Totally Unusual Baby Names

  1. A graceful name fit for any bright little lad
    • Boheme
      • Origin:

        French word name
      • Description:

        "Girls Gone Child" blogger Rebecca Woolf made Boheme a first name when she gave it to one of her twin daughters (the other one's name is Reverie). La Boheme -- "The Bohemian" -- is a Puccini opera that was transmogrified into the modern play Rent. Boheme means a literary or artistic person who lives outside conventional society.
    • Harper
      • Origin:

        English
      • Meaning:

        "harp player"
      • Description:

        Harper got its start as a celebrity baby name when Paul Simon chose it for his now-grown son. Since then, other famous parents have followed suit: musician Tim Finn and actor Cecilia Peck both have sons called Harper.
    • Lark
      • Origin:

        English bird name
      • Description:

        Lark is getting some new and well-deserved attention as a post-Robin and Raven bird name. Although it was first recorded as a name in the 1830's, it has never appeared on the Social Security list.
    • Noble
      • Reeve
        • Origin:

          English occupational name
        • Meaning:

          "bailiff"
        • Description:

          Chosen by aviators Charles and Anne Lindbergh for their daughter, Reeve is another single-syllable surname waiting to be borrowed by the girls.
      • The perfect name for a spirited girl!
        • Zephyr
          • Origin:

            Greek
          • Meaning:

            "west wind"
          • Description:

            If you're looking for a name that's light and breezy, this could be it. A name from mythology: Zephyrus/Zephyr was the Greek god of the west wind-- with many European variations, it's a name that's frequently seen in computer and video games, is a character in the children's book Silverwing, and appears in the Babar books--as a monkey.