6000+ Dog Names

Less familiar and appealing than the feminine Jacinta.

This Irish saint's name makes an attractive alternative for Dylan or Donald.

Scandinavian form of Scilla

Variation of Rowena.

Cerian is a diminutive of Ceri (pronounced like Kerry), which comes from a root meaning "love". Both were relatively popular in Wales in the 1980s and 1990s, though they are used less there today.

The name of a monk who is the patron saint of blacksmiths -- not a twentieth-century occupation or baby name.

This name of a California desert town, used by Deborah Falconer and Robert Downey, Jr. for their son, makes a much livelier and more individual – not to mention more masculine – improvisation on the themes of India and Indiana.

The meaning makes this name interesting, but the sound is too related to nemesis.

The unique O-ending makes this name memorable, especially for someone with ties to Texas.

Sassy but slight nickname name.

An attractive and easily translatable Finnish name.

As seen on SNL, Pat is the ultimate androgynous name. Stick with long form Patrick, and make sure everyone calls him Patrick.

Evocative of the great Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda, real last name Basoalito, who took on the surname Neruda to honor a Czech poet of that name. One of the most poetic boy names starting with N, or with any letter, for that matter.

Commonly used Muslim name, also sometimes chosen to honor Egyptian president Gamal Abdel-Nasser.

One step up from Irwin, and that's not nearly enough.

Wheezy short form of lovely name, featured in the movie "Steel Magnolias." Go for Lou or Lulu instead.

Cherokee name that honors the eagle, a sacred symbol in Native American culture.