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Baby names

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Original poster

Names that aren't predictable and safe

26 replies

CarveryThisSunday · 31/10/2020 14:31

But also aren't uneek or frilly.....

OP posts:

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Tonightstheteriyakichicken · 02/11/2020 14:59

Hepzibah

Si1ver · 02/11/2020 13:41

Alba
Iona
Robin
Sula
Petra

Lynsander
Aiden
Nathaniel

Squeakerfoot · 02/11/2020 13:38

Tamsin
Adela
Talia
Meira
Frida
Saffron
Laura
Alexis

Tristan
Anton
Marcus
Tobias
Emil
Julian
Reuben
Alexis

JuiceFromOrangePeelInYourEye · 02/11/2020 12:40

Bologna

Enko · 02/11/2020 11:27

(unless it’s Balonz).

Merrythought · 02/11/2020 09:56

The thing is, names like Sheila, Tracey, Sharon, Wendy, Sandra, Colin or Kevin were once considered a little bit unusual and slightly daring and whilst perfectly nice names are now very much of their time. You can’t win on this. All the on-trend Arlos, Huxleys and Wrens will probably get there eventually. Just pick a name that makes your heart sing when you say it and hear it, then you won’t regret it (unless it’s Balonz).

Smallsteps88 · 02/11/2020 09:17

Rizky.

It’s not safe, and it’s got a Z instead of an S which makes it unpredictable.

merryhouse · 02/11/2020 09:15

Hester
Mahala
Elsie
Martha
Rosetta
Rhoda

...I've been researching family history

Rhoda is in this instance short for Herodias (I kid you not).

Katgolde · 02/11/2020 02:23

Zebedee
Horace
Caspar

Octavia
Celeste
Angelica

Tillygetsit · 02/11/2020 00:21

Lois
Dinah
Demelza
Petra
Lemuel
Bram
Edwyn
Rufus

KeeefBurtain · 01/11/2020 23:26

My youngest is called Elspeth, I think it fits your criteria

ArosGartref · 01/11/2020 17:51

Balonz - good for a boy or a girl.

Ellmau · 01/11/2020 17:50

For a girl?

Damaris
Jocelyn
Rowan
Rowena
Serena
Verena
Verity
Hero
Juno
Ariadne
Cassandra
Sibyl/Sibylla
Xenia
Zara
Minerva
Athena
Livia
Jonquil
Jacynth
Jael
Juliet
Antonia
Dagmar
Miranda
Cressida

BunAndOven · 01/11/2020 17:43

Adolf FFS

CeibaTree · 01/11/2020 17:39

@Cbatothinkofausername

Freya, Goddess of Love, War, Beauty, Fertility, Childbirth and Magic.

Freya was the 10th most popular girls name in 2019, so doesn't really fit the OP's not predictable or safe requirement. Lovely name though, I guess that's why it is so popular :)

CeibaTree · 01/11/2020 17:37

I recently met a baby called Zephyr.

Newstart20 · 01/11/2020 17:24

Everyone will have a different opinion on which names fit that definition:

Delilah, Jax, Rose, Anavaeh

Cbatothinkofausername · 01/11/2020 17:19

Freya, Goddess of Love, War, Beauty, Fertility, Childbirth and Magic.

MikeUniformMike · 01/11/2020 17:17

Adolf
Franco

Myra

Chewingtoffee · 01/11/2020 16:12

Vivienne
Tamsin
Thea
Elowen
Merryn
Carmen
Zoe
Polly
Tristan
Malcolm
Matthew
Reed

Enko · 31/10/2020 19:48

Conrad
Horatio
Reginald
Eli

Eloisa
Alanah
Brooke
Katrina
Karenza

Lemonsyellow · 31/10/2020 17:59

Well, there’s a huge number of names - the majority? - that fit between those two extremes. I suspect most people will be looking for the same.

Quizeerascal · 31/10/2020 17:57

Clover
Juniper
Blossom
Honeysuckle
Marlow
Parker
Brooks
Hunter
Hudson
Melchizedek
Zebedee

IEat · 31/10/2020 17:04

A name

IEat · 31/10/2020 17:04

How can I name be unsafe?

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