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The names

• Saylor

  Surname-name or spelling variation of Sailor

  "ropemaker; dancer, acrobat; boatman"

  Currently in the US Top 300, Saylor finds the middle ground between the popular and unisex Taylor, and the more unexpected, wordier Sailor. In fact, it is currently used more often than either of its…

  

• Remington

  English

  "place on a riverbank"

  Between 1980s-era television private eye Remington Steele and Remington Arms, this name might seem all-boy. But in 2014, Remington entered the US girls' Top 1000, and it's been rising since. Why?…

  

• Soleil

  French

  "sun"

  An attractive French word name known here via former child TV star Soleil Moon Frye, aka Punky Brewster. It started to be lightly used in the U.S. in the 1920s and is now attracting some attention as…

  

• Lilia

  Spanish, Italian and Russian

  "lily"

  Lilia is pretty double L name that makes for sparkly, floral choice with plenty of international flair. More distinctive that Lily, less popular than Liliana, Lia, and Lilian, Lilia was a new entry…

  

• Neely

  English diminutive of Cornelia, Eleanor, Helena, or McNeilly, English, Scottish

  "horn; shining torch; son of the poet"

  A nickname style name, Neely could derive from the strong sounding Cornelia, as a playful alternative to Nelly from Eleanor and Helena, or as a variation of the Scottish surname McNeilly, with the…

  

• Serenityanne

• Aalexsa

• Lanya

• La'Princess

• Enessa

• Abriella

• Ydaira

• Tessly

• Jeonna

• Adler

• Zyla

• Novalee

• Rylynn

• Velisse

• Arri