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Rare baby names

81 replies

Bohobetty0 · 29/09/2023 17:50

Struggling to find rare but not too out there baby names to add to my list. I myself have a unique name and want my kids to follow the same.

thanks in advance

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embramum · 30/09/2023 11:29

😂

Bey · 30/09/2023 10:52

lemonraincoat · 29/09/2023 22:33

@cherryassam No much wonder those names are rare. Awful.

@lemonraincoat surely it's a matter of opinion, I think some of those names are really beautiful.

what names do you like?

DaftyLass · 30/09/2023 10:48

Julian
Evan
Hilda
Jerome
Cecily
Freda
Susanna
Jasper
Tanya

1stWorldProblems · 30/09/2023 10:35

For both ideas & actual Stars on popularity, look at ONS data. The 2022 list should be out in a few weeks - usually near the beginning of Oct. You can get the complete list on one of the tabs (except n as names used for less than 3 children). Here's last year's ONS Baby Names

Baby names in England and Wales Statistical bulletins - Office for National Statistics

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/babynamesenglandandwales/previousReleases

OnAFrolicOfMyOwn · 30/09/2023 10:13

Balonz

whatausername · 30/09/2023 10:11

balltraponthecote · 30/09/2023 09:15

Clytie? Really? You'd be setting a child up for a life of hell!

😂I thought it sounded like a posho trying to talk dirty

ValuableLimeLesson · 30/09/2023 09:25

Cricket?!

Another thumbs up for Frampeline, though.

DisplayPurposesOnly · 30/09/2023 09:20

Hepzibah
Zilpha

Actual names 😊

balltraponthecote · 30/09/2023 09:15

Clytie? Really? You'd be setting a child up for a life of hell!

peaceinourtime · 30/09/2023 09:09

Omo

Doveyouknow · 30/09/2023 07:25

Go for 70s or 80s names - Tracy, Brian, Dave, Derek. Far less likely to pop up in a class list than wren, Cosmo, Denham etc

SacreBleugh · 30/09/2023 07:19

Radish
Cucumba
Salada
Endive
Lollo Rosso ( Ross for short)
Rocket
Caesar

MuchuseasaChocolateTeapot · 30/09/2023 07:07

Spudulika?

marcopront · 30/09/2023 06:57

I seem to remember a story on here of someone who picked a rare name for their child, I think there were 3 with that name in the UK that year. The child ended up in a class at school with the same name.

Fifireee · 30/09/2023 05:35

Adorabella
Thorn
Spike - I think Richard Curtis has used this.
Ysumbina
Tan
Estellonia

GallbladderWoes · 30/09/2023 05:29

There's a young woman on TikTok who her and her family all have the rarest names.
She's called Trewley-Precious!

Chocolatefreak · 30/09/2023 05:29

Also wanted to say, unusual names are good- a name is supposed to identify you, after all. My son's name (not outlandish but still unusual) will mean he'll always be the only person of that name that anyone knows.

user1492757084 · 30/09/2023 05:14

Denman
Denham
Willoughby

Wyuna
Clytie
Barbie

SabrinaThwaite · 29/09/2023 23:07

DebbyU · 29/09/2023 19:49

How about Emerson

If you have triplets then the others have to be called Lake and Palmer. It’s the law.

cherryassam · 29/09/2023 22:45

@lemonraincoat they might not be everyone’s cup of tea but that’s okay, if you don’t like them you don’t have to use them!

Ididivfama · 29/09/2023 22:36

If you want completely unique they then need to be made up words that no one knows!

Emerylina
Scourgette
Frampeline
Bouldersin

you get my drift

SkaneTos · 29/09/2023 22:35

Many good, unusual names from the previous posters!

I like the names Sparrow, Meadow, Lysander, and Flynn.

PoseasRadicalActuallyMisogynistic · 29/09/2023 22:34

I think some of these are not soo rare as they are increasingly popping up on baby names

lemonraincoat · 29/09/2023 22:33

@cherryassam No much wonder those names are rare. Awful.

Mumofgirls2017 · 29/09/2023 22:28

My favourite unusual ones

caspian
atticus
cosmo
elio
fletcher
everest
lysander
casper
apollo
rex
magnus
archer
remy
phoenix
orlando
flynn
torin

dahlia
seraphina
juno
aurelia
tallulah
calliope
autumn
eden
melody
daphne
tansy
cassia
clover
Opal
pixie
romilly
wren