Rock Gemstone And Mineral Names

Quartz

Mineral name

This may be a bit quirky to make it as a name, especially in first place. If you love it, you might try it in the middle.

Rock

Word name or diminutive of Rocco

"rock or rest"

Rock definitely has a macho image, if a somewhat caricatured one, ala The Rock. But with the rise of word names and also of tough guy names, Rock feels more plausible than it did a generation ago.

Shale

Word name

Slate, Stone and Steel are on the rise, so why not Shale?

Slate

Word name

One of the more unusual of the current crop of strong, single-syllable boys' names, evoking the images of both old-fashioned blackboards and modern stepping-stones and countertops.

Tuff

Invented name

Tuff, a corruption of "tough," has been given to approximately 50 baby boys each year for the past few years. Tough, on the other hand, has never charted as a baby name.