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Unusual but classy baby names?

148 replies

hattie32 · 13/07/2023 18:36

Please throw any suggestions at me - both male and female as we don't know the sex yet.

I would love something very classy / traditional but something you don't hear every day! I love 'Grace' for a girl but I know it's quite common.

I also like 'Ethan' for a boy but a close relative has a son called that so that's out too. Other than that my mind is stumped...

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RosaSkye · 13/07/2023 20:23

I always think Anais is underused

Cecily
Beatrix

Flora
Rosa
Verity

Jude
Gabriel
August

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 13/07/2023 20:21

John
Mary
Ivo
Susan

JustMaggie · 13/07/2023 20:19

Sylvia and William

IridescentRainbird · 13/07/2023 20:14

Nyree
Violet
Gabrielle
Robyn
Jocelyn
Seraphina

Edmund
Wilfred
David
Tobias
Benedict
Dominic

FawnDrench · 13/07/2023 20:09

Sylvester
Egbert
Eustace
Dorian
Gulliver

Rita
Cassandra
Leonora
Dominique
Phaedra

hattie32 · 13/07/2023 20:08

Thank you so much. Some lovely names on here! Especially like:

  • Cressida
  • Nina
  • Adeline
  • Archibald
  • Jude

Definitely not Martha and Arthur 😂😂

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Enko · 13/07/2023 20:08

Eloisa
Ramona
Rowena
Elsbeth
Marina
Lois

Conrad
Edmund
Caradoc

Watchthedoormat · 13/07/2023 20:03

William
Jacob
Rupert
Sebastian
Benedict

Clara
Laura
Ingrid
Bridgette
Henrietta

ReginaPerrin · 13/07/2023 19:57

If I was of child-bearing age I would definitely call a baby girl Apollonia ((Polly for short).

For a baby boy, I’m quite fond of Julian.

Ilikeanimalsmorethanpeople · 13/07/2023 19:56

Scarlett

MsFrog · 13/07/2023 19:50

Alice and Patrick

Samzzz · 13/07/2023 19:50

Dorothy (Dottie)
Iris
Betsy
Winnie
Primrose

William
Thomas
Dominic
Arthur
Sebastian
Henry

DMVJ · 13/07/2023 19:47

Brontë

Individewl · 13/07/2023 19:44

Vivienne

NoHallSouth · 13/07/2023 19:43

Ottilie
Tabitha
Allegra

Crispin
Horatio

I also like Fraser and Angus and I've only ever met 1 of each but appreciate this may be very different in Scotland!

Rachaelrachael · 13/07/2023 19:43

That was exactly my requirement! My top names were:
Matilda
Grace
Eloise

AuntieStella · 13/07/2023 19:41

Rosalind, Saskia, Francesca, Ursula, Nerissa, Tabitha

Aidan, Rupert, Benedict, David, Joel, Kenelm

Luhou · 13/07/2023 19:37

Cecillia
Ivy
Rosa
May
Olive
Pippa
Penelope
Sienna
Florence

Theodore
Ralph
Beau
Charles
Reuben

7catsisnotenough · 13/07/2023 19:35

Cressida?

BigBoysDontCry · 13/07/2023 19:27

Jonathan
Gregory
Evan
Miles
Elliot
Crispin

June
Jane
Alice
Eloise
Naomi
Lydia

NewUserName2023 · 13/07/2023 19:26

Hettie
Verity
Ninette
Petra

Gwylim
Hector
Edwin

Llamafield · 13/07/2023 19:25

eatdrinkandbemerry · 13/07/2023 18:57

Matilda
Clara
Bronwyn
Heather
Martha

I know loads of little Matildas. I think it's fairly high up the name charts.

MrsHogan · 13/07/2023 19:22

Oh and Honor.

Boys I think with Arthur you'd be looking at names like
Charles
Christian
Gulliver
Tobias
Montgomery maybe? (Monty for short)

sandrene · 13/07/2023 19:22

Meredith
Susanna
Carmen
Natalie

Magnus
Nicholas
Laurie
Levi

MrsHogan · 13/07/2023 19:20

Felicity
Cressida
Evangeline
Emmeline
Serafina
Genevieve

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