By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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Creek
"old town"
Unlike many other western city names, Tulsa has not proved attractive to parents. The name derives from Tallasi, meaning "old town" in the Creek language. Elvis Presley played a character named Tulsa…
Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
Male name in Choctaw culture.
Finnish variation of Joseph
"Jehovah increases"
The Finnish form of Joseph, sometimes used as a nickname for Juuseppi.
Scottish
"ancestor's descendant"
An Anglicization of Amhlaidh, the Scottish Gaelic form of the Scandinavian Olaf, Aulay is uniquely popular in Scotland where a recent year saw it in the Top 300, ranking alongside Kit, Greyson,…
Irish
"little Adam"
Same problem as Eóin -- squared.
Short form of Väinämöinen, Finnish
"wide, slow flowing river"
A popular and traditional Finnish name, drawn from the longer name, Väinämöinen, Väinö ranked at #4 in its native Finland in a recent year. Drawn from mythology and the national epic, Kalevala , it…
Old English
"proud"
This Old English personal name is totally extinct today, but lives on in the surname and place name Lansing, which means "family of Wlanc."
English
"style, panache"
Hawaiian
"the flower or child"
A unisex Hawaiian name with a fitting meaning. It also happens to mean "cloud" in Maori.
Animal name
Popular for pets, not baby boys.
Persian, Arabic
"virtuous"
Fazel — also spelled Fazl, Fadhel, Fadel, Fadil, Fazil, Fadhil, and numerous other variations, is a name most commonly found in Iran and Afghanistan.
Diminutive of Gennady, Russian
"noble, generous"
A nickname for Gennady, a cool and unusual Russian boy name.
Slavic variation of Cosmo
"order, beauty, universe"
This variation of Cosmo is most commonly used in Slavic regions, notably Russia, Croatia, and Ukraine.
Japanese
"satisfied"
Borne by the esteemed Japanese architect Tadao Ando.
Japanese, meaning unknown
An antagonist in the Naruto series with a nevertheless attractive-sounding name.
English surname
"person who lives by a pool"
At one time, the surname Poole denoted someone who lived near a pool. Not in the chlorinated sense — pool was another word for pond.
Greek
"defending men"
One of the many attractive variations of the classic Alexander.
"little"
Lytle is a common English surname meaning, naturally, "little." Original bearers of the surname were small in stature or the younger of two connected people with the same given name.
Lúcás is the Irish Gaelic form of Lucas, ultimately derived from the Latin name 'Lucius,' meaning 'light' or 'illumination.' The accent mark over the 'u' indicates a longer vowel sound in Irish…
Maori
"laughter"
Maori form of Isaac
