an ugly duckling

someone or something that is ugly and not successful when they are young or new, but which develops into something beautiful and successful The most successful company was last year's ugly duckling.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sumon	-	Bengali
Cherokee	CHER-ə-kee	English (Rare)
CzesŁAw	CHES-wahf	Polish
ÁSa	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic, Faroese
Ron (2)	-	Hebrew
Ryota	ṙyo:-tah	Japanese