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Uncommon names for babies

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Celestialwish · 14/01/2025 15:38

Hi everyone!
I'm expecting twins due in late September and DH and I are struggling to think of names. My DH and I already have a son (biologically his from a previous relationship, Mum is not in the picture) called Zachary, who is 5.

We're not interested in weird/alternative spellings, but we do want something that is uncommon or unheard of, that still goes well with Zach's name.

Any ideas?

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IamnotwhouthinkIam · 22/01/2025 00:15

Zachary/Zach is fairly commonplace now (though lovely) so I think most “unusual” names wouldn’t really pair that well if that’s what’s important to you. Maybe consider names outside the Top 100 but that are still very well known with a Biblical link (like Zachary)?

Julia
Claudia
Susanna
Keziah

Asa
Jared
Tobias
Seth

Cosycore · 21/01/2025 21:56

Barry

Catterpillarsflipflops · 21/01/2025 21:55

Jonty
Scout
Wyatt

Clemmie
Ottilie
Isadora
Indiana
Adeline
Addison

RoundSquareWithTriangles · 21/01/2025 11:22

Annika
Colette
Lorna
Nadine

Guy
Jethro

RubaiyatOfAnyone · 16/01/2025 23:18

Genuinely unusual for kids at the moment?

Harold, Roger, Stephen, Peter, Michael, Terence, Derek, Francis, Graham.

Sheila, Linda, Margaret, Gillian, Gertrude, Susan, Barbara, Anne, Patricia

not currently unusual - any girls name that starts and ends with a vowel, any boys name that sounds like a surname or an off-brand medication (current winners Jayxon and Tylor)

RobertaFirmino · 16/01/2025 23:02

Gary

SquigglePigs · 15/01/2025 14:12

Ottilie
Hazel
Elspeth
Saskia
Cassandra (Cassie)
Martha

Lucas or Lukas
Marcus

bluebunnys · 15/01/2025 14:07

We're not interested in weird/alternative spellings, but we do want something that is uncommon or unheard of

How about

Magnus
Quentin
Conrad
Cassius

Astrid
Viola
Marnie
Dahlia

Personally i love them all - underused classics that are well known and easy to say/spell. Much more memorable than a popular top 10 name (that will inevitably sound dated as it falls out of fashion)

bluebunnys · 15/01/2025 14:04

BriceNobeslovesMurielHeslop · 15/01/2025 11:31

I’ve never understood the desire to find an unusual/ unique name for your child. I have a unique(ish) name- it’s a pain in the arse.

You know there's a huge middle ground of well known beautiful and memorable names that are easy to say/spell?!

The alternative to an overused top 10 name is not necessarily an obscure unique one!!

bluebunnys · 15/01/2025 14:02

Some of the suggested names are really common. I know lots of young Noahs, Bens and Finns for example.

ZiggyZowie · 15/01/2025 13:46

Iolanthe and Imogen

Jacob and Joseph

Mark and Matthew

Sienna and Savannah

LoudPlumDog · 15/01/2025 13:41

You must be barely pregnant, give it some time!

Zachary, Nardia and Ebony

Zachary, Rupert and Finn

JC03745 · 15/01/2025 11:36

Coralie
Navy
Verda
Enid
Lakota
Cleo
Novella
Rain/Raina/Raynor
Layke

Cren
Trader
Colt/Colten
Rock
Azlan
Levi
Felix
Lincoln

BriceNobeslovesMurielHeslop · 15/01/2025 11:31

I’ve never understood the desire to find an unusual/ unique name for your child. I have a unique(ish) name- it’s a pain in the arse.

Anotherdayanotherdollar · 15/01/2025 11:25

Due late September?? Have they even been conceived yet?

MyDeepZebra · 15/01/2025 11:13

Some people are posting names that are in the top 10 baby names at the moment!

Names I have only met one of (as a teacher in England);

Girls:

Laiken
Auburn
Mirelle
Rosamund
Ebony
Tanith
Magdalene
Morwenna
Nikolet (Nicolette is also an option)
Noelia
Saffron
Keziah
Antonina
Cinzia
Nerissa
Liana
Avila
Apphia
Adria
Vida
Vita
Viola
Xenia
Phaedra
Tamsin
Tamar
Clea
Leah
Ruthie

Boys

Horatio
Wilfrid
Alban
Benedict
Asher
Reuben
Gregory
Blaise
Rocco
Emlyn
Xavier
Julius
Gracian
Tristan
Gio
Adam
Lucien
Douglas
Troy
Miles

Jessbow · 15/01/2025 10:50

Benjamin ( Ben) - How many little Ben's are there now? not many
Elizabeth ( Beth/Lizzie etc) timeless

user1492757084 · 15/01/2025 08:28

Zach and ...

Fletcher
Milo
David
Digby
Saul
Katrina
Viola
Winsome
Carla
Vivienne

GingerLiberalFeminist · 15/01/2025 07:43

Girls
Bryony
Cassie
Keziah
Octavia
Gwendoline
Hestia
Philomena
Dolores
Guinivere

Boys
Samuel
Cassius/Cassian
Gaius
Julian
Giles
Phineas
Lorenzo

Hollietree · 15/01/2025 07:04

Gavin & Stacey?

MumonabikeE5 · 14/01/2025 21:11

Neil and Carol.

Barbara and Carol
Neil and Keith .

Fontainebleau007 · 14/01/2025 21:09

@Juliagreeneyes I do agree it goes nicely.

Juliagreeneyes · 14/01/2025 21:06

Fontainebleau007 · 14/01/2025 18:40

@Juliagreeneyes Noah is awfully popular too

About 15 years ago round here - but not at all for babies at the moment! Goes well with Zachary

Hollietree · 14/01/2025 19:24

How do you know it’s twins if you aren’t due until 8 months from now? Surely you are only a few weeks pregnant?

BootballJoy · 14/01/2025 18:52

Hester
Dodie
Rowena
Cassandra
Julianna
Vera
Erica
Marina
Mirabel
Rosamund
Alondra
Leilani
Peggy
Silvana
Phaedra
Petra
Alina
Celia
Cecily
Josephine
Adelaide
Hebe
Giselle

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