Updated October 2026
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Spanish from Greek
"victory"
Closer to Nike than to Nicholas, this is an attractive, viable import. It's also one of several Italian and Spanish baby names that get you to the stylish and attractive nickname Nico.
Word name
An ubercool and mysterious name, brought to you by director M. Night Shyamalan.
Hebrew
"plowed field"
Short, simple international names like this make distinctive middle name possibilities. Nir also makes for a nature-oriented first name that's both straightforward and unusual. But be prepared for a…
English word name
"cardinal direction of north"
A lot of attention was drawn to this name when Kim Kardashian and Kanye West announced it as the name of their baby daughter, making it instantly unisex. North is a word name that's long been used,…
English
"Nicholas's village"
Charming Dickensian route to Nick.
Variation of Nico, Italian diminutive of Nicholas, Greek
"people of victory"
Whether Neco is a spelling variation of the ever-more-popular Nico, pronounced NEE-koh, or an invented name all its own, it is a highly uncommon choice, given to just 5 baby boys in the US in 2021.
New is a middle name name with meaning: Your baby, after all, is new to the world and you may hope will continue to approach life and experience as if everything is new and exciting.
English place-name
"new port"
For sailors or jazz lovers. Or smokers of menthol cigarettes.
English variation of Neville
One of several surnames beginning with New that nevertheless sound anything but.
Babylonian mythology name
Sounds like a name from an old science fiction movie -- but this god of letters invented writing, and so might interest parents who are writers or professors.
Irish
"descendant of Niallan"
An unexpected last name as a first name, Nealon is in tune with Lachlan, Keegan, and Nolan. Deriving from Irish roots, is a diminutive form of Niall or Neal, making it a potential honor name, and…
Now used as a unisex name, Naoise was originally a masculine name. It belonged to a handsome young warrior in Irish legend, lover of the tragic Deirdre, who killed herself after Naoise was murdered…
English occupational name, carpenter or "nailer"
"nailer"
Unique name for the son of a woodworker.
"island-dweller"
Intriguing meaning, but stuffy sound.
"generous"
Biblical name from the Old Testament.
English, diminutive of Nathan or Nathaniel
Just the kind of old-fashioned nickname coming back into style.
Greek
"daffodil"
Mythological young man who fell in love with his own image: the first narcissist.
African, Nigerian-Igbo
"blessing"
Mostly heard on girls, but we've met boys wearing the name, too.
Latin nature name
"dark cloud"
Nimbus is a word from nature for a type of cloud that has occasionally -- very occasionally -- been used for a human. But it's evocative and upbeat and certainly makes an intriguing and stylish…
Latin
"mist"
Could be the next Nova, now that celestial baby names are in the ascendent.