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Give me your quirkiest/boldest/most unusual names

102 replies

BabyBee93 · 04/02/2021 18:56

Names you were too scared to use, names your parents told you they hated, names you made up, names you'd never heard of before and anything else in between

Some of mine...

Girls:
Saffron
Kendra
Olga

Boys:
Wolfie
Sidney
Ronnie

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2020onandon · 05/02/2021 23:31

I've always loved these names for a girl.
Blossom
Cerise
Piper
Silver

Toeberries · 05/02/2021 23:25

I’ve always loved Avery, but a friend of mine pointed out it rhymed with slavery and I couldn’t get past it. Also think echo is so cute for a girl/little sister/twin. I don’t have any girls, but am also not cool enough to use it anyway!! Smile

Alakasam · 05/02/2021 23:24

Went to school with a Cherry - she's now married to Ed Sheeran :-)

Riv12345 · 05/02/2021 22:49

Girls names

River
Sidney
Storm
Raine (prounced rain)

Boys names

Chester
Riley
Lane

MydeamonsanOstrich · 05/02/2021 22:33

Love this thread and love unusual names! Both my DCs names have featured, which is rare.

I love Aurora and Abraham (Bram), but DP vetoed since our surname stars with the letter A and he's envisioned merciless teasing. Probably rightly so sadly.

Bythemillpond · 05/02/2021 22:14

Really wanted Tiger for Dd but was overruled

CaffiSaliMali · 05/02/2021 22:12

Esyllt for me, it's my favourite girl's name, Welsh for Iseult. Perfectly normal in Welsh speaking Wales but I'm in England where the Ll will be mispronounced as L and she'd end up being called Ess-ilt.

Also, Gwenllian, Llŷr and Siôr.

I also like Iseult but there's no way DH would agree to it. See also Hepzibah and Morgana.

I love Morven, Ishbel and Eilidh but am not Scottish enough to use.

SpikeDearheart · 05/02/2021 15:10

My name and my DS's name are both on this thread. I never thought either were that niche!

VenusClapTrap · 05/02/2021 14:44

For dd I wanted:
Anemone
Marjolaine
Narcissa

For ds:
Darius
Tristan

stormelf · 05/02/2021 13:52

@BabyBee93 leofric is from the tale of Beowulf (ooh that's a great name as well) and Tyche is the Greek goddess of luck

My kids have quite unusual names (son's name has never appeared on ons data) so safe to say I love interesting names

lilibillie · 04/02/2021 23:40

Bettina

SionnachRua · 04/02/2021 23:37

Turkey trots name is definitely due a revival soon I think Smile And has reminded me of how much I like C o s e t t e (not sure if I need to spell it out like that for her privacy but better safe than sorry!).

Outing probably but I grew up with a boy named Rainbow Cloud 😬 (known as Cloudy which maybe isn't so bad..)

I taught a Rainbow Breeze Grin Mind you this was in California.

beingajen · 04/02/2021 23:26

My DS's middle name is Bruin - meaning brown bear. DH tried to veto it, but after my slightly traumatic birth, I reckon I could have even bounced him into having it for the first name Grin.
For a girl I loved Cecily or Cici for short.

FightingFiles · 04/02/2021 23:18

Girls:
Sapphira
Savannah
Tallulah (I was so close to calling DD2 Tallulah)

Boys
Darius
Demitri (Darius and Demitri would have been my identical boy twins)

mashernasher · 04/02/2021 23:13

I'd have had Saskia for a girl. My parents hated it so they were relieved when I had 3 boys.

Sammiesnake · 04/02/2021 22:49

I have two girls, but my favourite boys names were Cedric and Seamus Grin

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BabyBee93 · 04/02/2021 22:48

@cheapskatemum

Boys: Aloysius Galahad Roscoe

Girl:
Gwendoline

I LOVE Roscoe thanks to It's a Sin!
OP posts:
SpikeDearheart · 04/02/2021 22:34

Cecily
Ferelith

Both girls names that I love, but DH would have none of. We ended up having a boy so I didn't have to have that battle - maybe next time Grin

joystir59 · 04/02/2021 22:30

Lichfield
Leofric
Valentine
Romeo
Sandrine
Trent
Elefteria

jemimafuddleduck · 04/02/2021 22:25

I LOVE the name Bliss fir a girl. I went to school with a girl called Bliss and I thought it was so cool.

I wish I were brave enough to use it!

purplejungle · 04/02/2021 22:24

Love these for a girl, all less than 40 babies named this in the 2019 stats:

Elspeth
Bronwen
Hester
Ursula
Hephzibah

17caterpillars1mouse · 04/02/2021 22:24

Not to my taste but I know children called

Apollo
Orlie
Bleu
Caspian
Ekko

Ophelia
Galadriel
Pixie
Serenity
Alba

Tomcullenisahero · 04/02/2021 22:22

Boys names I love
Gabriel
Wolf
Valentine
Kit

Girls names l love
Clementine
Storm

Some are not overly unusual I suppose but there are none around here.

35andThriving · 04/02/2021 22:21

TurkeyTrot, thanks for sharing. Smile Flowers

giantwaterbottle · 04/02/2021 22:18

Dusty Rose!

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