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Hidden gems with deep roots

Names with a recorded meaning and a documented history that few families have discovered yet.

40 namesFrom U.S. birth data

  1. Old-fashioned

    Eula

    “well-spoken”

    11Very rareRising

    >99% girls

  2. Modern

    Avriel

    “to open”

    11Very rareCooling

    72% boys · 28% girls

  3. English · Old-fashioned

    Garfield

    “from the spear field”

    11Very rare

    >99% boys

  4.  

    Gregg

    “watchful” · “one who is vigilant; watch-”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% boys

  5. French · Royal

    Babette

    “God is my oath” · “foreign woman”

    11Very rare

    >99% girls

  6. Modern

    Lathen

    “a gift from God”

    11Very rareSteady

    >99% boys

  7. Modern

    Emileigh

    “rival”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% girls

  8. Welsh · Modern

    Dai

    “the great one” · “one who is large”

    11Very rare

    >99% girls

  9. Modern

    Jacobus

    “heel grabber” · “supplanter”

    11Very rare

    >99% boys

  10. Modern

    Xari

    “princess; lady”

    11Very rareRising fast

    >99% girls

  11. English

    Harding

    “the son of the courageous one”

    11Very rare

    >99% boys

  12. Biblical

    Danil

    “God is my judge”

    11Very rareEasing

    >99% boys

  13.  

    Geraldo

    “one who rules with the spear”

    11Very rareEasing

    >99% boys

  14. Modern

    Ashlen

    “ash” · “wood”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% girls

  15. Royal

    Saidee

    “princess; lady” · “one who helps others”

    11Very rareSteady

    >99% girls

  16. Nature

    Lunetta

    “of the crescent moon”

    11Very rare

    >99% girls

  17. English · Modern

    Zeth

    “one who has been appointed”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% boys

  18. Modern

    Allyssa

    “noble” · “kind”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% girls

  19. English · Royal

    Bess

    “my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% girls

  20.  

    Tudor

    “God” · “gift”

    11Very rare

    >99% boys

  21.  

    Richy

    “a powerful ruler”

    11Very rareRising fast

    >99% boys

  22. Saints

    Georgetta

    “farmer” · “one who works the earth”

    11Very rare

    >99% girls

  23. Modern

    Emilea

    “rival”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% girls

  24. Hebrew · Modern

    Yankel

    “he who supplants” · “heel grabber”

    11Very rare

    >99% boys

  25. English

    Willoughby

    “from the willow farm”

    11Very rareRising

    20% boys · 80% girls

  26. Russian · Modern

    Yuriy

    “one who works the earth; a farmer” · “farmer”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% boys

  27.  

    Andreia

    “manliness” · “virility”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% girls

  28. Modern

    Dawid

    “beloved”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% boys

  29. Literary

    Maranda

    “one who is worthy of admiration”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% girls

  30. Hebrew · Modern

    Gershom

    “exile” · “sojourner”

    11Very rareRising fast

    >99% boys

  31. Old French · Literary

    Piers

    “as solid and strong as a rock”

    11Very rareEasing

    >99% boys

  32. English · Modern

    Hobbes

    “one who is bright with fame”

    11Very rare

    >99% boys

  33. Germanic · Saints

    Baldomero

    “bold”

    11Very rare

    >99% boys

  34. Modern

    Arran

    “Exalted” · “mountain of strength”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% boys

  35. Greek · Modern

    Adonia

    “God is my lord”

    11Very rare

    >99% girls

  36. Royal

    Bessy

    “God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”

    11Very rareEasing

    >99% girls

  37. English

    Marsh

    “from the marshland”

    11Very rareRising fast

    >99% boys

  38. Modern

    Cameren

    “crooked nose”

    11Very rareCooling

    >99% boys

  39. Old-fashioned

    Arther

    “strong as a bear”

    11Very rare

    >99% boys

  40. English · Royal

    Lew

    “lion”

    11Very rare

    >99% boys

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