Word Names
Word names -- basically, words used as names -- are a growing class as parents rush to find truly unique baby names for their children. While you'll find word names among nature names and day names and occupational names and color names, we gather some of the most intriguing here.
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Afternoon
An early day name, found on slave rolls, and worthy of consideration today for someone seeking a truly unusual name. Read More
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Answer
Implied spiritual meaning makes this a possible new name. Read More
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Aria
The light and airy Aria is an operatic choice moving quickly up the charts and also a current favorite on Nameberry. Aria entered the charts in 2000 and has risen 800 places since then, almost 200 ... Read More
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Arrow
Words are not always easy to translate into baby names, but the implications of being straight and swift lend this one great potential as a name. It also has the popular o-sound ending, which bring... Read More
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Bliss
Only for parents positive their daughter won't ever have a tantrum. Read More
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Blue
Blue suddenly entered the spotlight as the unusual color name chosen by Beyonce and Jay-Z for their baby girl, Blue Ivy. Blue is also the starbaby middle name du jour, used for both sexes in diffe... Read More
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Breaker
One of the aggressive new boys' names, ala Tracker and Heller, that have become fashionable among parents who are courting trouble. Read More
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Bridge
A new name with the potential for spanning across a far-reaching future. Read More
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Cadence
The musical word name Cadence, barely heard a few years ago, seemed to come out of nowhere to zoom up the charts. Some might see it as a feminine relative of the popular Caden. Kadence and Kaydenc... Read More
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Camera
The late tennis great Arthur Ashe (whose wife was a photographer) pioneered word names when he used this for his daughter. It would make an interesting first or middle name possibility for parents ... Read More
You might also like these lists:
- Mythological Baby Names for Girls Includes: Halcyon
- The O Names Includes: Oak, Ocean
- Musician Baby Names Includes: Prince
- Color Names for Babies Includes: Blue
- Cool Guy Names Includes: Chance
- Best Cool Unusual Boys' Names Includes: Pike
- Boy Baby Names Moving Up Fast Includes: Maverick
- Virtue Names Includes: Justice
- If You Like Eva, You Might Love... Includes: Ever
- Musical Baby Names Includes: Cadence, Aria, Lark
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Author experts Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz revolutionized baby naming.
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