Unique Word Names for Babies

A literary twist on rising star Nova, derived from the same Latin word.

Also a dog breed

Beware: extremely high pressure, high-expectation name.

As a word name, Court brings with it a plethora of potential meanings, from a legal gathering, to a stage for basketball or tennis, to a street. Sharp and strong, Court feels right at home with other rugged picks like Rhett and Jett. And yet, Court remains remarkably rare in the US. The alternate spelling Cort is only slightly more popular.

Potentially a cool route to Ellie.

While it is a familiar choice in West African countries such as Nigeria and Cameroon, Flourish has only been given to a handful of American baby girls in recent years. As lively virtue names like Verity and Reverie continue to thrive, we'd love to see Flourish, erm, flourish here in the States as well.

Coined in the 1940s: an acronym of "radio detection and ranging".

A pure and wholesome image... unless it's poisoned!

Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician, gave his name to this portraiture technique – although, strangely, no one knows why.

An unexpected route to Bonnie.

Tree is an ultimate nature name, made famous by longtime Taylor Swift publicist Tree Paine, born Trina Snyder.

Literature and poetry lovers might use Epic as a word name — an epic is a long narrative poem, typically the story of a hero. But epic has taken on a contemporary meaning of "impressive," which makes it somewhat of a virtue name as well.

Both warmer and cooler than Russell.