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This attractive Scottish surname-name is found in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove, as the surname of hero Augustus/Gus McCrae. Also spelled MacCrae or McRay among other variations, the meaning is variously given as son of grace or luck.

This spelling variation of Angelica was popularized by actress Anjelica Huston.

Both warmer and cooler than Russell.

This smart and sensible word name debuted on the charts in 2012, when the rapper Logic was gaining notoriety. Logic was born Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, and his original stage name was Psychological.

Part Verna, part Bernice, Vernice saw use as a girls' name during the heyday of both those names. Both entered the Top 200 in the 1880s, where Verna lasted until 1940 and Bernice a decade longer.

In the Zulu and Xhosa languages of Southern Africa, Phila is a unisex name pronounced "PEE-la" and means "to live of life" It's also the feminine version of the ancient Greek name Philo, pronounced "FEE-la", meaning friend or lover and present in several contemporary names and words used throughout the Western World. The name Philip, for instance, means lover of horses, while the city name Philadelphia means "brotherly love" and philosophy means "love of wisdom".

Wrecker is a new entry to the newly trendy group of badass baby names -- names mostly for boys that sound wild (or Wilder) and summon the kind of kid that races around (Racer), breaking things (Breaker), and yeah, why not, being a Wrecker while he's at it. Actor Cam Gigandet introduced this one, with a more phonetic spelling, when he named his son Rekker.

Ethereal name with a moony halo.

Coined in the 1960s to define the smallest photographic element of a televised image. It's a portmanteau of "picture" + "cell" or "element".

Common name in Japan, particularly among Gen X and Millennial women. In English, it sounds very close to the word "mommy."

Georgian feminine form of Ninos, which may come from the name of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh. Saint Nino introduced Christianity to Georgia in the 4th century.

An obscure possibility...for a girl.

A jauntier, more accessible form of Siegfried.

Conceivable middle name choice for admirers of flyer Amelia.

Flores is one of the most popular Spanish surnames and could certainly be adapted as a first.

A name that's unusual in that changing the i to a y -- as in Byrd -- makes it more masculine.

Literature and poetry lovers might use Epic as a word name — an epic is a long narrative poem, typically the story of a hero. But epic has taken on a contemporary meaning of "impressive," which makes it somewhat of a virtue name as well.

A peachy-keen take on the fruit names Peach and Peaches. Peachy has the additional colloquial meaning of "satisfactory."