Baby Names

AUSTRALIAN BABY NAMES

Deciding on the perfect name for your expected little one can be quite a daunting task. A lot of parents-to-be feel the pressure of making the "right" decision. A name is, after all, something that remains with your child for life (unless they change it), becoming part of who they are.

This task can be made even more confusing with pressures or assumptions from well meaning relatives and friends. Prospective parents should appreciatively take all suggestions on board, but may need to tactfully point out that in the end it is their decision. Just because "the boys in our family have always had George somewhere in their name", doesn't mean it always has to be so.

If the couple themselves have totally different likes, dislikes and expectations from the naming procedure, this can make coming to an agreement difficult. Couples should calmly discuss all their thoughts and reasons, never putting down or making fun of one partner's ideas, and explore all possible options to come to some agreement. With so many names available, hopefully in the process you will stumble upon something that just seems "the one" to both of you!

Remember to consider things like possible shortenings of the name, potential words spelt by the initials, or alternative meanings which could be cause for teasing.

Some parents opt to name their children with family names in honour of a loved one- such as those of parents, grandparents etc, or sometimes using their own names or middle names. Family names might also be used as the child's middle name, with a new name chosen as a first name. Children might also be named after close friends or other mentors or special people in the parent's lives.

To give the names a bit of individuality, sometimes various family names are combined or hyphenated to create a new name. For example, the two grandmother's names Jane and Ella might be combined to make Janella. Or Aunt Sadie and Aunt Anne might be hyphenated to Sadie-Anne.

Some families decide to name all of their children with names starting with the same letter. Or other specific criteria, such as after flowers, seasons, cities, or famous sports stars or other people they admire.

A lot of parents these days like to use totally unrelated names, giving their children a unique identity of their own. There are many huge lists, both online and in books, of possible babies names.

For the creative, imaginative parent, totally new names can be created! Maybe this might be the solution if you cannot agree on any names found so far. If you have two or more names that you can't decide between, could you create your own name out of these?

Some names can easily be used for either sex, and even some traditionally used for one sex can start to become popular for the other. Be a little careful with this, especially in naming a boy- "Marigold" may not thank you when he gets old enough for other boys to tease him!

Below are a few unusual names, to get you started. Happy naming!

GIRL NAMES

Baby Names A
Aaliyah Aditi Africa Aiyana Amaliaa Amber Amelita Amethyst April Ashlyn Aspen Auburn Aurora Autumn

Baby Names B
Baria Bethany Blythe Bonita Brandy Brenna Breonna Bria Brianne Brielle Britta Brylee Brynn

Baby Names C
Cadence Calissa Celeste Cerise Chaitanya Chari Chaya Cheyenne Chiya Ciara Copper Cypress Cyriana

Baby Names D
Dacia Dakota Danai Danelle Darshana Deja Delisa Demssie Denesa Denine Dinora Divara

Baby Names E
Ebony Eden Eliana Ellowyn Emerald Espe Essence EEstelita Estrella Evette

Baby Names F
Fabianne Farron Felice Ferne Finley Fortune

Baby Names G
Galina Garnet Gazelle Gem Gia Ginna Gizella Gracelyn Graciel

Baby Names H
Haiku Hailey Harmony Haven Heaven Holly Honore Hope Hyacinthe

Baby Names I
Idalia Idelle Iliana Imani India Ireland Isela Isirene Isis Iveta Ivette Iyanna

Baby Names J
Jacey Jacinda Jade Jaelyn Jasmine Jazlyn Jazz Jerica Jewel Jiani Jianne Journey Juniper

Baby Names K
Kaia Kaylin Keelia Keyla Kiana Kiyana Kiandra Kimberlyn Kimora Kindra Krystle

Baby Names L
Laisha Leanna Leilani Lia Lindie Lisette Luna Lydiane Lyla Lyra Lyric

Baby Names M
Maia Makayla Maple Mariella Marita Maya Meadow Melania Micah Minya Mira Mireya

