Names That Are Variations

This variation of the English word "blessing" is on the rise, while the original Blessing actually fell in use in 2022. This may soon become a Journee/Journey type of situation, where the misspelled version becomes more popular than the original. The name Blessyn was given to 149 baby girls in 2022, and Blessing to 236.

A common and traditional name in Iceland, where it is the predominant form of Christopher.

Parvana, also spelled Pərvanə, is an Azerbaijani name related to the Persian word for "butterfly".

Kalola certainly cutes up the somewhat dowdy 50s image of the name Carol. Plus it lends itself to the trendy "Lola" as a nickname.

Streamlined Estonian form of Simon.

Clarry can be used on its own or as a nickname of Clarence. It can also be a girls name, sometimes spelled Clari.

Fragrant herb often used for cooking, but scarcely as a name.

There were no baby boys named Cay born in the US last year, but there's no reason why there couldn't be, especially with the rise in popularity of the similar Kai as well as the nouveau proper names Cayden, Cayson and so on. Cay Dose was an 18th century German architect and Christian Cay Lorenz Hirschfeld was a German garden historian of the same era.

Many traditional Russian names have ancient Greek origins, such as Kivela, which derives from Cybele. In Greek mythology, Cybele was the goddess of fertility, nature, and health.

Masculine form of Beata.

The Turkish transcription of the Arabic name Yusra.

All the femininity of Luciana, with added zing.

Bernez is more frequently seen as a last name, but this Breton version of Bernard might freshen up a somewhat dowdy English name.

Much, much less popular variation of the ever popular Christopher.

The original is so out of style that this Olde World version sounds almost cool.

This variation of Constantine is worn by Prince Constantijn of Holland, son of Queen Beatrix.

While Laramie is a Western place-name of French origin that is getting more popular for both genders-- it's currently running two to one in favor of the girl -- the Laramy spelling is rarely used. There were fewer than five babies of either sex named Laramy in 2021.