Too-Cool Baby Names

Maybe if you're planning to have only one child -- and iffy even then.

Undoubtedly there's a parent out there who sees this as the ultimate cool name. It's anything but.

A name with pleasant associations on a par with Eden and Heaven. It has been in low but steady use since the 1990s.

Pirate is best known as one of the middle names of pop sensation Billie Eilish, who was born Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell. In a 2017 BBC interview, she revealed, "Pirate was going to be my [only] middle name but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad." Now Pirate attracting more interest, along with the rest of Billie Eilish's names.

The kind of potential baby name dads use to tease moms.

Talk about pressure! Too much name for any little girl to bear.

Sex doesn't belong in a baby name.

Alternative to Prince, Duke, King, or Earl, but not an improvement on them.

Not only did rocker John Mellencamp name his son Speck, but he appended the middle name Wildhorse to it.

Modern respelling of Rainbow

Wrecker is a new entry to the newly trendy group of badass baby names -- names mostly for boys that sound wild (or Wilder) and summon the kind of kid that races around (Racer), breaking things (Breaker), and yeah, why not, being a Wrecker while he's at it. Actor Cam Gigandet introduced this one, with a more phonetic spelling, when he named his son Rekker.

Yes, there are lots of kids out there named Princess, Duke, Earl, and King – but you don't necessarily want yours to be one of them.

The sidekick in a John Wayne western.

Remove a letter from Holly and you get a religious virtue name. It first appeared on the charts in the 1970s, but more consistently in the 2010s.

Chosen by one musician, Todd Rundgren, for his son, but unlikely to be emulated by others.

Configuration coined by troubled former NBA star Jayson Williams for his daughter.

The ultimate aspirational word name.