Brody

Brody came down from a Scottish hillside. The surname belongs to Clan Brodie of Moray, likely from the Gaelic brothaigh, "muddy place," though the name has long since left the bog behind. Adrien Brody gave it an Oscar in 2003; The O.C.'s Seth Cohen's crush Summer gave it surfer-boy energy; and American parents have kept it inside the top 250 for two decades. Two syllables, bright and open, with the long final E that makes it feel perennially young. Brody is the friendly kid at the skate park, easy company with a sun-bleached grin.