6000+ Dog Names

A beautiful name from Hindu legend borne by a princess who became the wife of Krishna.

While the female version, Miranda, has long been popular, maybe it's time to consider the equally attractive male version.

Offred is not technically a name but the "slave name" of a woman given to a man — literally Of Fred — in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale. Offred, who was stripped of her own name, is the main protagonist of the book and now the hit TV series, starring Elisabeth Moss. The novel is set in a patriarchal society in which fertile women like Offred are kept by men for the purposes of reproduction. Offred is definitely not a name you'd want to give to your baby girl.

Name of pastoral Vermont town and college sounds too stiff and starchy.

Pleasant-sounding word that could morph into a unique Sunday-picnic-type name.

Turning Paul or Paol -- whether it's as Paolo, Paolina, or even Paola -- instantly makes it more romantic and appealing.

Potential middle name for a baby born midday.

Common Japanese choice with a covetable meaning.

An addition to the collection of gemstone names — a category that's currently rising in popularity.

An old surname with an intriguing sound an uncertain origin, although it may derive from a French word for "lantern" – perhaps referring originally to one who made or lit lanterns.

Any name that combines two big trends -- in this case, occupational and western names -- has potential.

Adds some salsa to the Latin root.

Most commonly seen as a surname in Finland, where it means "deer." Maybe for a Christmas baby.

Barely-used Irish surname that's more streamlined than popular Donovan.

A name only a bully could love.

Nearly unknown here, with good reason.

A soft and sweet unisex Arabic name with an international sound. British broadcaster Mishal Husain is a notable bearer.