If you gave your DD a very unusual name

burgatroyd all of it! First name Dayspring, middle name Jubilee. I've come to like my first name but still not keen on the middle name.

I wanted to use the name Io for a girl but having a boy.

Some lovely names on here and some im desperate to know.

day which bit of your username?

My username is my actual name. I can't say I enjoy introducing myself to people or giving my name to the Starbucks barista - but other than that it's great, as people remember me and that's stood me in really good stead when networking, etc. I wouldn't go for quite such an unusual name myself - we are planning on slightly unusual Gaelic names for our children (husband is from Highlands) but easy to pronounce and not that alien for my family!

I met a boy called Iago (Iggy for short) a while ago.

Just made me think of Jafar's parrot out of Aladdin.

Meant to say, announced once she'd arrived in both cases.

Doesn't stop people saying "that's very .... unusual" in a sneering tone though.

My DD1 has a name usually used for boys. In her birth year there were 120 boys and 60 girls

DD2's name: 8 in her birth year. I have only ever met one other. It's so rare I can't say as it would out me, but it does crop up on these boards occasionally and usually gets a "poor child" and "bully bait" response. It's mediaeval and regional.

We've decided to call DD1 (due in February) Ariadne. There were 23 Ariadnes in 2013, so I'd class it as uncommon/rare.

I love it, as does DP. Even my very traditional Mother thinks it's beautiful. I'm sure there'll be some who think it's pretentious, but we love it too much not to use it.

No but I know someone's DD who is called Chilli Pepper. And I know a cinnamon.

There is not a single person in this country (UK) with the same name as me according to the baby name thingumy.

I agree that names are cultural DS1 is M o s e which is almost unheard of in white middles class which I am It did raise a few eyebrows in my family when I announced it. Actually it wasn't my choice, I wanted to call him Manus

DS2 is Jude, I just had a look at the baby name thingy and it is getting very popular

Unusual is mostly in the eye of the beholder! Also, it is very cultural! There are loads of very normal Dutch names that UK people would find unusual, as it is the other way around. Emily for instance is fairly unusual over here, although it is perfectly normal in the UK.

My dd is called Blossom.

I think I told my mother I was thinking about it, but we had intended to call her Grace. She didn't look like a Grace.

We didn't know exactly what to call her until exactly 6 weeks after she was born, when we were forced to decide.

I quite like Star from the lost boys but wasn't brave enough to use it

I have an unusual name, A n n i k a

I have to spell it out all the time and I get some strange pronunciations. It's a bit frustrating but I do quite like it.

When I was young I knew a Lalania - la-lay-nee-a - and a Galadriel as in The Lady of Lothlórien from LOTR. There are lots of unusual and sometimes quite beautiful names dreamed up by JRRT.

My first name is rare, not 'unusual' as I would class made-up sounding names but I was still the only one in my school growing up. I have only met 2 others with my first name as an adult. I like it. I say go for it, be creative!

Both my Dds have very old, very unusual names. They would totally out me.

We told family with dd1. MIL's negative reaction just meant we didn't tell them until after dd2 was here what her name is.

We have 2DD's, Macushla and Rosetta. I did wonder if we were mad but we have only had positive reactions, and now they have started school I am VERY glad we did - they are never confused with anyone else! I had a very unusual name growing up, I have never met anyone with my name, and actually it's great, I think it is really healthy to feel individual even on paper. No one has ever forgotten me, or my daughters!
Go for it!!!
(Also there are so many whacky names out there it's almost normal to choose something more unusual)

Not in Ireland no, but I discovered it on the top 100 name lists for Scotland and Ireland.

It wasn't even top 1000 in England at the time but I darent check now!

My name was considered unusual when I was younger. I went to school with one and met another on a course. I like it now but hate being called the formal version of it. I have been known to get a bit stroppy if anyone insists on it. I consider myself lucky though. My sister was nearly called Bunny or Pandora love my Mum!

It's now much more well known due to media interest in someone with same name. I do get odd comments though. This evening the guy in M&S who served me at the till told me "my friend's dog is called *^" I just smiled politely

Mydelilah, that sounds like my middle name. It is wildly unusual here, but traditional and a bit frumpy (very French saint) in France.

We gave DD a name that is very well-known in France but v traditional so not common (she is 1/2 French) but v v unusual in English. We now know that we have subjected her to a life-time of correcting people as her name is fairly close to a common English name She doesn't mind, she loves her name, and most people say 'ooh what a lovely name' and 'how pretty' when they hear properly what it is, she likes that

MishMosh you surely aren't in Ireland where there are lots of Orla's - I'm 40 and many my generation - not so many under 10's but I do know one. But it is a nice name

My DD's first name is not that unusual (but she is the only one in her school) but her second name is unique so put together she is a one and only. DH wanted the second name for a first but I couldn't do that to her - in hindsight though it would have made her unforgettable.

Mine all have very common names, in fact we debated for days over using our favourite name for my DD1 because it had been in the top 5 for years. We went for it because there wasn't another name we loved as much...and we've seriously not yet come across another one! (She's 8). And yet in school there are less common names that there are multiples of. You can never predict how it will pan out!

Ooh, Eirlys is beautiful. I adore Welsh names, but wouldn't it be odd of me to give DC one, having no Welsh blood?

I've never met someone with my name. It's the villain's name in the second Little Mermaid film.