Fish Names

You know what — Lucifer would actually be the better choice here.

Better yet, find a name with the same meaning: Belle, Cosima, Indira, Uilani, Zeynep.

Singer Perry is long gone, but the beautiful northern Italian lake conjures up a clear and tranquil image.

fuhgeddaboutit.

Pacific is an adventurous kind of place-name, with the added bonus of the association with peace.

One of the oft-mocked Zappa kid names; it supposedly was a nickname his father had for his wife's pinkie toe.

Vogue has been in rare use as a personal name, mostly since the last century. It doesn’t show up in current US data, but has been rising in the UK since 2013, influenced by Irish model Vogue Williams, whose grandmother suggested her name after an encounter with someone named Vogue.

Suggests the salty, windswept air of the seashore.

The jazziest nickname for Charles.

The original southern Good Ol' Boy.

No babies of any gender were named Orange in the US in the most recent year counted. But that doesn't mean, in this era of anything-goes baby names, that it couldn't happen.

One celebrity baby Pilot put this occupational choice into the pool -- together with the middle name Inspektor, something we wouldn't advise following.

The archetypal diminutive, in every sense of the word. Bitsy enjoyed some use as a nickname in the era when children were named after family members and then called by a cute pet name: Chip, Skip, Babe, Bitsy. As a full name, it has made the US list only three times: in 1943, 1958 and 1962.

Has too many slangy connotations to be considered.

Old fashioned nickname that some girls just might be able to pull off. You'd just have to be sure your little Fancy was one of them.

Heard more often as a surname in Italy, its meaning has also been linked to the dolphin--which would make a cool nursery motif.

Makeup artist to the stars Gucci Westman has made this Italian fashion name a first.

Yes, nature lovers are starting to name their children after all forms of life, including fish, but consider carefully before you cast your line into these tease-infested waters.

Unique choice, with a pleasant antique feel.

With the jaunty rhythm of other Irish surnames like Finnegan and Sullivan, plus the possibility for cool nickname Gil, this seems like a good candidate for the first name slot. It was the name of the main character in the TV show Gilligan's Island.