English Names

Yeats, the strong name of the great Irish poet, would work better for a boy. Also has possible pronunciation problem with people who might think it rhymes with Keats. Yeats rhymes with the word from which it's derived: gates.

Soft and creative update of Marsha.

Place name and surname that sounds a tad snooty.

Palin, as in, yes, one-time VP candidate Sarah, has emerged as a hot new first name, usually for girls.

Randall Jarrell was an important mid-20th century poet; his surname makes a pleasingly soft name for a girl.

Keats is both poetic and easier to pronounce (it's keets) than Yeats (which is yates).

One of those feminizations that came over shortly after the Mayflower but has been lost at sea ever since.

Updates the old religious day name.

A possible nod to grandpa Roger, though somewhat stuffy.

Above par middle name possibility.

A more modern- sounding alternative to Harman.