Dedicate Names

Though it's French, most Americans would pronounce it as the stone.

Azalea is one of the fresher flower names, along with Zinnia and Lilac, that are new to the name bouquet — in fact, it entered the Social Security list for the first time in 2012. So if Lily and Rose are too tame for you, consider this brilliant pink springtime blossom with a touch of the unusual that has been growing in popularity.

Associated with a vivid red-orange-colored lacquer, would make a more than distinctive color-related choice.

Name of the "god tree," a tall cedar native to India that also grows in California and England. Not a prime baby name candidate.

Kellen is German in origin and Irish in spirit. Kellen has fallen a bit in popularity for boys since its peak in 2012, but it has possibilities for girls too. In fact, Kellen's similarity to such feminine names as Helen, Ellen, and Kelly makes it feel more unisex or even female, though Twilight actor Kellan Lutz has done much to popularize this name for boys.

'Q' names are hot, and this is an intriguing fruit name that could be used for a girl or boy. The quince often appears in Greek myth, in tales of Aphrodite, Paris and Atalanta. Can also be a nickname for Quincy.

Conjures up the rich brown colors of raw and burnt umber, but it may be too close to girls' Amber.

This vivid reddish orange color name is an undiscovered possibility -- kind of a female equivalent of Cerulean for boys.