By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
Across 124 pages
of 124
Italian
"Florence"
The name of the beautiful Italian city of Florence in its native language. JK Rowling famously used the name for a character in the Harry Potter books – a centaur turned Hogwarts teacher.
English, French, Latin
"flourishing"
Florence is historically a unisex name, deriving both from Latin Florentius and Florentia. Although much more commonly feminine in modern times, it appeared in the US Top 1000 for boys until 1914.…
English from Gaelic
"man of peace"
A distinguished English and Irish surname, probably deriving from the Old Gaelic name Fearsithe, meaning "man of peace". It's also possible that the surname derives from a place name now lost to…
Frisian; French
"people; trench, ditch"
Either a Frisian nickname for Germanic names with the "folk-" element or a French surname name, Fosse could work for parents who like short and unexpected names.
English word name
"freeze"
An icy weather name that was surprisingly used for both sexes among enslaved people in 19th-century America.
"gamble, bet"
It's a gamble that your child will grow up to appreciate the name Gamble.
Greek
"glad thought"
In Greek mythology, Ganymede was Trojan youth who was so beautiful that he was carried off to be Zeus' cup-bearer, and made immortal. His name may derive from Greek ganymai "to be glad" plus medomai…
Judeo-Italian
"aristocratic, noble"
Animal name
Popular for pets, not baby boys.
Japanese
"smooth; sound of the wind; hurricane; sudden sound"
Hayate is most common among Zillennial men in Japan, where it's also the name of a train service. The meaning varies depending on which kanji combination is used, but its association with wind and…
Greek, English
"plant eaten by fawns"
A beautiful plant and a rare botanical name probably deriving from Greek.
Hunter Lee combines a popular occupational name with a classic middle name, creating a straightforward, masculine combination with American appeal. Hunter, originally a surname describing someone who…
Spanish from Native American word name
"hurricane"
Hurricane is a wild weather name. The best-known male named Hurricane is Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a middleweight boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder and immortalized by the 1975 Bob Dylan song…
Estonian deity
In Estonian mythology, Ilmarine is a blacksmith who forges the celestial beings. He is immortal and capable of creating practically anything, but is portrayed as being unlucky in love.
"representation"
A new word name first used in 2020.
English
"small island"
Isle is a super rare nature name that sounds like an appealing unisex form of Isla.
Japanese, meaning unknown
Iwabee Yuino is a character in the Naruto series. His name meaning may relate to rocks.
Judeo-Italian variation of Jacob, Hebrew
"supplanter"
