Nature, Place and Word Names · Cool Baby Names
By Sophie Kihm · Updated September 2026
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Diminutive of Earl, English, or word name
"nobleman, warrior; early"
A word that's been used, very infrequently, as a name for hundreds of years. Interesting sound and meaning.
English word name
After daughters named Gravity Blue and Rumble Honey, we had a lot of expectations for the name of Lucky Blue Smith's third child. Luckily, he didn't disappoint when he named his son Slim Easy in…
Word name, English from Latin
"eloquent"
If you want to give your child the gift of...gab.
"grand, heroic, monumental in scale; a long poem derived from ancient oral tradition"
Literature and poetry lovers might use Epic as a word name — an epic is a long narrative poem, typically the story of a hero. But epic has taken on a contemporary meaning of "impressive," which makes…
Word name
Upstanding to a fault.
English
"good weather"
A sunny-sounding surname or an adjective meaning "only when the going's good" – as in, a fairweather friend .
A big name for a little baby, but one that fits in with trending names like Legend and Royal.
Maybe if you're planning to have only one child -- and iffy even then.
"untamed; proud"
"free"
A sixties-style name that might work best as a middle.
One of the classic hippie word names. In the 1970s, actors Barbara Hershey and David Carradine gave this name to their son...who later changed it to Tom.
Genuine is a truly (or dare we say genuinely) unique virtue name. It definitely makes a statement, but could easily lend itself to the familiar nicknames Gen/Jen or Genny/Jenny.
"having, worthy of, or bringing fame or admiration"
Despite fitting in with the modern word name trend, Glorious has been in use since 1925, when it first appeared on the charts for girls. At peak usage, it was given to 15 baby girls in 1948, although…
Model Jessica Hart brought this word name into the spotlight in 2022, when she chose it for her newborn son — brother to Baby-Rae. Glorious has historically only been used as a girl name, but it…
Grace is about as classic of a virtue name as you can get — could Graceful be a fresh way to get to the cute nickname Gracie?
"marked by kindness and courtesy"
A warm and positive English word name, used by the Puritans for both sexes but now given to only around a dozen baby girls each year.
word name
Hallow is a word meaning sacred or holy. As the root word for Halloween (orginally All Hallows' Eve), this name might be an evocative choice for a baby born on or near October 31st. It could work…
