Small tweaks ‘coolify’ common names

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Perhaps you’ve picked out a name you thought was new and different, only to find you were inadvertently following the trends. Or you’ve been “saving” a favorite name so long that, now that you finally have a chance to use it, it’s no longer as fresh as it was when you picked it.

The solution? Tweak that name.

With our very first book, “Beyond Jennifer & Jason,” we began suggesting ways that parents could update, respin, and coolify (yeah, that’s a word we made up) the names they might be considering.

Don’t get us wrong: Many of these names are pretty cool already. Cool and beautiful and interesting and all those good things. But still, there’s sometimes a way to ratchet them up a notch or two, and that’s what we’ve done here.

Girls

Instead of ………………..Consider

• AMELIA………………….AMALIA
• CLEMENTINE…………CLEMENCY
• ELOISE…………………..LOUISE
• ESME……………………..ISMAY
• GEORGIA……………….GEORGIANA
• IRIS……………………….ISIS
• ISABELLA………………ISADORA
• ISLA………………………AILSA
• LEAH…………………….LEITH
• MARIAH……………….SARIAH
• NORA……………………NOA
• PHOEBE……………….PERSEPHONE
• ROWEN………………..ROWENA
• SADIE…………………..SADA
• SARAH…………………SEREN
• SOPHIA……………….SONIA

Boys

Instead of…………….Consider

• AIDEN………………..ALDEN
• BENJAMIN…………BENNETT
• CONOR………………CONALL
• ELIJAH………………ELIHU
• GRAYSON…………..GRAY
• HUDSON……………JUDSON
• JACOB……………….HAMISH
• LANDON……………LAND
• LEO……………………LEON
• LUCAS……………….LUCIUS
• MAX………………….MACK
• NOAH……………….NOAM (the new number 1 name in Israel, used for girls as well as boys)
• OSCAR………………OSWALD
• REED………………..REEVE
• SAM………………….SEM

Nameberry (http://nameberry.com) is a baby-naming site produced by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz, co-authors of 10 bestselling baby name guides, including the newest, “Beyond Ave and Aiden: The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby.”