Names That Mean Cloth

Maple is one of those sweet-spot word names that sounds so almost name-like that it doesn't feel outlandish or strange, despite its relative newness as a given name. Just as Juniper is adjacent to June or Pippa, Clover like Chloe or Clara and Ember like Emma or Ebba, Maple is enough like Mabel, Maisie and Mae that it blends in well and has a touch of borrowed vintage charm.

A word name with fashionable o-ending that has associations with both the homespun fabric and the mottled cat. Alice Cooper named his daughter Calico decades ago.

Walker is an outdoorsy, Old Western-style name that leapt into the US Top 100 for boys back in 2022. Now, like a number of occupational names before it (think Sawyer, Palmer, and Parker), Walker is being used for an increasing number of girls.

Energetic choice that bounces off the tongue.

Not quite as over-the-hill as Herman, but not far behind either.

Other occupational names would be more commonly accepted, though the Mad Men character has certainly brought it to the fore.

An occupational surname that hasn't made the limelight like Carter, Baker, etc., but is equally stylish.