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Cougar
Nature name
Several animal names, from Fox to Wolf and even to Tiger, ccan work, but Cougar should stay in its cage. Even John Mellencamp has dropped it.
Calico
Centro
Condor
Costal
Crescent
Dorado
Spanish
"golden"
A gilded name that calls to mind the legendary lost city of El Dorado, the promise of which drew conquistadors into the rainforests and mountains of South America. But the mythical city has never…
Fairfield
Fresno
Glenn
Scottish
"valley"
Glenn appealed to a lot of post-World War II parents for its cool, leafy image, also calling up the Big Band sounds of Glenn Miller and the calm, composed image of actor Glenn Ford, whose name at…
Gold
English word name
"gold"
Luxe baby name that could easily fit in among children named Onyx and Emerald. Goldie is a rising choice for girls.
Golden
Word name
Like Silver, a shimmering metallic color name, that may lean too dazzling for some, but more grounded for others, thanks to its similarity of Alden, Auden, Elden and Gordon. Given to 100 babies in a…
Grizzly
English word name
"gray"
Now that Bear is becoming a hot name, can Grizzly be far behind? A handful of baby boys did get this name last year in the US.
Garibaldi
Hanford
Hollister
Humboldt
Imperial
Inyo
Kern
Kern is a concise masculine name with multiple cultural origins. In Germanic usage, it derives from words meaning "warrior" or "kernel" (suggesting the core or essence of something). In Irish…