Names ending in a

Maori form of Isaac

Traditional Cherokee choice that could work for a daughter born on a rainy day.

The name of the hero in Arundhati Roy's acclaimed 1997 novel The God of Small Things, who is rendered mute by childhood trauma. His twin sister, with whom he is very close, is named Rahel. Probably too close to Esther to be very practicable for a boy in the U.S..

This pretty, updated Karen variation was introduced by the daughter of Al and Tipper Gore, whose name was inspired by Russian novel Anna Karenina.

Gay, nearly giddy, gee-whiz feel; also too reminscent of a gila monster.

Common in Nigeria, Chima is used as both a full name and a nickname for names beginning with Chima-.

Benedita is easy for an English speaker to pronounce yet sounds just uncommon enough to be intriguing. And with Benedict more in mainstream use, Benedita feels possible.

The infamous name Dracula technically means "son of Dracul" but since Dracul means devil in modern Romanian, we thought we'd cut right to the chase.

The English cognate, Heather, is stuck in the '70s, but Hungarian Hanga is a modern hit in its country of origin.

Belisama is a goddess in Celtic mythology often associated as the equivalent to the Roman Minerva and Greek Athena.