Cool Baby Names
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Cool baby names that any kid would be proud to have! From classic names to modern names, popular names to unique names, these are the very best cool names for boys and girls.
Baby Names 2021
The top trends of 2021 are in! These are some of the hottest baby names of the year — click through for more! #babynames #popularbabynames #uniquenames #babynames2021
75 Arctic Baby Names
Names related to the Arctic are perfect for a winter baby! Click through for our full list. #babynames #uniquenames #girlnames #boynames
Long Baby Names: The Ultimate Guide
Most baby names in the US have just two syllables, but long, extravagant baby names are big on Nameberry. Often romantic and always dramatic, baby names with three or more syllables are ripe with nickname possibilities (a name lover's dream!). Click through for more long baby names! #babynames #longnames #uniquenames #girlnames #boynames
265 Preppy Baby Names
Preppy baby names take their cues from upper-class British tradition and preppy icons such as JFK and Gossip Girl's Blair Waldorf. Click through to see our full list of 200+ preppy names for babies!
100 Cool Guy Names
Many of us name babies based on who we want them to grow up to be, and all of these names nudge your son toward cool guy status. It’s hard to picture a man named Dash or Rhett as being anything but exceptionally rad, and that’s exactly the point. Along with Dash and Rhett, other cool guy names in the US Top 1000 include Chase, Finn, Levi, Luke, Miles, Otis, Ryder, and Wyatt. Many cool guy names are also word names, such as Chance, King, Ransom, and West. These are the cool names of the guys…
200 New Baby Names
These new baby names are getting more popular! #babynames #popularbabynames #boynames #girlnames
210 Modern Hero Baby Names
Modern hero baby names send a powerful message about your values and the qualities you hope your child will one day embody. They might be inspired by stars of screen or sports or literature or politics. Modern hero names may also honor heroes and heroines of the past who still inspire us today, such as Eleanor Roosevelt or Duke Ellington. The particular challenge of hero names is that they honor figures with complicated histories, just like the rest of us. Even among heroes who are long gone…
200 New Baby Names
The 500+ names on this list all ranked in the Top 1000 in 2018....but not ten years before. They are the baby names that defined the decade of the 2010s, rising from obscurity -- sometimes thousands of years of it -- or newly created to find widespread favor with parents. If you gave your child one of these names in 2008, you probably thought you'd made an unusual, intriguing choice -- and you had! You may be annoyed that the name has gotten so much more popular, or proud that you were…
73 Sci-Fi Baby Names
Sci-fi baby names come from the most popular Science Fiction movies, books and television shows. Science fiction writers love to choose obscure, rare names for their characters, sometimes going so far as to invent names themselves. If you are searching for a distinctive and cool name for your child, you should consider taking inspiration from sci-fi character names. From Star Wars to Blade Runner, here's a list of unique science fiction baby names.
87 Coolated Names for Boys
Cool boys' names can sometimes be made from less-than-cool ones. Some old-school names can be modernized with an up-to-date variation, such as Bill to Liam. Other times the classic version is the best way to update a name, such as going from Chuck to Charles. If you want to honor someone without using their unfashionable name, try coolating it. Grandpa Jimmy ’s name can be coolated to baby Jameson, and Uncle Ronald ’s can be the basis for Ronan. With a bit of ingenuity, you can ramp up a…
120 Coolated Names for Girls
Cool girl names can sometimes be made from less-than-cool ones. Sometimes, all you have to do is add an a to the end to bump them up several coolness levels: Natalie to Natalia, Susan to Susanna — you get the picture. Coolating can be a good strategy if you’re looking to honor someone with a less-than-stylish name. Grandma Wilma? Meet baby Willow. Aunt Crystal? This is Gemma. The point is that with a bit of ingenuity you can ramp up a name you like to a similar one that's cooler or tone it…
The Coolest Baby Names Now
There are thousands of cool names right now, but which do the experts say are the very coolest? Here 28 top picks.
145 December baby names
Expecting a December baby? These 70 names are perfect for the season.