Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat highlighted this sophisticated, chignon-wearing choice for literate parents.

Win is an upbeat, can-do name that can be a short form of one of the buttoned-up British choices above or can stand on its own. Welsh Wyn is another possibility.

Gypsy, long associated with the intellectual stripper Gypsy Rose Lee and the musical that was made about her life, was used by Drea de Matteo and Shooter Jennings as the middle name of their daughter Alabama. Be aware, however, that the word gypsy is now considered an ethnic slur when used for the Romani, or Roma, people.

This old-fashioned word for poetry has some antiquated charm but doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

Viva Las Vegas? What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? We think not. Maybe Vega, the name of an actual heavenly star?

The jazziest nickname for Charles.

The new Randy -- though a bit commercial, as in Rand Corporation, Rand McNally, et al.