Big Apple Baby Names
These baby names capture everything that is New York. From New York landmarks and streets to notable New Yorkers, get inspired by these big time picks from the most populous city in the US.
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Althea
Althea is a poetic, almost ethereal name found in Greek myth and pastoral poetry, associated in modern times with Althea Gibson, the great black tennis player, the first African-American to win at ... Read More
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Ambrose
A favorite of British novelists including Evelyn Waugh and P. G. Wodehouse, Ambrose has an air of blooming well-being and upper-class erudition. It comes from the same Greek root as 'ambrosia', the... Read More
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Ansonia
Sounds too much like the name of a hotel. Read More
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Apollo
With mythological names rising, the handsome son of Zeus and god of medicine, music, and poetry might offer an interesting, if high-pressure, option. But if Romeo and Venus are now deemed baby-appr... Read More
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Auden
Auden, a softly poetic unisex surname name, strongly associated with the poet W.H. is enjoying quiet but marked fashion status. Since it has never reached the Top 1000, it remains a distinctive ch... Read More
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Baxter
An x makes any name cooler, so that Baxter has a bit more pizzazz than the original Baker. Baxter had some currency as a first name a century ago--it was on the popularity lists sporadically from 1... Read More
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Bethesda
Unlike other place names, this one might be tied too tightly to a single locale -- the Maryland suburb of D. C. -- to work as a first name. Read More
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Bryant
Brian with attitude. Read More
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Carmine
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Cass
A lighter if more feminine variation of any of the weightier names beginning with Cas; once associated with singer Mama Cass. Read More
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