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Unusual Name Ideas?

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pravkija · 10/06/2017 10:45

I really like unusual names, I was wondering what other people considered unusual and what unusual names they liked. Were there any names that you wished you used or wanted to at the time, but didn't because you feared it was too 'out there'?

I'm looking for both boys and girls names, thanks if you can help.

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Dolwar · 16/06/2017 07:41

tis glorious it's not a myth. Sadly. My colleague has met her.

29Palms · 15/06/2017 12:20

Having looked it up, I see that I was wrong. Malacky is a town in Slovakia.

LorLorr2 · 15/06/2017 02:11

Yes I know haha another poster had said 'Malacky is a spelling mistake, not a name' or something like that

Birdsgottaf1y · 14/06/2017 21:01

""It's definitely his name, don't know why on earth you'd choose it over the Malachi spelling but there we are haha""

Depending on the background of the Parents it could be a very valid spelling of the name, as it is a name in its own right.

It's also a variation on the spelling of Malachi.

Marcipex · 14/06/2017 12:46

I was saying Allanfa Tan aloud, trying to work out if it sounds like something rude, then saw that it's Welsh.
Allanfa is quite pretty tho :)
Twins, Allanfa and Allegra.

MikeUniformMike · 12/06/2017 18:44

It's quite germane...

Idratherhaveacupoftea · 12/06/2017 18:17

I love Greer.

TisGlorious · 12/06/2017 18:00

don't know anyone called Allanfa Tan.

That's the point. It's a myth.

Mollie85 · 12/06/2017 17:50

I've liked Lumen for a girl ever since Dexter... Blush

Huffletuff · 12/06/2017 17:18

Ah, so like the urban legend of names.

ChubbyMummy12 · 12/06/2017 17:09

Girls:
Betty
Francesca/frankie
Marion
Leslie
Phyllis
Constance/Connie
Minnie
Winnie
Lettie

Boys:
Lesley
Gary
Henley
Manuel
Tobias
Teddy
Beau

Samuel
Francis

MikeUniformMike · 12/06/2017 16:41

I don't know anyone called Allanfa Tan.

TisGlorious · 12/06/2017 16:14

In my current city there is a girl called Allanfa Tan. This was taken directly from a sign on a door. It translates as Fire Escape.

Why do people always come up with this crap anytime there's a thread about unusual names? It been done so many times, you only have to Google it and lo behold! Everyone knows a person named Allanfa Tan, named after a fire exit Hmm. Quite ironic!

Huffletuff · 12/06/2017 15:32

Dolwar Seriously?! But... Why?

Do they pronounce it how it should be?

Dolwar · 12/06/2017 15:26

Scarlet....I actually met a Malaena once.

In my current city there is a girl called Allanfa Tan. This was taken directly from a sign on a door. It translates as Fire Escape.

Dolwar · 12/06/2017 15:24

*Broadly speaking, and there are exceptions, I don't like:
made-up or you-neek spelling names
names that are usually surnames
names that are things or nouns (eg Wren)

I like names that have some sort of history or tradition behind them, but that have fallen out of fashion, been forgotten or are just a bit obscure*

This^^

I think there needs to be clarification on the words "unusual names"

Do you means actual names that are not in common usage? Or made up names/made up spellings of names?

29Palms · 12/06/2017 14:27

Not nasty, no, just silly and childish.

ScarletSienna · 12/06/2017 13:29

'Grow the fuck up'-the irony.

No one had been nasty.

29Palms · 12/06/2017 10:53

People had started taking the piss after just 2 hours, so I don't blame her. Grow the fuck up.

ScarletSienna · 12/06/2017 06:52

Owls-the whole of Mumsnet is unnecessary! But anyway, when the OP comes and asks for unusual names then doesn't come back and answer questions or clarify what was meant, then why not have a bit of fun?

RuthB4 · 11/06/2017 16:04

These might not be unusual enough....

Girl:
Mackenzie
Asher
Bodhi
Jacinta
Xanthe
Adelaide

Boy:
Enrico
Grayson
Cooper
Miller
Zeke
Dante
Abel

IntheBenefitTrap · 11/06/2017 14:39

Very boring I'm afraid. I worked for BT many years ago.

MikeUniformMike · 11/06/2017 14:38

Dare I ask where you worked?

IntheBenefitTrap · 11/06/2017 13:29

I used to work with a girl called Minjita Smile

daisypond · 11/06/2017 13:24

Fair enough, 29Palms re Robin/Robert.