6000+ Dog Names

Japhy Ryder was a hero of Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums. Compared with Moses and Noah, Japhy sounds downright adorable and eminently baby-worthy.

Inspired by the Mexican singer who uses it as her single name.

This could be a possible replacement for the overused Tyson, though it has something of a commercial feel related to the brand of vacuum cleaners.

An energetic Japanese name that would make for an on-trend choice in the English-speaking world. Especially appropriate for a first-born son.

Associated all through the swing years with bandleader brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.

Variant of Alafair

Kohei is one Japanese name that could easily be used by English speakers.The fact that it's the name of world champion gymnast Kohei Uchimura doesn't hurt its popularity.

This spelling variation of Courtney has been popularized by celebrity Kourtney Kardashian.

Momoko is a Japanese name meaning "peach child." It's also the name of a character in the popular Sailor Moon manga series.

A very small number of boys are given this intense and aggressive name each year.

It's a bear, it's an island, it's (almost) a camera. It's starting to catch some parents' eyes as a wild, adventurous name.

The Japanese Rikku is familiar in the west as the name of one of the lead characters of the "Final Fantasy" video game series. Voted "hottest character," the fictional Rikku is a thief with a good sense of humor.

This name of a character in Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is short, sweet and Southern-sounding.

Another one of those word names, like Cachet, with a pretty sound and a silly meaning: chambray is a fabric.

Plausible literary name to honor upbeat Armenian-American playwright and prose writer William Saroyan.

Somali and East African form of Hiba.

In Roman mythology, Libera was the female equivalent of the god Liber. She would eventually become assimilated into the goddess Prosperina.

Male name that seems feminine enough to switch genders, if you're looking for a new lyn spin.