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Best Unique Baby Names

It may feel impossible to find a baby name that is stylish, practical, and no one is using, but trust us, these names do exist. Historical archives, international popularity charts, and even the dictionary offer hidden gems of baby names.

Some of the top names internationally, such as Ebba and Florian, would make stylish and practically one-of-a-kind choices for American-born children. Word names including Isle and Poem and Prairie, Finch and Fielder may be ideal for parents searching for a modern moniker for their little one.

These are 100 of our favorite highly unique baby names, each given to 25 or fewer babies in 2021.

Kenshi

Meaning: swordsman

Origin:Japanese
6018
Origin:English
3810
Keating

Meaning: kite

Origin:English or Irish surname
5301
Night Night is an American origin name, and the me...
Origin:Word name
3894
Morwenna

Meaning: maiden

Origin:Welsh
767
Ula

Meaning: gem of the sea

Origin:Celtic
1651
Aberdeen Aberdeen is a name with Scottish origins. Th...
Origin:Scottish place-name
4779
Skadi

Meaning: shadow, harm

Origin:Old Norse
2620
Raffaella

Meaning: God heals

Origin:Italian variation of Hebrew Raphaela
4006
Ralston

Meaning: Ralph's settlement

Origin:English
5335
Zimri

Meaning: my music, my praise

Origin:Hebrew
514
Tekoa

Meaning: stockade or horn trumpet

Origin:Hebrew
3539
Drexel

Meaning: to turn

Origin:German
2412
Origin:English diminutive of Bartholomew
5147
Powell

Meaning: son of Howell

Origin:English
5570
Thoren

Meaning: thunder

Origin:Norse and Scandinavian
1288
Andri

Meaning: snowshoe

Origin:Icelandic
4469
Eisen

Meaning: iron, iron cutter

Origin:German surname
3128
Kestrel Kestrel is a beautiful name usually treated ...
Origin:English, bird name
4201
Brenner

Meaning: to burn

Origin:German
2594