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Updated Thu Nov 30 2023

Ainsley
- Origin:
  Scottish
- Meaning:
  "one's own meadow"
- Description:
  While theoretically unisex, this surname name has been edging up the girls’ names list, perhaps originally as an Ashley substitute. One quality in Ainsley's favor: It's remained steadily popular -- but not TOO popular -- for more than 20 years now, ranking consistently around Number 400. That makes it stylish and familiar without showing up everywhere.
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Sonder
- Origin:
  Invented name
- Meaning:
  "the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own"
- Description:
  A neologism coined for the 2012 Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which aims to come up with new terms for emotions that currently lack words
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Ensley
- Origin:
  English surname, variation of Ainsley
- Meaning:
  "one's own meadow"
- Description:
  A unisex surname now seeing some use for girls, as it fits right in with such trendy crossover girls' names as Everly. Ellery and Emery, and others with the popular ly/leigh/lea ending
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Angad
- Origin:
  Indian, Sanskrit, Sikh
- Meaning:
  "of my own body, an ornament"
- Description:
  This Punjabi boy's name is used in India.
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