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MOWGLI
Gender: M
Origin: Literary name
The name of the young hero of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, who was raised by wolves (really) and becomes a genius hunter and trapper, was chosen as a middle name for their son Bronx (really, again) by rockers Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz. Kipling invented the name, whose first syllable rhymes with cow.
Mowgli is being discussed in our message boards:
- People named after something else
- Love it or hate it... my 2nd daughter has a unique name.
- BIrth announcements
- Charlotte Grace (Sarah Michelle Gellar & Freddie Prinze Jr.)
- if you were a celebrity...
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