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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.

Avis

Meaning: bird

Origin:Latin
1395
Rowena

Meaning: white spear or famous friend

Origin:Welsh
497
Eliora

Meaning: the Lord is my light

Origin:Hebrew
729
Origin:Word name
3362
Cornelia

Meaning: horn

Origin:Feminine variation of Cornelius, Latin
574
Noble

Meaning: aristocratic

Origin:Latin
1223
Isabeau

Meaning: pledged to God

Origin:French variation of Isabel
1257
Jethro

Meaning: excellence

Origin:Hebrew
587
Roscoe

Meaning: deer forest

Origin:Norse
588
Chester

Meaning: fortress, walled town,

Origin:Latin
198
Flavian

Meaning: yellow hair

Origin:Latin
2932
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Origin:Short form of Rafael
2423
Crispin

Meaning: curly-haired

Origin:Latin
680
Tamerlane

Meaning: iron

Origin:Turkic, Mongol
2956
Horatio

Meaning: hour, time

Origin:English variation of Latin Horatius
759
Fintan

Meaning: white fire or white bull

Origin:Irish
855
Macallister

Meaning: son of Alasdair

Origin:Scottish
3405
Hodge

Meaning: famous warrior

Origin:Variation of Roger, German
6541
Origin:Pet form of Oswald, Osborn and Osmond.
1186
Origin:English variation of Gervase, meaning unknown
1144