6000+ Dog Names

Some sources cite a Polynesian goddess of shellfish named Kiwa, though others name Kiwa as only a male figure in Maori mythology, connected with the ocean.

Mandara is one of those names that sounds like its meaning -- and calm is certainly a quality worth courting in a child.

One of the most picturesque and enchanting areas of France could become a distinctive baby name.

A unique international short form of Margaret.

A combination of hei "crown" and moana "ocean".

Princess Ozma was the leading character of L. Frank Baum's book Ozma of Oz.

Dinand is popular in the Netherlands thanks to a local singing sensation. Dinand is one of many Dutch short forms that come from the middle or end of a name -- think Bas for Sebastian or Hans from Johannes -- rather than from the beginning as is more usual in the U.S. and UK, though we're catching on.

A simple gender-neutral name.

Feminine form of Armand, has an elegant charm.

An out-of-this-world choice, literally.

Alternative form of Zarin and Zari.

Remarkable Pettibone was a self-important housekeeper in James Fenimore Cooper's The Pioneers. Such names were not uncommon in early America, with such choices as Remember and Experience showing up in the records along with Puritan virtue names such as Chastity and Patience.

A unisex name with a lovely serene meaning in the Ambaric language of Ethiopia.

Patricia Arquette and Nicole Richie named their daughters Harlow, so why not consider this other great early screen icon?

Prudy does not improve on Prudence.

Russian form of Martha, used in several novels by Feodor Dostoyevsky.

Marfa is perhaps best known as the name of artistic city Marfa, Texas. Rumor has it that the town was named after the Dostoyevsky character in The Brothers Karamazov, but it was actually named for a different literary character—Marfa Strogoff in MIchael Strogoff by Jules Verne.