PAGAN  

Gender: M
Origin: English
Meaning: "from the country, countryman"

Writer Anne Tyler gave this apt name to the hippie child in her novel Amateur Marriage, but she wasn't the first -- it was also used by the Puritans. Today it would be quite a loaded choice.

Pagan is being discussed in our message boards:

• Goth names for girls?
• If I were a celeb. drop 2 add 1 with middles

Read Nameberry blog posts about Pagan:

• UNIQUE BABY NAMES: A New Old Source
• VAMPIRE BABY NAMES