Horse Names

Turbo debuted on the charts in 2020, when it was given to six baby boys.

A common name for cats with boot-like markings on their feet. In the same vein: Mittens, Socks.

Aromatic spice used in cooking, and a cute route to Meg.

With the popularity of Isabella, you might think of Isabelline as a further elaboration -- though it would be the definition of gilding the lily. But Isabelline is also a color, an amorphous pale yellow-gray-cream most often seen in horses' coats or birds' plumage.

Flip is a down-to-earth, attitude nickname for the very proper Philippa. If you want to downshift even further from Pippa, Flip may be your gender-neutral choice.

Sensuous to a fault.

Usain Bolt chose Lightning as the middle name for his daughter — Olympia Lightning Bolt. Mainstream parents have taken a liking to Lightning as a boy name — it debuted on the charts in 2021, and was given to five baby boys in 2022.

A bold new word name that conjures up images of peg-legs and eyepatches. It was brought to national attention by pop musician Billie Eilish, whose full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell.

Peanut is a name you might call a baby in the womb, but at least one set of parents put it on the birth certificate too. General Hospital star Ingo Rademacher and his fiance Ehiku named their son Peanut Kai.

Everyone has heard of Genghis Khan, 12th century warrior and founder of the Mongol empire. The name was brought into the modern world by soccer star Hope Solo and football player Jerramy Stevens, who chose it as the middle name for their son Vittorio, whose twin sister is named Lozen after a female Apache warrior.

Debuted in 2020, when it was used for six baby boys. All the same, gambling isn't an appropriate theme for a baby name.

Hot name best used as a middle, as Paula Patton and Robin Thicke did for their son Julian in 2010.

A rare geographical option which has never been given to more than 50 baby girls per year in the US, but is familiar to everyone. The actual meaning of the state's name, which comes from that of a local tribe, is unknown, but it has often been said to mean "people of the west wind".

Any name that combines two big trends -- in this case, occupational and western names -- has potential.

This title name definitely makes a statement. Will Admiral fit in with the Saints, Kings, and Knights joining the playground?

One of the less obvious newly plausible occupational names, could instill a sense of adventure in a child.

Latinized form of Hippolyte, the name of the queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology, used by Shakespeare for a character in A Midsummer Night's Dream.