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Flower

English

"flower"

Florence, Flora, and a whole plethora of botanical names are in style at the moment, but simple Flower remains rare. Perhaps it's the association with the little skunk in Bambi, or because it rhymes…

Free

Word name

"free"

A sixties-style name that might work best as a middle.

Gravity

Word name

Spacey. Gravity will probably be too heavy and grave -- sorry -- for most parents. But one possible exception might be big fans of Alfonso Cuaron's 2013 movie Gravity . And astrophysicists.

Harvest

English word name

Harvest has been occasionally used as a name since the eighteenth century, originally as evenly unisex, but in the US data for last year was starting to lean more female, given to 29 girls and 11…

Huntleigh

Variation of Huntley, English surname

"meadow of the hunter"

Huntley is among the most evenly-split gender-neutral names, while Huntleigh is virtually all girl. Huntleigh is actually more common than the original.

Hurricane

Spanish from Native American word name

"hurricane"

Hurricane is a storm, but it's also an American name , thanks to rising tennis star Hurricane Black -- whose sister's name is Tornado. There's no reason this tempestuous choice can't work for boys…

Journie

Spelling variation of Journey, English word name

"passage from one place to another"

This spelling gives a nickname feel to a modern word name. The Journee and Journey spellings are both within the U.S. Top 300. But Journie ranks behind her wayfaring sisters with a little under 200…

Krystle

Krystle is a feminine name that gained popularity in the United States during the 1980s, largely due to the character Krystle Carrington on the hit television show "Dynasty." It's a creative spelling…