35 Names You’re Not Using (but maybe you should)
On a recent tour through Nameberry’s mysterious inner vault — think of it as a vast industrial basement jammed with gears and pipes, or maybe the endless stacks of a big city library, except instead of chemicals or books, it’s full of names — I came across a lot of baby names that were attracting some attention, but not enough to make our popularity lists.
Names that fit in with Nameberry style, but aren’t getting suggested on the forums or in our own blogs the way that favorites such as Beatrice and Charlotte, Jasper and Finn are. That are attractive, distinctive, fashionable, unusual, yet are simply a bit quieter than their brothers and sisters who are getting noticed.
A lot of these names would make excellent and original substitutes for more obvious choices. In a new spin on our trademark If you like X, you’ll love Y format, here are some more surprising options to fill in for current favorites:
girls
If you love Arianna, you might like Aria
If you love Aurora or Aurelia, you might like Athena
If you love Lila or Bliss, you might like Blythe
If you love Cora, you might like Coralie
If you love Ellie or Emmy, you might like Effie
If you love Genevieve, you might like Geneva
If you love Ada or Ivy, you might like Ida
If you love Lucy, you might like Lucille
If you love Mila, you might like Milena
If you love Elodie, you might like Mireille
If you love Nora, you might like Nova
If you love Payton, you might like Paige
If you love Violet and Pippa, you might like Petal
If you love Poppy and Rose, you might like Posey
If you love Ruby, you might like Ramona
If you love Sasha, you might like Saskia
If you love Tessa, you might like Theresa
If you like Millie or Matilda, you might love Tillie
If you love Willow, you might like Waverly
boys
If you love Alexander, you might like Alistair
If you love August, you might like Ambrose
If you love Sebastian, you might like Balthazar
If you love Beckett, you might like Bennett
If you like Atticus, you might like Cato
If you like Silas, you might love Cyrus
If you love Dexter or Edmond, you might like Desmond
If you love Miles or Milo, you might like Django
If you love Ezra, you might like Enzo
If you love Isaiah or Zachary, you might like Ezekiel
If you love Emmett, you might like Garrett
If you love Leo, you might like Leon
If you love Jackson, you might like Lincoln
If you love Malachy, you might like Malloy
If you love Rhys, you might like Rhett
If you love Samuel, you might like Solomon
Got any other great “If you love X, you might like Y” substitutes to suggest?