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Spanish place-name or Latin
"Saint James"
Santiago is a spirited Spanish name with great crossover potential. It's a place-name (a city in Chile), a surname, and the name of the patron saint of Spain. Santiago has been rising through the…
English word name
"saint"
Saint as a descriptive word name was first chosen by rocker Pete Wentz for his younger son (baby brother is Bronx), and now Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have catapulted the name into the celebrity…
Variation of Sidney, English from French
"Saint Denis"
Sydney was a hot girls' name in the 1990s, but she's arguably still cool. One of the original old man names adopted for baby girls, Sydney's popularity may be down but she's not out. Cool girl…
Italian
"little saint"
A name introduced here by The Godfather: James Caan played the anything-but-saintly Santino "Sonny" Corleone, and comedian Adam Carolla used it for his son.
Variation of Maclaine, MacLean, or MacLaughlin, Scottish
"son of servant of Saint John; son of Lachlann"
Borrowed from several Scottish surnames Macklin feels more wearable as a first name: a cool and current way to nickname Mack. If you view Macklin as a variation of MacLean or MacLaine, it is a name…
Portuguese diminutive of Santiago, Latin
Tiago, also spelled Thiago, is a popular Portuguese boys' name. Derived from the more formal Santiago, these days it is often used on its own. Relaxed and charming while still maintaining the…
Diminutive of Santiago, Santino, or Santana, Spanish or Portuguese, Thai
"saint; peace"
Santi is a cute short form of these names popular in Central and South America, but it can also be considered a Thai name, meaning "peace".
English from French
A contraction name, Sidney comes from Saint Denis and is related to Dioynsius, the Greek god of fertility and wine, although another theory is that it derived from an Anglo-Saxon place name, meaning…
Modern invention, Spanish
"saint of God; God's saint"
A mix of Santiago with the popular ending of Gabriel, Ezekiel, and Eliel, Santiel is a modern choice, which could be interpreted as "saint of God", a meaning that may appeal to spiritual parents.…
While Sidney in this spelling has a long history as a girls' name, it fell off the Top 1000 from the early 50s until 1990. Then it reemerged as one of the newly chic androgynous names for girls,…
Italian and French
"wood, forest"
Saint John Bosco is well-known to Catholic School children, but Bosco is perhaps better known as a chocolate syrup.
The Sydney spelling most popular for girls: it's in the Top 50 on the female side. Cool for a girl, still nerdy for a guy.
Irish
"a devotee of Saint John"
Classic Irish surname with a lot of character and some interesting associations: the title character of a Samuel Beckett novel and basketball great Karl Malone. Malone is a popular name for baby boys…
American word name
"Saint"
Saint went quickly from word to celebrity baby name to accepted baby boy name and now to baby girl name. And there's nothing historically or etymologically gendered about Saint, so why not?
An Anglicized form of the Irish name, Naomhán, Nevan might feel like an updated Neville or Evan. With a charming meaning, it feels familiar but underused.
Feminine variation of Santo, Italian
Santa has an appealing sound, or maybe that's sleigh bells we hear? It's difficult to separate the Italian girls' name Santa from the association to Mr. Claus, king of Christmas. The German…
Variation of Sydney, English from French
Unnecessary complication.
Not quite so popular as its alternative forms, Santo, Santi, and Santino, nor as frequently used as the longer Santiago, this saintly Italian name has nevertheless been borne by classic painters,…
Diminutive of Sarah, Sydney, or Siegfriede
"princess; Saint Denis; victorious peace"
An elaborate diminutive name that had its (quiet) heyday back in the 1920s and 30s, Sydelle is likely derived from Sarah (via Sadie), Siegfriede (meaning "victorious peace"), or Sydney ("St Denis").…
Turkish
"heroic saint"
Alperen is derived from the Turkish roots alp , meaning "hero," and eren , "saint."