I have a notebook that I carry with me everywhere. It’s not full of anatomy notes, or essay outlines, but instead, baby names, roughly a hundred alternative, naturistic baby names. I know I’m not the only one who participates in this addicting pastime, and that is the only reason, my friends, that I will be sharing some of my prized possessions with you today. Hopefully I’ll be giving you some great ideas for the names of your future children, but odds are I’ll just be further exemplifying myself as a barefoot hippie. It’s slowly becoming a problem.

1. Kennedy: “helmeted chief”
2. Birdie: “birdlike”
3. Bridget: “power, strength, vigor, virtue”
4. Berklee: “the birch tree meadow”
5. Reese: “ardent, fiery”
6. Forest: “woodland”
7. Barely: “wild boar”
8. Spruce: “valiant”
9. Branch: “limb of a tree”
10. Avery: “elf, council”
11. Blair: “plain, field”
12. Parker: “keeper of the forest”
13. Sawyer: “cut timber”
14. Emerson: “brave, powerful”
15. Lennon: “lover”
16. Flint: “stream”
17. Cedar: “tree”
18. Linden: “lime tree”
19. River: “river, water”
20. Lex: “defender of men”
21. Bear: “bear”
22. Archer: “a bowman”
23. Miles: “gracious”
24. Marley: “the march meadow”
25. Lincoln: “lakeside colony”
26. Ginger: “pure”
27. Basil: “royal, kingly”
28. Oakley: “from the oak”
29. Memphis: “enduring and beautiful”
30. Asher: “happy, blessed”
31. Sparrow: “sparrow, a bird”
32. Finn: “fair”
33. Serenity: “serene, calm”
34. Delilah: “delight, languishing”
35. Ember: “hot ashes”
36. Vivian: “alive”
37. Florence: “to flower”
38. Leaf: “dear, beloved”
39. Orion: “rising in the sky”
40. Meadow: “grassy field”
41. Mercy: “compassion, forgiveness”

A name is someone’s first impression. It’s the first thing someone learns about you. Be thought-provoking, be uniquely you, be extraordinary.