Baby Names of the Day

Girl Name of the Day

Madelyn
Hebrew 3 syllables

Madelyn is a girl's name and a modern American respelling of Madeline, which descends from Magdalene — meaning "of Magdala," a town on the Sea of Galilee. Mary Magdalene took her name from it, and the town's own name comes from a word for tower.

Boy Name of the Day

Wesley
English 2 syllables

Wesley is a boy's name of English origin meaning "western meadow," from the Old English west and leah. It became a given name almost entirely through John Wesley, the eighteenth-century founder of Methodism, whose followers adopted his surname as a first name.

Unisex Name of the Day

Laverne
French 2 syllables

Laverne means the alder grove, and the goddess sometimes cited for it is a poor fit — Laverna was the Roman patroness of thieves, which is not a namesake most sources mention when they list her.

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