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d the top 100 from many nations and eras get me outta here onomastics outside the box names beyond the top 100 from many nations and eras menu skip to content home about pronunciation guide to foreign names similar sounding substitutes for popular gen x boys names august 6 2026 by carrie anne we ve all probably known people with names that were much more popular in prior generations e g a mildred born in 2000 a herbert born in 1980 however when it comes to general popularity trends names that rocketed up the chart and then plummeted just as quickly a decade or two later are often considered too dated to use until several more generations have passed we ve seen the so called hundred year rule with a lot of formerly geriatric names that got trendy again in the early 21st century now prospective parents swoon ooh my great grandma was named emma and max is such a cute vintage name instead of wrinkling their noses and declaring ew that s an old person s name i don t want my kid to be bullied with that in mind here are some names with similar sounds and meanings if you re thinking of naming a baby after a special older relative or friend but just can t get past the dated associations it s hard to believe but many gen xers are now grandparents some of these names are also very common among elder millennials and will be revisited in another post about name substitutes for that generation as always absolutely no offence is intended towards people with these names jason jasper jaswinder means glory of indra fame of indra praise of indra in sanskrit javed means eternal in persian jesse josiah raphael means god heals close to jason s meaning of healer akestor means healer in ancient greek murapi means healer in shoni jeffrey geoffrey godfrey jefferson jafar means stream in arabic goffredo kevin kavi means wise man poet sage in sanskrit kevork western armenian form of gregory ciaran kieran crevan means fox in old irish brian bryan bram branimir means world protection and peaceful protection in the slavic languages briscoe bruno brogan brychan means little freckled one in welsh scott skender bosnian diminutive of aleksandar scorilo probably means the swift one or the jumping one in dacian darren darby dardan may mean pear in illyrian darius dario damian darnell shawn sean shane john which seems like a breath of fresh air now that it s no longer every second guy s name and has dropped so much in popularity shandar means fabulous in urdu shankar means lucky maker in sanskrit shantanu means wholesome in sanskrit todd thaddeus todor macedonian serbian and bulgarian form of theodore tudwal means ruler of the people in welsh crevan has the same meaning fox craig crispin crofton crosby safwan means rocks stones in arabic similar to craig s meaning of rocks outcrop crag travis tranter means wagoner in old english trent tryphon trifon means softness delicacy trofim means nourishing bradley brantley bram brogan brychan corey cornelius corbin cordell cormac corwin derrick derek darius dario darnell dardan darby dermot may mean without envy in irish doron means gift in hebrew dorian brandon brantley brennan bruno brent ryan raymond roy ray jeremy jerome jeremiah gerard gerald justin julian justice jaswinder jesse english names general name issues b names c names d names dated names gen x names general naming issues generation x names j names name substitutes name substitutions namesakes popular names r names s names sanskrit names t names leave a comment the wrong reasons to veto baby names july 9 2026 by carrie anne while the reasons for vetoing any given baby name vary from person to person e g wanting to avoid certain initials bad memories of a bully with that name there are some reasons that just seem motivated by the wrong priorities 1 your child won t be able to find it on any mugs drinking glasses christmas ornaments necklaces t shirts etc not everyone wants souvenirs with their name on it for all you know your child might dislike their name and not want to be reminded of it with a shirt or necklace even if your child does like his or her name and enjoys souvenirs with it that s not really the most pressing reason i can think of to veto a name 2 it ll take too long to learn how to spell research has shown that children with long names or names with non intuitive pronunciations often learn to spell faster and better than their peers the world would be a very boring place if we all had short names plus what child wouldn t feel proud of oneself for learning to spell a name like persephone anastasia francesco or akeakamai 3 you love the name but you re upset by recent massive popularity i know this sucks when you ve genuinely loved a name and planned to use it for years but does sudden trendiness cancel out how much that name means to you i hate how theodore is now 4 and samuel is 18 in the u s but those names have never been out of the top 100 since name records began in 1880 and because of how