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Unusual baby boy name exotic 36 weeks not long !!

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K1mberlylauren · 27/04/2020 23:19

Unusual rare exotic name to go with amayah
So far

Cassius
Eliyas
Tareyon
Amari
Trey

No negative opinions please keep those to urself !! It’s preference and I don’t like boring names !!
Had quite a few nice suggestions would like some more !!

Hubby likes chris, Alex, trey so very different !

Thanks

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NoMorePoliticsPlease · 28/04/2020 15:49

Please do not give your son and exotic name poor child

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K1mberlylauren · 28/04/2020 15:46

Maybe not but, there not names that are used as much as the others.

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Serintyjo · 28/04/2020 14:21

a lot of these names arent unusual or exotic

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 28/04/2020 14:08

*deja vu

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 28/04/2020 14:07

I’m getting a dejavu feeling... Have you posted about this before?

Of your choices, I’d say Cassius. I’ve taught a Cassius before so not so unusual.

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K1mberlylauren · 28/04/2020 14:00

Yeh I agree Amari is similar to amayah think that’s why I’ve changed my mind

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K1mberlylauren · 28/04/2020 13:59

Ishiah was my first choice when I found out we was expecting a boy, but doesn’t it sound a bit to religious? That’s why I changed my mind

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K1mberlylauren · 28/04/2020 13:56

I don’t like any Bulgarian boy names I feel like they will be very difficult to pronounce

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K1mberlylauren · 28/04/2020 13:55

I love Elijah but bit common where we live now

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K1mberlylauren · 28/04/2020 13:55

Tareyon is made up

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K1mberlylauren · 28/04/2020 13:55

I also prefer cassian

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K1mberlylauren · 28/04/2020 13:54

Thanks for your positive messages
I also like Cassius and Elias
I admit a few I have do sound American,
I just liked the names I guess, I have added a few to my list that’s been stated

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Sweetpea84 · 28/04/2020 12:46

Joe exotic? 😂

Blursula · 28/04/2020 12:44

If you and your husband have different tastes the ‘babyname’ app is quite fun - you both download it and swipe right for the names you like. You then see your matches - the names you both swiped right for. Some names on there are quite different too.

IVflytrap · 28/04/2020 12:18

I like Cassius the most out of your list. I also like Elias, although spelt that way.

I was going to suggest Taran, but I see @FrancisCrawford has beaten me to it! Smile Here are some more suggestions:

Cassian
Orion
Jonas
Evander
Lysander
Nate
Malachai
Torin
Ivo
Magnus
Jesse
Zephyr
Jethro
Teilo
Piran
Cato

FrancisCrawford · 28/04/2020 11:58

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CaffiSaliMali · 28/04/2020 11:33

Amari is too similar to Amayah. Cassius is the nicest on your list. If you like Trey, what about Troy?

You mentioned on your other thread that you have Bulgarian heritage, and that your husband is from the Caribbean. Are there any Bulgarian names you like, or any names from your husband's culture that you like?

Old testament names are a good shout - you may find names which are unusual enough for you, but traditional enough for your husband.

I would suggest printing two copies of the Top 1000 boys names. Then go through and highlight the names you like, while your husband does the same. Then see if there are any names in common.

Top 1000 in England and Wales: www.britishbabynames.com/blog/top-1000-names-in-england-and-wales-2018.html

You can also get the top 1000 for Scotland and the top 500 for NI.

If you look at ONS stats I believe you can download all names given to 3 or more babies in a particular year (I think Scotland may publish all names given to 1 or more babies). So you can see names outside the top 1000 that way.

Darkgreener is a useful website which tracks the popularity of a name. So you can see whether something you like is shooting up in popularity, stable or declining in popularity.

BeyOnceBeyTwice · 28/04/2020 06:18

@jossina and so what if they do?
'Racist-y'? What you said is just pure racist.

BelfastNonBlonde · 28/04/2020 06:06

Cheeseycracker
how do you know OP is not black and/or American?

TheSkyWasDark · 28/04/2020 05:34

Most of those names are pretty commonplace these days.

If you called your baby John, he'd likely be the only one in the class.

nightswimmers · 28/04/2020 05:33

Rare and exotic? HmmConfused

Outfoxed · 28/04/2020 05:26

Elias is a great name

Ineedabreak19 · 28/04/2020 05:09

Christopher nn Kit
Alexander nn Xander
Elijah
Aaron
Ezekial nn Zeke

Have a look at Old Testament names as they have meanings and are semi familiar without looking made up. The last three names in my list are old Testament names.

IHateCoronavirus · 28/04/2020 04:22

I love Zafer

averytiredmom · 28/04/2020 03:57

Elias is nice, shortened to Eli

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