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English word name
"glowing particle"
A word name with a fire-y personality. Sparky is an old-school nickname for a boy, but Spark sounds both more grownup and modern.
Tree name
A handsome, spruced-up post-Bruce tree name.
English
"galvanize, encourage; mountainous ridge"
Spanish variation of Constantine
Unusual, with an energetic spirit.
German
"Stone"
Swedish
"a stone"
Once a short form of names containing this syllable, it is now used on its own, though we'd prefer Sven.
Dutch short form
As you may surmise from its origins as a short form for Constantijn and Augustijn, Stijn rhymes with nine and fine, though most English-speakers wouldn't guess that. A popular name in the Netherlands…
Norway
"swallow (bird) or cool/fresh"
In Norway, Svale is also used as a short form of the rare name Svalaug/Svanlaug, meaning "swan oath". Svale is also a more modern form of Svali, meaning "cool, fresh".
"bird name"
Obsolete Swanhild gives way to oh-so-modern Swan, joining the flock of newly fashionable bird names such as Wren and Lark. In France, the Swann spelling is fashionable for both sexes. But Swan…
French
"nature and literary name"
A unisex French name that ranks in the Top 200 for boys and the Top 500 for girls there, inspired by a character with the surname Swann in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time . As a given name, it…
English, Irish
"quick, windblown"
Surname with strong ties to singer Taylor Swift and writer Jonathan Swift. It could make a fun and quirky middle name.
"of the forest"
Variant of the more popular Sylvain
