Arctic Baby Names

This name may be beautiful, and mean beautiful, but is more likely to feel odd and frumpy in an English-speaking country due to the spelling (which connotes an eider-down quilt). If looking for a feminine variation of Eder, we recommend Ederne instead.

Although barely heard in the English-speaking world, this Slavic name is popular in Russia and the Balkans, and is also used in Scandinavia. It could be a snazzy name (or middle name) for a snow baby.

Nature names are often associated with Spring and Summer, but Glacier is ideal for a winter baby.

If not for Motown founder Berry Gordy, this name would now be totally in the girl group.

Visually similar to Jack and Jacob, but with a refreshing Nordic origin and literally ice-cool meaning.

A unisex name from the snowy north.

With geographical features like Savannah and Sierra and increasingly getting the baby-name treatment, could icy Tundra also see some use? It's only appeared six times on the Social Security rankings, all in the 1960s and 70s.

It's a bear, it's an island, it's (almost) a camera. It's starting to catch some parents' eyes as a wild, adventurous name.

Ptarmigan is the common English name for the genus Lagopus, in the grouse family of birds. The name is derived from the Scottish word for the bird, tàrmachan (meaning unknown), with the initial P- added by erroneous association with the Greek pteron ("wing").

Canada is an undiscovered but attractive place-name possibility, up till now a masculine territory.

Projects the sleek and playful image of the aquatic mammal, plus that of the striking British-born Brazilian/Nigerian/Afro-Caribbean singer (born Sealhenry).

Likable addition to the list of unisex tree names.

An unusual but fairly straightforward name, with an appealing meaning conjuring up wild, graceful seabirds.

Ptarmigan is the common English name for the genus Lagopus, in the grouse family of birds. The name is derived from the Scottish word for the bird, tàrmachan (meaning unknown), with the initial P- added by erroneous association with the Greek pteron ("wing").

A unisex name from the snowy north.