sleeping babyNameberry's made a list of the top 14 under-the-radar names for both boys and girls that they believe are poised to make a comeback. Most of the names you've heard before, but let's just say you probably don't know anyone with them. None of the 28 names are in the top 1,000 nationally, but the trend toward more original names might see them break into the popular categories pretty soon.

See what you think:

14 unusual baby boy names:

  1. Abner
  2. Augustine
  3. Cormac
  4. Cornelius
  5. Denver
  6. Ephraim
  7. Ford
  8. Gordon
  9. Guy
  10. Magnus
  11. Milton
  12. Nigel
  13. Otis
  14. Simeon

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14 unusual baby girl names:

  1. Antonia
  2. Aurelia
  3. Clemintine
  4. Cordelia
  5. Harriet
  6. India
  7. Louisa
  8. Lucinda
  9. Mabel
  10. Marcella
  11. Margo
  12. Marion
  13. Mercy
  14. Susannah

As one of five Lindsays in my fourth grade class, I support an original name. Not, like, crazy names, though. Baby Hashtag does not have my vote, is all I'm saying. But these 28 names are names, you know, and good ones at that.

Obviously, I can't be trusted. Not only am I bringing childhood issues to the table (I sustained whiplash turning my head around every time "my" name was called in elementary school), but the two men in my life, Durward and Zebulon, also make great cases for original names. So does Matilda Ledger.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go ice m'neck.

Do you think any of these 28 names should make a comeback?

 

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