Baby Names N
Nalani Natianne Nelia Neshita Nikkirae Nisha Nohemi Norienne Noriko Nuri Nyasia

Baby Names O
Octavia Odette Ofelia Oksana Olinda Opal Oralia Oria Oriana

Baby Names P
Paloma Parisia Perlita Petrina Pheodora Piper Priya

Baby Names Q
Quinn Quinesia Quianna Quintessa

Baby Names R
Rain Raina Rami Raven Rhiannon River Riya Rowan Rumiko Ruthlen

Baby Names S
Sabine Sage Samara Saniya Sapphire Season Serenity Shaelynne Shanti Starlyn

Baby Names T
Tae Talaia Talia Tamar Tamilynn Tanae Tarayssa Taryn Tauni Tawana Tiani Tierra Timberly Topaz

Baby Names U
Uli Unique Unita Usala

Baby Names V
Valina Valita Veridiana Vidia Vierra Vinitta Visha Viviana

Baby Names W
Wenlia Willow Wivina Wynter

Baby Names X
Xenia Xiannon Ximena Xiomara Xiaminna

Baby Names Y
Yahaira Yamini Yarelei Yaritza Yasmine Yenci Yesenia Yuliana Yuridia Yvanne

Baby Names Z
Zaira Zamira Zana Zanetta Zaria Zayda Zenaida Zidia Zurie


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BOY NAMES

Babies Names A
Addison Adom Alarik Alden Andro Arden Arese Aryan Ashton Azzai

Babies Names B
Balin Barrett Bay Blaze Brayden Brock Brooks Bryant Bryce

Babies Names C
Cale Canyon Cason Chance Cohen Cole Coleman Colton Cooper Corbin Cordell Corwin

Babies Names D
Dalton Dane Dannon Darian Davion Dayton Deacon Devin Devlin Dustin Dylan

Babies Names E
Easton Edison Elian Eman Emanuel Emerson Emiko Emil Estevan Everard Everett

Babies Names F
Falcon Farley Favian Finn Fisher Forrest Fowler Fuller Fulton Fytch

Babies Names G
Gage Galen Garner Garrett Garrison Grayson Griffin

Babies Names H
Halden Hammon Hansen Hayward Healy Heath Hewitt Houston Hunter

Baby Names I
Indio Ingram Irish Irvin Irving Ismael Ivo

Babies Names J
Jace Jaden Jamar Jaron Jarrett Jarvis Jett Judd

Babies Names K
Kai Kane Karsten Kayan Keaton Kelton Kendrick Kenton Kenyon Khalil Kirk Kyler

Babies Names L
Landon Lane Lawson Lennox Logan Lucien Luka Lyndon

Babies Names M
Maddox Maddison Mallone Manning Marek Mitchell Monte Morgan

Babies Names N
Navin Nelson Nerius Newell Niko Nile Nolan Norris

Babies Names O
Oakley Omar Orion Orlando Orville Osborne

Babies Names P
Parker Pascal Paxton Payton Phoenix Pierce Porter Preston

Babies Names Q
Quentin Quincy Quinn

Babies Names R
Radcliffe Raymon Reagan Reece Reid Rhett Riley Rohan Ronnan Rusty Ryan Ryder Ryker

Babies Names S
Sanderson Sheldon Simeon Skyler Sorren Sylvan

Babies Names T
Tanner Tarak Tariq Tate Terrell Thailen Tobin Turner Twain

Babies Names U
Ulises Ulrich Ulysses

Babies Names V
Vadim Vance Vaughn Vicente Vito Vivek

Babies Names W
Wade Walker Warner Warren Waylon Weston Wilson Wolf Woody Wyatt

Babies Names X
Xabierre Xander Xavier Xylon

Babies Names Y
Yale Yates York Yosef Yevack

Babies Names Z
Zachariah Zane Zavier Zebb Zion Zoltan Zoran