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Unusual middle names

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GinUpGirl · 03/07/2015 21:28

I'm so bored with May/e, Rose, Grace etc. I have a middle name like this (but of my time) and it feels dull as dishwater.

So, I'm viewing a middle name as an opportunity to use the names that I'm not brave enough to use as first names. So far my list consists of:

Aldous
Amos
Atticus
Errol
Ford
Paris
Rocco
Rollo
Valentine
(DH is legitimately desperate to add Danger in there too!)

Coral
Hero
Opal
Rio
Scout
Venus

Faves from my list?
Do you have any out there/brave names you like that I could get away with as a mn?

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MrsDeVere · 03/07/2015 22:26

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wizzler · 03/07/2015 22:23

Zinnia.? and DD is at school with someone who has the middle name Sunshine which is lovely ( and suits her)

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GinUpGirl · 03/07/2015 22:00

Wracking my brains now for outlandishly names relatives.

I've got a Barry, but that is more awful that unusual. My lot are very dull.

My great aunt has a dog called Princess Marmalade - that could work!

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midnightvelvetPart2 · 03/07/2015 21:59

I have an unusual middle name but I don't really use it. It appears once on my family tree in the 1800s and I've never known a living person with it, it's Mazella. Its Hebrew I think...

CalebWomble · 03/07/2015 21:58

Wait-for-it?

One of my dc's middle names is Amos Smile I think it's a great name. Do you not have any outlandishly-named relatives?

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GinUpGirl · 03/07/2015 21:57

My mums maiden name is a boring, regular boys first name Sad

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ButterflyOfFreedom · 03/07/2015 21:56

Amos and Scout would be my pick from your lists.

I know someone whose middle name is Jupiter.

Roman
Heath
Thor
River
Drake

Juniper
Storm
Wren
Ramone
Audra

Doilooklikeatourist · 03/07/2015 21:55

My middle name is my mums maiden name
DH doesn't have a midde name ( I gave him Pierre as a middle name , as its daft )

elderfloweriver · 03/07/2015 21:55

One of my sweetie pie boys from when I was teaching had the middle name Marley :) Loved that kid.

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mummy0bummy · 03/07/2015 21:54
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GinUpGirl · 03/07/2015 21:53

Have to admit, that heavily influenced Rio's entry on my list mummy.

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mummy0bummy · 03/07/2015 21:52

What about a middle initial? Then the child can choose his or her own name later on.

I knew a Tosca (first name) but he hated it so much that he changed it as a child.

mummy0bummy · 03/07/2015 21:50

Now I have this in my head, thanks OP.

elderfloweriver · 03/07/2015 21:49

Hero is my choice for dc3s middle name. :)

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GinUpGirl · 03/07/2015 21:48

These are all so excellent. I knew a girl with the middle name Vulnavia at school - not to my taste, but the bravey always stuck with me!

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Elfina · 03/07/2015 21:47

We were going to have Cosmo for a boy Smile

mummy0bummy · 03/07/2015 21:47

Also know a middle name Midnight (yes really).

Ratbagcatbag · 03/07/2015 21:47

Love atticus, hero and scout.

Completely outs self, dh is very traditional but if I'd had a boy then the middle name would have been chase. My dd got savannah. As he didn't want a middle name I figured I could call them what I wanted.

Stoppissingonthefloor · 03/07/2015 21:46

Twin nieces middle names are rapunzel and gretel!

Elfina · 03/07/2015 21:46

Ace, it really is, isn't it?!

mummy0bummy · 03/07/2015 21:46

I know someone who has Maverick as a middle name Hmm

Ludways · 03/07/2015 21:45

My mates son is Samuel Danger K.., he's a handsome 18 yo now so I think it's cool.

My dd has a boring mn as it was both of dh's grandmothers name. I wish I'd done the unusual thing.

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GinUpGirl · 03/07/2015 21:45

On the theme of fairy god parents, Cosmo is great too.

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GinUpGirl · 03/07/2015 21:44

Wanda is awesome. Have just stumbled upon Pearl too, which I love. Love so much it may go on the first names list.

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