This beautiful lakeside town in southern New Zealand would make an unusual but wearable choice for a daughter. It benefits from having a great meaning, too.

A Punjabi name that combines the elements nivasa and guru meaning "home, abode" and "spiritual teacher" respectively. Together they form an aspirational and wise feeling name that ranked in the England and Wales Top 1000 in a recent year.

A li'l hell-raiser name in the Ryder-Rogue-Rebel vein.

The meaning of intelligent elevates this A-starting name for girls above other similar possibilities.

Hutchings, rarely heard as a first name, is a semi-patronymic denoting 'son of Hugh'. What it's got going for it is cute nickname Hutch, a cousin of Hitch and Huck.

Ancient saint's name used for cowardly cartoon lion.

Actor Mark Ruffalo honed this surname down to its basics when he chose it for his son. A more usable expansion might be the Irish surname Keenan/Keenen.

Undiscovered Irish surname with a lot more bounce and masculine dash than Shannon.

All the Fitz names are hard to carry, but this one has a wonderful meaning and might be a good middle name choice to honor a brilliant lineage.

A bit too self-congratulatory and, understandably, exceedingly rare. Still, if you're looking for a modern virtue name for your daughter, this may be one of the best qualities to exemplify.

Baby-naming rule #487: it's probably best to avoid names whose only possible nickname is Gun.

Rakeem is a masculine name with Arabic origins, derived from the word "rakeem" meaning "wise" or "intelligent" in Arabic. It is also associated with "Al-Rakeem," which appears in the Quran referring to a tablet or inscription.

Looking for a strong girls' name that is based on brains rather than looks? Consider Vidya, a name popular throughout Asia, which is connected to the Hindu goddess Sarasvati, who is thought to purify, empower, and uplift the individual. It looks like the name has some power - Vidya Balan is a noted Indian actress who through her portrayal of strong female characters is considered to be an important catalyst for changing the way that women are represented in Indian film.

Similar to the Turkish name Bilge (Bil-jeh), which has the same meaning.

Hugh plus.

Most famously the name of the ancient Greek tragedian, who wrote the plays Electra, Antigone, and Oedipus Rex, among others. The name is still used in Greece today, in its modern form of Sofoklis. Sophocles is a unique and dramatic ancient choice for lovers of theatre.

Interesting Native-American choice that could be taken for Greek.

Magee became one of the first gender-bending Irish surname names so popular today thanks to New York television newswoman Magee Hickey. In case you don't know, the g is hard, as in Maggie, but with the opposite emphasis.

Unusual Arabic name with an inspiring meaning for a baby girl.

Beren is a gender-neutral name that's rare in the US, given last year to 20 baby boys and only five baby girls. But it's simple, distinctive, and yes, strong, plus it comes with an amazing nickname -- Berry.