So named because it emits sparks when struck with a stone.

Zariza is a unique name sure to appeal to Z lovers.

Baojin, sometime hyphenated to Bao-Jin, has a luxurious meaning making it a relatively common choice for Mandarin-speaking parents. Baojin can be used for girls and boys. But this meaning also means that baby Baojin will also share his/her name with a mining company, an expressway and a housing policy.

Farida is a Muslim name more distinctive than the Americanized Farah/Farrah.

A popular choice in Iceland in the early 2010s, Tinna comes from the Norse word for the fire-starting stone, flint. It can also be a variation of the Katherine, Christina, and Martina short form, Tina.

One of the more unusual of the current crop of strong, single-syllable boys' names, evoking the images of both old-fashioned blackboards and modern stepping-stones and countertops.

Jacinth is a gemstone of the Zircon variety. The name is related to the floral Hyacinth.

The more dignified and attractive Hebrew equivalent of Golda or Goldie.

An addition to the collection of gemstone names — a category that's currently rising in popularity.

The discoverer of this lovely bright blue gemstone named it after his daughter Larissa and the sea (mar), hence Larimar. A lovely name which could be a great alternative to Larissa, Lara and other more commonly used Lar- names.

If you want people to appreciate this choice, you're going to have to explain how it's not Neil.

Succinct and straightforward with a sparkling meaning, Almaz is a unisex choice, ultimately derived from the Persian almās meaning "diamond". Associated with wealth, power, strength, and beauty, along with the month of April, Almaz is a multicultural name, used predominantly for girls in Azerbaijan and Eastern African, and for boys in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tatarstan.

It is said that if one wears a flawless blue sapphire, it can remove poverty and provide health, wealth, long life, happiness and prosperity.

A unisex Chinese and Vietnamese with an appealingly simple, vowel-rich spelling.

An attractive and traditional unisex name perfect for a cross-cultural child. Despite the current popularity of names ending in -ari, Johari is surprisingly rare in the US, though recent years have seen it rise slightly. It comes from the Arabic jawhar via the Persian gohar meaning "jewels, gemstones" making it a sparkly choice, and a relation of Jawhara and Cevahir.

A surname and word name of Hebrew origin Leshem is the name of one of the Hoshen jewels, a sacred breastplate worn by the High Priest of the Israelites in the Book of Exodus. It is more specifically linked to the opal.

A sweet and playful Thai name, Mook may be best known in the US thanks to the character Thidapon "Mook" Sornsin in The White Lotus, played by KPOP star Lalisa Manobal.

Old-fashioned enough to the American ear that literally no baby girls received the name in the US in the most recent year counted. Though might Pessa provide a more unique spin on Tessa? It certainly has a lovely meaning, one shared with Margaret.

An unusual way to get to the nickname Addie.

Gemstone names have a long history of use, from Ruby to Pearl. Emeraude is the French word for emerald. If the Spanish Esmeralda is stylish, why not Emeraude?