Obscure Baby Names
63 Obscure names with meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.
Explore 63 baby names with a obscure feel. Every name links to a full page with its sourced meaning, origin, popularity chart, famous bearers, and a clear audio pronunciation. Names are listed most-popular first.
Obscure Girl Names
Amyah#2500 in the U.S.modern coined name; an invented respelling without an established traditional meaning▶Harlym#2668 in the U.S.respelling of the place name Harlem▶Aloura#2964 in the U.S.Origin uncertain▶Captola#3810 in the U.S.Captola is a rare early-twentieth-century American name, almost certainly a form of Capitola. T▶Corda#4748 in the U.S.Corda most plausibly draws on the Latin/Italian corda, 'cord, string' (the same root as chord a▶Cloma#4765 in the U.S.Cloma is a rare early-twentieth-century American girl's name of uncertain origin. It reads most▶Berma#5195 in the U.S.Berma is a rare vintage American girl's name of uncertain origin. It may be a variant of Verma ▶Wavie#5219 in the U.S.Wavie is a rare early-1900s American girl's name of uncertain origin. It may be a pet form of W▶Dillie#5446 in the U.S.Dillie is best explained as a diminutive, most plausibly of Dilys (Welsh, 'genuine, steadfast')▶Birdia#5464 in the U.S.Birdia takes the plain English word bird and dresses it with the feminine -ia ending common in ▶Yarnell#6886 in the U.S.Yarnell is an English surname pressed into use as a first name; it is generally traced to a pla▶Shakiyla#7436 in the U.S.Shakiyla is a coined name, a Y-heavy spelling in the family of Shakila and Makayla. It has no o▶Dezhane#7858 in the U.S.Dezhane shows no traditional root; it is best explained as a coined American blend joining the ▶Donelda#8608 in the U.S.Donelda is a feminine elaboration of Donald, from the Scottish Gaelic Domhnall - domno, 'world,▶Debar#8620 in the U.S.Debar is a genuinely obscure name whose origin is unclear. It may be a family coinage, a clippe▶Donda#9130 in the U.S.Donda is an uncommon American name whose origin is not clearly documented; it sits near names l▶Tonji#9197 in the U.S.Tonji's exact source could not be confirmed; it most plausibly reads as a coined elaboration of▶Glady#10947 in the U.S.Glady is a clipped form of Gladys, from the Welsh Gwladus, most plausibly linked to gwlad, 'cou▶Laporshia#11187 in the U.S.Laporshia joins the widely used La- prefix to Porsha, a phonetic respelling of Portia; Portia c▶Navil#11377 in the U.S.Navil is a rare name whose origin is uncertain; it may be a coined name, a respelling of a long▶Adrena#11644 in the U.S.Adrena is a feminine form built on Adrian/Adrienne, from the Latin Hadrianus, 'from Hadria,' a ▶Tuere#11987 in the U.S.Tuere's exact root could not be confirmed; its sound and its debut date in 1971 place it with t▶Kimika#12128 in the U.S.Kimika is most plausibly an American elaboration of Kim or Kimberly, extended with a fashionabl▶Sylvania#12181 in the U.S.Sylvania is an elaborated form of Silvia/Sylvia, from the Latin silva, 'forest, woodland,' exte▶Laniece#12382 in the U.S.Laniece reads as a modern American coinage, joining the popular La- prefix with an ending that ▶Chastelyn#12525 in the U.S.Chastelyn is a very rare modern coinage, blending a Chas-/Chastity-like opening with the fashio▶Deveney#12563 in the U.S.Deveney is a phonetic variant of the Irish surname Devany or Devaney (O Duibheanaigh), built on▶Nitza#13085 in the U.S.Nitza is a modern Hebrew given name meaning 'bud' or 'blossom,' from the Hebrew root netz/nitza▶Quintella#13314 in the U.S.Quintella builds on the Latin quintus, 'fifth' (originally a birth-order name for a fifth child▶Nayanna#13702 in the U.S.Nayanna most likely reads as an American elaboration of Naya, blended with the popular -anna en▶Aubrina#14009 in the U.S.Aubrina extends Aubrey with the feminine -ina ending; Aubrey descends from the Germanic Alberic▶Lateia#14720 in the U.S.Lateia has no fixed traditional root; it reads as a coined American name built from the widely ▶Adisynn#15135 in the U.S.Adisynn is a stylized double-n respelling of Addison, an English surname meaning 'son of Adam' ▶Liann#15165 in the U.S.Liann joins a Li- opening - echoing Lee, Lisa, or Lily - with Ann, from the Hebrew Hannah, 'gra▶Jataya#15416 in the U.S.Jataya has no clear traditional root; it reads as a modern American coinage combining the fashi▶Shadie#15426 in the U.S.Shadie most plausibly reads as a phonetic variant of Sadie (itself a pet form of Sarah, Hebrew ▶Dorianne#15669 in the U.S.Dorianne most plausibly blends Doris, from the ancient Greek region and people the Dorians, wit▶Markan#16731 in the U.S.Markan's source could not be confirmed; it most plausibly reads as a clipped modern coinage rel▶Amayrany#16951 in the U.S.Amayrany reads as a stylized respelling within a family of modern Latina names such as Amairani▶Jalexus#17187 in the U.S.Jalexus is a coined blend of the popular Ja- prefix with Alexus, itself a phonetic respelling o▶Yatzary#17503 in the U.S.Yatzary reads as a stylized variant within a cluster of modern Latina names such as Yaretzi, It▶Schae#17617 in the U.S.Schae is a stylized respelling of Shay or Shae, both short forms drawn from the Irish surname O▶
Obscure Boy Names
Nyyear#2511 in the U.S.Modern invented name; no established traditional meaning▶Croix#2559 in the U.S.cross▶Arvle#3513 in the U.S.Arvle is an early-twentieth-century American boy's name, most common in the rural South, whose ▶Weyman#3655 in the U.S.Weyman (also spelled Wayman) is an English occupational or topographic surname, from Old Englis▶Bufford#4204 in the U.S.Bufford is a variant of the English surname Buford or Beaufort, from the Old French beau, 'beau▶Eural#4941 in the U.S.Eural is a rare vintage American boy's name whose origin is opaque. It may echo the Ural place-▶Ladanian#6126 in the U.S.Ladanian has no traditional root; it is a coined American name built on the La- prefix with a -▶Deryck#6873 in the U.S.Deryck is a spelling variant of Derek/Derrick, which comes from the Germanic Theodoric - theud,▶Rodgers#7061 in the U.S.Rodgers is a patronymic English surname meaning 'son of Roger,' with Roger itself from the Germ▶Carney#7912 in the U.S.Carney is an Irish surname, an Anglicization of the Gaelic O Cearnaigh, 'descendant of Cearnach▶Froilan#7946 in the U.S.Froilan is a Spanish given name of Visigothic Germanic origin, understood to mean 'lord' or 'ma▶Glendell#8349 in the U.S.Glendell combines Glen, from the Scottish Gaelic gleann, 'valley,' with -dell, from the Old Eng▶Joneric#9410 in the U.S.Joneric reads as a blend of John (Hebrew, 'God is gracious') and Eric (Norse, 'ever-ruler'), a ▶Lenn#10382 in the U.S.Lenn is a clipped, one-syllable form most often standing in for Leonard, from the Germanic 'lio▶Wilberto#12199 in the U.S.Wilberto is a Spanish-language elaboration of Wilbert or Wilbur, from the Germanic elements wil▶Dewane#12542 in the U.S.Dewane is a phonetic American respelling of Duane or Dwayne, from the Irish Dubhan, a diminutiv▶Donaciano#12629 in the U.S.Donaciano is the Spanish form of the Latin Donatianus, an elaboration of Donatus, 'given' or 'g▶Drezden#12673 in the U.S.Drezden is a phonetic respelling of Dresden, the historic city in eastern Germany on the Elbe r▶Izyk#12882 in the U.S.Izyk is a phonetic, trend-style respelling of Isaac, from the Hebrew Yitzhak, meaning 'he laugh▶Lantz#13256 in the U.S.Lantz is a German surname with two likely readings: a short form of Lanzelot (Lancelot), or fro▶Keino#13624 in the U.S.Keino is a Kalenjin (Nandi) clan surname from Kenya; its use as a first name in the United Stat▶
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