Celebrity Names · Names from the Arts and Pop Culture
By Sophie Kihm · Updated September 2026
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Irish
"swarthy"
This somewhat boisterous Celtic name would be at home in a noisy pub or out walking on the moors. In Scotland, it was originally a nickname for someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion. Duff…
Variation of Sharon, Hebrew
"a plain"
Sharona is a name that's an elongation of the once-trendy Sharon, made famous by The Knack's 1979 song, My Sharona . About 200 baby girls are still named Sharon in the US last year, but none were…
English word name
"slash"
Slash is here because model Amber Rose and Def Jam Records exec Alexander AE Edwards named their baby boy Slash Electric Alexander. Is it cool? Or is it violent and terrifying? Or is it both? We're…
English
"wild boar in woodland clearing"
Evokes 1960s brotherly close harmony. The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis named his son Everly Bear, and it is also an explosively popular choice for girls. We predict that all the "Ever" names…
Iaen is a masculine name of uncertain origin, possibly representing a rare variant of Ian or a creative modern invention. With its unusual vowel combination, Iaen stands out as distinctive and…
"a group operated under unified control"
Fleet is one of the uncountable number of new word name possibilities, and a particularly cool choice at that. Connoting speed, Fleet beats Rush any day. Might be short for Fleetwood, but we prefer…
