Many parents need a little time to adjust to the new person who has arrived in their life. There isn’t always an immediate bond between you and your child. They feel like a stranger because you have only just met them and that’s perfectly normal.
If this is how you feel about your baby, you’re in luck. Several names capture this feeling and mean “stranger,” and the fact that many of these names are popular means that you’re not alone in how you feel. The Scots and Irish are so enamored with dark strangers that it reflects in name choices like Dougal and Donald.
In Greece, new parents might choose to name their stranger-baby Barbara. In Germany, they would probably prefer Gale (note the spelling is different to Gail which is an English name meaning “happy”). If you are a Disney fan, you might like the French name Gaston, like the character from Beauty and the Beast. Although hopefully your son won’t be quite as full of himself!
No matter which culture you look to, you’ll find that this feeling of needing to get to know your baby before you develop a relationship with them is quite common and you are not a bad parent if you feel this way.
Agar
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Girl
Agur
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Babita
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Baibin
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Bairbre
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Barabal
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Gaelic
Gender: Girl
Barabell
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Gaelic
Gender: Girl
Barbro
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Swedish
Gender: Girl
Basha
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Polish
Gender: Girl
Bora
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Latin
Gender: Girl
Borbala
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Latin
Gender: Girl
Borys
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Polish
Gender: Boy
Cenobia
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Don
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Celtic
Gender: Boy
Donal
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Celtic
Gender: Boy
Donald
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Celtic
Gender: Boy
Donall
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Celtic
Gender: Boy
Donat
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Celtic
Gender: Boy
Doran
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Doron
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Dorran
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: English
Gender: Boy
Doy
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Celtic
Gender: Boy
Doyle
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Celtic
Gender: Boy
Erland
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Swedish
Gender: Boy
Erling
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Swedish
Gender: Boy
Fingal
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Scottish
Gender: Boy
Fingall
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Scottish
Gender: Boy
Gael
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Irish
Gender: Boy
Gaile
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Irish
Gender: Boy
Gale
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Irish
Gender: Boy
Gershom
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Hagar
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Haggeri
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Haggi
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Jagur
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Biblical
Gender: Boy
Peregrine
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Latin
Gender: Girl
Perry
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Latin
Gender: Girl
Sinobia
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Sinovia
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Siny
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Russian
Gender: Girl
Vanmra
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Russian
Gender: Girl
Vara
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Varinka
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Russian
Gender: Girl
Varushka
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Russian
Gender: Girl
Varvara
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Greek
Gender: Girl
Varya
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Russian
Gender: Girl
Wallace
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Anglo-Saxon
Gender: Boy
Wallis
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Anglo-Saxon
Gender: Boy
Wava
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Slavic
Gender: Girl
Xenos
Meaning: Stranger
Origin: Greek
Gender: Boy
