Names That Are Variations

A current top 25 choice in the Czech Republic (spelt Antonín), this distinguished name has several notable bearers: from French playwright Artaud, to Czech composer Dvořák, to Death Eater Dolohov in the Harry Potter series.

Corey was always the most popular form of this Irish name, with Cory (as in New Jersey Senator Booker) in second place and Kory riding caboose. Kory et al were in the first wave of unisex names that began to be used in the late 1960s and 1970s, fading now as fresher names such as Rory or Rowan rise.

Rekker comes to us thanks to actor Cam Gigandet, who gave his son this phonetic spelling of badass word name Wrecker. Use at your own peril.

See SELENA.

Variation of Hubert.

Begs for the guttural pronunciation that's a problem in this culture.

Even more Olde World, especially with that accent.

This Swedish form of Sebastian would work nicely as a nickname.

While Ilise is unusual, the E version is more attractive.

While Liesa is the German short form of mother name Elizabeth, Leisa is a spelling variation and is pronounced just like Lisa, though some people say it Lee-sha.

Payton and Peyton are both very popular names for girls as well as boys, but Paityn is a spelling variations used almost exclusively for girls.

Russian variation of Simon.

X replaces J in the Galicia region of Spain but is pronounced with the same H sound, making Xulia and Xulio the equivalent of Julia and Julio.

Variation of Ludwig.

An unusual name that has not ventured outside the Finnish culture.

The feminine form of Jernej, the Slovene variation of Bartholomew.

While Carson and its spelling variations lean masculine, many parents still see the appeal of this surname name for girls each year.