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Coolidge
Coolidge is a masculine name that originated as an English surname before occasionally transitioning to first-name usage. Most famously associated with Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the…
Duncan
Scottish
"dark warrior"
Duncan is jaunty, confident, and open, a Scottish royal name that's brimming with friendly charm and makes it into our golden circle of names that are neither too popular nor too strange. Popularity…
Eager
Kearny
Mesa
Sedona
Place-name
"quince plant; like Sidon"
Sedona is an Arizona city name renowned for its beauty and tranquillity and easily could translate into an agreeable baby name, along the lines of Siena, Sierra, Astoria, and Sidony. The city itself…
Prescott
English
"priest's cottage"
Prescott is one of several distinguished, upper-crusty surnames beginning with P. There are several historical surnamed Prescotts, including William, a Massachusetts Minuteman and commander at the…
Tucson
American place-name
A southwestern city name that could make a distinctive alternative to Dallas.
Tempe
Greek place name
The Vale of Tempe is an important place in Greek mythology as well as a real place in Greece. The ancient poets wrote of it as the halcyon dwelling of Apollo and the Muses. The modern cities in…
Wicked
Willcox
Yuma
North American Indian
"son of a chief"
The a ending gives it a feminine feel.
Buck
English
"male deer or rabbit"
Comedian Roseanne Barr chose this macho nature name for her son. In the 18th century it was used to describe a dashing, fashionable dressed man. Buck fits in well alongside names like Beck, Jack and…
Molina
Beyer
Bowie
Scottish
"blond, yellow"
Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn put this name in play as a first name, but David Bowie (born with the considerably less marketable moniker of David Robert Jones) gave it charisma. He changed his…
Blanca
Spanish
"white"
More colorful than Blanche, but blanker than Bianca.
Burns
Scottish and English
"from the burnt house"
The final s turns this name into a manservant.
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