The top ten names for Girls and Boys and some less common alternatives and nicknames.
Note: I made this list a few years ago, so the top names may have changed somewhat. If you are looking for an alternative to a popular name, your search may be over! Here are some great alternatives to some very popular names.
1.Isabella - Isabelle/Isobel, Isadora, Sabella, Abella, Arabella, Isis, Sabel, Elizabeth, Elisa/Elise
NN: Issi, Isa, Sabby, Ellie, Ella, Abella, Abby, BB, Abs
Names with the same meaning: Elisha, Elizabeth, Annaliese, Ailsa, Babette
2.Emma - Emmaline, Ember, Embla, Emelia, Emerald, Emiliana, Emmalise, Emmy
NN: Em, Emmy,
Names with the same meaning: Irma, Ermelinda
3.Olivia - Ola, Olive, Oliva, Olivette, Octavia
NN: Olly, Livia, Livvi/Libbi, Vivi, Via
Names with the same meaning: Oliva, Alfreda,
4.Sophia - Sophie, Anne-Sophie, Soleil, Opal, Sabrina, Sophina, Seraphina
NN: SoSo (zoh-zoh), Ophia, Opie, Phi, Phie Phie, Phia
Names with the same meaning: Athena, Minerva,
5.Ava - Avana, Aveline, Avery, Avia, Aviana, Aviah, Aviva, Aviviya
NN: Av (Ayv), Avie, Ay, Va Va (Vah-Vah), Vah
Names with the same meaning: Aveline, Aderyn
6.Emily - Emmaline, Emmaline, Ember, Emelia, Emerald, Emiliana, Emmalise, Emmy
NN: Em, Emmy, Mily (miley), Ily (eye-lee), Ly, Ly Ly
Names with the same meaning: Emilia
7.Madison - Madalena, Madeline, Madelaine, Madena, Madzea, Megan, Addison, Ada, Adanna
NN: Maddi, Addi, Addison, Dissy, Issy, Sonny
Names with the same meaning: N/A
8.Abigail - Abella, Arabelle, Amabel, Aubrielle, Aveline
NN: Abby, Bibi, Gail, Gaily, Aily
Names with the same meaning: Adanna, Adannaya
9.Chloe - Zoe, Cora, Cleo, Callista, Cara, Pheobe, Daphne, Carlie, Kylie
NN: Chlo, Coley, Cay, Oley, Lee
Names with the same meaning: Zahrah
10.Mia - Amaya, Maya, May/Mei, Michaela, Michelle, Mina, Maria
Names with the same meaning: Maria, Mary, Cara, Amy
1.Jacob - Jacobi, Jack, Jackson, Caleb, Jonah
NN: (Jake), Jac/Jak, Coby
Names with the same meaning: Jacobi
2.Ethan - Eytan, Etienne, Aithan
NN: Than, Han
Names with the same meaning: Atlas, Durante
3.Michael - Michelangelo, Mitchell, Miguel, Mikhail, Maverick, Mason
NN: Mac, Micky, Chael (kale), Chael (kyle), Coley, Cole
Names with the same meaning: None noted (except foreign variations)
4.Alexander - Alejandro, Alastair, Alexandro, Alexandru, Iskander, Oleksandar, Sasha, Sean
NN: (Alex), Al, Ali, Lex, Exander, Xander, Xandy, Xan, Ander, Andy, Der (dare)
Names with the same meaning:
5.William - Guillermo, Vilhelm, Villem, Wilhelm, Willem, Willis, Wilmot, Wullem, Willahelm
NN: (Will, Bill) Liam, Illiam, Lam, Wam, Wim
Names with the same meaning: Esmond
6.Joshua - Jozua, Oshea, Yushua, Justin, Jesse, Elijah,
NN: (Josh), Oshua, Shu, Shua, Hoss, Jay, Jo, Joss
Names with the same meaning: none noted
7.Daniel -Dane, Danielius, Danilo,
NN: (Dan), Niel, Aaniel, Nell, Eli, Andi
Names with the same meaning: none noted
8.Jayden - Jordan, Jay, Jason, Jonah
NN: Jay, Den, Denny, Ayden, Dayn, Ned
Names with the same meaning: Azariah (based on the fact that Jayden is a variation on Aidan which is a variation on Arden, which means "fiery")
9.Noah - Nolan, Noel, Neo, Noran, Jonah
NN: (no comman variant), Oah, Noe
Names with the same meaning: Comfort, Jabir
10.Anthony - Anton, Antony, Antonius, Antoine, Andrew, Antonin, Antonio, Antonello, Antonious
NN: (Tony), Ant, Anton
Names with the same meaning:
