Tatum

Tatum began as an English surname rooted in an Old English place name, "Tata's homestead," and picked up its first-name charisma from jazz pianist Art Tatum, whose virtuosity bordered on supernatural. Tatum O'Neal became the youngest Oscar winner at ten, in 1974, lending the name a head start as a girls' choice. Channing Tatum pulled the boys' side into the conversation. Currently at rank 195 in the U.S., it runs genuinely unisex. Two crisp syllables, both stopped by t's, efficient as a snare brush. Tatum sounds athletic and artsy at once, a name with a confident walk and zero interest in small talk.