Names That Mean Over

An evocative name brought from Hawaii to the mainland by Keanu Reeves, who was born in Beirut to a part-Hawaiian, part-Chinese father. It moved into the Top 1000 for the first time in over a decade in 2016. Keanu ranks among

Altalune is an invention used by Uma Thurman and Arpad Busson as one of several middle names for their daughter. It's evocative Latin meaning roughly translates to "over the moon." Celebrity baby Altalune will be called the more familiar Luna for short.

An ancient Gaulish king with a cumbersome name and history. Vercingetorix was the leader of the Arverni tribe, who united the Gauls in a revolt against Roman forces during Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars. He was ultimately defeated, brought to Rome, and executed.

An evocative word name denoting a rare celestial phenomenon when the sun and moon are aligned so that the moon casts a shadow over the Earth (a solar eclipse), or when the moon is right in front of the sun, showing only a ring of light (a lunar eclipse).

We'll have our sherry in the parlor, please, Bainbridge.

A harsh definition to inflict on a baby boy.

The name of an Abenaki chief who was the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

This fabulous Indian name comes to us via nineteenth century Indian author and reformer Behramji Malabari. Malabri devoted most of his life to advocating for the rights of women and girls and to trying to end the practice of child marriage. His reporting of cases of child marriage was crucial to the eventual adoption of a legal age of consent - not only in India but in Britain too. Feminist options for boys are all too rare, unfortunately, but this is a fabulous choice.

Pesach is the Hebrew name for the Passover holiday — it is sometimes used as a baby name for boys born during the holy week in the Spring.

The Greek name for Easter, derived from the same root as Pesach, the Hebrew word for Passover.

An evocative word name denoting a rare celestial phenomenon when the sun and moon are aligned so that the moon casts a shadow over the Earth (a solar eclipse), or when the moon is right in front of the sun, showing only a ring of light (a lunar eclipse).