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Unusual names

78 replies

Babykr · 02/04/2016 17:39

So since I found I'm pregnant I don't like any names!!! Angry we would like something quite unusual, so was wondering what are the most unusual names that you like please? Boys and girls Grin

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BeaufortBelle · 03/04/2016 08:42

Shirley and Kenneth must be due a comeback:
Barbara and Roy
Patricia and Keith
Tracey and Kevin
Sylvia and Bob
Carole and Julian
Susan and Jeremy
Sally and Simon

All unusual op Wink

BeaufortBelle · 03/04/2016 08:35

Unusual: Gawain, Florian, Merlin, Caspar, etc

For girls: Christabel, Severine, Araminta, Gudrun, Hermione.

All the above fine but I don't like names such as Sky, Wren, Chardonnay, Chantal, Cassidy, Madison, Hawke, Ridley, Casey, etc.

Vajazzler · 03/04/2016 08:25

HawkEyeTheNoo really??? That's cool! It's not me though I'm in Greater London area.

Burgatroyd · 03/04/2016 06:38

Well I'd avoid anything with EV... or El... as though prefixes to beautiful names are very popular.

Your DC is likely to be the only one in her class or school if you go for
Naomi
Christabel
Camilla
Yolanda
Bianca
Larissa

Orson
Peter
Gregory
Anton

IslaSinga · 03/04/2016 03:07

Naomi
Nyah
Rebekah
Nina
Genevieve

EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard · 03/04/2016 02:50

Whereabouts are you located Jasper?

grumpysquash3 · 03/04/2016 00:03

Actually, her middle name is on that list :(
Right, off to bed now!

grumpysquash3 · 03/04/2016 00:02

It wasn't one of the ones in the post above, although they are very nice!

grumpysquash3 · 03/04/2016 00:01

Babykr do you like any of the suggestions so far?

(My DD's name has appeared above, not posted by me, so I am now very happy as I didn't think it was unusual, although possibly underused)

Give us some guidance and we will be creative :)

BackforGood · 02/04/2016 23:55

We want something that is likely to be the only one in their peer group but something that is very much a name. So not just a word that someone thought would sound quirky as a name! Maybe underused is more the word??

So would you consider names like Margaret, Elizabeth, Helen, Jane, Janet, Caroline, etc.
and
Mark, John, David, Peter, etc ?

or are you preferring some of the more exotic names listed above?

mnpeasantry · 02/04/2016 23:03

On first reading I thought that Girl and Boy were part of the list of unusual names. I now realise they are not but they would be unusual. For consideration?

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Babykr · 02/04/2016 22:36

court26 that's exactly what I feel like, there is nothing that I feel I could give to my child as a name Sad I used to love picking out names but now they're all very meh

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RiverTam · 02/04/2016 22:27

Marianne
Keir

court26 · 02/04/2016 22:22

I'm the same I just don't like any names! I have names I don't mind but nothing that I realllly love Sad

JasperDamerel · 02/04/2016 22:20

There are three Anyas and 2 Freyas at the DC's primary school, so not particularly unusual.

WellErrr · 02/04/2016 22:19

Caspar!

DixieNormas · 02/04/2016 22:18

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EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard · 02/04/2016 22:17

Freya or Anya for a girl and Adam or Francis (Fran) for a boy

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 02/04/2016 22:16

Just look at a list of baby names outside the top 100 OP.

HawkEyeTheNoo · 02/04/2016 22:14

Vajazzler - you east coast of Scotland??

HawkEyeTheNoo · 02/04/2016 22:13

Vajazzler!! I know a louvaine!! Named after where her grandfather fought in the war in France or something!!!

MitzyLeFrouf · 02/04/2016 22:01

If we'd had another boy I wanted to name him Thaddeus -DH said that was instant contraception. Philistine

My Dad is a Thaddeus! Grin

SevenOhTwo · 02/04/2016 21:32

These are all unusual names I've come across recently - mostly in babies/kids, some adults. Some are from other cultures, so depends how comfortable you are using names from a culture that's not your own.

Girls:
Elske (Dutch - apparently not very common there either though)
Embla (Icelandic)
Linnea (Scandinavian?)
Odette
Jessamy
Cressida

Boys:
Elias
Merlin
Tennessee
Ludo (presumably short for Ludovic)
Sachin

BlueChampagne · 02/04/2016 20:56

Conrad or Corinna

CanadaMoose · 02/04/2016 20:45

Boys:
Stefan
Griffin
Julian
Davis (Davy is a cute nickname )
Clay

Girls:
Marta (not Martha, bleh)
Petra
Claren
Michaela
Stella

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