Rate my baby names - unusual

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.

I don’t like any of the boys names and please step away from younique spellings of names. You condemn the child to a lifetime of spelling their name out, receiving documents and mail incorrectly addressed, and being judged. It’s very snobby I know but unique spellings are widely associated with very young and/or poorly educated parents, basically because it is such a crap idea.
Your girls names are fine if you spell them conventionally.
It must be horrible reading all these nasty comments but that is both the downside and upside of posting here anonymously and before you’ve actually named your child, - people are being honest. You can ignore them, but none of us have any skin in the game.

If my daughter presented me with a new grandson named Jaxson, I’d not say a word against it, until I got back in the car with DH ...

Pollie - I personally dislike this name but there is nothing wrong with it. It just seems a bit weak. Must have known one at some point.
Posie - cute.
Maebel - lovely. Would be spelled as Mabel but if you can deal with it, all good.
Thalia - I like this a lot. Some people might give you a ‘thaaalia’ or ‘tally-a’ pronunciation but neither are offensive.
Iris - beautiful name. Uncommon but easy to pronounce.
Nuala - lovely and underrated in my mind. Sure to be the only one in the class.

BOYS:

Jaxson - the spell makes it unappealing to me. Jaxon or Jackson is better. Some class associations which I don’t buy into but I think they do exist.
Lockie - short for lauchlin or lorcan? On it’s own it’s a bit of a nickname.
Reid - this is a brilliant name. Unusual but strong.

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The Greek (ancient and modern) alphabet has a symbol (also used in maths) which stands for 'Th'. That's what Thalia begins with.

As I said, in certain modern languages, but not Greek, Th becomes T.

GIRLS:
Pollie - Polly is nice
Posie -Posy is a nicer spelling
Maebel - Mabel
Thalia - is is said as Tahlia?
Iris - fine
Nuala - I only know one and she says it as Noo-ah-la. I think it's more like Noola

BOYS:
Jaxson - Jackson or Jaxon are better spellings.
Lockie -no
Reid - no

The girls names are all lovely but the spellings are awful.

Not much of a fan of any of the boys names.

The spellings are awful. Why do pull you spell it wrong? It’s not creative.

I thought Thalia was pronounced TARlia.

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.

I like Thalia - isn't it pronounced Thu - LEE - ah?

Agree with PP about Jaxson - that's an awful spelling. Lachlan nn Lockie is sweet.

If you use those weird spellings people will assume you and, by extention, your child are stupid. Sorry, wouldn't tell anyone that in RL but I guess that's what mumsnet is for.

I think I would go with Polly, Mabel and Jackson as other have said, Posie I think could also be Posy like Ballet Shoes. Lockie on its own ive not seen before, I’d assume short for Lachlan/Lochlan maybe.

I know a few Talia’s but Thalia makes me think of thali...having said that there were 65 little Thalias born last year.

Nuala is cute, I only know one.

Iris is a top 100 name, definitely not unusual. Lovely, but popular.

If you like those, and prefer unusual choices, why not look outside the top 500. Here are some you might like.

Ember, Nala, Kayla, Elara, Margo, Elissa, Lilith, Dina, Dahlia
Caspar, Heath, Nolan, Emil, Silas, Deacon, Wade, Devon

Or something from outside the top 1000?

Clover, Noemi, Tegan, Zelda, Cassia, Coral, Marcy, Opal
Ocean, Saul, Colton, Forest, Indiana, Nile, Mateus, Dustin, Clement

Please don't use weird spellings, that's the most important thing IMO.

Polly and mabel are the only decent ones.

Also tbh I wouldn't class Jackson, Polly, Mabel or Iris as particularly unusual. Nuala also fairly normal to my ears but if you're not Irish then it probably sounds unique.

To me, Nuala is a similar name to Shirley, Deborah or Sandra. All fine names in their way but not modern enough to be fresh or old enough to be cool granny names yet.

I like Posie, Polly, Mable and Iris. Is Maebel different to Mable? Is it more like May Bell? I dislike that.

I really dislike Jaxson, but Jackson is ok.

Lockie is another one on your list where I don't understand if you are choosing an unusual spelling of a name or a different pronunciation. Is it like Loki? Or like short for Lochlan?

Is Nuala an Irish name? I quite like it. Is it pronounced Noo la? I think if you are looking for a rarely used name, that would be the least commonly used girl name on your list. Where I I anyway.

Thalia, I don't like, but lots of people do.

Reid is not great.

I like your girl names a lot more than your boy names.

I like Posie and Reid.
With the others on spelling. Sorry.

GIRLS:

Posie - weak, wet, meek
Pollie - all of the above plus badly spelled
Maebel - with this spelling, no.
Thalia - nope
Iris - ok
Nuala - jesus no, it's a very outdated Irish name. Fionnuala is better imo, if you must.

BOYS:

Jaxson, Lockie - both terrible
Reid - still not great but better than the other two

Thalia - it's ok. I like it more in theory. I'm practice I don't because it rhymes with failure.

Not in my accent.

In Scotland, in my experience, it's usually 'Lachie', short for the full name Lachlan.
There is no letter K in the name. The 'ch' is pronounced differently, like the ending of the word 'loch'.
Example here: forvo.com/search/Lachlan/gd/

Lachlan pronounced 'Loch-lan' sounds Australian to me, and perhaps Irish. Mumsnetters from Ireland can advise.

I don’t mind any of them but do spell them correctly!

I like Iris the best. I guess it is the least unusual, though I know a primary aged Polly, Talia, Posie and Jaxon, so I suppose they aren’t that unusual either.

Iris or Polly (not Pollie).
The boys' names are not my cup of tea at all.

Lochie would be the more ‘usual’ spelling I think (in Scotland anyway...) Also prefer it. Not a fan of the others. Jackson/Jackson/Jaxon variants are ten a penny.

Iris is lovely. Pollie and Posie are both SO twee. Mabel and Nuala are fine, though infinitely prefer Iris. Thalia I dislike.