Regretted an unusual name?

I've name changed too!!
My daughters called Krissy
There were 3 born the same year as her, and only 6 in the last 10 years

She likes it as its unusual but not crazy, although everyone spells it chrissy or chrissie which annoys her, and she can't get a door plaque with her name on it!

Yes and no. All 3 have unusual names to some extent. Number 1 was one of only 15 with that name that year when born, number 2 was the only one with her name that year and most years and number 3 more popular but still well outside the top 200. I love 2 and 3's name but number 1 I really regret. It just sounds chavvy to me now and it's not as unusual as it was, sounds very American wannabe. I suppose it was choosing a modern name I regret though, not that it was unusual.

I've name-changed to go public. DD is called Tamaris, partly after a family friend and partly after this trail-blazing artist: historienerrant.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/boccaccios-women-artists/

Hello to anyone who knows me in real life!

Anyone else curious as to what all these unusual names are? Anyone willing to share?

As an aside, I love Lysander

Absolutely, Feed, Let's spread the love around.

Chavelita

And Lysander with Chardonae-Mae?

Although I want Persephone to settle down and have her 2.4 children with Dwayne-Patrikk.

I've just heard another super name by pm! I think I've posted too long and seen too many daft names, as we all have. But it reminds me that is possible to pick a genuinely rare and unusual name, which is also not silly and likely to cause problems.

PP who say the question should be addressed to those who have an unusual name are right. You don't know when your children are babies what type of personality they will have. I don't have an "out-there" name, but I was the only one with that name in either my primary or secondary school. I was very shy and hated it. I would much rather have been Claire, Amy or Laura. I think surname is also important. If you have a shy child with an unusual first name and surname they may not like the attention that comes with that.

I deliberately chose more popular names for my DC. So far, neither of them has had another one in their class at school and they are always pleased when they meet others with the same name.

Although I want Persephone to settle down and have her 2.4 children with Dwayne-Patrikk.

Persephone and Lysander should also call their children Jack and Sophie.

Ds1 - 18 born that year with his name
Ds2 - 2 that year
Dd - 12
Ds3 - 16

Yes, Catherine and David should definitely call their 2.4 'classic' children Sophie and Jack in case they are guilty of the ultimate Mn crime, that of looking 'try hard'. But Chelsey-Mae-Nevaeh and her boyfriend Dwayne-Patrikk should also call their children Jack and Sophie, to smooth their path to being QCs. Everyone should.

EveningShadows

I couldn't agree more! I actually thought that poster was joking, as it was such a silly thing to say.

I've said it on here before; the most interesting people I know are called things like Matthew, Richard, James, Alison, Frances and Jane!

Off the top of my head, I can think of one especially awesome person with an unusual name, but she is Turkish and I think her name is more usual in Turkey. Her awesomeness is in no way connected to her name!

I also grew up with a boy with a really unusual name. He was not a very lovely person. My friend now works in the same industry as him and his name is so memorable she recognised him immediately, despite not having seen him for years. So yes, unusual names can be more memorable, but that isn't always a good thing!

Phil not that you were asking us for views but there is also a really lovely flower called a Nerine. I have always thought that would make a beautiful name for a DD (pron in the Greek way - Ner-REEN-ee)

We used the less usual fabulous names as middle names, they can switch when older if preferred
I've not regretted that, and couldn't imagine them as first names now!
My pet hate isn't unusual more try hard... Catherine and David with very 2.4 lifestyle and classic life suddenly giving kids a 'crazy fun' name ... Or worse a creatively spelt name
years of having to spell out own name

PhyllisKemp - could you go by 'Fliss' instead maybe?? It's almost the same name (maybe even the same actually in certain accents) so not too much of a stretch for a nickname?

My DD isn't born yet; but we plan to call her Nerina. We've had quite a few people assume we meant Marina so far though and pull faces when corrected so we're wobbling a little in certainty.

paris pm me your Irish name! Dying to know it

Just had to laugh (long and hard) at the poster who thinks unusual names make a child/person more interesting!

Call your child what you want (within reason!) but trust me as someone who has met hundreds of kids in my job, it's not going to make them automatically more interesting - and in turn children with less 'interesting' names aren't automatically dull!

What nonsense!

My ds is almost 2. His name is Irish and as such we used the Irish spelling although we are in England. It's been a pain as no one can spell it or pronounce it. Half the family pronounce it the Irish way and half the family pronounce it the English way. I flit between the two because I myself am not sure! He can himself only say it the English way. I wish I'd just spelt it the English way now!

The people I know who have regrets aren't so much those with unusual names, but those who have fairly common names but picked unusual spellings

My name is not uncommon in England but in the country where I grew up nobody had heard of it. I didn't mind spelling it out for people when they asked.

DSD has an unusual (not sure if made up) spelling of a common name - think Emaly instead of Emily. Even when I spell it out, people write Emily automatically and a TA told her that she'd written her name wrong on her work! She does find that frustrating.

My child, girl or boy, has an unusual name, think Greek mythology. I do sometimes suspect the inward eye roll at our pretentiousness from some.

Somebody from the thread sent me a PM with their unusual name (well I did ask I suppose ). I can confirm it is indeed a rare name, and a very nice one too, and yet probably one you've heard of and can spell.

Depends how unusual, if it sounds cool or just plain stupid and you end up landing your kid with an albatross round their neck for the rest of their life.... speaking from experience I wish my parents had given my names more thought.

DS has a very common name, top 20. I'm pregnant again and DH and I picked a girls name long ago which is VERY unusual. Precisely 5 registrations in the UK last year :)