Name you never thought of.

  1. Albany
    • Origin:

      Place-name
    • Description:

      A capital place-name possibility.
  2. Arden
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "valley of the eagle; high"
    • Description:

      Arden is a gender-neutral name that's sleek and stylish but always seems to bob just below the surface of popularity, despite ticking all the boxes with its fashionable two-syllable, N-ending shape and its awesome nature-inspired meanings. In the 2021 US statistics, 41 percent of the babies named Arden were boys to 59 percent girls.
  3. Argo
    • Origin:

      Greek mythology name
    • Description:

      The name of the ship sailed by Jason in his search for the Golden Fleece is now more often used for starch, trucks, and heavy machinery.
  4. Arley
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "from the rabbit meadow"
    • Description:

      Abbreviated form of Harley that might also be spelled, for girls, Arleigh or Arlee.
  5. Auburn
    • Origin:

      Color name
    • Meaning:

      "deep reddish-brown"
    • Description:

      A strong, warm name and a strong warm color. Would make an excellent alternative to August or Aubrey.
  6. Avalon
    • Origin:

      Celtic
    • Meaning:

      "island of apples"
    • Description:

      Avalon, an island paradise of Celtic myth and Arthurian legend--it was where King Arthur was taken to recover from his wounds-- and also the colorful capital of the California island of Catalina-- makes a heavenly first name. Actress Rena Sofer and British musician Julian Cope used it for their daughters.
  7. Akron
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          • Bennett
            • Origin:

              English, medieval form of Benedict
            • Meaning:

              "blessed"
            • Description:

              Bennett is Ben with a bow tie, kind of a cross between Benjamin and Beckett. It's been trending up on the popularity charts in recent years, and its choice by The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Jane Krakowski could shoot it even higher.
          • Benton
            • Origin:

              English surname and place name
            • Meaning:

              "bent grass enclosure"
            • Description:

              Benton is an old English surname of a type usually given to local landowners. It is also recorded in early records as Beneton and Bentune. Benton newly returned to the Social Security list in 2011 after a forty-plus year absence, perhaps as a fresh route to Ben.
          • Blanca
            • Origin:

              Spanish
            • Meaning:

              "white"
            • Description:

              More colorful than Blanche, but blanker than Bianca.
          • Boone
            • Origin:

              English from French
            • Meaning:

              "blessing, lucky"
            • Description:

              Boone is one of the advancing herd of lean and lanky cowboy names with a laid-back, backwoods, Western feel—and surprising French roots. It's inevitably linked with legendary frontiersman Daniel, and also with the positive connotations of the word boon. It debuted in the US Top 1000 in 2015.
          • Bowie
            • Origin:

              Scottish
            • Meaning:

              "blond, yellow"
            • Description:

              Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn put this name in play as a first name, but David Bowie (born with the considerably less marketable moniker of David Robert Jones) gave it charisma. He changed his surname in 1965 to avoid confusion with the then popular Davy Jones of The Monkees, borrowing it from the American hero of Alamo, Jim Bowie.
          • Boyd
            • Origin:

              Scottish
            • Meaning:

              "blond"
            • Description:

              Has a bit of a hayseed image, and that oy sound is tough to work with.
          • Buck
            • Origin:

              English
            • Meaning:

              "male deer or rabbit"
            • Description:

              Comedian Roseanne Barr chose this macho nature name for her son. In the 18th century it was used to describe a dashing, fashionable dressed man. Buck fits in well alongside names like Beck, Jack and Huck.
          • Burns
            • Origin:

              Scottish and English
            • Meaning:

              "from the burnt house"
            • Description:

              The final s turns this name into a manservant.
          • Butler
            • Origin:

              English occupational name
            • Description:

              We don't see that bright a future for this one either.
          • Beaumont