Rare but Real (2012)

Time for another round-up! Here are some of the gems somehow at the bottom of the SSA list--only given to 5 kids last year.

Boys:

• Alexius (ah-LEKS-ee-us, Greek)--purely masculine form of the unisex Alexis
• Delwyn (DEL-win, Welsh)--"handsome & blessed"
• Gregor (GREH-gohr, German, Scottish, Slavic)
• Osric (OZ-rik, Germanic)--"divine might"
• Owain (OH-wine, Welsh)--older form of Owen
• Urias (yoo-RYE-as, oo-REE-as, Latin)--from Hebrew, "God is my light"
• Wulfric (WOOL-frik, Old English)--"wolf power"

Girls:

• Alda (AHL-dah, Italian, Portuguese)--feminine of Aldo/Aldous
• Anthea (an-THEE-ah, ahn-THEH-ah, Latin)--from Greek, "flower"
• Cherith (KEHR-ith, keh-REET, [Biblical] Hebrew)
• Floriana (floh-RYAH-nah, Italian)--from Latin, "from/like a flower"
• Oriane (oh-ree-AHN, French)--from Latin, "golden"
• Pascale (pahs-KAL, French)
• Piera (PYEHR-ah, Italian)--feminine of Peter/Pietro
• Sunniva (SOON-ee-vah, Norwegian)