Unique Girl Names: Uncommon, Unusual, Cool

Keira Knightley made her first name famous, single-handedly changing the most popular spelling from Kiera to Keira. Now we're moving on to use her last name as baby name inspiration. Knightley is a last name used as a first that we predict will be used more for girls, with its trendy -ley ending, in the future.

This short and strong Swahili name shares lots of sounds with trending Ezra and Enzo, and has a great meaning too. This name is considered unisex in East Africa.

This Celtic saint's name is the most offbeat Jen name of all.

The name of Noah's wife, a daughter of Rake'el (his father's brother), according to Jubilees 4:33 of the Old Testament Apocrypha. It may mean "mother of Sarai".

A perky African name with a downright charming meaning.

Actress Gates McFadden proves this surname can work just as well for girls as boys. It joins an impressive lineup of celebrity babies with similar names, including Hillary Duff's Banks and Emma Roberts' Rhodes. Gates is also famously the surname of Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.

A rare Finnish name for Christmas babies.

One of the most appealing Muslim names, both in sound and meaning.

Fresh, evocative choice.

Lyric is a name given to over 1000 boys and girls each year in the US. Could the more feminine Lyrical (given to only 20 girls each year) become more popular as parents look to find less common alternatives to this musical name?

One of the most picturesque and enchanting areas of France could become a distinctive baby name.

An attractive Cherokee name — literally — with a bouncy rhythm.

One of the best of this fashionable occupational group, strong and particularly well suited to a girl, also with alluring connection to glamour girl Ava Gardner.

Ibiza — a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea — stems from the Arabic word Yabisah, meaning "land".

Nicandra is the name of a plant known as apple-of-peru and also shoo-fly plant. It's also the feminine form of Nicander, an ancient Greek poet, physician, and grammarian.

Foy is a medieval French name, or sometimes nickname, meaning "faith". Highly unusual now as a first name, it's most familiar to contemporary English speakers as the last name of British actress Claire, who played the young Elizabeth in The Queen.

The city name Dublin ultimately derived from Irish elements dubh, meaning "dark," and lind, "pool." The dark pool in question was a tidal pool behind Dublin Castle.

Enani is used as a cutesy nickname in Ethiopia, but is also used as a given name for girls. This sweet name would translate perfectly into English speaking areas, especially with the recent love for "-ani" ending names like Leilani and Kehlani. Pronounced "eh-NAH-nee", this name can also be spelled Enany, Ennani, Enaney, and more.