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Did you know that baby name regret is very much a real thing? According to Tiny Hearts Education's Instagram post, "between 11-30% of parents regret the name they chose for their baby." The many reasons for name regret may include the name becoming too popular, people developing nicknames related to the name, or being rushed and pressured into naming the child. Some may also discover that the name's origins or meaning are totally unappealing, causing remorse.

However, while many baby names, especially popular baby names, come with beautiful, even empowering meanings, not all of them do. Interestingly, there are plenty of both common and unusual baby names with interesting meanings. In this case, by interesting, we not only mean entrancing, but we also mean names with weird meanings or meanings you would not expect a name to have. However, weird doesn't mean the meaning is ugly or unappealing, but rather just very peculiar, specific, or unexpected.

Below, we've compiled a list of both boy and girl names with weird meanings. Again, while many of the below are relatively rare and unique baby names, they are nonetheless beautiful and just happen to have rather unusual or odd meanings. Do you know of any more baby boy or baby girl names with weird meanings? Or, on the contrary, weird names with cool meanings? Let us know!

#2

Valkyrie

Meaning: Chooser of the slain.

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ThePunnyBunny
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like a particular named valkyrie would be better? Not just naming the kid after the the creature/group.

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Amalia

Meaning: Work, activity.

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Leah

Meaning: Weary or grieved.

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ThePunnyBunny
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Iirc that's the Greek meaning. Hebrew sources say "cow", which makes sense given her sister Rachel's name means "ewe". Agrarian society, total sense.

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115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Olivia

Meaning: Strong army or elf army.

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Hellebore
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lot of BS in this article, Olivia is derived from Latin oliva "olive" meaning peace

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Delaney

Meaning: Dark challenger.

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Mara

Meaning: Bitterness. Mara was regarded as the highest goddess in Latvian mythology.

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#10

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Aislinn

Meaning: Dream or vision.

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ThePunnyBunny
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I made a character yeaaaars ago with that as a last name. One of my favorite names!

#11

Jessamy

Meaning: Jasmine flower.

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Ariadne

Meaning: Most holy.

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Kailani

Meaning: Sea and sky.

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#18

Lark

Meaning: A playful, lighthearted songbird.

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#19

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Thomas

Meaning: Twin.

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#20

Nia

Meaning: Bright.

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#21

Talia

Meaning: Flourishing.

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#22

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Zuri

Meaning: Beautiful.

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#23

Zephyr

Meaning: West wind.

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#24

Amos

Meaning: Burden, or carried by God.

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#25

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Bailey

Meaning: Comes from the French word "baili" which means "manager".

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#26

Belinda

Meaning: Beautiful serpent.

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115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Danica

Meaning: Morning star.

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Cecilia

Meaning: Blind or dim-sighted.

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Matt Smith
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wonder if that applies to the one the Simon & Garfunkel song is named for...?

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Tristan

Meaning: In the Celtic language it means "tumult" or "outrcy". In French "triste" means "sad".

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Tiffi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this name so much. I wish I had named my son Tristan but was kinda pressured by my dead ex husband's mom to name him for her husband.

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Connor

Meaning: Hound-lover.

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Brielle

Meaning: Heroine of God.

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Ledger

Meaning: Spear people.

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StrangeOne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone who thought this would be a good name needs to step out of the office for a long while.

#36

Soren

Meaning: Thunder.

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RoanTheMad
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wrong. It means "one who is stern/strict" derived from Latin "Severus"

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#37

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Tanner

Meaning: Leather maker.

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#38

Blakely

Meaning: Dark woodland clearing.

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#39

Cayce

Meaning: Alert, watchful.

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#41

Onyx

Meaning: Black Gemstone.

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#42

Wren

Meaning: Small songbird.

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Cameron

Meaning: Crooked nose.

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Beck
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am literally watching ferris bueller right now. They just got the car stolen.

#45

Louis

Meaning: Famous in war.

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#48

Caleb

Meaning: Dog.

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#49

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Ralph

Meaning: Wolf-counsel.

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Lorelei

Meaning: Luring rock.

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Anne Reid
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, it means “enticing temptress”. The Lorelei sat on rocks, singing songs to lure sailors to their doom. They were not actually rocks!

#51

Cassia

Meaning: Pure.

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Erina

Meaning: Girl from Ireland.

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#54

Gaia

Meaning: The earth.

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#55

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Kenna

Meaning: Fire-born, handsome.

