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Rate my baby names - unusual

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laurielo · 16/12/2020 16:33

We're currently TTC and after years of been together we have the ever growing baby name list saved in the notes section

The girls name change every so often with 1 always being firmly at the top and boys names the same as o find these really hard, give me some more ideas or middle names

GIRLS:

Pollie
Posie
Maebel
Thalia
Iris
Nuala

BOYS:

Jaxson
Lockie
Reid

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Anotherdayanotherdollar · 17/12/2020 04:10

Tbh I still can't get my head around Thalia rhyming with failure... Confused

FourPlatinumRings · 17/12/2020 04:08

People do tend to be snide about misspelled names- I remember my DM coming across a Jemma and afterwards remarking what a shame it was that her parents couldn't spell, poor girl. (I didn't even realise it was a misspelling at the time.)

Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxson is fairly common tbh. I prefer Jaxon myself- there's one in a book I read (can't remember the title) with a twin sister called Summer and I thought Jaxon was quite nice at the time, though couldn't use it myself.

I'm not a fan of Polly or Pollie personally- Polly to me is a dog's (or parrot's) name (much like Peter to you) and it also makes me think, 'Polly wanna cracker, waaaaaap.' The spelling to me is neither here nor there- they'll still be Polly S or whatever if there's a Polly in the class because they sound the same. We get all sorts in school- parents can, and do, create any random collection of letters and say it's pronounced X way.

mathanxiety · 17/12/2020 03:53

They're all pretty bad.

I like Reid, Polly, and Nuala.

Nuala is pronounced NOO-uh-la. The middle syllable/ schwa is almost inaudible.

YukoandHiro · 17/12/2020 03:36

Yes, please spell the name you choose correctly otherwise you're condemning the poor child to a life of frustrated call centre exchanges about daily admin and constant screw ups on it. I have an irregularly spelled surname and, though I wouldn't change it, I am sick of people getting it wrong despite me ALWAYS spelling it out.

Don't like any of these boys names.

SD1978 · 17/12/2020 03:29

Please don't saddle your child with a 'yooniqe' spelling to satisfy your own vagaries. There are generations of children out there having to explain their spellings thanks to ridiculous parents......don't be one. If you are both desperate to be original- change the spelling of your own name- and spend a month explaining it and having it misspelled........

CallipygousElephant · 17/12/2020 02:43

On reflection, I think I actually quite like Reid - though it sounds like a surname (but plenty of first names do!).

CallipygousElephant · 17/12/2020 02:42

Fair warning, you may love unusual spellings but I know a grand total of 7 people who have non-standard spellings and all 7 hate constantly correcting/explaining. 6 of the 7 have specifically said they regret their parents choice in not using the more common/normal one.

Although names are about what you like and want for your child, you seem to really be forgetting that this is a name for them not for you.

I had a non-standard spelling. I changed it at 19 during my first formal job.

Saying that, I like Mabel and I don't think Polly is at all weak like some are saying. Of all the non-standard spellings you are considering I find Maebel the least ridiculous. Pollie is guaranteed to need utterly constant correction.

Iris is a nice name, Nuala is nice but given you don't recognise other Irish names or the longer Scottish version of one you are considering - I'd probably not use an Irish or Scottish name.

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laurielo · 17/12/2020 02:07

@florascotia2

I believe the ancient Greeks - where the name comes from - would have said something like THA-lia. The name begins with a theta, which is normally a fairly soft 'th'.

But in several modern European languages, 'TH' is pronounced as 'T'. Any Greek-speakers here to help, please?

Lockie for Lachlan is - in Scotland - just plain wrong. Sorry.

A few people have said about Lachlan but I've never heard of it, been in England I don't think it's popular, so Lockie wouldn't be a nickname of a longer name
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laurielo · 17/12/2020 02:05

@TreacleHart

I know of a Kristofer who is now known as Christopher as an adult . They won't thank you as an adult trying ( too hard ) to do a ' trendy ' spelling.
Definitely not trying to be trendy, just love them names I know a Kristofer too and gets called Kris, I don't think it's usually I work with the public and even names like Steven I ask how do I spell as there's a couple of names
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laurielo · 17/12/2020 02:04

@scentedgeranium

It's not Lockie. It's Lachie.
Oh no hate that way of spelling it
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laurielo · 17/12/2020 02:03

@ivykaty44

I like Nuala & Mabel

As others have said, don’t set your D.C. up for a life time of having to spell out there name - it’s tiresome

Jackson is ok but I’m not keen on surnames as first names, it’s like being at a boys public school where all the boys are addressed by their last name, frightfully posh

I think most of the names I've liked have been surnames Fraser, Hunter, Beckett, Brady

It's so fascinating how people like different names, I see names like Christopher, Liam, Tom, Georgia, Ava, Sophia so so so boring! x

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laurielo · 17/12/2020 02:00

@ivykaty44

What about

Robert, strong name and underused
Gerald, strong name and not many about

Hate them both, sorry
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laurielo · 17/12/2020 01:59

@Awwlookatmybabyspider

None of those of unusual as such I'd say less used with more unusual spellings. Not that there's anything wrong with non conventional spellings, but Don't use them to just make a name seem different. Use them simply because you like them. Eg Maebel is lovely but it sounds no different to Mabel when said out loud.

