Unusual baby names and their meanings

Before your baby is born, you begin to think about the perfect name, you want your child to be comfortable with the name especially any possible nickname because your child will be wearing this name for a lifetime, so you have a unique and important responsibility. Some people say that people with unusual first names enjoy an advantage because they are more likely to be listed in ‘’who’s who and they are also more likely to have a positive sense of individuality, which helps them resist peer pressure.

Below is a list of some beautiful unusual names, their origin, meanings and their variations:

Unusual Boy’s names:

Adlai: (Hebrew) ‘‘Yahweh is justice ”

Aidan: (Gaelic) ‘‘fire ”.  Also Aiden

Anand: (west India) ‘‘happiness”

Akihito: (Japanese) ‘‘bright child”

Akinyele:  (Nigerian) ‘‘valor benefits this house”

Amazu: (Nigerian) ‘‘no one knows”

Ali: (Arabic) ‘‘exalted”. Also Aly

Augustus: (Latin) ‘‘magnificent”. Also Augie, Gus, Augusto, August

Barnaby (Greek):’ ‘son of consolation”. Also Barney, Barnabe, Barnabas

Bjorn: (Swedish) ‘‘bear” .Also Bjarne

Basil: (Greek) ‘‘royal”. Also Basilio

Bomani: (Malawi) ‘‘warrior”

Brassal: (Irish) ‘‘brave”. Also Brazil, Brissal

Cyril: (Greek) ‘‘master”. Also CY, Cyrille, kirill

Cyrus: (Persian) ‘‘throne”

Duncan: (Scottish) ‘‘brown warrior”. Also Dun, Dunc

Ezra: (Hebrew)”help”

Fariji: (Swahili) ‘‘consolation”

Farrell: (Irish) ‘‘valorous”. Also Farall

Gahiji:  (Rwanda) ‘‘the hunter”

Galen: (Latin) ‘‘calm”

Gunnar: (Old Norse) ‘‘battle warrior”

Hugh: (old German) ‘‘heart”. Also Hugo, Hud, Hutch, Huey, Huw

Ikaika: (Hawaiian) ‘‘strength”

Jabari: (Swahili) ‘‘brave”

Jaleel:  (Arabic) ‘‘great”. Also Jahleel, Jalil

Kane: (Gaelic) ‘‘warrior”. Also Kaine, Kayne

Keanu: (Hawaiian) ‘‘the breeze”

Leeor: (Hebrew) ‘‘my light”. Also lior

Unusual girls’ names

Allegra: (Italian) ‘‘cheerful”

Ada: (old German) ‘‘noble”. Also Adah

Anuli: (Nigerian) ‘‘joy”

Araceli: (Spanish) ‘‘altar of heaven”. Also Aracelie, Aracely, Arasely, Areli

Aziza: (Swahili) ‘‘precious”

Belle: (Latin) ‘‘beautiful”. Also Belinda, Bella, bell

Blossom: (old English) ‘‘flower”. Also Blossy, Bloom

Cleo: (Greek) ‘‘fame”. Also Cleopatra, Clea

Consuela: (Spanish) ‘‘consolation”. Also Connie, Consuelo, Consolacion

Dayo:  (Nigerian) ‘‘joy arrives”

Damita Spanish) ‘‘princess”

Estelle Latin)  ‘‘star”. Also Estella, Estrela

Flora: (Latin) ‘‘flower”. Also Fiorella, Flor, Flo, Fleur

Gemma: (Italian) ‘‘gem”. Also Jemma

Halima: (Arabic) ‘‘gentle”

Irene: (Greek) ‘‘peace”. Also Irena, Irina

Iruka: (Nigerian) ‘‘the future is supreme”.

Latifah: (Arabic) ‘‘pleasant”. Also latifa, lateefa, latteifa

Mona: (Irish) ‘‘noble one” .Also Monna, Monica

Thema: (Ghana) ‘‘queen”

Ziazan: (Armenian) ‘‘rainbow”