We've gathered names borrowed from people who changed the map, the canvas, or the kitchen. If you love the person, not only the statue, this might help.
Choose the ones that still feel like a child. Historical names for a birth certificate in Dubai.
Leonardo
Italian
Brave lion. da Vinci’s notebooks. Curiosity as a vocation.
Augustus
Latin
Venerable. An emperor, and Gus for the garden.
Marco
Latin / Italian
From Mars, or of the sea. Polo’s roads. A name that likes maps.
Oscar
Irish / Norse
God-spear, or deer-lover. Wilde’s wit. A gold statue, if you like the joke.
Vincent
Latin
Conquering. van Gogh’s sunflowers. Vince. Tender intensity.
Wolfgang
Germanic
Wolf path. Mozart. A lot of name, a lot of music.
Pascal
Latin / French
Of Easter. The mathematician who also wrote about the heart.
Rumi
Persian
The poet of whirling and love. Used for boys, luminous for anyone.
Ada
Germanic
Noble. Lovelace, who wrote the first algorithm. Small and immense.
Florence
Latin
Flourishing. Nightingale. A lamp in a dark ward.
Amelia
Germanic
Work, industrious. Earhart. A horizon in a flying cap.
Hypatia
Greek
Highest. The philosopher of Alexandria. Rare, brilliant, brave.
Frida
Germanic
Peace. Kahlo’s unibrow and garden. Colour as courage.
Eleanor
Old French
Aquitaine, Roosevelt. Light with a backbone.
Josephine
Hebrew via French
God will increase. Bonaparte’s empress. Josie. Roses.
Jane
Hebrew via English
God is gracious. Austen. A clear desk, a clear sentence, a clear soul.