Dream

A word name unafraid of its own boldness, Dream leapt from noun to nursery in 2016 when Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna chose it for their daughter, and the name has climbed the U.S. charts every year since. The English word itself traces to the Old English dream, meaning joy or music before it ever meant sleeping vision. One long syllable, that opening consonant cluster releasing into a held vowel. The name carries the register of aspiration, the kind of choice parents make when they want an open horizon rather than a family tree. Dream reads current, hopeful, and entirely of its moment.