By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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French
"swimming pool"
The full name of Pi from The Life of Pi .
Place Name
The name of a rural communal area in Zimbabwe. Thandiwe Newton used it as a middle name for her son Booker.
Gaelic
"son of Hugh"
This surname was used by Grant Show and Katherine La Nasa for their daughter Eloise's middle.
Japanese
"prosperity"
Unisex Japanese name used by the singer Thalia as her daughter Sabrina's middle.
Nature name
"blackberry shrub"
Related to blackberry plants and more colloquially to any thorny shrub, Bramble has history as an English surname. Cozy in sound but spiky in feel, it could even get you nickname Bram.
Flower name, from English
"fox's glove"
A rare flower name that works as well for boys as it does for girls, so named because of its resemblance to a small glove.
English word name
"land by the sea"
A beachy name, with a strong, certain sound. Perfect for a summer baby or for those who love a rugged shoreline. It's yer to rank in the US stats.
"fig mulberry"
Tree name with a pleasant sound and rhythm.
Fragrant herb often used for cooking, but scarcely as a name.
English surname
Fenmore Baldwin is a character on The Young and the Restless , his first name being his mother's maiden name. In the real world, it was given to virtually no babies last year.
Amharic
"flower"
Masculine variation of Abeba.
Swedish variation of Sebastian
"person from ancient city of Sebasta"
This Swedish form of Sebastian would work nicely as a nickname.
Norwegian, Old Norse
"sparkling; someone who sprays sparks"
A variation of the Old Norse name Sindri, which is borne by a blacksmith dwarf in Norse mythology, who, with his brother, made Thor's hammer. With its appealing meaning "sparkling", this form is…
Word name
We have Cove and Canyon—why not Cave?
Swedish from Norse
"willow"
Vide derives from the Old Norse word víðir , referring to the willow tree, which gives the name a peacefully and willowy quality.
French; Literary name
In Victor Hugo's Les Misérables , Gavroche is the name adopted by the unfortunate younger brother of Éponine and Azelma Thénardier after he is turned out onto the streets by his cruel and selfish…
Norse
"wise"
Frode might be too close to Frodo—the famed hobbit from The Lord of the Rings —for comfort. Both are derived from the same source.
Anglo-Saxon
"beloved friend"
An ancient name belonging to several medieval English clergymen, also spelt Leofwin or Leobwin.
A virtuous surname which has occasionally been used as a unisex given name, as in the case of Vanity Fair author William Makepeace Thackeray.
"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"
Although almost always feminine in the first name spot, Marie (and its pan-European cognate Maria) are regularly used in the middle or in compound first names in Catholic cultures. Famous examples…
