930+ Invented Baby Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

Though rapper Chingy's (real name: Howard) Alzea is a boy, this name seems more appropriate for girls.

The name of a controversial character in Game of Thrones, Stannis Baratheon. He's better liked by book readers -- who see him as the embodiment of rigorous law and order -- than show watchers. In HBO's version of the story, his character was mostly defined by his disastrous loyalty to the red priestess Melisandre.

A rising respelling of Aviana.

Magnethia was created as a feminine name for the TV show Winx Club. As far as we know, it's never been used as a name for a child of any sex.

An even more modern spin on Zayla.

Quvenzhane Wallis, star of Beasts of the Southern Wild and Annie, is the youngest actress ever nominated for an Academy Award. Her name -- which actually takes an accent over the final e -- is a combination of her parents' names.

Name invented for the video game and anime series Angels of Death. Kazarion debuted on the charts in 2021 when it was used for five baby boys.

Rudyard Kipling created the name Bagheera for the black panther character in his classic collection The Jungle Book. It was derived from the Hindi word bagh, meaning "tiger."

Larry Hernandez is at it again — the reality TV star known for his show Larrymania has successfully popularized each of his three daughters' names. He and Kenia Ontiveros created totally new names for their girls — Daleyza, Dalary, and Dalett, who was born in May 2020.

A modern combination of the cool Cy- beginning and -aire ending sounds, given to 22 baby boys in 2022. May also be a creative spelling of Sire.

This name, created by Italo Calvino, has been spotted as a name in England.

In its modern form, Casher is a hybrid of Cash and Asher that debuted in 2019. Historically, Casher — pronounced kah-SHARE — was used among Italian Jews.

An elaboration of popular Nova, that first appeared in the US baby name charts in 2020.

One of several creations with the anda ending, this one drawing on the Muslim favorite Rashad.

Synthetic name on the Top 1,000 list.

One of the many -lani names to be created in recent years, this one a variation of JWOWW's invention Meilani.