Chicken Names

"Help Me, Rhonda. sang the Beach Boys -- help me convince my parents not to give me this sixties name.

Yet another noble name to join King, Prince, Princess, et al. The name Empress was given to over 100 baby girls in the US last year.

Variant of Brunhild, still clad in heavy armor. Though the heroine Brunhilda of Quentin Tarantino's recent film Django Unchained may have given this version of the name new appeal.

Sunshine was seen as a quintessential hippie name of the 70s, reaching as high as Number 536 in 1975. Now such names are making a bit of a retro comeback, seen, for example, as a character on Glee.

There are many in Japan, but for most Americans there's only one Yoko.

After a century of association with horses and cows, this name just could be ready for revival by a fearless baby namer -- after all, it did happen to Jessie and Becky.

High-kicking cohort of Coco, Gigi, Fifi, Kiki, et al.

Nickname name hep in the era of Grease.

Gilda, although related to the words gold and gilded, has definitely tarnished. It once shimmered with the seductive image of Rita Hayworth in the film Gilda, then was associated with the beloved early Saturday Night Live star Gilda Radner. In opera, Gilda lives on as the name of the daughter of Rigoletto.

This name for the sweetbriar shrub is a bit too reminiscent of eggplant.

Any boy with this name, a synonym for power via the Greek mythology figure, better be strong of body, and of psyche.

Tied to country singer/sitcom star Reba McEntire.

A key cheerleader in the nickname game of the 1970s, Stacy is now the mom. Consider Stacia, or the original Anastasia.

Unless you're a gin aficionado, we prefer Hendrik. Or better yet, Henrik.

Noreen's in limbo, especially now that Nora has made a comeback.

Save this for your next run to Starbucks.

Snow is increasing in usage mostly as a girls' name, but hero Jon Snow of Game of Thrones just might nudge it into the boys' column. Currently, there are 12 times as many girls named Snow as boys, but its usage is much higher in middle place.

An ancient German saint's name – and most famously the name of Harry Potter's snowy owl – but the combination of "head" plus "wig" feels a little too literal in English.

A name with an obvious meaning, for a long time associated with Golda Meir, the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. Nickname Goldie seems to be catching on in the celebrity community.