Updated November 2023
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Japanese
"distant; spring flower"
Variation of Epic; English word name
"heroic tale or event"
Epik is a new word name used by Princess Love and Ray J for their baby boy. Fifteen baby boys were named Epic, the usual spelling of the word, last year, so maybe Epik is to Epic as Erik is to Eric.…
English surname
"from the place by the wood"
Family surname or feminist statement name? Either way, this literary surname has a cool, current sound.
Arabic, Persian, and Urdu
"throne"
Arshia, also spelled Arshiya, is a name used for both boys and girls mainly in Iran and among Indo-Persians. Nine girls and five boys were named Arshia in the US last year, with another seven girls…
Persian
"Parthian king"
Ashkan, also spelled Ashkahn, is derived from Ashk, the name of an ancient Persian king. The Ashkan or Parthian empire was in what is now central Iran.
Plant name
"resin, bitter, shiny"
A rarely used nature name with a gentle sound, Aloe appears as a (masculine) name in Akwaeke Emezi's fantasy novel, Pet , and in its sequel Bitter . Reminiscent of Arlo and Milo, Aloe is associated…
Plant name from Greek
"rosary pea"
Japanese plant name
"planted in a tray"
Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing and training miniature trees or plants in a container. Bonsai is derived from the similar Chinese botanical art called penjing.
Tree name from Latin
"cone-bearing"
Plant name from French
"grown on Mount Dikte"
English
"always green"
Plant name from Algonquian
"hickory"
English from Latin
"sea raven"
Cormorant is definitely one of the most unusual of the newly fashionable animal names, and one of the rare bird names for boys.
Latin
"snake"
Japanese place name
"field of rice"
Also a dog breed
"metal alloy"
English from French place name
"fine linen"
Mineral name
"feldspar"
"fine silky thread"
English place name
"endless glade"