Coolest Baby Names That Aren't Really Names

Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing and training miniature trees or plants in a container. Bonsai is derived from the similar Chinese botanical art called penjing.

The field of nature names is constantly expanding to include all species of flowers and trees and animals and birds and even fish. In addition to its appeal for anglers, Pike recalls Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered and gave his name to Pike's Peak.

This one's cutting right to the chase, but with such names as Justice and Peace on the rise, why not? And we guarantee your seven-year-old son will love it, though your 17-year-old, maybe not so much. Could be used as a middle name, as Talisa Soto and Benjamin Bratt did.

A word that's been used, very infrequently, as a name for hundreds of years. Interesting sound and meaning.

This evocative term for a stone or shell carved in relief could make a striking first name for a girl, though she would have a starring role in her story, rather than a cameo.

Cooler than April, May, or June, but also a tad icy. December gets its name from the number ten as the old Roman calendar only had ten months, and as now, December was the last.

Winter, Summer, and Autumn are all mainstream names; this covers all bases.

One of the simplest, most down-to-earth yet evocative of the word names, which could work — especially as a middle.

A fabric name, or an unusual literary option, inspired by The Velveteen Rabbit.

With geographical features like Savannah and Sierra and increasingly getting the baby-name treatment, could icy Tundra also see some use? It's only appeared six times on the Social Security rankings, all in the 1960s and 70s.

We've got Saint, we've got King, we've got Prince Duke Bishop Deacon and Messiah. So why not Sir? While some might find it slightly pretentious, at least 80 parents chose it for their babies in 2024..

Has the offbeat quality and macho feel -- like Stone and Flint -- that appeals to increasing numbers of modern parents.

If you prefer the woods to the ocean, you'll want to name your son (or daughter) Beech instead of Beach.

Easter has been used as a name for several hundred years, as part of the day-naming tradition; now, this rarely heard holiday celebration name would make a novel choice for a springtime baby. Background:The early Anglo-Saxon monk and scholar Bede took the name of a goddess--Eostre-- whose feast was celebrated at the vernal equinox and gave it to the Christian festival of the resurrection of Christ.

Perhaps too spicy for some, but this is a popular Gaelic surname that might appeal for those looking to honor a family branch or to fans of legendary British comedian Tim Curry.

Bright, modern, and energetic, Zeal is a zippy word name that might have seemed totally out there a few years back, before Rowdy, Chosen, Halo, and Legend were in the charts, and before YouTubers Savannah and Cole Labrant chose Zealand for their son, making the sound familiar. Associated with enthusiasm, passion, and excitement, Zeal was given to 25 boys (and 6 girls) in a recent year.

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.

What it really means: you're a "Casablanca" fan.