Modern, but not trendy.
Boys:
- Beau (BOH)--from French "beautiful" [not used as a name in French]
- Brice / Bryce (BRICE)
- Carter (KAR-ter)
- Chase (CHAYS)
- Connor / Conor (KAHN-er)
- Corbin (KOR-bin)--from French "raven"
- Damian (DAY-mee-an)--from Ancient Greek "tame"
- Dorian (DOR-ee-an)
- Drake (DRAYK)--from Old English "male duck" or "dragon"
- Dylan (DIL-an)
- Ezekiel (ee-ZEEK-ee-el)--from Biblical Hebrew "God strengthens"
- Holden (HOHL-den)
- Ian (EE-an)--Scottish form of John
- Jonah (JOH-nah)--from Biblical Hebrew "dove"
- Kendrick (KEN-drik)
- Lucas (LOO-kas)
- Maximilian / Maximillian (maks-eh-MIL-yan)
- Maxwell (MAKS-wel)
- Micah (MYE-kah)
- Pierce (PEERS)--surname form of Peter
- Quinn (KWIN)--from the Irish surname "son of the chief" [yes, more common for girls in the US, but undoubtedly trendy as a girls' name!]
- Tristan (TRIS-tan)--prob. from Pictish "little riot"
- Xavier (ZAYV-yer, ex-AYV-yer)
Girls:
- Alana (ah-LAH-nah, ah-LAN-ah)--feminine of Alan
- Alexa (ah-LEKS-ah)--short form of Alexandra or feminine of Alexis
- Alexia (ah-LEKS-ee-ah)--feminine of Alexis, "defender"
- Anastasia (an-ah-STAYZH-yah)--from Greek "resurrection"
- Ariana / Arianna (ahr-ee-AH-nah, ehr-ee-AN-nah, ah-ree-AN-nah)--from the Italian form of Greek Ariadne, "most holy"
- Brynn (BRIN)--from Welsh "hill" [masculine in Welsh, and more commonly spelled Bryn]
- Delaney (deh-LAY-nee)
- Fiona (fee-OH-nah)
- Jade (JAYD)
- Janessa (jan-ES-sah)--form of Janice/Jane
- Kira (KEER-ah)--from Irish Ciara, "dark", or the Russian feminine of Cyrus, "lord"
- Kyla (KYE-lah)
- Liana (lee-AH-nah)
- Liliana (lil-ee-AH-nah)
- Maya / Maia (MYE-ah, MAH-yah)
- Melina (mel-EE-nah)--prob. from Greek "honey"
- Noelle (no-EL)
- Savannah (sah-VAN-nah)
- Summer (SUM-er)
- Tessa (TES-ah)
Unisex:
- Cameron (KAM-er-on) [leans more "classic" for boys and "modern" for girls]
- Eden (EE-den)
- Justice (JUS-tis)
- Kendall (KEN-dal) [also leans more "classic" for boys and "modern" for girls]
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