Unusual Boy Names
- Declare
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"to make known as a determination"Description:
A word name in the Puritan vein, à la Remember or Experience, which a few daring namers are beginning to consider.
- Denim
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Brings to mind the qualities of the fabric: hardworking, cool and versatile. Singer Toni Braxton chose this name for her son in 2001, and parents have been using it for boys and girls ever since.
- Discovery
Origin:
English word nameDescription:
Adventurous word choice, but still quite a burden for a child to bear.
- Dashen
- Destery
- Encarnacion
- Ever
Origin:
English word nameDescription:
Ever's timeless quality would make this evocative word a positive middle name choice for a boy or girl. Alanis Morissette and Souleye named their son Ever Imre.Ever also seems to have ties to a Scandinavian name meaning "wild as a boar" and a Hebrew name meaning "beyond,"-- a variation of the name Eber.
- Field
Origin:
Nature nameDescription:
More unusual than Forest or Forrest, Field is a nature name that is simple, evocative, and fresh--sort of the male equivalent of Meadow.Field and Fields are both relatively common surnames, noted bearers including department store owner Marshall Field, poet Eugene Field (Wynken, Blynken and Nod) and actress Sally. Those with the plural include W.C. Fields, cookie company founder Debbi, and entertainers Gracie and Kim Fields.
- Flame
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
There are many fire-related names, from Aidan to Fiammetta, but the Flame isn't one that's often found on birth certificates. It's a highly symbolic word: flames can represent faith, passion and cleansing, for example, as well as straightforward heat and light.
- Forest
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"woodsman or woods"Description:
The Forest variation of Forrest, used by actor Whitaker, nudges the meaning more toward the woods and away from the woodsman.
- Frost
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"freezing"Description:
Long heard as a last name, as in venerable poet Robert, U.K. talk show host David, British actress Sadie and old Jack Frost, Frost has suddenly entered the scene as a possible first, along with other seasonal weather names like Winter and Snow.
- Feral
- Fierce
- Furnace
- Glade
Origin:
Nature nameMeaning:
"clearing in a forest"Description:
Shady, leafy nature-boy name.
- Hanalei
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"crescent bay or garland valley"Description:
An appealing Hawaiian name which belongs to a town, river and bay on Kauaʻi island in Hawaii. The two possible meanings of the name, "crescent bay" or "garland (lei) valley" both describe the beauty of the place.
- Haven
Origin:
Word name, EnglishMeaning:
"a place of safety"Description:
Like Harbor, one of the new generation of word names with appealing meanings, though (female) memoirist Haven Kimmel has tipped it decidedly toward the girls' side.
- Hostile
- Jacen
- Jachob