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Rate my baby names - unusual

238 replies

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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Mammaaof · 16/12/2020 22:00

I don't think any of them are unusual

OffredOfjune · 16/12/2020 21:59

I like Thalia and Iris, but none of the others.

SionnachRua · 16/12/2020 21:57

@Nore

It’s hilarious to see all the love for Nuala. It’s your great-auntie’s name, the equivalent of Madge, Gladys, Edna or Mavis.
I know right? Can't get over it.

Can also never hear it without hearing Frank Kelly say "Listen here manure face" in my head Grin

Zeetah · 16/12/2020 21:54

Dislike the boys ones

The girls ones are fine but I would use the proper spelling eg Polly, Mabel

Nore · 16/12/2020 21:51

It’s hilarious to see all the love for Nuala. It’s your great-auntie’s name, the equivalent of Madge, Gladys, Edna or Mavis.

LottieDot · 16/12/2020 21:45

I like Iris and Reid.

CorianderQueen · 16/12/2020 21:20

I like Maebel - that's it

Cattenberg · 16/12/2020 21:12

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.

Viviennemary · 16/12/2020 21:06

Iris is very nice.not keen on the strange spellings of the boys names.

buckeejit · 16/12/2020 21:01

Another vote for don't misspell

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

Piggyhoolier · 16/12/2020 20:46

Love Nuala. Most of your girls names are pretty. Your misspelling of a couple of others is not to my taste. I’m also not so keen on your boy choices, but I equally wouldn’t find them odd or out of place.

hardtimeuphere · 16/12/2020 20:43

Like Thalia and Reid

Pixilicious · 16/12/2020 20:41

GIRLS:

Pollie - Polly ok
Posie - no
Maebel - Mabel ok
Thalia - nice
Iris - nice
Nuala - nice

BOYS:

Jaxson - awful
Lockie - awful
Reid - less awful

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NewYearNewPlumbing · 16/12/2020 20:32

Posie
Thalia
Mabel
Polly
Iris
Nuala

BOYS:
No.

Crankley · 16/12/2020 20:27

GIRLS:

Pollie ok but Polly unless you want people to think you're illiterate.
Posie ok
Maebel Mabek for same reason as Polly
Thalia nice
Iris ok
Nuala nice

BOYS:

Jaxson Dislike but if you use it, use JacksonAwful
Lockie Horrible
Reid Best of the three

Mispellings don't equate to uneeque.

Firebird83 · 16/12/2020 20:07

I like Nuala and Reid

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 16/12/2020 20:03

Thalia is gorgeous and Iris is pretty, if quite popular. Nuala and Polly (spelt like this) are okay, just not my taste. Posie (usually spelled Posy), is a nice nickname for Josephine, but not on it's own. I'm not keen on your other choices (Mabel, Jackson and Lockie) - they are trendy and will date. Reid is the best of the boys but still very surname. Other surname name types could be Maxwell, Jenson, Heath, Harrison, Sullivan, Sampson?

EileenGC · 16/12/2020 19:48

Pollie 3/10. Spell it Polly if you must use this. I'm not very keen, but that could be because I'm Spanish and Pollie/Polly is very similar to the Spanish word for moth.
Posie 6/10. I quite like it.
Maebel 5/10. But please spell it Mabel.
Thalia 10/10. I absolutely love this. How do you pronounce the T? Hard T or TH as in thank you?
Iris 9/10. Another lovely name.
Nuala 2/10. What about Luana?

Jaxson 7/10, if spelt Jackson.
Lockie 1/10. Sounds too much like lock. Or lucky. It's a word, not a name.
Reid 1/10. I know a few people (all elderly) with this surname, and it's not one of those (like Jackson) that sounds cool as a name too.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 16/12/2020 18:57

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

ivykaty44 · 16/12/2020 18:50

What about

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

Thesearmsofmine · 16/12/2020 18:47

Pollie- I like Polly spelt properly
Posie- a bit cutesie for a grown woman
Maebel- I like Mabel
Thalia- it’s ok
Iris - probably my favourite of all
Nuala - I don’t like it, it sounds like a dogs name

BOYS:

Jaxon- dislike, use Jackson if you want to use it
Lockie- awful
Reid - awful

ivykaty44 · 16/12/2020 18:45

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

pontiouspilates · 16/12/2020 18:40

Thalia, Iris and Nuala are nice. Polly (this spelling) is ok. Sorry, really don't like any of your boys names.

scentedgeranium · 16/12/2020 18:40

It's not Lockie. It's Lachie.

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