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Alternatives to these names

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mummysmagicmedicine · 30/01/2025 18:53

Hi
I am looking for some alternatives to these names or names we may like if this is what we like, we cannot use these as they’re either very common where we are and we prefer unique names, or we can’t use because we know someone with this name. DH is a teacher which doesn’t help things🙈.

Ivy
Freya
Florence
Ottilie
Matilda/Tillie
Margot
Charlotte
Emilia
Clara
Rosa

Felix
Theodore
Arthur
Jasper
Albie (Albert)
Jude
Connor
Spencer

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SerenStarEtoile · 02/02/2025 03:21

Fleur
Marguerite
Estelle/a
Petronella

Roland
Pelham
Giles
Basil

MedusaAndHerFavourites · 02/02/2025 02:02

Frances
Rose
Emmeline
Beatrix

Edwin
Ioan
John

tellmesomethingtrue · 02/02/2025 01:57

Why can't you use a name just because you know someone with the name?

theduchessofspork · 02/02/2025 01:43

mummysmagicmedicine · 31/01/2025 08:44

Oh I do love Nina 🥰

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Nina and Emmeline are v popular now, Scarlett has been done to death

theduchessofspork · 02/02/2025 01:41

Well if you literally want it to be unique you’re going to have to make something up

But if you mean more unusual, then maybe

Ida
Zoe
Aphra
Constance
Jasmine
Verity
Jessamy
Clio
Merryn or Meredith / Merry
Cassia / Cassie
Miranda
Juliet
Caroline / Callie
Estella
Esther (Tess / Essie)
Marianne (Polly / Nancy)
Cecile

Lucian
Laurence (Laurie)
Kester
Cassian
Arnold (Arnie)
Joss
Rafe
Corin
Alistair
Dominic (Nico)

NoCarbsForMe · 01/02/2025 04:22

Pollux?! 🤣

FindingMeno · 31/01/2025 14:24

Imogen
Winnie

LoudPlumDog · 31/01/2025 13:41

mummysmagicmedicine · 30/01/2025 18:53

Hi
I am looking for some alternatives to these names or names we may like if this is what we like, we cannot use these as they’re either very common where we are and we prefer unique names, or we can’t use because we know someone with this name. DH is a teacher which doesn’t help things🙈.

Ivy
Freya
Florence
Ottilie
Matilda/Tillie
Margot
Charlotte
Emilia
Clara
Rosa

Felix
Theodore
Arthur
Jasper
Albie (Albert)
Jude
Connor
Spencer

Alice
Amity
Amali
Melia
Mahli
Cleo
Laura
Xanthe
Sara
Greta
Adeline
Maggie

Finn
Wade
Cody
Ezra
Avery
Ayrton
Torin
Kurt
Trent

MiddleAgedDread · 31/01/2025 13:09

Tabitha
Eliza
Alice
Flora
Isabelle
Emily
Sophie
Olivia
Hannah
Iris
Beatrice
Felicity
Nancy
Jessica
Anna

William
Wilfred
Oliver
Otto
Oscar
Eric
Frederick
Henry
Cooper
Callum
Casper
Henry
Benjamin
Bartholomew
Barnaby
Joshua

BuntyBeaufort · 31/01/2025 12:45

Oh yes, Nina is beautiful, elegant, unusual without being self consciously quirky, and it suits a little girl and a grown-up woman.

scrabblie · 31/01/2025 09:17

Juniper
Hazel
Rosie
Willa

Arlo
Jesse
Gus (Angus)
Eli (Elijah)

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mummysmagicmedicine · 31/01/2025 08:44

wineosaurus4 · 30/01/2025 20:09

@mummysmagicmedicine Love your lists! I considered all of them when I was pregnant. We had a little girl and went with Nina. She is 2.5 now and most people comment on how lovely it is. Quite uncommon but not wackySmile

Oh I do love Nina 🥰

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Firsttimebabymummy · 31/01/2025 07:30

Autumn38 · 30/01/2025 20:02

The only name on this list that isn’t popular near me is manon. I really think you should just call your baby your favourite name. Names are popular for a reason. If it’s unpopular there is probably a reason for that too.

to be fair Manon is a lovely name 🥰

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Agree!

bluebunnys · 31/01/2025 07:24

Do you like

Flora
Valentina

Raphael
Quentin

user1492757084 · 31/01/2025 04:41

Do you like ..

Ida
Nichola
Margaux
Stephanie
Prudence
Margaret
Edwina
Zara
Otto
David
Xavier
Herbert
Alexander
Duncan
Patrick
Colin

Mumofgirls2017 · 30/01/2025 21:43

Eliza
aurelia
athena
annabelle
emmeline
romilly
aurora
rosalie
ophelia
olive
iris

caspian
cassius
casper
rowan
remy
rex
magnus
sebastian
henry
chester
quentin

mathanxiety · 30/01/2025 21:42

Ivy - Iris, Hazel, Ingrid, Laurel, Violet

Freya - Frida, Elfrieda, Frances, India

Florence - Flora, Constance

Ottilie - Colette, Letitia, Alicia, Cornelia

Matilda - Mahala, Mahalia, Tallulah, Harriet

Margot - Daphne, Madeleine, Stella

Charlotte - Beatrice, Eloise, Juliet, Adelaide

Emilia - Emma, Emmeline, Francesca, Estelle

Clara - Alice, Ada, Edith, Julia, Louisa, Anna

Rosa - Rosalie, Rosemary, Rosina, Rowena

Felix - Isaac, Isaiah, Otis, Ivo, Louis, Clement

Theodore - Phineas, Simeon, Raphael

Arthur - Stanley, George, Sidney

Jasper - Casper, Jago, Hugo, Myles, Ansel

Albert/ Albie - David, Malcolm, Edward

Jude - Leo, Joseph, Dominic

Connor - Cormac, Fergus, Finn

Spencer - Everett, Beckett, Elliott

BrieHugger · 30/01/2025 20:57

Sylvie
Louisa
Elodie
Seren
Saskia

Theo
Seth
Linus
Thomas
Miles

BornSandyDevotional · 30/01/2025 20:56

Odour and Mingie are also lovely and - if not unique - individual.

BornSandyDevotional · 30/01/2025 20:54

Can't think of alternative names for the whole list but have you thought of:
Ivor
frayed
florid
Marge
Con artist
spendthrift
Manson?

penguinbiscuits · 30/01/2025 20:54

Elodie

NewHeaven · 30/01/2025 20:49

Azalea
Elspeth
Eloise
Adeline
Evalina
Christina
Stephanie
Anna
Valerie
Louisa
Melina
Marissa
Katerina
Lucinda nn Lucy
Lucia
Iona
Zinnia

Marylou2 · 30/01/2025 20:18

I like Xanthe and Felicity. Jens or Nils for a boy.

Hellohah · 30/01/2025 20:14

I was thinking of names the other day because someone asked.

I like Martha and Heidi and Anna.

For a boy I like Daniel or Stanley.

That was about all I came up with I'm afraid, and I guess not particularly unique.

StormingNorman · 30/01/2025 20:09

Maia/ Maya
Fae
Flora
Amalia
Anouk

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