Ezra or Loki?!

i slightly want another baby so i can call it Piran now

Piran is fab.

Two Cornish names would be nice, I think.

(Especially if you've been there on holiday once :o)

Or Welsh, or maybe other Celtic names? Gaelic or Irish or Breton?

Linus?
Asa?

i like Ezra, but not so keen on Loki

Piran is fab, although then people mihgt think you have a thing about Cornwall.

what about Lucien? Nico? Otto? Josiah?

"This need for your uber precios little darling to have a totally unique name is bizarre and unnecessary"

Why does it annoy you so much if someone chooses an unusual name for their child?

Please stop trying to qualify the word unique. Something is either unique or it isn't.

Nobody on this thread has suggested using a unique name. The OP is looking for an unusual name.

She has a common name and doesn't like it. So telling her that it's "bizarre and unnecessary" for her to choose an unusual name for her child when her own life experience tells her it's a sensible and desirable choice seems more than a little bossy. It isn't really any of your fucking business.

By the way, Cohen is not just any Jewish surname. It is one of the two most important Jewish surnames (the other being 'Levi'), claiming direct descent from the brother of Moses. There are special treatments reserved for people with these surnames in synagogues.

Any non-Jewish person naming their son Cohen has to be woefully ignorant.

By the way, I have a name that is very common where I'm from but is unfortunately "ultra unique" where I have been living for the past decade. I cannot begin to explain to you the exasperation of having to spell out your name every single time you say it to someone, the puzzled look on people's faces, the "So can I call you xx instead?" (Err... no.), etc. Truly, you are not doing your baby any favors.

If they become a pop singer one day, they can adopt some unique stage name. You really don't need to give it to them at birth.

No, Ezra is not "ultra unique" but Loki would be.

I think the conversation has moved on a bit from OP's choices and towards the silly desire to choose ultra unique names for one's offspring.

precious

I agree with CotedAzur - names ARE a often mark of social class and the era you were born in. This need for your uber precios little darling to have a totally unique name is bizarre and unnecessary, unless you think your child is going to be so personality-free that they wouldn't be noticed without a ludicrous original and unusual name!

Or even Barack. "Barrack" is somewhere soldiers live.

Although I know it doesn't matter, I still find it odd when people give their child a name from a different culture. From my (old-fashioned prejudiced) viewpoint it means one of two things: a) they're trying really hard to be different or b) they're ignorant and just don't know.

There was a thread about the name Cohen the other day. Now, having grown up in North London, that name is very strongly identified by me as a Jewish surname. Nothing wrong with giving your non-Jewish child a Jewish surname (unless it's offensive to Jewish people) - but why?

Loki is just silly and ugly to boot. Would you pronounce it "Low key" or "Locky"? As someone else has said, I know some boys called Lachlan who's nickname sounds a bit like the latter.

Anyway, the world's a big place, we can't rule out all possibility of being judged by our names when we apply for jobs. Who's to say our children will be applying for jobs in the UK? What if little Angus grows up and wants to be an oil engineer out in the Middle East?The arabs will chuckle at him being called Chicken Pox.

Cote I see what you are saying, but with regards to this thread, and the OP's possible names, it's not really relevant is it?

The OP wants to choose names that are not in common use, but are still proper names, not made-up non names like Chardonnay.

Agree with Rachel. I bet Condoleezza and Barrack would be slated on mumsnet... .

"This is me trying to explain the way everyone in Real Life judges people on their names, before they even meet. "

This is you trying to justify your prejudice by claiming that it is universal and inevitable.

It's like arguing that gay couples shouldn't have children because their children will be bullied due to homophobia.

Naming your child based on what you imagine the prejudices of recruiters might be in 20 or 30 years is daft.

What about Condoleezza or Barrack - luckily the Americans aren't as judgmental about names .

I agree to some extent, Cote. A non-Italian friend - absolutely no connection to Italy on either side of the family, in fact - recently called her twins Dario and Enzo, which I find extremely odd, I admit. But what is the harm....really?

I used to work in recruitment and we frequently had to deal with racism from employers who blatantly refused to select candidates with obviously Nigerian or Muslim or Eastern European ...or whatever... names. It used to drive me mad (very hard to prove it, too).

Real Life is all well and good, but shouldn't people be allowed to call their children whatever they want, when push comes to shove? The people who are judging have the problem, surely?

Again: This is not me being judgmental. This is me trying to explain the way everyone in Real Life judges people on their names, before they even meet.

If you have read my earlier messages, I was specifically referring to how this works in recruitment, in DH's experience.

If you ever think about handing in your CV for anything, you might also like to run a spell check on it.