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Names you have only ever met one of

755 replies

ladyinacampervan · 03/05/2021 21:36

What names do you like but you have only ever met one of before?

My sister is pregnant for the first time at 43 and wants an unusual but real name and wants some inspiration.

I named my own after only once ever hearing someone called the name.

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TheUndeadLovelinessOfDemons · 07/10/2021 12:14

Aurora
Santiago
Moses

TheUndeadLovelinessOfDemons · 07/10/2021 12:04

Ottilie
Aracelli
Ferdos

TheUndeadLovelinessOfDemons · 07/10/2021 11:53

Ooh I know a Calion on Twitter.

SageRosemary · 07/10/2021 10:58

Linda
Belinda
Serena
Sabrina
Dorothy
Dympna

Walter
Ivor
Ivan
Dick
Clive

TheUndeadLovelinessOfDemons · 07/10/2021 10:39

@KurtWilde

Also never met anyone with 2 of my children's names, and neither have they. I remember how annoyed they used to be when they looked at personalised tat in seaside shops and could never find one with their names on Grin
My DS 14 used to be the same, he quite likes his name now.
TheUndeadLovelinessOfDemons · 07/10/2021 10:34

Aeneas

oneboy3girls · 07/10/2021 10:34

Harvest

nousernamehere01 · 07/10/2021 08:23

My mum, myself, my two siblings, and now my daughter all have very unique names. None of which have come up on this list so far!
Mine is least unique and I've heard of a few with my name, although it's more popular with a variation on the spelling.
(Not very helpful but it's very outing if I said what they are!)

I'm now expecting my second child and I really stitched myself up with the first one 😂😂 hard act to follow!

Cube is the best on this list so far 😂

PanicBuyingSprouts · 07/10/2021 08:02

We have 2 Sylvia's within the extended family @UtopiaMist. Can get a bit confusing Smile

PanicBuyingSprouts · 07/10/2021 08:01

We have a family friend called Solitaire

Bets there's definitely only one of them.

SirSidneyRuffDiamond · 07/10/2021 07:58

Athalie

Torquil
Taliesin

PurpleFlower1983 · 07/10/2021 07:28

We have a family friend called Solitaire.

Blueuggboots · 07/10/2021 05:53

Demelza. Zillah.

UtopiaMist · 07/10/2021 05:52

Jasper

UtopiaMist · 07/10/2021 05:50

Dolores
Sylvia
Ingoret

salsmum · 07/10/2021 05:02

Dreena was a lady resident in the home I worked in.

salsmum · 07/10/2021 05:00

I went to school with a Martine and a Corina both nice girls too.

SummeHoliday · 05/08/2021 07:44

Omega. Known as Meg. She was the very definitely last child in a family of 5 🤣

BunnyRuddington · 05/08/2021 07:41

Just remembered a man called Valentine.

ChloeAndRadcliffe · 04/08/2021 13:59

Tough one - I think only one I can think of was a woman called Luanne who my mum used to work with!

ActonSquirrel · 04/08/2021 00:04

Boys
Diggory

Girls
Araminta

Never met another of either

NotMeekNotObedient · 03/08/2021 12:03

Girls:
Tuesday
Cornelia
Zynab
Sabine
Edita
Rhona
Sejal
Sohonna
Edam
Olympia
Hazel
Roweena
Callie
Dominique
Emmanuelle
Brogan
Harsheda
Pia
Blanca
Charity
Melody
Misha
Saskia
Ushra
Carmen

Boys:
Taleisin
Devon
Ewan
Helder

But I think a few of these are probably much more common where the names orginate.

Heh1991 · 03/08/2021 01:25

Octavia
Pascale
Romy
Tailtha
Abra
Bonnie

Fabian
Dalton

Lucienandjean · 03/08/2021 00:26

Tarne
Kezia
Shula
Nadine

Blue
Nahum

FedNlanders · 24/07/2021 09:49

Wednesday
Eliythia