Unusual Baby Names
26 Unusual names with meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.
Explore 26 baby names with a unusual 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.
Unusual Girl Names
Rous#7830 in the U.S.A short, unusual name: an English surname Rous (from Old French rous, 'red; red-haired') and, sMenorah#11828 in the U.S.From the Hebrew menorah, 'lamp; lampstand' — the seven-branched lampstand that is a central symDim#12241 in the U.S.A very short, unusual name, most likely a clip of Dima, Dimitra, or a similar Dim- name. As a sCulture#12416 in the U.S.The English word culture (from Latin cultura, 'a tending, cultivation'), used directly as a namBritish#13729 in the U.S.The ordinary English adjective British, 'of Britain; of the Britons,' pressed into rare use as Calais#13744 in the U.S.From Calais, the French port on the Strait of Dover — a place name of ancient Gaulish root whosCanary#13757 in the U.S.The English word for the small yellow songbird, itself named for the Canary Islands — which theCynai#13816 in the U.S.A modern American coinage built on the -nai ending heard in Janai and Zanai, with a stylish Cy-Keior#14321 in the U.S.A modern American coinage on the Kei- pattern with an unusual -or ending. It has no documented Mahloni#14490 in the U.S.A modern coinage echoing Mahlon (a Hebrew biblical name) and Maloni, with a soft -oni ending. AMagenta#16707 in the U.S.From the color magenta, a vivid pinkish-purple dye named in 1859 after the Battle of Magenta (aEmmaus#17360 in the U.S.From Emmaus, the village near Jerusalem where, in the Gospel of Luke, the risen Jesus appeared Laverda#18824 in the U.S.A modern coinage whose -verd- middle echoes the Romance word verde ('green'), paired with namesAtoneA modern name that reads as the English word atone ('to make amends; reconcile'), and to some aCovenThe English word coven, 'a gathering or assembly (traditionally of witches),' from Latin convenJremeA modern trimmed respelling of Jeremy, from the Hebrew Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah), 'the Lord will exaLeiomiA modern coinage whose sound echoes Naomi ('pleasantness,' Hebrew) and the Lei-/Leilani family.MyoamiA modern coinage whose sound brushes place-name Miami and the Maya/Amaya family. No documented NaimoraA modern coinage with no documented etymology, its sound brushing Naima and Mora/Zamora. Given
Unusual Boy Names
Unknown#2757 in the U.S.Not known or identified; an administrative placeholder used as a given nameElver#7013 in the U.S.A modern name and Spanish surname, also the English word for a young eel; as a first name its rEarly#7917 in the U.S.Early is the plain English word, and also an English surname (variously explained from Old EnglBrown#8349 in the U.S.Brown is the English colour word, and one of the most common surnames in the English-speaking wDominus#9958 in the U.S.From the Latin dominus, 'lord; master; head of the household' — the root behind Dominic. As a gHarvard#10044 in the U.S.Harvard is an English surname, generally traced to an Old English or Old Norse personal name inOsierOsier is the English word, taken from French osier, for a willow whose long flexible shoots are
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Popular Unusual baby names include Unknown, Elver, Rous, Early, Brown, Dominus. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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More4Kids lists 26 Unusual baby names, each with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.