Birthday Names
By Sophie Kihm · Updated September 2026
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Old High German
"dawn"
In Germanic mythology, Ostara is the goddess of springtime, fertility, and dawn. Her existence as a mythological figure was pieced together by scholar Jacob Grimm, who used evidence such as the…
English
"new building"
Surname choice that's neither new nor bold. Newbold was the middle name of Edith Wharton.
"new borough, new settlement"
A name only a bully could love.
English Surname
"newly come"
Julia Styles used Newcomb as the middle name for her son Strummer.
