not baby names

A river (in Italy), a writer (Bronson), a Teletubby: the Bo of the new millennium.

This striking name has a lot going for it: it's a self-confident Spanish surname, it identifies one of the most brilliant stars in the sky, and it has a musical reference to singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega.

Pitt is the prototypical blond Brad.

The name Parson might have seemed ridiculous even a few years ago, but when Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe named their son Deacon, they opened up a whole new field of ecclesiastical cool. Bishop, Priest, and Pastor are other possibilities.

Puck was Shakespeare's mischievous pixie who'a had a few television incarnations in more recent years. A popular name in The Netherlands but nowhere else, from what we can tell.

What child wouldn't like a name that was a synonym for cool?

An Irish county name almost exclusively used for girls now. Kerrigan would be a more modern and masculine choice.

Like Stian, a more manageable short form of the unwieldy Srigandr, but with a less euphonic sound. Stig Larsson is a successful Swedish novelist, not to be confused with the even more successful late Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson (born Karl Stig-Erland LArsson), author of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</>..

A Robert nickname out of use for hundreds of years, but now sounds cooler than Bob or Rob for a modern boy.

Cool, musical modern choice, especially as a middle name.

Jermajesty is a slightly bizarre name created by Jackson brother Jermaine, making his son a royal version of himself.

Not unless you want your son to grow up to be just like a wacky Jack Black character.

Along with Shem and Japheth, a son of Noah with a name that's almost never used -- for more obvious reasons than those of his brothers.