I quite like Lockie out of your boys names.
Reid is okay. I do like how it sounds. However in school when it's time for reading it'll be "Come on Reid, its time to read.!
I've never liked Jackson/Jaxson.

More ideas.
Loveday
Faraday
Fallon
Farrah
Lavinia.

Jazz
Cedric
Duke
Wilbur
Derry
Finbar
Tristan

Yes totally understand what you mean however we just love the spellings like that as 1, my partners name is a 'common' name spelled different and he loves it and 2 Maebel as my MN is Mae, all the names we love and love for a reason, so thank you!

And true but Reid would be an adult for much longer then he would be a child so for that I wouldn't have that as an excuse not to name him thank, thanks for your suggestions X

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laurielo · 17/12/2020 01:55

@NewYearNewPlumbing

Posie Thalia Mabel Polly Iris Nuala

BOYS:
No.

Tell me some boys names you like X
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laurielo · 17/12/2020 01:54

@Stepintochristmas

Please don’t spell them wrong. It looks so ridiculous. You’re trying to make perfectly nice, normal names appear quirky. It’s a child, not a pet dog.
I don't think Maebel is too quirky but thank you, my dog is called Peter so no dog names around here, haha, but thank you for commenting X
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laurielo · 17/12/2020 01:51

@buckeejit

Another vote for don't misspell

Mabel & Polly are nice. Look at your parents, gp, gp etc for inspiration

My GP for inspo, you mean my doctor, how come?
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laurielo · 17/12/2020 01:51

@Cattenberg

I like Iris, Nuala and Reid.

I’m not Irish, and have only met one Nuala (a baby), so the name doesn’t sound dated to me.

Love Nuala too, only problem would be anyone reading it if they didn't know of the name would they pronounce nu-A-la?
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laurielo · 17/12/2020 01:49

@OffredOfjune

I like Thalia and Iris, but none of the others.
I also love iris, it's not my number 1 out of them all but could see this changing as it's so pretty
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laurielo · 17/12/2020 01:48

@Mammaaof

I don't think any of them are unusual
No not entirely unusual but slightly more unusual then Ben, Joe, Megan or Alice

I worked in preschools for 5+ years and none of the names I have I heard within the nursery/schools. maybe there getting more popular

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laurielo · 17/12/2020 01:46

@Wakeupalready

Pollie - not spelled that way. Polly however is lovely. Posie - not spelled that way. And too , Ballet Shoes for me. Maebel - not spelled that way. Mabel is nice. Thalia - nice Iris - lovely Nuala - future pronunciation issues. No.

Jaxson - super common, and terrible spelling of the name. No.
Lockie- no. Imagine being an adult man with this as a name. Lachlan is better, then you can use this a nickname. (Again with the spelling).
Reid - best of the three.

Maebel - as my middle name is Mae so that's the twist on that one but I do know mabels and I love that way of spelling

Hate Lachlan - not keen on Scottish names

Thank youuu

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laurielo · 17/12/2020 01:44

@Aquamarine1029

Don't care for any of the girls names.

Lockie is horrible, but I like Lock because I know one and he is lovely. The other boy's names are awful.

How about...

Hudson
Austin
Carter

Love the name Carter!

Hate Lock, thanks though X

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laurielo · 17/12/2020 01:43

Thank you all for your comments

I was so intrigued to see what people would say and my guesses were correct, 100% understand why people are saying about the different spelling although I feel like having it spelt a different way has no bearing on the child.

I love the names more now other people don't like them as I feel like the spellings won't become popular, honestly we take no offence to the comments, our fave is Pollie and Jaxson, I don't like the way 'Polly' looks just like I prefer - Lucie to Lucy and Daisie to Daisy, I suppose it's just preference and the way we love the 'ie' at the end of our names

My partner has a normal too 5 boy name and has spelt it different, so just carrying on tradition

Thank you everyone for the other suggestions I've added a few to my list 🥰

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Aquamarine1029 · 16/12/2020 23:56

Don't care for any of the girls names.

Lockie is horrible, but I like Lock because I know one and he is lovely. The other boy's names are awful.

How about...

Hudson
Austin
Carter

Wakeupalready · 16/12/2020 23:50

Pollie - not spelled that way. Polly however is lovely.
Posie - not spelled that way. And too , Ballet Shoes for me.
Maebel - not spelled that way. Mabel is nice.
Thalia - nice
Iris - lovely
Nuala - future pronunciation issues. No.

Jaxson - super common, and terrible spelling of the name. No.
Lockie- no. Imagine being an adult man with this as a name. Lachlan is better, then you can use this a nickname. (Again with the spelling).
Reid - best of the three.

Nore · 16/12/2020 23:28

@SionnachRua, my eight year old encountered it for the first time this year and has adopted ‘Listen here, manure face.’

If Nuala is now becoming Granny Chic, perhaps Gobnait, Attracta and Bridie will follow... Grin

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