telugu)
Miknatis (Turkish)
Mahnit (Ukrainian)
Nam cham (Vietnamese)
Imagnethi (Xhosa)
Oofa (Yoruba)
Umazibuthe (Zulu)

Translations courtesy of Google Translate.

Names that Sound Similar to Magnet

These name sound similar to magnet, so may fit your search.

Agnar
Agnes
Agnew
Dangney
Maggie
Magne
Magnolia
Magnus
Ragna

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