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Offbeat Baby Names

Offbeat baby names are those that are just a little bit quirky, a tiny bit unusual, and off the beaten track. These names are unexpected on little babies, either because they’re old-fashioned, like Henrietta and Otis, or they’ve always been outside of the mainstream, such as Thisbe and Macallister.

Along with Otis, other offbeat baby names in the US Top 1000 include Beatrix, Bellamy, Clementine, Cleo, Jacoby, Lyle, Magnus, and Otto. But most quirky baby names fall well outside the most popular list, such as Flavian, Jessamy, Rafferty, and Wednesday.

Quirky names are perfect for creative, individualistic people and their children. Here are some offbeat baby names you might want to consider today.

Primrose

Meaning: first rose

Origin:English flower name
301
Magnus

Meaning: greatest

Origin:Scandinavian from Latin
34
Linus

Meaning: flax

Origin:Greek
162
Rufus

Meaning: red-head

Origin:Latin
174
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Origin:Latin, meaning unknown
227
Bellamy

Meaning: fine friend

Origin:English and Irish from French
627
Otis

Meaning: wealthy

Origin:Variation of Otto, German
26
Cosmo

Meaning: order, beauty, universe

Origin:Greek, Italian, English
82
Cassian

Meaning: hollow

Origin:Latin, variation of Cassius
27
Rafferty

Meaning: floodtide, abundance, prosperity

Origin:Irish
125
Cormac

Meaning: charioteer

Origin:Irish
257
Tolliver

Meaning: metalworker

Origin:English occupational name
1611
Hamish

Meaning: supplanter

Origin:Scottish variation of James
159
Balthazar

Meaning: Baal protects the King

Origin:Phoenician
295
Laszlo

Meaning: glorious ruler

Origin:Hungarian
424
Grover

Meaning: lives near a grove of trees

Origin:English
888
Lyle

Meaning: someone who lives on an island

Origin:Scottish and English from French
901
Inigo

Meaning: fiery

Origin:Basque, medieval Spanish variation of Ignatius
330
Llewellyn

Meaning: leader's image

Origin:Welsh, variation of Llywelyn
383
Rupert

Meaning: bright fame

Origin:German variation of Robert
131