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Laney

Meaning: Shining light.

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#57

Oaklee

Meaning: Meadow of oak trees.

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#58

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Xandra

Meaning: Defender of the people.

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#59

Hazen

Meaning: Dark, handsome.

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Idan

Meaning: Era, time.

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115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Keirnan

Meaning: Lord.

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Willis

Meaning: Resolute protector, will.

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#63

Zander

Meaning: Defender of the people.

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#64

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Amory

Meaning: Brave, powerful.

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#65

Hartley

Meaning: Deer meadow.

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#66

Kynlee

Meaning: Fair-haired Viking.

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#67

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Nollan

Meaning: Champion.

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#68

Quinn

Meaning: Wise, counsel.

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#69

Sorrell

Meaning: Chestnut.

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115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Ùisdean

Meaning: Always, forever.

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#71

Wynn

Meaning: Friend, joy, happiness.

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#72

Xian

Meaning: Spiritual enlightenment, long-living.

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#73

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Ace

Meaning: Number one.

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#74

Darwin

Meaning: Dear friend.

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#76

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Rebecca

Meaning: Noose or to bind.

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ThePunnyBunny
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not unique. But for those interested, it seems the root word of the Hebrew "Rivkah" (transliteration of the Hebrew רִבְקָה) is "rabak", which is "to tie" or "to bind".

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Calvin

Meaning: Bald.

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Brennan

Meaning: Descendant of sorrow.

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#79

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Byron

Meaning: Cow barn.

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Melvin

Meaning: Bad town.

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MonkeysUncle
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought Melvin meant to grab someone by the balls, as in: “Whoa! We just Melvined Death!”

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Makai

Meaning: Hell.

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115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Odin

Meaning: Lord of frenzy.

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#83

Ares

Meaning: Ruin or throng of battle.

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#85

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Fionnuala

Meaning: White shoulder.

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Hester

Meaning: Star.

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ThePunnyBunny
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Derived from Esther, which is "Star" in Persian and "Hidden" in Hebrew.

#89

Elian

Meaning: God is my family.

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ThePunnyBunny
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not sure why some places say that, but the Hebrew means "G-d has answered" as in answering prayer. I think it may also be a Dutch variant on Elijah/Eliyahu, but that means "Yah is my god" (Yah is a stand-in for The Most Holy Name in Judaism, a poetic form.)

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115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Zayd

Meaning: Abundance, growth.

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Fennec

Meaning: Dark red, rebirth.

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#93

Glade

Meaning: Shining, handsome.

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Dani M
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

mhm but with the latin gladius meaning sword having really strong phallic conotations I wonder if that isn´t a nice way to call your kid a a d**k.

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115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Jennett

Meaning: God is gracious.

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ThePunnyBunny
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because it's from "John"/"Yochanan" (the original Hebrew name).

#95

Murphy

Meaning: Sea warrior.

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Beck
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a cat names Murphy. Definitely not a sea warrior

#96

Tenley

Meaning: Woodland clearing.

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115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Jasper

Meaning: Treasurer.

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#98

Macon

Meaning: Marsh-dweller.

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#99

Emily

Meaning: Rival.

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115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Giselle

Meaning: Mutual obligation.

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Kennedy

Meaning: Ugly head or helmet head in Irish.

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#103

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Portia

Meaning: It is derived from old Roman word, "porcius," which means "pig."

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#104

Campbell

Meaning: Crooked mouth.

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MonkeysUncle
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So if your name was Caleb Campbell your name would mean crooked nose crooked mouth

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Aeron

Meaning: Slaughter.

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RoanTheMad
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

um no? It's a welsh name meaning "mountain of strength" ffs...

#106

115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Carter

Meaning: Cart maker or one who transports goods.

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Deborah

Meaning: Bee.

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#108

Persephone

Meaning: Bringer of death.

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Mylah

Meaning: Gracious, soldier.

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Brecken

Meaning: Freckles.

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115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Indiana

Meaning: Land of the Indians.

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lauralett50
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No. Indian is named because Columbus thought he had found India .

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#113

Vale

Meaning: lives by the valley.

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#114

Presley

Meaning: Priest’s meadow.

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115 Unique Baby Names With Weird Meanings Blair

Meaning: Eat moss.

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RoanTheMad
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wtf no it doesn't it literally comes from the Scottish Gaelic "blàr" meaning "meadow/field"