Brad

Brioche

Broom

Cool, musical modern choice, especially as a middle name. 

Drum

DeClaude

DeForestation

Diva Muffin

Guac

Along with Shem and Japheth, a son of Noah with a name that's almost never used -- for more obvious reasons than those of his brothers. 

A Robert nickname out of use for hundreds of years, but now sounds cooler than Bob or Rob for a modern boy. 

It's The Police

Jermajesty is a slightly bizarre name created by Jackson brother Jermaine, making his son a royal version of himself.

Jermajesty

An Irish county name almost exclusively used for girls now. Kerrigan would be a more modern and masculine choice. 

Kerry

Meatloaf

Moon Unit

Not unless you want your son to grow up to be just like a wacky Jack Black character.

Nacho

Oaky

Oyster

The name Parson might have seemed ridiculous even a few years ago, but when Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe named their son Deacon, they opened up a whole new field of ecclesiastical cool.  Bishop, Priest, and Pastor are other possibilities.

Parson

A river (in Italy), a writer (Bronson), a Teletubby: the Bo of the new millennium. 

Puck was Shakespeare's mischievous pixie who'a had a few television incarnations in more recent years. A popular name in The Netherlands but nowhere else, from what we can tell.
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We love Puck for its energy and insouciance, but might not give it to a real child due to its similarity to a popular curse word.

Puck

What child wouldn't like a name that was a synonym for cool?

Like Stian, a more manageable short form of the unwieldy Srigandr, but with a less euphonic sound. Stig Larsson is a successful Swedish novelist, not to be confused with the even more  successful late Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson (born Karl Stig-Erland LArsson), author of <em>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</>..

Stig

This striking name has a lot going for it: it's a self-confident Spanish surname, it identifies one of the most brilliant stars in the sky, and it has a musical reference to singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. 

Vega

What Cat?

Rachel אִי‎נוֹ‎ד‎יי's list "not baby names" of 26 great name ideas: Brad - What Cat?!

not baby names

wanna name your pet (or plant or device or instrument or i don't know) somethin weird? wacky? zany, even? take a gander at my selection of inanimate or animate object names. you could also call this list a bad idea.