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M/F
Remark
Rating
Alex
m
&
f
94/06; Greek "defending men"; see Alexander
Arden
m
&
f
60/40; sounds similar to "ardent" and "garden"; forested areas in England and France; local placename; Mary Arden was the mother of Shakespeare
Augustine
1
m
&
f
65/35; C03
Grey
m
&
f
Kai
3
m
&
f
89/11; Latin "rejoice", Hawaiian "sea", Japanese "forerunner", Chinese "triumphant", Navajo "willow" (unisex); short for Nicholas or Katherine; most popular now
Morgan
1
m
&
f
10/90; Welsh "sea circle"; peaked 0.6% for girls and 0.06% for boys in 1995
Ocean
m
&
f
55/45; 70% of the earth's surface; Ocean Augustus, Ocean Meriwether, Ocean Socrates
River
m
&
f
63/37
Robin
m
&
f
10/90; Germanic "bright fame"; peaked 0.8% in 1961 for girls, now rising for boys
Sage
m
&
f
32/68; the plant ultimately derives from "safe, whole" and the wise meaning ultimately derives from "good taste, nectar"; most popular now
Sky
m
&
f
00/100
Zephyr
m
&
f
76/24*; means "wind"
Alexander
m
Greek "defending men"; family name; A. Fleming, disc'd penicillin, I wouldn't've been born w/o it; A. Graham Bell, inv'd telephone; A. Volta, inv'd batteries; peaked at just 1% in 1993; 4-233
Arthur
m
most likely meaning is from Celtic "bear king", possibly related to Arcturus, the brightest star in Ursa Major, or a Roman name possibly meaning "plowman" (though not likely); peaked 1.4% in 1880's
August
m
Latin "great, venerable"; peaked 0.2% in 1882, rising now
Carmine
m
derived from Hebrew "garden", Latin "song", and Persian "red", ultimately from Sanskrit "worm"
Cole
m
Old English "charcoal", also short for Nicholas; peaked 0.3% in 2002
Douglas
m
David Douglas, local botanist; Frederick Douglass, abolitionist & suffragist; means "dark water"
Evander
1
m
Greek "good man"; briefly ranked 1895
Felix
m
means "Lucky"; Felix Hoffman, inventor of Aspirin; groundbreaking animation
Gideon
m
Hebrew "feller, hewer"; more popular now than ever
Gilbert
m
Hugo
m
Isaac
m
Hebrew "he will laugh"; Isaac Newton; most popular now
Jasper
m
Chaldean "treasurer", Hebrew "to polish"; old birthstone for March; nn Jazzy; also a name for wasps, from Old French guespe, ultimately from PIE *webh, to weave or move fast
Jethro
m
Lance
m
Laurence
1
m
D01
Leo
m
Latin "lion"; constellation; peaked 0.5% in 1903, rising again
Nicholas
m
Greek "victory of the people"; Nicholas Copernicus, astronomer; Nicholas Culpeper, herbalist; nn Nicky & Cole; peaked at 1.4% in 1995, low #203
Peter
m
Greek "stone", peaked at 0.5% in 1957.
Robert
m
Germanic "bright fame"; nn Robin; Robert Bunsen, inventor of chemical spectroscopy; Robert Hooke, microbiology and gravity; peaked at 5.7% in 1937, low #63 2015
Silas
m
Latin "forest"; most popular now
Solomon
m
Hebrew "peace"; nn Sol; Solomon the Wise King; peaked 0.05% in 1911, rising now
Sterling
m
Sylvester
m
Timothy
m
Greek "honoring God"; Peaked 1.6% in 1967
Tycho
m
nn Tyke; Tycho Brahe, astronomer
Valerian
m
means "strength"; name of medicinal herb
Juniper
f
&
m
From English word, ult. from Latin "ever youthful"; most popular now
Alexandra
f
Greek "defending men"; variant of family name; nn Xandra & Xanna; peaked 0.5% in 1993
Amaryllis
f
Greek "to sparkle"; never listed
Amelia
f
German "work", Amelia Earhart, pilot; Amelia Bloomer, feminist; most popular now
Apollonia
f
C05; nn Apple & Pony
Artemisia
f
Greek "safe" or "butcher"; goddess of moon and hunting; medicinal herb; Renaissance feminist painter, nn's Mizzy, Aria, Artsy, Temmy, Mimi; never ranked
Beatrix
f
Beatrix Potter, naturalist; means "traveler" or "happy"; nn Bea & Trixie
Carmen
f
Hebrew "garden" and Latin "song"; peaked 0.1% in 1968
Clara
f
C 3
Clémentine
f
Latin "merciful, gentle"; peaked at 0.2% in 1880's, rising now
Emma
f
German "whole, universal"; Emmy Noether, mathematician; Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin; Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragist; peak of 2% in 1880, currently just over 1%
Fae
f
means "fairy", from Latin "fate", from PIE "speech". Fae Zephyrine
Felicity
f
Latin "happiness"; actress in Good Neighbors; nn Liz, Filly, Fizzy; most popular now
Fern
f
From English word ult. from Sanskrit "feather"; peaked 0.2% in 1916
Flora
f
Greta
f
D1
Hypatia
f
Greek "highest, supreme"; never ranked
Iris
f
means "rainbow"; flower; color of eyes; goddess of the rainbow; last peaked at 0.08% in 1929.
Jessamine
f
Persian "Jasmine", nn Jem, never ranked
Joy
f
From English word, ult. from Latin; Peaked 0.2% in 1974
Liana
f
Linnéa
f
Maia
2
f
C05; means "grow"; goddess of spring; star in Pleiades
Margaret
f
Greek "Pearl"; variant of family name; Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood; Margaret Haley, teacher union leader; nn Greta; peaked at 2.3% in 1916
May
f
Latin "great", goddess of spring; family name; peaked >0.5% before 1880
Melissa
f
Greek "honeybee"; name of herb lemon balm; nn Meli & Liz; peaked at 2% in 1979
Mira
2
f
Slavic "peace", Sanskrit "ocean", Spanish "look" or "myrrh", Catalan "notable", Albanian "good", Japanese "mirror"; Miriam Makeba, civil rights; star in Cetus; most popular now
Mirabel
f
means "wonderful", older spelling; alt spelling Mirabelle
Mirabelle
f
means "wonderful"; variety of plum
Opal
f
rainbow/firey gemstone; Opal Seraphine
Penelope
f
Greek "thread, weft"+"face, eye"; most popular now
Ravenna
f
Ruby
f
Latin "red"; family name; Ruby Beach on Olympic peninsula; Ruby Bradley, nurse; peaked 0.8% in 1912
Stella
1
f
Latin "star"; Stellaria is chickweed; peaked 0.5% in 1889, rising now
Susannah
f
Hebrew "lily" from Egyptian "lotus"; nn's Suzie & Sunshine; Susan B. Anthony, suffragette; Susanna peaked 0.03% in 1886
Sylvia
f
Latin "forest", nn Sylvie; peaked 0.4% in 1937
Thalia
f
Greek "to blossom"; peaked 0.04% in 1993
Vera
1
f
Latin "true", Russian "faith", Albanian "summer"; peak 0.3% in 1900's
Verity
f
English "truth"; nn Vera; ranked in UK but never in US
Xanthe
f
Zipporah
f