This list of names will help you brainstorm name possibilities. Click on a name to read about its origin and meaning.
- Boys
- Theory of relativity Albert Einstein
- Telephone Alexander Graham Bell
- Post-it Notes Art Fry
- Vaccination needle Benjamin Rubin
- Cuisinart Carl Sontheimer
- Photocopying Chester Carlson
- Commercial frozen food Clarence Birdseye
- Band-Aids Earle Dickson
- Polaroid photography Edwin Land
- Sewing machine Elias Howe
- Planets revolve around sun Galileo Galilei
- Peanut butter; agriculture improvements George Washington Carver
- Assembly line auto production Henry Ford
- Bar code readers; cassette players Jerome Lemelson
- Moveable type Johannes Gutenberg
- Polio vaccine Jonas Salk
- Blue jeans Levi Strauss
- Discovered germs; pasteurization process Louis Pasteur
- Modern cell phone Martin Cooper
- Outboard motor Ole Evinrude
- Microwave oven Percy Spencer
- Tuxedo Pierre Lorillard
- Waterskiing Ralph Samuelson
- Telegraph Samuel Morse
- Electric fan Schulyer Wheeler
- Telescope; the three laws of physics Sir Isaac Newton
- Phonograph Thomas Edison
- World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee
- Feature-length animated films Walt Disney
- Early zipper Whitcomb Judson
- Air conditioning Willis Carrier
- Girls
- Gas furnace Alice Parker
- Snugli baby carrier Ann Moore
- Combined sink and washtub; first female architect Anna Keichline
- Film processing system Barbara Askins
- Liquid Paper Bette Graham
- Bobbinless sewing machine Beulah Henry
- Slimming swimsuit Carol Wior
- Self-cleaning house Frances Gabe
- Leukemia-fighting drug Gertrude Elion
- Computing improvements Grace Hopper
- Safety elevator Harriet Tracy
- Dishwasher Josephine Cochran
- Ultra-sheer pantyhose Julie Newmar
- Dresser trunk Lillian Russell
- Flat-bottom bags Margaret Knight
- Disposable diapers Marion Donovan
- Permanent hairstyling system Marjorie Joyner
- Signal flares Martha Coston
- Weaving process Mary Dixon Kies
- Bra Mary Phelps Jacob
- Medical improvement Patricia Bath
- Scotchgard Patsy Sherman
- Barbie doll Ruth Handler
- Ironing board improvement Sarah Boone
- Kevlar Stephanie Kwolek
- Corn mill Sybilla Masters
- Newborn screening system Virginia Apgar