Demi

Demi comes from the French demi, meaning half, a prefix borrowed back into English for demitasse and demigod, and occasionally reapplied as a name, often short for Demetria, from the Greek earth goddess Demeter. Demi Moore lifted the name into American consciousness in the 1980s, and Demi Lovato carried it forward into pop. At rank 451, it holds a sleek, cropped, almost French-editorial feel, two small syllables that sound like espresso in a white cup. The sound is bright at the front and soft at the close. Chic, mischievous, and deceptively substantial given how economical it is on the page.