Striking Baby Names
35 Striking names with meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.
Explore 35 baby names with a striking 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.
Striking Girl Names
Tissaia#10239 in the U.S.A modern coinage, best known as Tissaia de Vries, the powerful sorceress of The Witcher. No doc▶Xureila#11026 in the U.S.A modern coinage with a stylish X- opening, echoing the sounds of names like Zurelai or Sureya.▶Akaiza#11101 in the U.S.A modern American coinage, pairing an A-kai- opening (echoing Kai) with an -za ending seen in A▶Evoleth#11387 in the U.S.A modern coinage joining the Ev- start (Eve, 'life') with a soft -oleth ending that faintly ech▶Akvira#12175 in the U.S.Akvira is a modern American coinage with an unusual kv cluster, possibly blending the sounds of▶Lagertha#12819 in the U.S.The Latinized name of a legendary Norse shield-maiden recorded by Saxo Grammaticus and revived ▶Scylla#13195 in the U.S.In Greek myth Scylla (Skylla) is the six-headed monster of the strait, paired with the whirlpoo▶Khamyra#14395 in the U.S.Khamyra is a contemporary American coinage. It reads as a Kh-styled respelling in the Kamira/Am▶Alyeska#15304 in the U.S.From the Aleut alaxsxaq (often given as 'the great land' or 'the mainland') — the source of the▶Azyrah#15603 in the U.S.A modern y-spelling with no documented source. It echoes Arabic-family names such as Zahra ('ra▶Prophecy#17028 in the U.S.The English word prophecy — 'a prediction, especially one divinely inspired' — from the Greek p▶Sypha#17407 in the U.S.A coined character name: Sypha Belnades is a sorceress in the Castlevania video-game and animat▶DaizhaniA modern coinage in the Dai-/Da- family, using the zh spelling that marks a soft French-style s▶SveyahA modern coinage with a Nordic-Slavic ring, close in sound to Svea (a poetic name for Sweden) a▶
Striking Boy Names
Zagreus#5456 in the U.S.Zagreus is the name of an ancient Greek deity. In Orphic tradition he is the 'first Dionysus', ▶Prophecy#8147 in the U.S.The English word prophecy, 'a foretelling; an inspired or divine message,' used directly as a g▶Ziere#8907 in the U.S.A modern coinage echoing Zaire (the former name of the Congo region, of African/geographic rout▶Oracle#9513 in the U.S.The English word for a source of prophecy or wise counsel, from Latin oraculum, from orare ('to▶Adonus#9886 in the U.S.A modern form of Adonis, the strikingly beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite in Greek myth; his n▶Zaair#10725 in the U.S.A spelling close to Zair/Zaire and echoing the Arabic Zayd ('growth; abundance'); as spelled he▶Kaizan#11596 in the U.S.A modern coinage seeming to echo the Japanese kaizen ('continuous improvement; change for the b▶Yahzir#12241 in the U.S.A modern coined name with a Yah- opening and an -ir close, possibly echoing Arabic names like Y▶Zaiyr#12269 in the U.S.A modern coined spelling, most likely a restyling of Zaire or Zair (names echoing the African r▶Zaroon#12275 in the U.S.A modern coined name with a Za- opening and an -oon close, possibly echoing Arabic-style names ▶Zayire#12278 in the U.S.A modern coined spelling, most likely a restyling of Zaire or Zair (echoing the African river/r▶Zaymir#12280 in the U.S.A modern coined name joining the trendy Zay- opening with a -mir ending that echoes Slavic name▶Dillinger#12687 in the U.S.A surname of English/German origin, best known from the Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger. N▶Drazen#12767 in the U.S.Drazen (Drazen) is a Croatian/Slavic boys' name from the root drag- ('dear, precious'), the sam▶Dubai#12775 in the U.S.Dubai is the name of the city and emirate in the UAE, used here as a modern place-name. Its own▶Khalen#13285 in the U.S.A modern Kh- spelling of Kalen/Kaelan, a name sometimes tied loosely to Gaelic caol, 'slender',▶Xyrus#13986 in the U.S.A modern coinage that respells the sound of Cyrus — the Persian royal name Kurush, often read a▶Zykir#14254 in the U.S.A modern coinage whose sound echoes the Arabic zikr/dhikr ('remembrance; mention of God'); as s▶AhdonisA modern respelling of Adonis, the beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite in Greek myth, whose name▶AraizA rare name appearing as a Basque place name/surname and separately in South Asian use; reading▶RahzirRahzir is a very new American coinage with no documented source. It reads as a sound-built name▶
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Popular Striking baby names include Zagreus, Prophecy, Ziere, Oracle, Adonus, Tissaia. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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More4Kids lists 35 Striking baby names, each with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.