Uncommon Baby Names

Uncommon baby names are available from select books on the subject. There are many approaches to uncommon naming and some of the best uncommon names are included in the books that include both common and uncommon names for a baby.

There are also resources on Baby Guide for:

• Unique Baby Girl Names
• Creating Baby Names

Fortunately, the Social Security Administration publishes most common names. The list is located at ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/index.html.

Uncommon Baby Names – Books

Although uncommon baby names are, well, uncommon, it doesn’t mean that the name doesn’t have a meaning and an interesting history. In fact, some of the uncommon names have foreign origins and very interesting backgrounds.

Here are some of the books that contain uncommon baby names for parents to choose from:

• New Age Baby Name Book, The: Now Updated With More Than 15,000 Names
  by Sue Browder
  This book has pronunciations, origins, and meanings for more than 10,000 modern and traditional names. The book has advice of naming traditions from different cultures, from the world's religions, and names that reflect Hebrew, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, African, and many other heritages
  
  
• The Best Baby Names in the World, from Around the World: From Around the World
  by J. M. Cangemi (Editor), J. M. Congemi (Editor)
  This book is full of culturally diverse names. In addition to listings of names, it has the history and background of selected names. Names on the book have originated or been proven popular in 126 countries around the world.
  
  
• Cool Names: for Babies
  by Pamela Redmond Satran (Author), Linda Rosenkrantz (Author), Pamela Satran
  This book on cool and partly uncommon baby names has offers advice why some names are cooler than others. Also, listed are famous names: movie characters, artists, athletes, musicians, and writers, even nanny diary names, spiritual names, color names, music names, foreign word names, and finally, reasons why some names are not cool.