Everyone wants a unique name for their baby, but not so rare that it affects their daily life as they grow into adulthood. The perfect middle ground, according to Nameberry , is names that don't appear in the Top 100, or even the Top 1000 most popular lists of names around the world, but just under them. For girl names , the trend seems to serve towards object and nature-inspired names like Royal, along with those with alternative spellings like Paisleigh or Hadleigh, and old fashioned names such as Celina, Belle, Tinsley, and even the gender-neutral Ryann.
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Zyla 4. Rosalyn 5. Tinsley 6.
Micah 7. Paisleigh 8. Ryann 9.
Belle 10. Celina For a daily dose of 9Honey, subscribe to our newsletter here Further down the list we see more ethnic names such as Akira, Aniya and Ayana, which have roots in Japanese, Arabic, and South Asian languages respectively. We also see the trend of alternate spellings in names such as Lyanna, Dafne, Rowyn, and more.
11. Essence 12. Guinevere 13.
Lyanna 14. Dafne 15. Jianna 16.
Rebekah 17. Akira 18. Aniya 19.
Rowyn 20. Ayana READ MORE: The designer handbags you can get for less As for boys, the trend veers towards modern last names used as first names such as Howard, Harley and Bode, nicknames like Teddy and Frankie, as well as mythological and ethnic names like Ozias and Khalid. 1.
Shai 2. Teddy 3. Howard 4.
Khalid 5. Bode 6. Harley 7.
Jaxx 8. Ozias.