Unusual Baby Name Alternatives

Substitutes for Popular and Trendy Names for Boys and Girls

© Naomi Rockler-Gladen

May 5, 2007

Trendy names are popular for a reason: people like them! So what do you do if you like one of these names, but want to call your baby something more unusual? Here are some alternatives to some of the most popular girl's and boy's names in America. They're similar to the trendy names, but not nearly as common.

Girl's Names

• If you like Abigail, try Amelia, Adriana, Adrienne, or Allegra
• If you like Alexis or Alexandra, try Alina, Alanna, Anya, or Aleeza
• If you like Ashley, try Asha, Ashra, Astrid, or Anastasia
• if you like Brianna, try Brenna, Brynna, Bridget, Bianca, or Rhiannon
• If you like Emily or Emma, try Elena, Eliza, Emory, Elise, Eden, or Elsa
• if you like Grace, try Gracia, Greta, Gretchen, Giselle, or Faith
• If you like Hailey, try Hallie, Holly, Hillary, or Harmony
• If you like Hannah, try Helena, Helene, or Hope
• If you like Isabella, try Isadora, Annabella, Arabella, or Ilona
• If you like Kate or Kaitlin, try Katya, Katarina, Ketura, Carson, Tate, or Tatum
• if you like Kayla or Kaylee, try Karly, Kaia, Chelsea, Kasey, Callie, or Kyra
• If you like Madison, try Melaina, Marissa, Matilda, Meredith, Mallory, or Miranda.
• If you like Olivia, try Olive, Violet, Viola, Viviana, or Oriana
• If you like Riley, try Rory, Raya, Renee, Ruby, or Romy
• If you like Samantha, try Sabrina, Cecilia, Skylar, Savannah, or Sabina.
• If you like Sarah, try Shayna, Shira, Shoshanna, or Mara.
• If you like Taylor, try Taryn, Tatum, Tegan, Tatiana, or Tessa

Boy's names

• If you like Aiden, try Auden, Asa, or Abbott
• If you like Andrew, try Anderson, Adric, Asher, or Ari
• If you like Brandon or Braden, try Bryce, Brock, Blake, or Brenton
• If you like Caden, try Camden, Killian, or Keegan
• If you like Connor, try Cooper, Colin, Collis, or Carson
• if you like Christopher or Christian, try Chad, Chandler, or Corey
• If you like Daniel, try Dorian, Dane, or Darren
• If you like David, try Davis, Dean, Damian, or Dayton
• If you like Dylan, try Doyle, Dustin, Delano, or Duncan
• If you like Ethan, try Elias, Elliott, or Ezra
• If you like Jacob, try Jeremy, Jaret, Jonah, or Johannes
• If you like Kyle, try Kieran, Killian, or Lyle
• if you like Logan, try Landon, Liam, or Morgan
• If you like Matthew, try Marcus, Martin, Matthias, or Max
• If you like Michael, try Micah, Malcolm, Mitchell, or Milton
• If you like Nathan or Nathaniel, try Nevin, Nolan, or Noel
• if you like Nicholas, try Nikolai, Nico, or Niles
• If you like Ryan, try Ryder, Ross, Russell, or Byron
• If you like Tyler, try Tyrus, Trey, Tristan, Toby, or Skyler

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