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3babessoon · 2021-08-10T19:48:38+00:00

Looking for inspiration for a name which goes well with India and Rafferty? Don’t know what we are having. Quite like Bodhi for a boy but nothing really shouting out to us in the way of girls names. Georgia maybe possibly?!

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TatianaBis · 12/08/2021 22:24

Is Isis expected to change her name?

Puffalicious · 12/08/2021 22:23

Well from this, I can concur that England and Wales are a FAR cry from Scotland. Micah is 217th? What?! Theodosia? Lordy.

Agree completely with Demon

PP I'm well aware Soshana is Jewish but I've never come across anyone with this name in our substantial Jewish community. My friend is Jewish, a Sarah, with Ben and Samuel as her DC. Shoshana is out there, in that it's very unusual.

35andThriving · 12/08/2021 22:14

Micah is Biblical and ranked 271st, in England and Wales, in 2019. Hardly a wild suggestion. I like it anyway.

Germolenequeen · 12/08/2021 21:59

I know an Isis - Greek goddess, before terrorist group appeared.

I know the origin of the name but the thing is unfortunately the terrorist group did appear

TatianaBis · 12/08/2021 21:58

I know an Isis - Greek goddess, before terrorist group appeared.

TatianaBis · 12/08/2021 21:57

Balonz was funny. So was Garyanne.

Changechangychange · 12/08/2021 21:47

@Germolenequeen

Isis - for realz? 😱

The goddess, not the terror group. I know several.

Changechangychange · 12/08/2021 21:47

Shoshana is a Jewish name. Origin of names like Susan, Suzanne and Susannah. Not out there at all.

Germolenequeen · 12/08/2021 21:45

Isis - for realz? 😱

vickyq1983 · 12/08/2021 21:44

Can't believe someone just said Balonz wasn't funny 😳

Changechangychange · 12/08/2021 21:43

@Ruthietuthie

Bodhi is appalling. Absolute man-bun of a name. Please don't. Agree that India and Rafferty have a posh 1990s Primrose Hill Crowd feeling. What about Milo, Horatio, Orla or Evangeline?

Have to agree re: man bun name. It makes me think one or other of the parents is way too into Point Break.

For a boy:

Caspar
Conrad
Milo
Maximilian
Nico

For a girl:

Flora
Freya
Thea
Sienna
Poppy
Cassia
Cressida
Anais
Esme
Isis

DillonPanthersTexas · 12/08/2021 21:40

How about Lyla?

One vowel away from being a tribute to the greatest opening guitar riff in history

MeadowBrown · 12/08/2021 21:37

How about Lyla?

Germolenequeen · 12/08/2021 21:35

@DillonPanthersTexas

Yes - nailed it 👏

DillonPanthersTexas · 12/08/2021 21:34

Aurelia, Nova, Artemisia, Cosima, Athena, Micah, Theodosia, Callisto, Maren, Sibella, Bede, Sorrel, Thisbe, Zinnia, Allegra, Asa, Shoshana, Sage, Phineas, Juniper, Merrin, Torin, Heloise, Hester, Astraea.

Hence my lowbrow 'Hogworts' joke earlier, they would not sound out of place in said wizard school. Most of those names just strike me as so achingly middle class try hard right on Hampstead set.

"Artemisia, Artemisia, be darhling and pick up some pomegranate seeds and a fair trade mango from Waitrose"

Germolenequeen · 12/08/2021 21:01

Errr .... no .. it's really not 🤨

mathanxiety · 12/08/2021 20:57

The Guardian article is really about how other people are kinda stupid and perhaps also hard of hearing. Not the parents who bestowed perfectly nice names on their children, but midwives, relatives, etc.

mathanxiety · 12/08/2021 20:46

Aurelia (2), Nova, Artemisia, Cosima (1), Athena (1), Micah (3), Theodosia, Callisto (1), Maren, Sibella, Bede, Sorrel, Thisbe (1), Zinnia, Allegra, Asa (2), Shoshana (2), Sage (2), Phineas, Juniper, Merrin, Torin, Heloise, Hester (1), Astraea.

I've marked names of kids I know.

I also know several Eloises, Esthers, and a Calista.

DaisyWaldron · 12/08/2021 18:44

They span a wide range of ages, too, from toddlers to retirement age.

DaisyWaldron · 12/08/2021 18:40

I know at least four people called Hester, three each of Athena and Micah, two called Allegra and Heloise and one each of Aurelia, Bede, Sorrel, Asa, Shoshana, Sage, Phineas and Torin.

Lcachu · 12/08/2021 18:39

@Puffalicious

How can a PP say that none of the suggested names are out there? This is from just the first 2 pages- names I've NEVER heard used, half if them I didn't even know were names:

Aurelia, Nova, Artemisia, Cosima, Athena, Micah, Theodosia, Callisto, Maren, Sibella, Bede, Sorrel, Thisbe, Zinnia, Allegra, Asa, Shoshana, Sage, Phineas, Juniper, Merrin, Torin, Heloise, Hester, Astraea.

It can't just be me...

It's not just you.

I do worry the class of 2030 will consist of Zibidee, Cosmintina and Sage's. I think names are going on different ends of the spectrum from being traditional well-known names to completely "out there" names. Who knows which names will age well and whether they will still hold their "uniqueness" in years to come.

This article is quite interesting...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/02/baby-name-regrets-naming-child-parents

Puffalicious · 12/08/2021 18:20

How can a PP say that none of the suggested names are out there? This is from just the first 2 pages- names I've NEVER heard used, half if them I didn't even know were names:

Aurelia, Nova, Artemisia, Cosima, Athena, Micah, Theodosia, Callisto, Maren, Sibella, Bede, Sorrel, Thisbe, Zinnia, Allegra, Asa, Shoshana, Sage, Phineas, Juniper, Merrin, Torin, Heloise, Hester, Astraea.

It can't just be me...

Puffalicious · 12/08/2021 18:10

They are quite common names now. Especially because they are the name of celebrity children. Jude Law's son is Rafferty and Megan Fox's son is Bodhi.

I've known the name Rafferty for decades, it's lovely, but genuinely never heard of a Bodhi. As a PP said perhaps it's not reached us yet. I'm in Scotland and Scottish names are still very popular. My 3 DS have very Scottisg names and they all have connections to family/ friends/ one is the name of a character in a favourite novel. I know what the PP means about it's better if they mean something.

OaxacaChihuahua · 12/08/2021 18:04

Every Primrose Hill wannabe for the last decade has called their son Bohdi. I’d go for something less played out.

I like Tabitha for a girl.

BasiliskStare · 12/08/2021 17:44

@DillonPanthersTexas Apparently in the Archers ( radio series ) Shula and Kenton were actually named by picking out scrabble tiles ( this may be an urban myth - someone will be able to say who is better informed than I )