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Your favourite unusual names?

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Yawninghippo · 09/10/2016 18:36

What are your favourite ones? Boy or girl. Anything out of the top few hundred names. Smile

I'm looking for inspiration! My name tastes run to most things, particularly love anything Italian, pretty girls names, anything nature related or strong boys names. TIA!

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fitzbilly · 09/10/2016 21:29

I love these threads!

Sometimes I daydream about having more children purely to use more unusual names!

My DC already have great unusual names, but others I'd like to use are;

Xanthe

Ramona

Rex

Roman

Magnus

Marmalade85 · 09/10/2016 21:29

My son is Magnus and we always get complements on the name especially as he is such a big strong baby.

Waterlemon · 09/10/2016 21:25

Angharad- forgot about that one! I absolutely love it!

Waterlemon · 09/10/2016 21:23

I know someone with a name pronounced peer-a-det not sure how it's spelt is that how you would pronounce peridot? I've always thought the T is silent.

my own dc have very boring plain traditional English names - probably a subconscious rebellion against my less than common first name.

But I still love lots of unusua/less traditional l names

Orlena
Lana
Lara
Joan
Jennifer/Jenny
Martha
Josie
Clementine
Willow
Naomi
Tierney

Patrick
Wilf
Ashton
Marlow
Luca/Lucas
Elias
Malachi

Shedoesntgetthatfromme · 09/10/2016 21:22

Eglantine. Wish I'd had the courage to use it.

Pipilangstrumpf · 09/10/2016 21:19

Ottilie

Quentin

Thelastusername · 09/10/2016 21:17

Allegra
Alina
Cornelia

OneOfTheGrundys · 09/10/2016 21:12

Raymond

OhTheRoses · 09/10/2016 21:08

Ophelia
Xanthe
Hebe
Myrtle
Olympia
Marina

Merlin
Magnus
Caspar
Jolyon
Oberon
Tobin
Florian
Gawain

ajabajavitasoffan · 09/10/2016 21:02

Ebba. Absolutely love it!

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Yawninghippo · 09/10/2016 21:00

I like Elspeth. I'm also a huge Tolkien fan, as is my partner, so Arwen is very much a name I love. My partner wants Thorin for a boy which I have to say I'm quite taken with.

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BikeRunSki · 09/10/2016 21:00

Eben
Otto

Lorelli
Heloise

carrotcakecupcake · 09/10/2016 20:57

Percy and Posy

Curve · 09/10/2016 20:53

Elspeth

katemess12 · 09/10/2016 20:46

Marlon. If I ever have a son, that will probably be his name.

I like Ramona for a girl. I also like Arwen.

wizzler · 09/10/2016 20:39

I think Elka is very pretty, and unusual...
DS was at school with Zinnia..

timeforachangeithink · 09/10/2016 20:38

Xanthe

RaeSkywalker · 09/10/2016 20:34

Another vote for Ottilie here. And Adeline.

Madbengalmum · 09/10/2016 20:30

Ottilie is really pretty.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 09/10/2016 20:29

Love Hester and Peridot.❤️

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Yawninghippo · 09/10/2016 19:17

I love Morgan ( my GM maiden name) Ramona, Rowena, Hester, and Ottilie.

At the moment my name of choice for a girl is Peridot ( my birthstone) but my partner feels it is too similar to his name. Sad

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 09/10/2016 19:14

Romilly
Marnie
Honor

Oysterbabe · 09/10/2016 19:08

Darwin
Gulliver
Rudy
Ramona

228agreenend · 09/10/2016 18:56

Rosemary
Rowena
Juliette
Heather
Petra
Posy
Gemma
Jasmine

Josiah
Dewi
Rodrigo
Ranulph
Morgan
Julius

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 09/10/2016 18:55

Love Lorenzo, so cool !