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Featured in several anime series, including Black Clover and To Love-Ru.

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

This name has been off the USA Top 1000 list since before 1900, but it has some great musical credentials: consider American blues singer Alger "Texas" Alexander and country music legend Pat Alger.

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

An alternative spelling of Tristan, and also the modern Welsh form of the legendary hero's name.

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

Tib and Tibb originated in the 13th century as nicknames for Theobald (for boys) and Isabel and Isabella (for girls). As Isabel grew in popularity, Tib(b) was used more often on girls. By the 16th century, Tib was a term for a young girl, much like Tom was for young boys.

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.

Marvel, once a feminine miracle name, has been resurrected as a unisex word name with a dose of superhero style.

The short O variation of Tomi (homophonous with Tommy) was used for dozens of daughters in midcentury America, putting it firmly in grandma name territory.

See CARLETON.

Mardi is a foreign word name that sounds like a homegrown nickname. For what? We're not sure, but it's kinda cute, and preferable to Tuesday.

Hispanic name of two saints, celebrated on July 1 and October 16.

One of the most attractive and unusual spins on the "Fran" franchise.

Several animal names, from Fox to Wolf and even to Tiger, ccan work, but Cougar should stay in its cage. Even John Mellencamp has dropped it.

Feisty floral name that would work better as a middle name than as a first, so called because of the flower's resemblance to a dragon's open mouth.

Dashing Latin surname name -- but also a well-known brand of Spanish packaged foods.

"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.