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Newbold
English
"new building"
Surname choice that's neither new nor bold. Newbold was the middle name of Edith Wharton.
Newbury
English
"new borough, new settlement"
A name only a bully could love.
Newlan
Newlan is a rare masculine name with likely origins as an anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Nualláin (O'Nolan or Nolan). As a first name, it represents the modern trend of transforming surnames…
Newlin
Welsh
"new pond"
An obscure possibility...for a girl.
Newland
English
"new land"
Some will see this as spirited, others stuffy. The protagonist of the Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence was a popular and successful lawyer named Newbold Archer.
Newman
English
"newcomer"
Family name best used in the middle, especially since it was seen as the portly postman in Seinfeld.
Newport
English place-name
"new port"
For sailors or jazz lovers. Or smokers of menthol cigarettes.
Newton
English
"new town"
Named after Isaac. Or Wayne.
Nobel
Nyx
Greek mythology name
"night"
Nyx is the name of the Greek goddess of the night, and while it does lean feminine in the US, 27 boys did receive the name in a recent year compared to 69 girls. Short, snappy, and distinctive in…
Oberon
Variation of Auberon
"elf king; noble bear"
The Shakespearean character Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream is King of the Fairies, but the name, with its bold 'O' beginning has plenty of strength alongside its magical qualities. Oberon was…
Odhrán
Odhrán is a masculine Irish name pronounced roughly as OH-rawn. It derives from the Old Irish word 'odhar' meaning 'dun-colored' or 'pale.' In Irish tradition, Saint Odhrán (also written Odhran or…
Oracio
Aragonese variation of Horatio
"hour, time"
The variation of Horatio used in Aragon, Spain.
Oran
Hebrew, Irish, Scottish
"light, song, little green one"
A calm and gentle multicultural choice. Oran is popular in Ireland, where its Gaelic form is Odhrán, meaning "little green one". In Scottish Gaelic, the name means "song", and in Hebrew, it's a…