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Boy Names Starting with J: James, Jonah, Jennings

July 4, 2022 By appellationmountain 7 Comments

boy names starting with J

Looking for boy names starting with J? Parents love the letter J. It starts John, Joseph, and James, the most evergreen of classic boy names. But it’s also the first letter of chart-topping modern inventions, like Jayden and Jax. Tally up all of the spellings of Jackson, and it might claim the #1 spot in […]

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Boy Names Starting with M: Miles, Malcolm, McCoy

June 20, 2022 By appellationmountain 10 Comments

boy names starting with M

Looking for boy names starting with M? Parents love the letter M. It’s one of the most popular letters for boy names, not far behind favorite first initials J, A, and L. As of 2021, it comes in fourth. (It’s even more popular for our daughters; it comes in third for baby girl names.) Michael […]

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Boy Names Starting with R: Robert, Rafferty, Rhodes

June 6, 2022 By appellationmountain 8 Comments

boy names starting with R

Looking for boy names starting with R? From traditional mainstays like Robert and Richard to new favorites like Ryder and Remy, there’s no shortage of R boy names to consider. In recent years, it’s felt like a number of the hottest names come from this letter – just look at the list of most popular […]

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Boy Names Starting with K: Koa, Kindred, King

May 2, 2022 By appellationmountain 5 Comments

boy names starting with K

Boy names starting with K tend towards the trending. There’s Kevin, of course, a name that helped define a generation, from classic Christmas movie Home Alone to Kevinism, a term for the German (and elsewhere in Europe) dislike of so-called American names. More recently, Kayden (and Kaiden and Kaden) dominated K names for boys. Plenty […]

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Girl Names Starting with Y: Yara, Yarrow, Yvelisse

April 25, 2022 By appellationmountain 5 Comments

girl names starting with Y

Girl names starting with Y tend towards the obscure. After all, Y ranks 23rd out of 26 in terms of most popular first initials. Only X, Q, and U are less popular. Another factor? Lots of Y names aren’t exactly Y names at all. The letter easily stands in for I – see Ysabel and […]

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Boy Names Starting with S: Sebastian, Sky, Seeley

April 18, 2022 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

boy names starting with S

Boy names starting with S lean traditional. There’s saintly Sebastian and Old Testament Samuel near the top of the list, both very popular baby boy names right now. But every letter offers rich variety, and S is no exception. Surname names abound. So do word names, from gentle Shepherd to bold Steel. Traditional Steven and […]

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Girl Names Starting with K: Kenna, Kestrel, Kate

April 11, 2022 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

girl names starting with K

Girl names starting with K include some of the biggest pop culture sensations of our time. Just think of Game of Thrones’ Khaleesi. Or the entire Kardashian family. But there’s a wide range of possible K names for girls. Classic Katherine and cool, casual Kate share the letter with soap opera-boosted Kayla and Sue Grafton’s fictional […]

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Girl Names Starting with P: Penelope, Poppy, Pimm

March 14, 2022 By appellationmountain 5 Comments

girl names starting with P

Plenty of perfectly pleasing girl names starting with P populate this list. There’s something about the letter P, isn’t there? It reads a little offbeat. And it’s tempting to use for siblings. Just ask the Halliwells of Charmed fame – Prudence-called-Prue, Phoebe, and Piper, plus cousin Paige. Or the Featheringtons of Bridgerton. There’s mom (or is that […]

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Boy Names Starting with Y: Yusuf, Yadiel, Yves

May 3, 2021 By appellationmountain 4 Comments

boy names staring with Y

Boy names starting with Y aren’t exactly common. In fact, Y ranks 23rd out of 26 in terms of most popular first initials. It’s not dead last, but that’s still a far cry from letters like A, M, and J that offer so many options you could name a dozen children without missing a beat. […]

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