Rate my baby names - unusual

I really like them all.

Jaxson? How is that even pronounced?

Reminds me of jacksie.

Doesn't really matter how you spell it - there are probably quite a few people who assume your Tillie is a Tilly, but neither is actually her given name.

Like a Suzanne who goes by Suzy - does it matter if some people refer to Suzie - no.

OP is talking about mis-spelling given names. So Pollie will have a lifetime of receiving 'Polly' back on official correspondence, havign to spell it out over the phone etc. For a given, full name - it's wrong and it looks wrong.

GIRLS:

Pollie - I like it! But prefer 'Polly' spelling
Posie - Cute! Like it as a nickname for Josephine too
Maebel - Did you spell it like this on purpose? It looks a typo. But I like Mabel!
Thalia - Pretty
Iris - lovely
Nuala - want to like it, and feel like I should like it, but it seems not quite right somehow

BOYS:

Jaxson - don't like it, a little chavvy (sorry)
Lockie - cool
Reid - also cool

Interested about the spelling thing.
We have a Tillie. Her full name is Natalie, hence the 'ie' spelling of Tillie.
We liked the name Tilly/Tillie but not Matilda.

Is this deemed acceptable or not?? Do we look illiterate?

Mabel is my favourite, but Maebel looks awful to me.

Like Polly and Mabel - good strong names IF spelled correctly. Nothing like a few extra silly twee vowels shoved in to turn a strong name into a silly simpering one.

Nuala is like calling her Doris - WAAAAY out of fashion.

Don't like any of the boys' names really - sounds like you are really trying hard to find something a bit different but actually haven't hit on anything that just sounds nice yet. How about Bruno, Otis, River, Leif, Jared, Cody, Wolf?

The only name I like from the lists for both boys and girls names is Iris. I really don't like any of the others at all. Sorry OP

Also, while I really like Jackson, it is very popular. Spelling it wrongly doesn’t make it less popular if you see what I mean? Like when you shout Jaxson at soft play and another parent shouts their Jackson, it will still be two Jacksons? Or at school it will still be Jackson A and Jaxson B because they’re still the same name.

If you’re looking for unusual, I would choose a less common name rather than misspell a popular name.

Pollie - Polly is nice.
Posie - Ok, don’t love it.
Maebel - Mabel is nice, really underused. I wouldn’t add the random e.
Thalia - Ok.
Iris - Very pretty, I love this name but couldn’t use it because of our surname.
Nuala - I don’t like this one much.

Jaxson - Jackson is lovely, I would spell it like that. It seems like a friendly name.
Lockie - I really don’t like this, I don’t mind Lachlan.
Reid - It’s ok. It sounds a bit whiny to me but I’m not sure why. Maybe the character from Criminal Minds makes me think that?

To be honest OP I think you should look at the national office of statistics baby name rankings. Iris is way way more popular than Megan, and Jaxon/Jaxxon/Jaxson is very common.

I echo others sentiments regarding misspelling names; the trouble is the ‘stigma’ exists based on the reality of class and education in the U.K. Charlotte may be a barrister, Chardonnae is not.

You would be better off scrolling down name ranking to find names that are actually unique names in their own right. None of these are top 200 names, some less than top 500

Girls:
Melanie
Cassandra (Cassie)
Callie
Pixie
Kiera
Carmen
Adele
Juniper
Juliet
Sabrina
Meredith
Lorelei
Samira
Larissa
Caroline
Leonora
Mariella

Boys:
Chase
Preston
Orson
Sullivan
Lawson
Curtis
Deacon
Leyton
Sawyer
Scout
Asher
Cash

NOO-uh-la — middle syllable is a schwa and barely pronounced.

How is Nuala pronounced?

Terrible spellings. You child will have a lifetime of having to spell their name out to people. Just spell it properly.
Lockie is particularly awful.

Pollie - not unusual except for spelling?
Posie - love - almost used
Maebel - love but again the spelling could cause issues
Thalia - I know a few
Iris - love
Nuala - meh, a but bland

BOYS:

Jaxson - no
Lockie - yes but an odd spelling? Like a cute lock?
Reid - weirdly like it!

Posie is gorgeous

@newnamenancy wins the thread.

Thanks for putting a smile on my face, it’s been a shit day!

I have a Mabel, I chose it because it was the one old fashioned name that hadn’t quite been brought back yet.. and now I see a lot of Mabel’s😂 I still love it I just wanted something that wasn’t in every single classroom and now I think it will be 😁

Nuala is not popular in Ireland!

Iris or Mabel if spelt correctly, I don't personally like any others on the list. I know we're all different with preferences! Be boring if we were all the same, but I work in a child's hospital and we all assume when names are spelt incorrectly that the parents are stupid (mean I know but we get some doozies!)

I wouldn't say any of those are unusual. I love Polly.