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Looking for names which you have 'heard' off but aren't commonly used and are unlikely to become faddy or overused.

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jaffacakehips · 08/06/2012 20:03

Just for fun really Smile

Names which you have heard off, yet aren't popular.

ie: Posy and Kit

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Number44 · 30/06/2012 10:53

Hester

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jaffacakehips · 30/06/2012 10:24

Some great names here...

Unity Hmm Not sure I could do that to a child with the Mitford link!

OP posts:
tethersend · 12/06/2012 22:08

Angie and Shirley

EssentialFattyAcid · 12/06/2012 21:48

Unity and Howard

bigbluebump · 12/06/2012 21:46

Thaddeus
Conrad
Victor
Lysander
Vincent
Constantine
Constance
Aurora
Stella

FayKnights · 12/06/2012 21:35

Stellan, just a gorgeous name. A friend of mine has just had a Kit and they nickname him Pim which a Swedish derivative of Christopher too, I believe?

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jaffacakehips · 12/06/2012 21:32

Banana - not widely used. Yes like Cosmo etc.

Percy - a bit of both if possible

English - oh dear Smile I can't help but wonder if MN makes things more popular or if everyone just seems used name at the same time! Grin

OP posts:
Declutterbug · 12/06/2012 15:06

Althea

Declutterbug · 12/06/2012 15:06

Hebe

I know a Vivienne Smile

Pasiphae · 12/06/2012 12:54

Isolda, Domitilla, Siloe, Araceli, Greta, Ariadne, Dorothy, Genevieve, Sidonie
and Rudyard, Baltazar, Clement, Romuald, Thaddeus, Vadim, Willbraham?

PetitRat · 12/06/2012 12:36

Elodie, Magnus

FreckledLeopard · 12/06/2012 12:31

Artemis. Susannah. Jethro. Raymond. Jean. Gillian. Christine. Gertrude. Beatrix. Ernest. Bertram. Rose.

PercyFilth · 12/06/2012 12:22

Yes, do you want 'out of fashion' or 'never been in fashion'?

squoosh · 12/06/2012 11:16

Alan or Geoffrey and Doreen or Sandra. . . . . . .

if you want to be really ahead of the curve.

englishmummyinwales · 12/06/2012 10:31

In my 2009 pregnancy bubble, I thought that Lucas perfectly matched your description of 'heard of but not commonly used'! Oh, how wrong I was....!

bananaramma · 12/06/2012 09:35

OP, do you mean names that are not widely used AT ALL (e.g. Roma, Antonia, Cosmo, Florian) or are you looking for names that are CURRENTLY out of favour (e.g. Steve, Mike, Sharon, Tracy, Helen etc)?

ItsNotUnusualToBe · 10/06/2012 23:40

Marian
Phyllis
Brenda
Rolf
Desmond
Conway

ilovemybum · 10/06/2012 23:33

I know of a Martha born recently. Also a Connie :)

KenDoddsDadsDog · 10/06/2012 22:17

Know a truck load of Marthas and at least two Eloise born this year. Maybe regional.

anniewoo · 10/06/2012 22:08

Elsie
Annick
Eloise

EdithWeston · 10/06/2012 21:57

Janet, Pamela, Patricia, Ruth, Deborah, Adelaide

Michael, Peter, Iain, David, Nicholas, Stephen

racingheart · 10/06/2012 21:49

lostinfrance, I love your taste. Love Sarah, Stella, also Sylvie and Vivienne.

All the 60s/70s names are out of fashion now and due to return: Christine, Barbara, Dawn, Gillian, Laura, Julie, Susan etc.
Kenneth, Eric, Colin, Michael, Geoffrey, Mark etc for boys.

Not that keen on them myself, but I bet our Dc will be naming their kids from this era.

5madthings · 10/06/2012 21:39

i know a two sorens and three marthas!

i have a theodore, he is 12 tho and the only one of his age iyswim? there are more of them in the under 5 age group but its not that popular where i am, i think some names are more popular in different regions?

tammy234 · 10/06/2012 21:32

Nappies, there are loads and loads of little Theos and Tobys round here.

I do agree with Soren and your girls names though - lovely underused names!

NappiesandGladrags · 10/06/2012 21:04

Soren
Tobias
Theodore
Jonah

Kitty
Honor
Ruth
Martha
Susannah
Flora