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Word Names, non mainstream

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Interrobang · 01/03/2015 17:11

I think we have decided on our forthcoming baby's name, but in case I have overlooked something, I am keen to hear any unusual but usable word name names. Not the mainstream ones like Grace, Lily, Ruby, Jasper, Matt and Johnny, but the less pedestrian - e.g. Sailor, Cadence, Calypso, Journey, Phoenix etc.

Boys and Girls please!

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Pipbin · 01/03/2015 22:41

Scout
Red
Blue
Forest

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Interrobang · 01/03/2015 22:11

I like Bijou(x) - I like the x - nice letter. But what if my child isn't small!

Axel is great (erstwhile colleague named his son this - I really do know lots of unusually-named kids! And a few adults too.) I also know a Spike. (child)

GP's dog was called Bracken. So that's out!

Our lead girl's name has been mentioned (I don't want to say though), but DS's name has not come up yet. I think Endeavour is in the lead for a boy.

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PinkSquash · 01/03/2015 22:09

I like Poem, tis pretty

EhricLovesTheBhrothers · 01/03/2015 21:59

Calypso
Calico
Callisto
Cadence
Courage
Wicca
Delta
Bracken
Breeze
Axel
Axis
Andorra
Brassica
Dane
Endive

Tried to go through the alphabet but run out of steam. It's a fun game though! Might be a bit too heavy on the vegetable inspiration but brassica and endive are great words.

StoneFoxMama · 01/03/2015 21:54

Sable
Tawny
Fontaine
Topaz
Silver
Avalon
Ivoire
Velvet
Teal
Echo
Bijou
Baird
Indio

countessmarkyabitch · 01/03/2015 21:22

Oh either, I reckon, it's ambisexual!

thatstoast · 01/03/2015 21:18

I've got DH involved and he suggested Providence.

Is No 47 Bus Shelter for a girl or a boy?

countessmarkyabitch · 01/03/2015 21:10

Danger.
Table
Kettle
Leaf
No 47 Bus Shelter

marshmallowpies · 01/03/2015 21:02

Oh Velvet is very cool - Velvet Brown from National Velvet. Loved that book growing up.

As well as Summer and Autumn, I know a Winter. I think (personally) you should only use them for a child born in that season. Is that just me? Would it be weird to be a Summer born in February?

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Interrobang · 01/03/2015 20:40

I know, right - poor Rhiannon indeed!

I know a Story - very unusual - I wonder if it is the same one (my friend's one is three.)

The blogger Girls Gone Child has a Fable - I love that. And a Reverie, and a Boheme. My kind of vibe. I did want Bohemia, but DH wasn't all for it.

LOVE Wolf (DH knows an adult one, German, officially Wolfgang).
We also know an adult Oak! And a young Oakley.

These names are great!

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BikeRunSki · 01/03/2015 20:39

Griffin

BikeRunSki · 01/03/2015 20:35

Oh, I used to teach a girl called Song

Summer
Autumn

BikeRunSki · 01/03/2015 20:34

Wolf
Woody
Oak
Rowan
Tiger
Indigo

Hope
Patience
Blessed
Velvet

Alice Cooper has a daughter called Calico which I rather like.

MuddhaOfSuburbia · 01/03/2015 20:34

Story is super imo

OutragedFromLeeds · 01/03/2015 20:30

Poor Rhiannon! Grin

rockinrobintweet · 01/03/2015 20:28

Storm

manicinsomniac · 01/03/2015 20:28

I met a girl called Story once. I thought it was odd at first but it grew on me.

rockinrobintweet · 01/03/2015 20:25

Penny
Rain
Orchid
?Silver (my fav)

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Interrobang · 01/03/2015 20:19

Pepper - too piggy.

Lol, choc, my brain was working towards that too! Morse and Cody are great NNs!

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Interrobang · 01/03/2015 20:18

Outraged, I love those names! :) What cool parents!

Robert Rodriguez and Elizabeth Avellan have coolly named kids: Rocket, Racer, Rebel and Rogue, and, er, Rhiannon (not sure why she missed out!).

Pharrell also has a Rocket. I like it! And Rocky is a great nn.

marshmallows, sorry, so you did. I like Merrily a lot!

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choccyp1g · 01/03/2015 20:17

Surely Endeavour's nickname would be Morse. Which is a word too. Morse's nn could be Cody.

Skeppers · 01/03/2015 20:16

Blythe. But we've got our eye on that one!

MuddhaOfSuburbia · 01/03/2015 20:16

Pepper

marshmallowpies · 01/03/2015 20:12

I wouldn't go for Unity I'm afraid - Unity Mitford is much too much of a troubled & unhappy person for that name to have a very happy history...otherwise it would be very cool.