1450+ English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

Not time yet for Thyme.

Better for a dog.

Rather than going with a yooneek spelling like Macen (or Maysen or Masyn), we'd suggest sticking with the original Mason, as Kelsey Grammer did for his daughter.

This rarely heard name pares down all the ultrafeminine Dan names to one that's much more powerful, for both boys and girls.

Latter-day Ashley that comes in a range of spelling variations. Ansley and Ainsley have both hit the Top 1000 in recent years.

Pistol is one of the new names that entered the lexicon in the US in 2013, when it was given to nine babies of each gender, though last year that number was down to zero. One of the new class of names with an unfortunately violent image.

Superseded by Lauren.

A possible nod to grandpa Roger, though somewhat stuffy.

She'd better be. Merry is one of the classic names for Christmas babies.

A bit too close to "quandary" and "queen".

One of the best of this fashionable occupational group, strong and particularly well suited to a girl, also with alluring connection to glamour girl Ava Gardner.

In 2014, six little girls in the US were given the name Starlit. Starlit has a sweeter meaning than the similar Starlet, and a better ring than Starlight.

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