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Names you have only ever met one of

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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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Edenember · 04/05/2021 11:45

Adding more - Hope, Orneth, Charmian, Della, Eithne, Grainne, Ishbel, Klara, Greta, Celestina, Edwina, Evelina, Elspeth, Opal, Adela, Kezrah.

Hoppinggreen · 04/05/2021 11:40

SuNi (pronounced soo nee)
Parents were called Sue and Neil.
Bit ridiculous but it’s actually not a terrible name and amused everyone for an evening when we imagined what our names would have been had our parents used the same method to name us
Valtone anyone?

Edenember · 04/05/2021 11:39

Xanthe, Xena, Pia, Renée, Indie, Millicent, Honor, Anjali to go with my earlier Corisande and Tière.
Rohan, Jago, Wes, Xander, Auberon, Jolyon, Caspar for boys / men.

cushioncovers · 04/05/2021 11:39

Footle I don't know as I only met him briefly at work.

TheVamoosh · 04/05/2021 11:36

Artemis
Larissa
Renata

BlueLobelia · 04/05/2021 11:35

Amberleigh
Ellersleigh

ChairmansReserve · 04/05/2021 11:33

@cushioncovers Also the a person called Cressida, when I first heard the name many years ago I was blown away by how unusual it was to me but now Cressida Dicks the police chief is on the tv frequently it seems mainstream now.

It's a very old name, used in Chaucer's poem Troilus and Criseyde, retold by Shakespeare as Troilus and Cressida. There were a couple in my school.

On the Shakespearean theme we also had a Perdita, a Cordelia, a Nerissa, and several Jessicas, Helenas and Juliets. No Portias, Mirandas or Desdemonas that I can remember though Grin

thesugarbumfairy · 04/05/2021 11:22

Digby and Meadow

I literally can't think of any others that I haven't known anyone else be called.

Footle · 04/05/2021 11:18

@cushioncovers , did he have family from Cumbria?

SpacePug · 04/05/2021 10:43

Ripley is a little girl I know

Allthebears · 04/05/2021 10:34

Bliss
Alanis
Brooklyn (female)
Elenya
Christabel
Siannon (pron. Shannon)
Serrin
Veda

Blaise
Clinton
Macaulay

AliceMcK · 04/05/2021 10:23

So what, that diminishes the fact it was actually a name first and my memory of a brave little Girl? Do you think people stopped using the names Thomas & Cook because they were a travel agents name? What about Mark & Spencer, George, Laura & Ashley, John & Lewis, Dorothy, Zara, Fraser...

ObsidianRavenMcBovril · 04/05/2021 09:48

@farmerpalmer

Iseult Labiah (!) Fiorellla Quammi Lulu Jobi Winifred
Jobi - sounds like Scottish slang for poo Blush
NaToth · 04/05/2021 09:14

Charissa

OwlBeThere · 04/05/2021 09:12

a girl called Sketty

Toooutingooos · 04/05/2021 09:08

Longlee
Heboy (like He-Boy)
Tbf they were both English names given to themselves by Chinese students but I have definitely never heard anyone else with these names Grin

cushioncovers · 04/05/2021 08:47

Also the a person called Cressida, when I first heard the name many years ago I was blown away by how unusual it was to me but now Cressida Dicks the police chief is on the tv frequently it seems mainstream now.

cushioncovers · 04/05/2021 08:44

Reston. It was a man from South Africa. Might be a common name over there but I've never met another one here in the U.K.

frumpety · 04/05/2021 08:39

Summer
Euphemia - the person in question hated the name.
Serendipity - Seren for short.

Spike

AllThatFancyPaintsAsFair · 04/05/2021 08:28

@dottiedaisee

My daughter is 27 and has a name that was unique until about 5 years ago. Her name is Esme.Our son has a very uncommon name Laurie or Laurence.
This is quite an interesting thread, it's determined I think by where you live and the circles you move in whether you've come across the names rather than the names themselves

This is just an example but to me both these names are pretty mainstream, I've worked with an Esme and know a couple of others and Laurie/Laurence are both normal to me

Are you in England?

Also Felicity has been mentioned more than once, there were several of those when I was at school

BunnyRuddington · 04/05/2021 08:26

Venice
Sorrel
Loveday
Denim
Petronella
Emerald

Rex

littleredberries · 04/05/2021 08:21

@Coachee

Sioux. Although it sounds just like Sue, I have always liked the spelling.

Elvy. Spotted on a file of a 90 year old lady when I was doing a NHS filing job as a student. Loved it and always thought I’d use it for my own child.

As in the Native American Indian tribe?
MyGorramShip · 04/05/2021 08:20

Aurora
Ursula
Lorelai

Clairey844 · 04/05/2021 08:19

Loving this; baby no 2 on the way and my little girl's unusual name has been mentioned on this thread twice (once with a different spelling of Nyree by @mum2jakie and the way I spell it - Ngaire by @DappledOliveGroves) so am eagerly following for inspiration for something that would go nicely 🥰

StopThisTrain28 · 04/05/2021 08:15

Aphra like the playwright Aphra Behn. I always thought it was such a beautiful name for a little girl.

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