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Baby Names
Rare, Uncommon, and Unusual Names
for a Special Baby
Following is a selection of
names from around the world, for people who don't want a commonplace,
cookie-cutter name for their baby!
Achina: (f) (Chuukese)
"good"
Adai: (m) (Chamoru) "friend"
(Poll rating: 0)
Adao: (m) (Old Chamoru) "the
Sun"
Allulah (f) (Arabic) "the
first" or (Chamoru) "hurry!" (Poll rating: -18)
Amiya: (f) (Sanskrit) "nectar,
delightful" or "boundless" (Poll rating: +32)
Arian (m) (Welsh) "silver"
(Poll rating: -2)
Asha: (f) (Sanskrit) "wish, hope,
desire" (Poll rating: +4)
Bayani: (m) (Tagalog) "hero"
Bida: (f) (Malay) "palace maiden,
fairy, beautiful woman"
Blade: (m) (English) "a sharp edge,
a sword" (Poll rating: +12)
Brittain: (m) (English) "a Breton,
someone from Britain" (Poll rating: +2)
Brogan: (f) (Irish) "little
shoe" (Poll rating: -48)
Bryer: (m) (Middle English) "from
the briar patch" (Poll rating: -17)
Brylea: (f) (Polish-Germanic) "from
the water meadow" (Poll rating: +70)
Cabell: (m) (Anglo-Norman French)
"rope-maker"
Caelan (m) (Scots Gaelic) "young
warrior" (Poll rating: +24)
Callum (m) (Scots Gaelic form of
Columbus) "dove" (Poll rating: -2)
Cydee: (f) (Greek) "to exult, to
result"
Dainagon: (m) (Japanese) "the
greatest collection of words"
Damayanti: (f) (Sanskrit) "radiant
beauty"
Dash: (m) (English) "a short, quick
run; a flashy style" (Poll rating: +5)
Delen: (f) (Cornish) "petal"
(Poll rating: -2)
Eben: (m) (Hebrew) "stone"
(Poll rating: +3)
Eithne: (f) (Irish Gaelic) "kernal"
(Poll rating: -8)
Eunae: (f) (Korean) "kindness and
love"
Essex: (m) (Old English) "East
Saxons," a place name in England.
Faracy: (f) (Aramaic) "a Pharisee, one who is set
apart" (Poll rating: +15)
Farida: (f) (Arabic) "unique"
Falthin: (m) (Yapese) "good
word"
Florenzo: (m) (Hispanic-Latin)
"blossoming, flourishing," a form of Florencio. (Poll rating: -3)
Galina: (f) (Russian) "calm of the
sea" or "chicken"
Garreth: (m) a Welsh name of uncertain
origin, perhaps meaning "gentle."
Ha'ani: (f) (Chamoru) "day"
(Poll rating: -4)
Hakan: (m) (Old Norse) "descendant
of the horse or high one"
Harmonn: (f) (Germanic) "army
man" (Poll rating: -148)
Heaven (f) (English) "sky, paradise,
home of God" (Poll rating: -19)
Hoa: (f) (Vietnamese) "flower"
Ilima: (f) (Hawaiian) name of a
yellowish-orange flower.
Inkem: (m) (Osage) "red rabbit"
Ireri: (f) (Mexican) name of a Mexican
Tarascan princess, meaning unknown. (Poll rating: -3)
Isa: (f) (Chamoru) "rainbow"
and (Tagalog) "one" and (Germanic) "ice" (Poll rating: +1)
Jacaranda: (f) (Spanish) the name of a
tree with purple flowers
Japheth: (m) (Hebrew) "extended,
expanded" or "fair"
Javid: (m) (Persian) "eternal, immortal,
perpetual" (Poll rating: +7)
Jerrine: (f) (Germanic) "spear power," an
abbreviated form of Geraldine (Poll rating: +25)
Jonavan: (m) a blend of Jonathan and
Donovan (Poll rating: +79)
Jonzelle: (m) African-American elaborated form of John,
(Hebrew) "grace of God." (Poll rating: -25)
Kalah: (f) (Sanskrit) "art" or
(Hawaiian) "the sunshine," forms of Kala; or (Hebrew) "who is
like God?", a form of Kayla (Poll rating: +19)
Karavi: (m) (Fijian) "poling a boat
through mangroves"
Kayani: (f) (Persian) "royal"
Keala: (f) (Hawaiian) "the
pathway" (Poll rating: +2)
Keishin: (Japanese) "wise truth,
wise mind, wise command, growing wisdom" (Poll rating: +20)
Kerah: (f) (Hebrew) "provision"
(Poll reading: +169)
Keveronique: (f) African-American-French form of
Veronica, which is a Latin form of Berenice, "bringer of victory."
