When you're coming up with baby names, the name of your favorite aunt or your best friend in college are obvious choices. But, what about looking to your favorite hobby or pastime to find a name? Or even your profession?

OK, maybe the moniker "tax accountant" or "junior high school teacher" just doesn't say "bouncing bundle of joy," but here are a few ways to incorporate a bit of your style, panache and interests in your babe's name.





Boy Names:
Ace (Card Games)
Atom (scientific)
Banjo (Musical)
Basil (Gourmet)
Cannon (Militia)
Canon (Musical)
Carver, Carvor (Woodworker)
Coupe (Automotive)
Deuce (Card Games)
Diesel, Deisle (Automotive)
Flash (Photography)
Flche (fletch, Fencing)
Gunner (Football)
Hawk (Skateboarding)
Jefferson (U.S. History)
Ledger (Accounting)
Leonidas (Ancient History)
Mitt (Baseball)
Painter, Paintor, Payntar or Payntor (Artistic)
Piston (Automotive)
Racer, Raser, Rasor (Automotive)
Razor, Razer (Skateboarding)
Ryu (Japanese for dragon, Video Gaming)
Stanwix (US History)
Sterling (Renaissance)
Stone (Masonry, Gardening)
Winston (Historical/Military)
Woody (Carpentry)

Girl Names:
Aerial (Photography)
Allele (Scientific)
Anise (Gourmet)
Aria (Opera)
Arrire (aa ree air, Ballet)
Aurora (Astrology)
Bahia (Gardening/Ecology)
Bleu (Gourmet)
BrisŽ (bree sey, Ballet)
Cha”nŽs (sha ney, Ballet)
Chanel (Fashion)
Cinnamon (Gourmet)
Cleo (Cleopatra, Ancient History)
Crystal (Scientific/New Age)
Frieda (Hair Styling/Fashion)
Hera (Mythology)
Lara (Croft, Video Gaming)
Papier (pah pee ay, Writing/Artistic)
Plume (Writer)
Qualia (Scientific)
Rose (Gardener)
Sage (Gourmet)
Sahara (Geography)
Sioux (Native American History)
Sonnet (Poetry)
Zelda (Video Gaming)

Unisex names:
Croix (Geography)
Gene (Scientific)
Kennedy (Political, Historical)
Miller (Before it was a beer, it was one of the oldest farming related occupations in the world)
Parish, Parrish (Religious)