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Jude
Latin diminutive of Judah, Hebrew, Arabic
"praised; to be generous, to be good to others"
Jude is a modern star, maintaining a steady level of popularity — but not TOO much popularity, in the US at least. Thank Jude Law and the great Lennon-McCartney song "Hey Jude", both responsible for…
Sage
Herb name, Latin
"wise and knowing"
Sage is an evocatively fragrant herbal name that also connotes wisdom, giving it a double advantage. It entered the Top 1000 at about the same time for both genders in the early 1990s, but it has…
Cayce
Variation of Case
Kayce (pronounce like Casey) was among the fastest-rising boy names of 2022, jumping all the way up to #587 thanks to character Kayce Dutton from the hit show Yellowstone. With the Casey spelling…
Morgen
Morgen is a masculine name of Germanic origin, derived from the word for 'morning.' It can be considered a variant of Morgan, which has Welsh roots meaning 'sea-born' or 'sea-circle.' In German,…
Destiny
Ross
English and Scottish
"upland, peninsula"
Like Friends , Ross is off the air and into syndication as a baby name, having plummeted from its zenith in the late 80s to fall off the US Top 1000 in 2013. Today, Ross is more likely to be a dad…
Kajun
Asher
Kyler
Ryen
Ryen is a contemporary feminine name that represents a modern spelling variation of Ryan. Originally an Irish surname derived from 'rí' meaning 'king' and 'an' as a diminutive, translating roughly to…