Names All Your Friends Will Think Are Cool
Updated Mon Mar 18 2024
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Cool baby names can be cool for a number of reasons: they might contain fashionable sounds, like V, X or Z; they might have a cool pop culture connection, such as Kylo and Idris; or they might just be a little bit edgy and hipster, like Rex and Vesper.
Along with Kylo and Rex, other cool baby names in the US Top 1000 include Apollo, Enzo, Lilith, Mabel, Ramona, Rocco, Winter, and Xander. Many of the cool baby names in our list are outside of the US Top 1000, including Cosette and Rafferty.
Celebrity parents are the masters of cool and unique baby names, from edgy word names for boys like Fox and Bear, to cute and quirky names for girls, like Clementine and Tallulah.
If you're looking for a super cool baby name that all your friends will wish they'd thought of first, our list of awesome eye-catching baby names for boys and girls is a great place to start. View them here, ordered by their popularity on Nameberry.
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- Adair
Origin:
Scottish and IrishMeaning:
"oak tree ford"
- Apollo
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"destroyer"
- Arlo
Origin:
Irish or EnglishMeaning:
"between two hills"
- Arrow
Origin:
Word name
- Asa
Origin:
Hebrew; JapaneseMeaning:
"healer; born in the morning"
- Astrid
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"divinely beautiful"
- Atlas
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bearer of the heavens"
- Axel
Origin:
Scandinavian variation of AbsalomMeaning:
"father of peace"
- Azalea
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"azalea, a flower"
- Baxter
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"baker"
- Bay
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"berry"
- Bear
Origin:
Animal nameMeaning:
"bear"
- Beatrix
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"she who brings happiness; blessed"
- Blaise
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"to lisp, stammer"
- Bram
Origin:
Dutch variation of AbrahamMeaning:
"father of multitudes"
- Caspian
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"white"
- Cassia
Origin:
Feminine form of Cassius or GreekMeaning:
"cinnamon"
- Clementine
Origin:
French feminine version of Clement, LatinMeaning:
"mild, merciful"
- Clio
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"glory"
- Coco
Origin:
Spanish and French pet name
- Cormac
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"charioteer"
- Cosette
Origin:
French literary nicknameMeaning:
"little thing"
- Cosmo
Origin:
Greek, Italian, EnglishMeaning:
"order, beauty, universe"
- Dashiell
Origin:
Anglicization of French surname de Chiel, meaning unknown
- Dax
Origin:
French place-name
- Delilah
Origin:
Hebrew or ArabicMeaning:
"delicate"
- Dexter
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"dyer, right-handed"
- Elowen
Origin:
CornishMeaning:
"elm"
- Elwood
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"elder tree forest"
- Enzo
Origin:
Italian variation of Henry, also diminutive of Vincenzo and Lorenzo
- Evander
Origin:
Scottish; GreekMeaning:
"bow warrior; strong man"
- Fifer
Origin:
Scottish occupational nameMeaning:
"piper"
- Fletcher
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"arrow-maker"
- Fleur
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"flower"
- Flynn
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"descendant of the red-haired one"
- Fox
Origin:
Animal name
- Freya
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"a noble woman"
- Galilee
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"the province"
- Gemma
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"precious stone"
- Gus
Origin:
Diminutive of Augustus, Angus, Gustave, Augustin, Augusten, Augustine, August
- Hendrix
Origin:
Dutch and German, from first name HendrikMeaning:
"estate ruler"
- Hero
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"demi-god"
- Hollis
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller at the holly trees"
- Honor
Origin:
English word and virtue nameMeaning:
"honor"
- Huxley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"inhospitable place"
- Idris
Origin:
Welsh; ArabicMeaning:
"lord; studious"
- Indigo
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"Indian dye"
- Isadora
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"gift of Isis"
- Kai
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"sea"
- Kylo
Origin:
Variation of Kyle, ScottishMeaning:
"narrow spit of land"
- Lark
Origin:
English bird name
- Ledger
Origin:
English surname
- Lilith
Origin:
Assyrian, SumerianMeaning:
"ghost, night monster"
- Loxley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"lynx glade"
- Lumen
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"light"
- Lux
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"light"
- Lysander
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"liberator"
- Mabel
Origin:
Diminutive of Amabel, LatinMeaning:
"lovable"
- Magnus
Origin:
Scandinavian from LatinMeaning:
"greatest"
- Marlowe
Origin:
Variation of Marlow, EnglishMeaning:
"driftwood"
- Maxim
Origin:
French variation of MaximusMeaning:
"greatest"
- Mercer
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"a merchant"
- Monte
Origin:
Diminutive of Montgomery, NormanMeaning:
"man power"
- Neo
Origin:
Latin or TswanaMeaning:
"new or gift"
- Nico
Origin:
Italian diminutive of Nicholas, GreekMeaning:
"people of victory"
- Opal
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"gem"
- Orson
Origin:
Latin and EnglishMeaning:
"bear cub"
- Otto
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Pax
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"peaceful"
- Pixie
Origin:
Swedish or CornishMeaning:
"fairy"
- Rafa
Origin:
Short form of Rafael
- Rafferty
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"floodtide, abundance, prosperity"
- Ramona
Origin:
Spanish, feminine variation of RamonMeaning:
"wise protector"
- Rex
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"king"
- Rocco
Origin:
Italian from GermanMeaning:
"rest"
- Roux
Origin:
French from LatinMeaning:
"russet"
- Sailor
Origin:
Occupational name
- Samson
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"sun"
- Seraphine
Origin:
French from HebrewMeaning:
"burning ones"
- Shepherd
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"sheep hearder"
- Soleil
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"sun"
- Sparrow
Origin:
Nature nameMeaning:
"sparrow, a bird"
- Story
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"an account of incidents or events"
- Suki
Origin:
Japanese or EnglishMeaning:
"loved one; lily"
- Sunny
Origin:
English nickname
- Tallulah
Origin:
Choctaw, IrishMeaning:
"leaping water, lady of abundance"
- Tansy
Origin:
Flower name, from GreekMeaning:
"immortality"
- Vada
Origin:
English, Sanskrit, GermanMeaning:
"knowledge, rule"
- Vesper
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"evening star"
- Wednesday
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Woden's day"
- Whit
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"white"
- Wilder
Origin:
Surname or word name
- Winston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wine's town"
- Winter
Origin:
Word name
- Wolf
Origin:
Animal name or diminutive of Wolfgang, GermanMeaning:
" traveling wolf"
- Xander
Origin:
Diminutive of Alexander, GreekMeaning:
"defending men"
- Xanthe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"golden, yellow"
- Zadie
Origin:
English variation of SadieMeaning:
"princess"
- Zen
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"meditation"
- Zephyr
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"west wind"
- Ziva
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"life"