Monday, September 14, 2020

Word Names (just the rarest ones, 2019)

Yeah, I don't feel like listing all the word names this time.  However, I did come across quite a few doing my "Rare but Real" lists, and decided they'd be a pretty neat list of their own. 
So, here are all the rarest word-names used in 2019. :)

Point of note: I initially was going to do all the word names given to 10 kids/gender or fewer, because how many could that possibly be?   Yeah, it was over 900 potential word names. Per gender.  So, I went back to my old default of 5 kids.  
Also, I have removed jargon and archaic words, because I doubt parents were thinking "storage nook" for Ambry or "dry goods packaging" for Robbin.  I have also left off non-English names that just happen to be spelled like English words, as well as (most) occupational surnames. 

Girls:

  • Affinity
  • Aloe
  • Aqua
  • Bonny
  • Bright
  • Chances
  • Choice
  • Contessa
  • Derby
  • Dominion
  • Dreamy
  • East
  • Ethereal
  • Fairy
  • Faithful
  • Garland
  • Genie
  • Given
  • Goodness
  • Grant
  • Haze
  • Imagine
  • Innocent
  • Lava
  • Light
  • Marine
  • Mellow
  • Million
  • Motley
  • Palace
  • Power
  • Psalms
  • Reef
  • Sailer
  • Season
  • Shade
  • Sundae
  • Universe
  • Vintage
  • Viridian
  • West


Boys:
  • Aether
  • Angelus
  • Aquarius
  • Archangel
  • Avid
  • Avis
  • Beacon
  • Blitz
  • Breaker
  • Brink
  • Butch
  • Candor
  • Cerulean
  • Chapel
  • Clever
  • Clover
  • Crown
  • Darling
  • Desire
  • Destined
  • Domino
  • Driver
  • Dynasty
  • East
  • Ebon
  • Faith
  • Flash
  • Garnet
  • Genuine
  • Greatness
  • Heir
  • Hue
  • Infant
  • Innocent
  • Iron
  • Jewels
  • Kyanite
  • Lacey
  • Loch
  • Luv
  • Malachite
  • Mayhem
  • Mayor
  • Merci
  • Mighty
  • Noir
  • Page
  • Quay
  • Quetzal
  • Quince
  • Ragnarok
  • Redeem
  • Region
  • Rise
  • Rooster
  • Scholar
  • Serenity
  • Shy
  • Sly
  • Son
  • Starling
  • Success
  • Superior
  • Testimony
  • Towns
  • Tyke
  • Victorious
  • Wonder
  • Worthy

While sorting through potential word-names, I also came across quite a few names that refer to places or peoples. 
(again, these were only the ones at the bottom of the SSA lists; given to 5 babies last year)

Girls:
  • Abyssinia
  • Atalaya
  • Atlanta
  • Avanti
  • Azania
  • Cyprus
  • Delphi
  • Elysium
  • Erie
  • Lima
  • Malay
  • Marseille
  • Maui
  • Sistine
  • Sweden
  • Thai
  • Versailles
  • Zuni

Boys:
  • Arcadian
  • Arizona
  • Ashanti
  • Breton
  • British
  • Chicago
  • Cuban
  • Ireland
  • Irish
  • Kansas
  • Mali
  • Nashua
  • Nashville
  • Navarre
  • Ontario
  • Portland
  • Tasman
  • Venice

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for your work! These are lists I can't find anywhere else and are very helpful.

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