Unpopular names?

stuffedauberginexmasdinner, yep, I knew and it's good job DD's name is NOT melena, it's Milena which means gracious. I was aware of melena - the medical term for bloody stools, originating from Latin melena (originally Greek melaina/melania), which means black/blackness. To me, these are two different words, different pronunciations, spelling and meaning and actually the name Melanie is derived from Greek "melania". I don't think many people know of the medical term melena or would make the link. There are lots of names that have actual weird meanings - Addison (endocrine disorder), Kennedy (ugly, misshapen head), John (toilet), Dick (... need I say more? :)) Sorry, didn't mean this to turn into a history of language lesson!! :o

Shakespearian names: Rosamund, Ophelia, Hamlet, Benedict, Miranda, Emilia, Perdita, Malvolio, Osric, Viola

Ava is unpopular ? Seems to be THE most commonly name round here......

Aubrey
Ava
Patrick
Preston

DD is a Bryher. 2843rd on the list in 2010, twice as popular as the year she was born there were 4 of them then. :o

As I'm outing myself completely I may as well say I'm Celeste and I've only ever met one other.

DS is far more common at 114th on the list. He has an old man name. DH is in the 200's yet there were 4 lads in my class at school with his name, it's obviously very out of favour now.

DS is Owen which is 59 in the table. Still really love it 2.6yo on :)

Am pg with DC2 and if a boy, I think we've agreed on Peter. Can't believe it's not in the top 100 (unless I've missed it!)

No definite name for a girl but shortlisted are Esther, Naomi and Anna. I think Anna seems to be the only one in the top 100 and that surprisingly is only at 63!

zumm re: asher and ashling!
I know what you mean - DH is German, and I am half Greek and half Italian (British-born) so bit of a nightmare finding a name which works in all languages, is easy to spell and impossible to mispronounce.
Love some of the old-fashioned names having a revival:

Matilda (though Matilde in Italian and Mathilde in German argh)
Alma
Vera
Agatha
Audrey
Arthur
Robert
Malcolm

Funny how so may names I don't massively like can sound so much better when said with a French or Italian twist!

I knew a Conrad, he'd be about 35 now.

I liked the name Morna but dh vetoed.

DS1's name is top 5 (although it was no where near when he was born). DS2 was 176 last year & DD 16th.

Clawdy - Asher's a nice name. Jesse sounds too feminine for me (presuming he is a boy?).

xanther I love this name

DD is Ruth, which seems to be at once well-known but uncommon/unpopular. My godson is a Peter, which I agree is unpopular these days but a lovely name.

I would have liked to call DD Cressida but it doesn't 'go' with our surname. The other choice was Lucy, which is top 10! Still love the name Lucy...

Rhetorician I went to school with an Anastasia - she was always called Stacey.

Milena? Oh no, have you googled Melena? Not good.

Can't find any of mine!! Although I'm sure dd must be somewhere.....

fishpond CTRL + F and then type the name you are looking for. I like Malachi too corky but my elderly (and almost toothless and very nosy) neighbour is called Malachi so it would seem too weird; plus I don't have a boy!

serephina

Julian perhaps. Nigel definitely not.

I've got an 8 months old daughter called Milena, we call her Mila for short. It's no. 531 on the list. We wanted a name that was unusual, of Slavic origin (as both my DH and I are Russian) but also quite international and I think it fits the bill well and is also very pretty - even if I say so myself! :)

I have a Cleo (born this year) 452nd on the 2010 list, with 92 others that year. I think it suits her.

I also have an Eva born in 2008, when that was the 41st most popular name with 1,505 others. At the time we thought it was more uncommon - in my circle of friends there is now an Evie, Ava and an Eve.

My #1 choices for dc2 are either Honor or Jude (yet to convince dp about either!) I can't view the link, but I don't think either is very commonly used.

Is Nigel due for a revival, or Julian? They seemed popular in the late 70's where I came from.

Girls : Denise, Bernise?? two of me mom's friends names!!

fishpond, if you open up the excel file with the list, then hold down ctrl and hit F, it will come up with a find box. TYpe in the name and press return

Ive got a Haydn which I thought was unusual when he was first born but theres a few more around now

DD (born 2010 when that list was compiled) isn't even on it, which means there were fewer than 3 born with that name last year :-) They don't put them on if fewer than 3 because of confidentiality!! Don't get that. I'm trying to think of a boy's name which is just as unusual, my fave is Jesse, but DH has vetoed because it's too girly IHO, as someone said above. It's a popular boys name in the US but hasn't made it here yet. sigh.

Hazel is beautiful.