many more names are being given now it may be possible your child won t have the experience of sharing that name with 100 other kids at school just look at the percentage used versus the actual ranking even many high charting names are given to less than 1 of babies or barely over 1 unless trends change we probably won t soon return to a world where every other person of a certain age is named jennifer jason linda mary or john source 4 someone in your family or circle of friends already used the name this would give me hesitation too but this wasn t a concern among most people until fairly recently in history just look through your own family tree from 100 years ago or more or any other family tree you ll often see multiple cousins with the same names people generally had more conservative naming styles drawing from the same small pool of common names over and over again it really stood out when i discovered my three greats grandpap albert had siblings named oliver lavinia and cornelia in turn named for their uncle and aunts another aunt was named lucretia quite unusual for 19th century america 5 it s too unusual you can t predict how your child will feel about their name i for example have always far preferred my middle name ursula and found my first name anna the epitome of boring your child might resent having to be known as e g jack david h emma rose williams on main street catherine with a c or tall liam all through school and long for a more uncommon name meanwhile florian and morwenna might adore their unusual names and standing out from the crowd 6 it s too dated i ve written posts about substitutions with similar sounds and meanings for dated names with more planned but not everyone shies away from names strongly associated with older generations some parents might adore names like edna and walter or want to name the baby after a dear great grandparent yes it s unusual to hear a name like mildred or milton on a little kid but when that person is someone you know you quickly get used to it as just their name 7 the pop culture association is too strong one of the names i m strongly considering if i ever have a daughter is phoebe since it has the same meaning bright as bertha my paternal grandma s name and despite what i just said isn t seen as hopelessly geriatric and unusable in the modern era being the age i am i associate this name with friends and younger people also think of charmed however it s not one of those names so unusual it s only associated with one person and even if a name has a singular association that shouldn t matter if it s meaningful to you and you truly love it 8 it s from a culture your family doesn t belong to while i agree a name like yaroslav jones or aurélie nakashima might sound mismatched we live in a world of cultural osmosis if i used a russian name it would be because i ve been a passionate russophile for over 33 years and i have great love for their culture history and language it wouldn t be because i randomly saw a russian name and decided it was cool if you re going to use a name from another culture it should be done with respect instead of regarding it as an exotic token e g people who named their sons cohen because of the o c without caring about the religious significance of the kohanim high priests in judaism 9 it s too foreign i m sorry if you were bullied for having a name like yumiko or zvonimir or if you re sick to the back teeth of constantly having to correct people s pronunciation or spelling but that s no reason to act like it s still 1900 and whitewash yourself to pretend your native culture never existed and why should we name children based on some people s ignorance and refusal to learn how to pronounce non english names 10 your family doesn t like it they re welcome to give opinions but they already had their chance to name babies a partner who refuses to put his or her foot down re kowtowing to controlling family is a huge red flag 11 bullies will make fun of it newsflash kids will find a way to make fun of any person or name they dislike are you really basing your baby name decisions on what child bullies might think of it do you let bullies dictate anything else you do your child will also hopefully be an adult far longer than a child if your workplace calls people things like maggot maggie pooper cooper jacking off jack semen simon loony luna and alien allie let me know its name and location so i never apply there while there are names i d strongly caution against in an anglophone country like urinboy semen dong and porntip a lot of people make way too much out of school bullies potentially making fun of names general name issues general naming issues 4 comments similar sounding substitutes for popular gen x girls names june 23 2026 by carrie anne we ve probably all known people with names that were much more popular in prior generations e g a barbara born in 2000 a milton born in 1980 however when it comes to general popularity trends names that rocketed up