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Unusual baby names

35 replies

TerraForma · 23/09/2017 15:11

Hi all, my partner and I are expecting and aren't sure of names yet. We don't know baby's gender yet, so are trying to come up with names for both.
We don't want anything extremely common, and it doesn't even need to be English, it can be a name from anywhere. What suggestions do you have?
So far we have
Aoife (EE-FA) and Elai, but I prefer both as middle names.

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 30/09/2017 11:46

@Mrsnjg, loving Icarus, what a fabby name ! 😄

Elbi · 30/09/2017 08:21

Edlyn - old English noble/waterfall
Meri - Latin sea
Kitta - think it means north?
Eos - goddess of the dawn
Oula - Cornish owl
Auva - a constellation
Tova - Norse? beautiful thunder
Albany - a place in New York (and Australia, I think)

seething1234 · 29/09/2017 20:12

Iseult - I love this name

LadyPug · 29/09/2017 19:51

Hehehe Beans that cracks me up!

TheLegendOfBeans · 29/09/2017 18:44

That really looks like Semen LadyPug Confused

There's a place in Wales called Solva; we considered it for DD....

LadyPug · 29/09/2017 18:35

How about Sennen? It's a place in Cornwall I think!

Cagliostro · 29/09/2017 18:19

I love Seren too, it's one of the middle names I would really like

LexieLulu · 29/09/2017 16:56

I love Seren for a girl, the Welsh word for star xx

TheLegendOfBeans · 29/09/2017 16:54

I love the name Arabella!

Random name thoughts:
Alabama (there's a baby local to me called that, it's ace)
Bronwyn
Chamomile (Cammie for short)
Clodagh
Delta
Delia
Everly
Echo
Fabienne
Grainne
Gaia
Heloise
Indigo
Joy
Lysette
Lydia
Mara
Morven
Morwenna
Niamh
Nova
Opal
Prudence
Rafaela
Romelia
Soleil
Seonaid
Theodora
Talia
Unity
Verity
Xanthe
Yolande
Yelle
Zinnia

Not from a website, but all from my sickbed.

Enjoy!

Mrsnjg · 29/09/2017 16:41

My son is called Icarus. I believe he was the only one named that in 2016.

Ojoj1974 · 23/09/2017 23:51

My favourite names if j were to have another child...
Boy- Sholto
Girl- Saoirse

Twoevils · 23/09/2017 22:45

Iola, pronounced Eye-ola or in Welsh it is ee-yoh-la

Tealdeal747 · 23/09/2017 22:36

Eldon
Elwood
Malachi
Kai

Emer
Aurelia
Aphra
Caoimhe
Ailish

manicinsomniac · 23/09/2017 22:22

You've got quite a wide brief there. There's an awful lot of relatively unusual names.

Random selection:
Angelica, Astrid, Alyona, Amberley, Bronte, Bryony, Bronwen, Blair, Clarissa, Cassandra, Cerys, Camryn, Daphne, Danika, Delphi, Devon, Elianne, Effie, Eilidh, Everley, Fleur, Faith, Fira, Fallon, Georgette, Giovanna, Gloria, Genesis, Henrietta, Honor, Halima, Hadley, Ingrid, Irma, Iona, Inaya, Jocelyn, Juliet, Jocasta, Jessamy, Katerina, Karensa, Karizma, Kiki, Lorelai, Larissa, Lana, Livia, Miranda, Miriam, Mala, Mika, Natasha, Noelle, Nyah, Noa, Octavia, Ottillle, Odette, Ocean, Paloma, Pandora, Piryanka, Pepper, Quinn, Queenie, Rosalind, Ruth, Robina, Rowena, Sorrell, Susannah, Safiya, Saffron, Thalia, Theodora, Tamika, Taryn, Ursula, Una, Ulrika, Viola, Vanessa, Vashti, Venice, Winifred, Wilhemina, Wanda, Wren, Xanthe, Xenia, Xanthippe, Zia, Zeryn, Zillah

Adrian, Alisdair, Braxton, Brody, Christian, Crispin, Diego, Django, Ezra, Elias, Fergus, Fraser, Gareth, Gregory, Hamish, Hector, Inigo, Igor, Jesse, Joachim, Kester, Kenneth, Lachlan, Lawrence, Malachi, Merlin, Noel, Nikita, Orson, Obadiah, Patrick, Porter, Quentin, Quinn, Robin, Ruaridh, Solomon, Storm, Titus, Talon, Ulysses, Valiant, Victor, Wolf, Wilkie, Xavier, Xander, Yorrick, Yves, Zebediah, Zechariah

Keychanges · 23/09/2017 20:21

Myrtle is a really unusual girl's name. Only know of one person with that name.

DuggeeHugs · 23/09/2017 20:10

I'll second Anouk - lovely name!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 23/09/2017 18:03

Anais
Inga
Estelle/a
Caroline
Lucia
Kim
Zetta
Opal

AgentCooper · 23/09/2017 17:09

I know quite a few Aoifes but them I'm Glaswegian with Irish background.

One name I heard recently that I thought was amazing was Fiammetta (Italian for little flame) or Fiamma (flame). Don't know if it sounds awful to Italian ears - lots of Italians I know are perplexed by the current love of Arabella here as they think it's a real old lady name.

Smoliver · 23/09/2017 17:03

If you like Irish names there's...

Niahm/Neve
Fiadh/Fia
Clodagh (pronounced Clo-Dah)
Ailbhe (pronounced Al-va)
Emer
Moira

countycouncil · 23/09/2017 16:17

Wren
Marley

ememem84 · 23/09/2017 16:16

I wanted to call ds (due imminently) Winter or Hedley or Snowden or Helier. All very traditional names here. Dh vetoed all of them. I'm still toying with Thorin but we'll probably go for something more traditional.

Skyllo30 · 23/09/2017 16:11

Aoife is more common outside of Ireland now, one of The Saturdays named her child that. It's very popular in Ireland/those of Irish heritage.

EssentialHummus · 23/09/2017 16:10

I really like Merle ^. I think Israeli names may also be a good shout if you want something unusual but easy to pronounce.

Cagliostro · 23/09/2017 16:09

Astrid will be one of DD2's middle names :)

If a boy she would be Taliesin as DH has Welsh heritage. Just love it!

BikeRunSki · 23/09/2017 16:08

Amos
Eliezer
Jabez

Zillah
Kerenza
Jacinth

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