6000+ Dog Names

Your teenager will either love you or hate you for choosing this name. Better: Fox.

Feels more modern than the Y version but also less authentic.

Short for Samantha or long for Sam, Sammy is a sweet midcentury nickname name that we can see coming back.

Lexington is trending as a unisex name, used just about evenly for the genders. For Americans, it's got a patriotic feel, given the importance of Lexington, Massachusetts in the Revolutionary War. Lexington, Kentucky, in horse country, is another well-known city with the name. Short form Lex is user friendly.

Truly a cross-cultural name, with usage in Germany, Scandinavia, India, France, and Iceland.

Kakia was the goddess of vice and abomination, who tempted others to evil. Basically, a female devil. As a baby name, just....no.

Strong, solid surname name. For many this name will be inextricably linked with former Vice President Dick Cheney - a hinderance or a virtue, depending on your political leanings.

A beautiful African name which can also lead to the always-wearable "Addy" nickname.

A new, rising word name for boys that has the advantage of sharing sounds with more common names like Bryson and Braydon. And the disadvantage of getting confused with them.

Part of a group of similar midcentury names rarely given to babies today.

Common name for Japanese video game and manga characters, but rarely heard in the US.

Old-school nicknames for boys are back, and Lenn is a great candidate for revival. Single-N Len may not be as cool as this Dutch version, originally a nickname for Lennart.

Somehow, the S versions are even more passe than the C's.

Icelyn and its more popular sister Icelynn have been among the fastest-rising girls' names in the US in recent years.

Octave shortens Octavius to a more manageable length, keeping the "eighth" meaning. In English speaking countries, however, people could easily confuse this with the musical term octave.

Over 50 baby boys were named Alpha last year, along with eight baby girls. Expect a lifetime of "alpha male" jokes, which could prove daunting or confidence-building for your own little Alpha.

Federica is the Latin version of Frederica, one of those formerly stuffy female names -- think Josephine and Eleanor -- that feels fresh and elegant again. And Federica has more energy without that first r.

This could be a fresh way to honor an ancestral Walter.

Sweet Japanese name that would work well as an alternative to the now-dated Alyssa and Marissa.