2000+ Cat Names

Spicy.

We've adopted Plum, Cherry, and even Apple as baby names, so why not Persimmon? It lends itself to the charming nicknames Percy or Persy.

The futuristic consonant x sets this apart -- for better and worse -- from all the other Felices, Felicias, and Felicitys.

Inventive way to honor a redheaded ancestor, though most people would mispronounce it reeding, making it sound to some kids like a school assignment: Redding is a preferable spelling.

The exact origins of Tiril remain a mystery, but it is generally considered to be a name from Norwegian poetry. The heroine of Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer’s fantastical poem "Lokkende Toner" is Tirilil Tove.

Tyche is the goddess of luck and fate in Greek mythology. Her Roman equivalent is, fittingly, Fortuna.

For basketball fans, in honor of Magic Johnson. Or anyone who believes in magic.

As the former stage name of TLC founder Perri Reid and the name of the youngest member of the animated Flintstones clan, it's got some pop culture cache. But it'll be too cutesy by half for most parents.

Pleasingly quaint and dainty New Testament possibility; the nickname Dru modernizes it.

Raga is musical, yes, but that 'rag' syllable worries us.

This feminine version of the Welsh name Carwyn could be a good choice for parents looking for something fresher than Bronwen.

The name of prize-winning American architect Robert Venturi would make a somewhat awkward first.

Not even for Brandy's twin brother.

Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, updating the 80s darlings Blake and Ashley.

Offbeat, under-the-radar choice to honor a Grandma Rosalie.

Used as a first name for a handful of girls every year, Joplin could be seen as a distant cousin of other -lin names, like Caitlin, Brooklyn and Braelynn. We think it works even better as a musical middle name possibility for fans of Janis... or Scott. Both great connections — albeit very different from one another.

Taranis was the Celtic god of thunder, the equivalent of the Norse god Thor. With Thor along with a legion of mythological choices back in use as baby names, Taranis just may have a chance to rise from the recesses of history to make the modern baby name rosters.

A medieval Italian name that could work in modern times.

More modern and alluring than Silver, Argenta is one of the few mineral/metal-related names.

Heard in a sixties spy movie, The Quiller Memorandum, this uncommon occupational name has an offbeat charm.