Names That Mean New and New Beginnings

A possible alternative to the better-known Shoshona.

Lovely Hebrew name with distinctive double a's, but beware of possible "banana" teasing.

An Enoch for our times?

An obscure possibility...for a girl.

A name commonly used in India; Vasant Panchami is a Hindu festival dedicated to the goddess of learning.

A lovely international version of the dated Karen, also spelled Karoun.

Following a custom among scholars in Renaissance Germany, Neander is the classical form of the surname Newman. But the bullies at school are sure to call him Neanderthal.

For sailors or jazz lovers. Or smokers of menthol cigarettes.

One of the few K names that sounds middle-aged.

A uniquely Slovene name, ideal for a son born in the early morning.

Rhythmic and enchanting.

Surname choice that's neither new nor bold. Newbold was the middle name of Edith Wharton.

Some will see this as spirited, others stuffy. The protagonist of the Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence was a popular and successful lawyer named Newbold Archer.

A name only a bully could love.

The variation of Horatio used in Aragon, Spain.

Family name best used in the middle, especially since it was seen as the portly postman in Seinfeld.

A stunning and unique West African name for a daughter.