By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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Occupational name from French
"warden"
Occupational name from Latin
"sea-farer"
Japanese
"warrior, knight"
Historically, the samurai were a professional warrior class in pre-industrial Japan, who would train from a young age to be highly skilled in archery, swordmanship, and fighting on horseback. It is…
English from Italian
"lookout, watcher"
English from German
"one who roams"
English
"without worry"
"cheerful, jolly"
English from Latin
"equality"
English from French
"balletic leap, skip"
A cabriole is a classic ballet move that could easily be adopted by dancer as the first or middle name for their child.
"evening service, vespers"
A name with spiritual resonance for members of the Anglican Church.
French
"verse form"
A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds, three stanzas and 13 lines.
German, “the rosy light of the setting or rising sun on high mountains”
Latin
"partial shade"
"the earthy scent of fresh rain on dry ground"
A poetic choice.
English word name
"prayer"
An archaic word name meaning "prayer", derived from Latin via French. As a given name, it has been used occasionally from the 19th century onwards, but remains a rare choice with on-trend sounds and…
Greek
"statement of truth"
English surname and word name
"humorous verse form"
A humorous rhyme, named for English humourist and novelist Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), who invented the form.
"resistance"
Could be a modern virtue... or perhaps not for the parents!
Arabic
"medicinal substance; philosopher's stone"
Potentially a cool route to Eli.
"good weather"
A sunny-sounding surname or an adjective meaning "only when the going's good" – as in, a fairweather friend .
