Unique Names articles

If you're looking for a one-syllable name for your baby girl, there are plenty of beautiful options to choose from. Short names are often easier for young children to say and can be less of a mouthful for adults.

The days are officially getting shorter, but summer is nowhere near over! We’re still in love with the sun, the BBQs and all the celebrations summer has to offer. And for babies born in this magical time of the year, why not memorialize the sunny season with one of these Midsummer names? Solstice works for both summer and winter babies, representing as it does the longest day of the year (June 21) and the shortest (December 21). The solstice was – and in some parts of the world, still is – a hugely significant and meaningful event for many ancient cultures.

Well, we’re still going through the treasure throve that is the Social Security Administration’s archives, and with 136 years of data, there’s plenty left still to discover! And while some names always stay in fashion – Michael, Emma, John, Anna – others fall in and out, while still more disappear forever. Here are a few that stood out for us from the earliest SSA records of 1880 and which we think could be worthy of resurrection!