Names from the Arts and Pop Culture
By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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Scottish place name "Æffa's farmstead"
"Æffa's farmstead"
This Scottish town and river name sounds strong and modern on both boys and girls, similar in style to names like Alden, Aspen, and Arden. ossibly derived from Old English to mean "Æffa's farmstead"…
Diminutive of Susan
Much-used midcentury diminutive, now fallen far from favor even as a middle name.
Vasilii is a masculine name of Slavic origin, representing an alternate transliteration of the Russian name Василий (more commonly spelled Vasily or Vasiliy in English). The name derives from the…
English surname
"flat-topped hill"
Embry became viable as a first name when it was used for the (male) werewolf character Embry Call in the Twilight series. But its Em- beginning and -y ending give it a feminine sound, so we call it…
Variation of Zafreen, Arabic and Urdu
Zafreen variant used by Stephenie Meyer in the Twilight saga.
