- (Names I'll Never Be Able To Use On My Kids But I Still Love)
- Girls
- Thisbe
- Greek tragic myth name, retold by Ovid. The story tells of the love of Pyramus and Thisbe, and was the inspiration for Romeo and Juliet.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Unknown
- Popularity: Not Currently in the top 1000.
- Esmé
- Old French unisex name
- Origin: French
- Meaning: Esteemed or loved
- Popularity: Rank 977 (USA 2012)
- Cassiopeia
- Latinized form of Greek Κασσιοπεια or Κασσιεπεια. In Greek myth Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus and the mother of Andromeda. She was changed into a constellation and placed in the northern sky after she died.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Possibly means Cassia Juice
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Briseis
- Patronymic derived from Βρισευς. In Greek mythology Briseis was the daughter of Briseus. She was captured during the Trojan War by Achilles. After Agamemnon took her away from him, Achilles refused to fight in the war.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Unknown
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Belphoebe
- Combination of belle and the name Phoebe. This name was first used by Edmund Spenser in his poem 'The Faerie Queene' .
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Beautifully pure, beautiful light
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Odelia and Odilia
- Possibly a feminine form of Odo (Otto) or it may derived from the Germanic element odal .
- Origin: German
- Meaning: Wealth, Fortune, Fatherland
- Popularity: Rank 831 (US 1910)
- Mercy
- Word Name
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Word Name-Compassion, Clemency (comes from Latin meaning reward, wages, goods, wares)
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Hermione
- Derived from the name of the Greek messenger god Hermes. In Greek myth Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen. This is also the name of the wife of Leontes in Shakespeare's play 'The Winter's Tale'. It is now closely associated with the character Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series of books.
- Meaning: Cairn, Pile of Stones
- Origin: Greek
- Popularity: Rank 392 (England/Wales 2011)
- Luna
- Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon, frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Moon
- Popularity: Rank 223
- Persephone
- In Greek mythology, she was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She was abducted by Hades, king of the underworld, and became his queen. She is the goddess of springtime growth, because in the myth, when she would return from the underworld, her mother would be so happy that everything would bloom, and when she would go back, her mother would be so depressed that nothing grows.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Unknown
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Philomena
- From Greek φιλος and μενος. This was the name of an obscure early saint and martyr and came to public attention in the 19th century after a tomb seemingly marked with the name Filumena was found in Rome, supposedly belonging to another martyr named Philomena.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Friend of Strength
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Cosette
- Old French name used by Victor Hugo for his novel Les Misérables, the name of the illegitimate daughter of Fantine in Victor Hugo's novel 'Les Misérables'. After her mother dies, she is rescued from the cruel Thénardier by Jean Valjean.
- Origin: French
- Meaning: Unknown, it may be a feminization of Nicholas (victory of the people) or little thing
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Thisbe
- Boys
- Emerson
- From the surname
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Son of Emery
- Popularity: Rank 364 for boys (US 2012), 244 for girls (US 2012)
- Lachlan
- Originally a Scottish nickname for a person who was from Norway.
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning: Land of the Lochs
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000.
- Callum
- Scottish Variant of Columba
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Dove
- Popularity: Rank 847 (US 2011)
- Valentine
- From the Roman cognomen Valentinus. Saint Valentine was a 3rd-century martyr.
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Strong, vigorous, healthy
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Owen
- Modern form of Owain or the Anglizied version of Eoghan, which are most likely forms of Eugene.
- Origin: Irish/Welsh/Greek
- Meaning: Possibly born from the yew tree, youth, or well born
- Popularity: Rank 38
- Peregrine
- From the name Peregrinus, the name of several early saints.
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Traveler
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Isidore
- From the Greek name Ισιδωρος (derived from the name of the Egyptian goddess Isis combined with Greek δωρον. Saint Isidore of Seville was a 6th-century archbishop, historian and theologian. It has historically been a common name for Jews, who have used it as an Americanized form of names such as Isaac, Israel and Isaiah.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Gift of Isis
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Isaac
- From the Hebrew name יִצְחָק. Isaac in the Old Testament is the son of Abraham and the father of Esau and Jacob. As recounted in Genesis, God tested Abraham's faith by ordering him to sacrifice his son, though an angel prevented the act at the last moment.
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: He laughs
- Popularity: Rank 30
- Ulysess
- Latin form of Odysseus. In Greek legend Odysseus was one of the Greek heroes who fought in the Trojan War.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Unknown, possibly to hate.
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Raphael
- From the Hebrew name רָפָאֵל. In the bible Raphael was the name of one of the seven archangels.
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: God has healed
- Popularity: Rank 626 (US 2012)
- Jack
- Derived from Jackin, a medieval diminutive of John. During the Middle Ages it was very common, and it became a slang word meaning man.
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: God is gracious
- Popularity: Rank 46
- Phoebus
- Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβος, this was an epithet of the Greek god Apollo.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Bright, pure
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Ellis
- From the surname which comes from the name Elijah or the Anglicized for of Elisedd.
- Origin: English or Irish
- Meaning: My God is God; kind
- Rank 612 (US 2012)
- Photis
- Diminutive of Photios
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Light
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
- Julius
- From a Roman family name, a prominent patrician family of Rome, who claimed descent from the mythological Julus, son of Aeneas. Its most notable member was Gaius Julius Caesar, who became the dictator of the Roman Republic, but was eventually stabbed to death in the senate.
- Origin: Greek or Latin
- Meaning: Unknown, possibly downy-bearded or it could come from the Jupiter, meaning sky or shine father.
- Popularity: Rank 331 (US 2012)
- Clement
- English form of the name Clemens or Clementius. This was the name of 14 popes and several saints, like Clement of Alexandria, a 3rd-century theologian and church father who attempted to reconcile Christian and Platonic philosophies.
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Merciful, gentle
- Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000
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