If You Like Jordan, You Might Love...
Baby boy name you love but fear is overused? Here are some possible substitutes.
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Archer
Archer is an Anglo-Saxon surname that feels more modern than most because of its on-target occupational and Hunger Games associations. And it's a nice way to bypass the clunky Archibald to get to t... Read More
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Brooks
Surname name, with more masculine heft than Brook or Brooklyn, that rose from number 597 to number 346 in terms of popularity this year. Brooks Robinson was one of the greatest third basemen ever, ... Read More
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Carson
Carson is an androgynous executive-type name, with a dash of the Wild West via the legendary Missouri frontiersman Kit Carson. Dating back to when it was the name of Nancy Drew's Dad, Carson is sti... Read More
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Carter
Carter has been popular for almost two decades, but only now has it broken into the Top 50, leaving all the other upscale occupational surname names behind. Having hot characters named Carter on b... Read More
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George
Iconoclasts though we may be, we like Fred, we like Frank, and we like George, which was among the Top 10 from 1830 to 1950, when the number of little Georges started to decline. Solid, strong, ro... Read More
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Gordon
As this long-term Age of Jordans, both male and female, begins to wind down, the neglected Scottish favorite Gordon, with its more distinguished history, could come back as a distinctive alternativ... Read More
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Graham
Well used in England and Scotland since the fifties, the smooth and sophisticated Graham is just beginning to catch on here; Graham has climbed 121 places in a decade. Among the best known bearers... Read More
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Griffin
Griffin is one of the newer and most appealing of the two-syllable Celtic surnames (also the name of a mythological creature, half eagle, half lion). It entered the list in 1983 after an absence of... Read More
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Harper
Harper was used by Paul Simon years ago for his now-grown son; since then a number of celebrities have given the name to their baby daughters, to the point where it is now a red hot girls' name-- i... Read More
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Jasper
Jasper has a lot going for it -- in the past years it shot up 112 places but is now steadying off, after long being considered a hip and charming name in England. Distinctly masculine, Jasper repre... Read More
You might also like these lists:
- Surname Favorites Includes: Jordan, Carson, Carter
- Creative Baby Names Includes: Jasper
- Baby Names That Mean Strong Includes: Griffin
- Disney Baby Names Includes: Jasper
- Gothic Baby Names Includes: Jasper
- A+ Baby Names Includes: Archer
- Southern Baby Names Includes: Peyton
- Redhead Baby Names Includes: Jasper
- Boy Baby Names Moving Up Fast Includes: Archer, Brooks, Jasper, Sawyer
- Classic Baby Names for Boys Includes: George, Julian

