ORIGINAL Baby Names

  1. Annora
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "honor"
    • Description:

      Annora is a noble name, a distinctive twist on its most essential form: Honor. Other variations to explore include Honora and Nora.
  2. Arava
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "willow"
    • Description:

      Unknown but eminently usable choice, especially for Jewish parents, with lovely meaning.
  3. Arbor
    • Origin:

      Nature name
    • Description:

      Arbor is an original unisex tree-related choice we're sure to hear more of. Highly unusual now, Arbor takes its place alongside other new arborial names ranging from the mighty Oak (or Oakley) to the more delicate Birch to the more flowery Juniper, Acacia, and Hazel.
  4. Arden
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "valley of the eagle; high"
    • Description:

      Arden, the name of the magical forest in Shakespeare's As You Like It, is a stylish A name with a strong, straightforward image. Another reason to love Arden: its similarity to "ardent." Arden is solidly unisex, with the current gender distribution running about 60 percent girls and 40 percent boys.
  5. Arla
    • Origin:

      Swedish
    • Meaning:

      "early"
    • Description:

      While Arla has a literal meaning in Swedish, its roots as a name are probably more closely related to such names as Arlene or Orla. Arla is among the girls' Top 1000 names in the UK.
  6. Barnabas
    • Origin:

      Aramaic
    • Meaning:

      "son of consolation"
    • Description:

      Barnabas, whose birth name was Joseph, was one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem, who undertook missionary journeys with Paul the Apostle, His name is a bit Old World compared to the update Barnaby, but could gain some attention as boys' names ending in 's' are enjoying a comeback.
  7. Barnaby
    • Origin:

      English variation of Barnabas, Aramaic
    • Meaning:

      "son of consolation"
    • Description:

      Barnaby, a genial and energetic name with an Irish-sounding three-syllable lilt, is an ancient appellation that manages to be both unusual and highly attractive and deserves to be used more than it is. A sweet-spot name that's a real winner.
  8. Callista
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "most beautiful"
    • Description:

      Calista Flockhart spotlighted this lovely Greek name that has a long future in the English-speaking world. Kallista is another spelling; Calixta and Calixto are related.
  9. Calpurnia
    • Origin:

      Latin "chalice; cup"
    • Meaning:

      "chalice; cup"
    • Description:

      Calpurnia is a name with a massive history. As the third and final wife of Julius Caesar, Calpurnia has been forever depicted in literature (Shakespeare) and film (Cleopatra; Rome) as a modest and sweet woman, utterly devoted to Caesar. She is said to have foretold his death and to have tried (and failed) to have warned him of the treachery of his trusted allies. Following Caesar's assassination, Calpurnia never remarried.
  10. Clorinda
    • Origin:

      Latin literary name
    • Description:

      Clorinda is a romantic name invented by a sixteenth-century poet, but has a synthetic sound today.
  11. Coralene
    • Coralie
      • Origin:

        French from Latin
      • Meaning:

        "coral"
      • Description:

        Coralie is a French name not often heard here, though she's gaining some recognition via Neil Gaiman's similar sounding spooky and lovely children's book, Coraline. Other literary appearances: Coralie is the stage name of an actress in Balzac's Lost Illusions, and a French girl in an 1850 Thackeray novel.

        Coralie is currently very popular in French-speaking Quebec, and there is a contemporary French singer named Coralie Clement.

    • Coralina
      • Carrinthia
        • Early
          • Origin:

            Word name
          • Description:

            A word that's been used, very infrequently, as a name for hundreds of years. Interesting sound and meaning.
        • Emer
          • Origin:

            Irish
          • Meaning:

            "swift"
          • Description:

            Popular name in Ireland -- it's pronounced ee-mer -- from the legendary wife of Cuchulainn who was supposed to possess the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, voice, speech, wisdom, chastity, and of course, needlework. Is found in the poetry of Yeats.
        • Ernest
          • Origin:

            English from German
          • Meaning:

            "serious, resolute"
          • Description:

            Ernest is one of those sober, so-far-out-they're-beginning-to-be-reconsidered Great Uncle names. Ernest recently received a big style boost when Britain's Princess Eugenie chose it for her second son.
        • Eroica
          • Origin:

            Latin
          • Meaning:

            "heroic"
          • Description:

            The name of Beethoven's third symphony, and too close to the word erotica.
        • Evrose
          • Origin:

            Invented literary name
          • Description:

            A combination-type name invented by L. Frank Baum for a Princess character who first appears in his book Ozma of Oz.
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