(Poll rating: -21)
Khalil: (m) (Arabic) "best friend, companion"
(Poll rating: +14)
Kiernan: (m) (Irish) "son of the
master," a short form of the surname McKiernan. (Poll rating: +138)
Kincaid: (f) (Irish Gaelic)
"from the highest pass" (Poll rating: -11)
Kiya: (f) (Egyptian) nickname of the
Mittanian princess, Tadukhippa, "beloved of Khippa." (Poll rating: +9)
Laban: (m) (Hebrew) "white"
(Poll rating: -94)
Langidrik: (m) (Marshallese) "small
storm" (Poll rating: -4)
Leda: (f) (Lycian) "lady"
Lewin: (Old English) "dear
friend" (Poll rating: +7)
Madrigal (f) (Latin) "love song,
love poem" (Poll rating: -41)
Malachi: (m) (Hebrew) "my
angel" (Poll rating: +2)
Malem: (m) (Kosraean) "moon"
Mandalay: (f) the name of a city in
Burma, made famous in the West by the Kipling poem. (Poll reading: -59)
Mashequila: (f) African-American feminine form of the
Arabic name Shakil, meaning "handsome, well-formed" (Poll rating: -29)
Mei-Ling: (f) (Chinese) "beautiful
bell"
Menuha: (f) (Hebrew) "peace, calm,
tranquility" (Poll rating: -10)
Nairn: (m) (Scots Gaelic) ancient name of
a river
Nami: (f) (Japanese) "wave"
(Poll rating: -3)
Nefertiti: (f) (Egyptian) "the
beautiful one has come"
Odilia: (f) (Germanic)
"wealthy"
Oldak: (m) (Palauan) "unifying"
Peregrin: (m) (English) "stranger,
traveller" (Poll rating: -12)
Phoenix: (m & f) (English-Greek)
"mythological bird that is reborn from its own ashes, a symbol of
immortality" (Poll rating: +17)
Piero: (m) (Italian-Greek)
"stone," Italian form of Peter.
Pike: (m) (Germanic) "sharp, pointed" (Poll
rating: +19)
Pogisa: (f) (Samoan) "dark"
Quaintance: (f) (Modern American) name
derived from "quaint" or "acquaintance."
Quest: (m) (English) "a journey in
search of adventure or treasure" (Poll rating: -7)
Quillon: (m) (Latin) "sword
hilt"
Rangi: (f) (Maori) "sky"
Redrick: (m) (Germanic) "counsel power" (Poll
rating: -2)
Rombert: (m) (Dutch)
"fame-bright" or "Rome-bright" or "raven-bright"
or "counsel-bright"
Rustam: (m) (Persian) "strong,
brave, bold, a hero" (Poll rating: -70)
Sagan (f & m) (Polish)
"kettle" (Poll rating: +4)
Sage: (f) (English) "a wise
person" (Poll rating: +36)
Salathiel: (m) (Hebrew) "I have
asked him of God" (Poll rating: -30)
Sanjay: (m) (Sanskrit) "triumphant,
conquering, victorious" (Poll rating: -1)
Serenade: (f) (English) "evening
music" (Poll rating: -1)
Shabnam: (f) (Persian) "dew"
Sopan: (m) (Indonesian) "reverent,
respectful, polite"
Storm (m & f) (English) "storm,
rough weather, of a passionate temperament" (Poll rating: -24)
Talasi: (f) (Hopi) "corn tassel
flower"
Talfryn: (m) (Welsh) "from the high
end of the hill" (Poll rating: 0)
Tana: (f) (Chuukese) "dream of"
and (Chamoru) "land" and (Russian) a diminutive of Tatiana, meaning
unknown. (Poll reading: +34)
Tano: (m) (Chamoru) "land"
(Poll rating: -1)
Tau: (m) (Tswana) "lion"
Tejini: (Sanskrit) "splendor, power, wisdom"
(Poll rating: +12)
Ulrike: (f) (Danish) "wealth and
power"
Usman: (m) (Turkish-Arabic) "a
bustard chick"
Vadra (f) meaning unknown, from the song
Velvet Morning performed by Nancy Sinatra (Poll rating: -14)
Vendelín: (m) (Czech-Old German) "a
Wend," name of a Slavonic tribe.
Viveca: (f) (Swedish-Germanic)
"war"
Warlita: (f) (Filipino-English)
"born during World War II"
Wayan: (m & f) (Balinese) "first
born child"
Xanthe: (f) (Greek) "yellow"
Xuyen: (m) (Vietnamese) "river,
bracelet"
Yoana: (f) (Pohnpeian-Hebrew) "grace
of God," Pohnpeian form of Joanna.
Yorath: (m) (Anglo-Welsh) "handsome
lord"
Zalika: (f) (Swahili) "noble,
well-born"
Zoltan: (m) (Hungarian-Turkish)
"sultan"
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