A strong, warm name and a strong warm color. Would make an excellent alternative to August or Aubrey.

Many African tribes have a tradition of naming children for the day or time they were born -- Friday, Afternoon -- a practice finding new life in the Western world as word names become more popular.

An evocative, windswept choice that is part of the third generation of western-influenced names, picking up where first Jesse and then Dakota left off, though with a slight feminine edge.

Rockers Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz put a new baby name on the map when they chose this downscale New York borough name for their son. The Bronx, the place, was named for early Dutch settler Jonas Bronck. Might Bronx become the next Brooklyn? We'd be surprised if it did.

Clove is one of a whole tantalizing genre of spice names that might work for a boy. Clovis could be considered a long form.

This softer version of Adolf is sadly still off-limits due to the connotations with Hitler.

One of the classic hippie word names. In the 1970s, actors Barbara Hershey and David Carradine gave this name to their son...who later changed it to Tom.

Gentle giant Rubeus Hagrid is the groundskeeper at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter novels (probably after Hagrid Rubes, the equally kind ancient Greek mythological giant), but that's not the only reason this name could prove a playground liability.

A possible Christmas name for a baby boy, if you find Noel too mundane. But we fear it doesn't sound very festive.

A very Christmas-y Christmas baby name, that may avoid the Santa image by instead adopting the alternative spelling Klaus.

Worldly, artistic and attractive Slavic version of the name of the Greek god of fertility and farming.

There's a whole quarry of rocky names parents are now considering: Slate, Flint, etc. , but this one is particularly hard-edged and problematic.

Kingsley is a sophisticated Harry Potter name that entered the US Top 1000 in 2013.

Woodsy names are fashionable for boys, as are surnames and occupational names, so Forester scores on all three. It can also be spelled Forrester.

Forget Patience and Charity: Here's a Colonial name (and sentiment) that seems perfect for modern times.

This recently coined respelling of Cole darkens its image.

Ron Burgundy was Will Ferrell's fictional helmet-haired newsman, but this color name is much more suited to a girl.

A traditional French male name that could, with American pronunciation, become an admirable word name.