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I'm looking for VERY unusual baby names (I think!)

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loie · 11/07/2019 10:13

So DS has a name that wasn't even on the ONS. It's completely unique (some may argue that it's a word and not a name!) BUT I've had the most positive reactions to it.

I'm looking for name suggestions for both genders that are along the same level as unusualness. It's important to me that it's easy to pronounce and easy to spell though.

I like the names -
Girls: Coral, Effy, Jovie, Lainie, Quinn
Boys: Atlas, Eden, Jesse, Percy

But none of them are the one!

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OkPedro · 14/07/2019 18:22

I’m in Dublin calambalam I don’t hear anyone use the term jacks anymore, I wasn’t saying it’s not a Dublin term. I’ve heard of the name Mossy not Moss though 👍

BikeRunSki · 14/07/2019 12:50

Derek
Geoffrey
Ian
Gary
Nigel

Sheila
Muriel
Vera
Gladys
Marion

teenmum18 · 14/07/2019 12:27

@Sunbeam18 I've never been or will go to Scotland so it makes no difference to me.

CalamBalam · 14/07/2019 05:29

@OKPedro are you sure you're Irish?? Because 'jacks' is still very much the informal term that many Dubs use for 'toilet' (or should I say 'loo' seeing as this is Mumsnet) and I know several old men as well as two small boys called Moss!

Where do you live exactly?

graziemille567 · 14/07/2019 05:13

In South Africa, a lot of people are named after traits or descriptions, such as Patience, Chastity, Charity, Beauty, Hope, Joy, Blessing etc... Very common in SA but if you're from the UK then some of those names are more unusual. I'm not a big fan of purposefully giving kids unusual names, but each to their own.

joystir59 · 14/07/2019 05:01

Boy
Emmanuel
Ceylon
Joseph
Hero
Girl
Elefteria (Greek, means freedom,)
Hera
Diana

OkPedro · 14/07/2019 03:40

It’s been awhile since you lived in Ireland mathanxiety 😆

mathanxiety · 13/07/2019 18:37

Jacks (Jax) is what Dubliners call the loo...

Zone4flaneur · 13/07/2019 17:34

I had an older relative called Edme (Ed-may) which I would be tempted to use and have never seen anywhere else. (For a girl)

Sunbeam18 · 13/07/2019 17:27

Joe-bee or not, that's not a name you would get away with in Scotland GrinGrin

teenmum18 · 13/07/2019 12:22

Joby even

teenmum18 · 13/07/2019 12:22

@Sunbeam18 but it's not jobbie. It's jobs pronounced joe-bee 🙄

Pieceofpurplesky · 12/07/2019 20:04

Ziva
Hester
Essi

Boys
Aro
Jussi (Both Finnish)
Falco

SmellMySmellbow · 12/07/2019 18:30

I like the names -
Girls: Coral, Effy, Jovie, Lainie, Quinn
Boys: Atlas, Eden, Jesse, Percy

I know a little boy Quinn and a little girl Eden so I would personally swap those around. I know a few little Jesse's and Percy's so they're not uncommon, to me at least.

Seemstress · 12/07/2019 18:27

Zodie, Raya, Milah, Kirby, Kiryn, Kiah, Jax, Maxene, Aubretia, Edelweiss, Aster, Carlo, Marlo, Jesabelle, Bardot....

LadyBumclock · 12/07/2019 17:46

Jobbie :o

OK even I wouldn't go for that!

CatherineOfAragonsPrayerBook · 12/07/2019 17:25

Nature based unusual:

BrambleSmile
River
Sea
Sky
Storm(y)
Star
Harvest
Twig(gy)
Thistle
Cliff
Dandelion
Nettle
Bluebell

Animal unusual:

Robin
Bear
Swan
Tiger
Lion
Hawk

Food unusual:

Cherry
Pear
Apple
Quince(y)
Sugar
Honey
Ginger
Treacle
Pepper

CatherineOfAragonsPrayerBook · 12/07/2019 17:07

Quite like Bramble!Smile

Willa
Gertrude
Igraine
Repunzel
Zella

Malcom (definately not in vogue)
Cassius
Roman
Claudio
Byron
Dain

CorBlimeyGovenor · 12/07/2019 15:46

Romily (pronounced Rah-mi_ly) or Dulcie for girls.

Sunbeam18 · 12/07/2019 14:13

You absolutely couldn't call anyone Jobbie if they were ever likely to come to Scotland Grin

septembersunshine · 12/07/2019 13:57

Zora (girl).

Asher or Flynn for a boy.

Mintypea5 · 12/07/2019 12:53

Comet

DennisSkinnersMolotov · 12/07/2019 12:51

Girls - Wren, Delphie, Pearl, Bridie, Hadley

Boys - Merrick (I went to college with a Merrick and he was impossibly cool), Torben, Harris, Griffin

ButterflyOfFreedom · 12/07/2019 11:58

Gosh this is tricky but here goes...

Linus
Ambrose
Cornelius
Lysander
Trent
Heath
Drake
Silas
Amos
Bracken
Quinn
Blue
Redd
Indiana
Ulysees

Cordelia
Ayanna
Indigo
Amara
Liana
Sage
Thomasina
Cassia
Posy
Noa
Nia
Petal
Luna
Daffodil
Ember

itssquidstella · 12/07/2019 11:28

Zilpah or Hepzibah for a girl.
Septimus for a boy.

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