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60 Highly Unusual Names Ready to Pop
60 Highly Unusual Names Ready to Pop
Mar 3, 2025 7:57 AM

  Which unusual baby names today are most likely to be the hit names of the future?

  We looked at Nameberry’s statistics for the past month versus the same period a year ago and put together this list of 60 names – 25 for girls, 25 for boys, and 10 unisex – that are attracting the most fresh attention among our visitors.

  This is the most unique group of hot names we’ve discovered yet, with baby namers showing a strong appetite for the exotic, the unfamiliar, and the adventurous.

  Not to say these names are invented. For the most part, they’re names with deep roots though perhaps not among the established lexicon of English first names.

  Number 1 girls’ name Kerani, for instance, is of Hindi origin, while top boys’ name McEnroe is a surname turned one of the hottest Scottish names for boys.

  Nile, most popular on the unisex list, is the name of a river, and river-related names Galilee and Rio also appear. Other unusual word names finding new popularity include Taffeta, Tiara, Anemone, Puma, and Revel.

  Celebrity names attracting fresh attention are Petula, Stockard, Soleil, Carew, Lebron, Zayn, Kiernan, and Rebel. And ancient names being rediscovered include Pallas and Philo.

  If these names sound seem too outlandish to ever be widely used, consider that a generation ago, such Top 50 baby names as Harper and Aiden were virtually unheard-of.

  If you’re looking for a highly unusual name with a lot of style power right now, this list deserves your close attention.

  

Girls

Kerani

  Petula

  Taffeta

  Stockard

  Mardi

  Gabi

  Fiammetta

  Samiya

  Azami

  Sai

  Yadira

  Zaina

  Imani

  Nava

  Nazia

  Adah

  Lumi

  Abelia

  Soleil

  Pallas

  Tiara

  Anemone

  Antonella

  Milla

  Calpurnia

  

Boys

McEnroe

  Belisario

  Arnau

  Carew

  Elio

  Maguire

  Kylo

  Misael

  Desi

  Lior

  Zevi

  Sinjin

  Brogan

  Lebron

  Hayes

  Alessio

  Warrick

  Garrick

  Aurelio

  Zayn

  Sajan

  Rio

  Raoul

  Cillian

  Philo

  unisex

  Nile

  Fire

  Shalom

  Puma

  Revel

  Kodiak

  Ezri

  Kiernan

  Rebel

  Galilee

  

Read next:

  

—Unique Vintage Names for Girls

  

—Unusual Nature Baby Names

  

—Baby Name Trends 2018

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