the chart and then plummeted just as quickly a decade or two later are often seem as too dated to use anytime soon this doesn t mean the names will never come back into popularity but it rarely happens overnight as macabre as this sounds many people don t consider those names until the generation associated with them have died off then the reaction goes from ew that s an old lady name or that s so middle aged to ooh that was my great grandma s name or that s so cute and vintage with that in mind here are some names with similar sounds and meanings if you re thinking of naming a baby after a special older relative or friend but just can t get past the dated associations it s hard to believe but many gen xers are now grandparents some of these names are also very common among elder millennials and will be revisited in another post about name substitutes for that generation as always absolutely no offence is intended towards people with these names jennifer guinevere genevra ginevra ginebra geneva genevieve jenny jennie juniper xenebra xenevra amanda amandine amadea amabel amabilia amada amaya amaia danielle daniela daniella danita danica danaë daniya donatella courtney cora corinne corrine coralie coraline coral nicole nicolette nicoletta niccolosia niccolosa nicolosa nicolasa nikolina nikora colette nixie nyx amy amia amaya amaia amata amada amadea kimberly kimber kimbra ember cambria ambria kimiko means valuable beautiful child in japanese michelle michalina with a guttural ch like in loch and chanukah michal also has a guttural ch michi means path in japanese michiko means beautiful wisdom child in japanese melissa millicent mélisande melantha melinda melati means jasmine in indonesian and malay melina melika melia means ash tree in greek meliora melinoe lyssa lysandra stacy stamatia stamatina steliana tracy teresia terezia therasia terra taryn tariro means hope in shona tarina tarana tertia teruko means shine illumine reflect plus child in japanese tressa trista angela aniela annette anela stephanie stepanida stefania étiennette fanchon fanchette sterope means lightning in greek dawn aurora means dawn in latin ausma means dawn in latvian aya means dawn in akkadian also the name of the goddess of dawn danita danica daniya danaë zora means dawn in czech slovakian and the south slavic languages heather hera hattie henrietta henriette hatsue means first picture in japanese hecuba hecate hefina means summer in welsh hestia kelly akilina akulina aquilina callie caledonia calla calista calypso shannon sharona sanaa means radiance brilliance splendour in arabic sana means thread silk plus greens vegetables in japanese shabnam means dew in persian and urdu shandiin means sunshine in navajo shani means scarlet red in hebrew shanti means peace quiet tranquility in sanskrit dana danita danica daniya danaë misty kasumi can mean mist in japanese lilinoe means fine mist in hawaiian noelani means heavenly mist in hawaiian brandy branwen bronwen brenna bryony megan megara megaira meghana meghna means cloud in sanskrit margarita margit margaret megumi means love affection and favour benefit in japanese jessica jessamine jessamyn jessa yiska means to behold in hebrew the original form of the name that inspired shakespeare to create jessica yesenia crystal cressida creusa crescentia christiana erin irene irina irena iryna eirene arina yarina erina holly hollis halina helena hala hallie hilda tiffany theophania teofania tihana means quiet in the south slavic languages tryphena means softness delicacy in greek trifena english names general name issues dated names gen x names general naming issues generation x names greek names hawaiian names hebrew names italian names japanese names name substitutes name substitutions namesakes popular names sanskrit names slavic names 5 comments the zs of baby names i ve considered april 30 2026 by carrie anne male names zabdiel is the anglicized form of hebrew name zavdiel god has bestowed or gift of god i ve really liked this name since i discovered it in 2002 and surprisingly prefer the english form instead of the hebrew transliteration this would be part of a hebrew name zuriel means my rock is god in hebrew this is also an anglo spelling which i like more than the authentic hebrew form tzuriel female names zelda in addition to being a nickname for grizelda and griselda grey battle is a yiddish name which may be a feminine form of zelig holy blessed this was the name of my ninth journal named after the pete townshend song on scoop i also love that this was the name of a sobibór survivor zelda kelberman later metz zenobia is the feminine form of greek name zenobios life of zeus the ancient greeks skirted the sacrilege of naming children zeus by using the secular forms zenon and zeno derived from zen the poetic form of zeus it s like how christians outside the spanish speaking and assyrian world don t name boys jesus but have no issue with the various forms of joshua anyway i ve always adored this name and ...