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Name You Love You Never See Mentioned

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Jossina · 29/10/2019 18:41

Do you have any names that you love but never see mentioned on MN?

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Binkybix · 09/11/2019 22:48

Barbara! I also love Perdita

Bol87 · 02/11/2019 22:56

I really like Lyra as from His Dark Materials. Maybe it’ll gain some popularity with the new TV show starting tomorrow!

MissHenty · 02/11/2019 11:15

@Cookit yes agree it’s interesting isn’t it. Pretty rare names like Alistair (no 471 on name charts) are suggested far more than names like Joshua (top 20)

I think names that sit around the 100 mark in the charts are suggested the most (eg names like Jasper ). Perhaps people on here assume names like Jacob and Noah will already have been considered by the OP

Cookit · 02/11/2019 10:28

@MissHenty yes agree. There are loads of names that are maybe 300th, 400th but suggested a lot.
And some of the names people are suggesting here are never mentioned because they’re basically obsolete.
I actually think the most popular names like Amelia, Olivia, Oliver are suggested less than you would expect.

MissHenty · 02/11/2019 09:40

It’s mid table names that never seem to get mentioned on here (as in names around the 50 mark on the names list)

For example names like Blake, Joshua, Chloe, Daniel, Michael, Maisie never really get mentioned.

However names that in everyday life are extremely rare (eg Vivienne and Silas) are mentioned all the time on here, yet there’s only a handful of babies that have actually been given those names

Enko · 02/11/2019 09:06

Brooke
Bronte
Rowena

Severin
Horatio

Wavyheaded · 02/11/2019 01:44

Boy:
Rohan

Girl:
Raven
Serafina (nn Seffy)
Violette

FridalovesDiego · 02/11/2019 01:26

I like Frida. And Aster. Also Nancy, but that is pretty popular.

RoseToes · 02/11/2019 01:11

Remus

mrspotatohed · 02/11/2019 01:09

Dax

PixieDustt · 02/11/2019 00:46

@LemonPrism I have a Milo! ☺️

Phoebesgift · 02/11/2019 00:37

Lesley
Peter
Erik

Valerie
Caroline
Anna

JeffreyJefferson · 02/11/2019 00:18

Albus

MrsNoMopp · 02/11/2019 00:16

Electra
Marlena
Belinda
Angelica

Zebedee
Mark
Walter
Oswald

Lemonsaretheonlyfruit · 01/11/2019 23:38

Evangeline

LemonPrism · 01/11/2019 23:35

Milo

BezalHell · 01/11/2019 22:20

Alison
Gemma
Beryl
Nicola
Leanne
Clare

Cbeebiesrehab · 01/11/2019 19:37

I have suddenly developed a love for the Safiyah nn Saffy. Not one I’ve seen mentioned here much? It might not be MN approvedGrin

MikeUniformMike · 01/11/2019 17:49

How can you bear it *msmith501). Arthur any other names you like?

msmith501 · 01/11/2019 16:21

Ursula - I'm having to bear with the fact I never see it...

MikeUniformMike · 01/11/2019 16:11

Joanne and Sally are fine but the trend is for vowel heavy names and frilly names. Lots of the names have a v in them.

Dljlr · 01/11/2019 14:05

I don't love them, but I notice that no one ever wants to call their daughters Joanne or Sally anymore. I adore Astrid, I'd love to have been an Astrid. Had I been I would definitely be long legged, blonde and deeply intellectual, rather than a shirt, rotund TOWIE fan.

MikeUniformMike · 01/11/2019 14:02

I don't love any of those names. I liked Chloe a lot until everyone seemed to have one. Dorcas is nice. Conrad is ok.
Dulcie makes me think of seaweed and Meredith seems ugly. Lyra is too Philip Pullman.

MikeUniformMike · 01/11/2019 13:59

Lyra is mentioned often.
Conrad occasionally
Dorcas very occasionally
Dulcie is mentioned fairly often
Meredith is mentioned quite often
Chloe hardly gets mentioned even though it is very popular IRL.

RowenaMud · 01/11/2019 13:12

Wasn’t Michael votes the worst name ever on some site. Of course any name can be voted in any direction to be fair but I think many of the same ones appear over and over again. I think the full name Michael is far far far better than any of its nicknames - Mick, Mikey and Mike.

www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/13923-hated-baby-names-america.html

I associate Nicole with Falcon Crest. It’s the associations I suppose that date a name.

I love the name Hope but I read it’s associated with stillborn babies so understand why it isn’t popular although I think it’s a much nicer name than Nevaeh which is still used.

Laurent is commonly used, just not in the UK.

I like the name Lilian but sadly it has been overtaken by Lily used as a full name.

I like Samantha too. I wouldn’t use it and find it dated but there is something I really like about it.!