The Stir published this list of so-called Hipster Baby Names. I think they’ve been reading Nameberry.
I love pretty much every name on the list, of course.
The ones I would use:
[name_u]Juniper[/name_u]
[name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Raina[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f] (spelled [name_f]Clio[/name_f])
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_u]Gus[/name_u] (as a nn for [name_m]Augustus[/name_m])
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_u]Van[/name_u] (as a nn for [name_m]Ivan[/name_m])
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_m]Watson[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
The ones I love for someone else’s child:
[name_u]Blaire[/name_u] (spelled [name_u]Blair[/name_u])
[name_f]Astara[/name_f] (adore this!)
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Edie[/name_f]
[name_u]Frankie[/name_u]
[name_u]Stevie[/name_u] (I have a friend with this name)
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Callie[/name_f] (as a nn for [name_f]Calliope[/name_f])
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f] (and I have a friend with this name)
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Lana[/name_f]
Sia
[name_u]Rae[/name_u]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_m]Ike[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m] (I know two of these)
[name_u]Theo[/name_u] (…and two of these!)
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Edison[/name_m] (though I prefer [name_f]Tesla[/name_f], naturally)
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_m]Kent[/name_m]
[name_u]Luca[/name_u] (I have a character with this name, so I could never use it, alas)
[name_u]Scout[/name_u] (though I dated a female [name_u]Scout[/name_u], so this one’s all girl to me)
[name_m]Clive[/name_m]
[name_m]Huck[/name_m]
[name_m]Bear[/name_m]
[name_m]Matteo[/name_m]
[name_m]Byron[/name_m]
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_m]Harris[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u]
I think some of these names are a wee bit too popular to be truly hipster – [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Julian[/name_m], and [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], for instance.
Which from the list do you like? What names would you add or delete? Could this list be the Top 100 of the future?