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Unusual consecutive letter suggestions?

86 replies

tripledutch · 08/08/2025 10:29

Hello
I’m expecting my second child in December. My husband and I would like a name which has an unusual combination of consecutive letters in it. Like Django. We don’t know the sex of the baby so need a girl and boy name. Surname is very plain and starts with a B and middle name will be Marianne or Marcus. I saw a truck with Dhollandia on the back earlier so that sort of thing but a name for a child obviously, not a truck. Can anyone suggest one? TIA

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BrianWankum · 14/08/2025 23:53

Llywela or Llywelyn.

MirandaBlu · 14/08/2025 23:38

Cybele
Cynthia
Djuna
Eilidh
Ksenia
Ligeia
Lys (Lysanne, Lysandra, Lysette)
Medb/Maeve
Mneme
Myrtle
Nadezhda
Oona/Oonagh
Ygritte
Zlata
Zoia

Axl
Beau
Bertram
Bodhi
Cthulhu
Dwayne
Dwight
Eeyore
Euan/Ieuan
Iain
Isaiah
Laszlo
Lysander
Phoenix
Rhett
Ruairidh
Tristram
Yves/Yvo

HugoYorway · 14/08/2025 21:01

Clyde or Clwyd?

OneTwoThreeSneeze · 14/08/2025 20:23

Maybe look at Welsh, Irish or Scottish names if you have any family connections to those places.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 13/08/2025 22:49

Sven

Allthesnowallthetime · 13/08/2025 22:20

https://listophile.com/names/nationality/polish/

A Polish name?

QwestSprout · 13/08/2025 22:17

Yvaine or Yvraine

legoplaybook · 13/08/2025 22:15

I've always liked Svea for a girl.

Firebird83 · 13/08/2025 22:12

Dhillon
Knox
Dmitri
Eoin
Ajax
Zvi

Tzipporah
Pnina

HugoYorway · 11/08/2025 10:33

Girls:TRIJNTJE, TJARDA, TJITSKE
Boys: TJERK, TIJMEN, TIJN

BooneyBeautiful · 11/08/2025 04:24

Joaquin for a boy.

OwlBeThere · 11/08/2025 04:19

RogueFemale · 10/08/2025 22:52

@tripledutch Ptolomy is the best suggestion so far. I have known one, he goes by Tolly (or, I suppose Ptolly).

I also see another favourite name of mine mentioned -Psyche. Really beautiful, and obviously underused.

But if you have a dull surname there are other options. I'd suggest Venetia, and Sibylla, for girls. 'Normal' names but which have never been too popular.

Edited to add Calypso.

Edited

I keep reading Venetia as Vienetta. I blame the diet I’m on 😂

OwlBeThere · 11/08/2025 04:18

MummytoE · 08/08/2025 12:03

And what about then forever having to correct spellings and pronunciation

Plenty of people with perfectly common names still have to do that. My surname is about as boringly British as you can get. I still have to spell it every time. And it’s fine. Its
just not a big deal.

HugoYorway · 10/08/2025 22:57

@RogueFemale , it's Ptolemy.

How about Pliny, Terpsichore or Circe?

RogueFemale · 10/08/2025 22:52

@tripledutch Ptolomy is the best suggestion so far. I have known one, he goes by Tolly (or, I suppose Ptolly).

I also see another favourite name of mine mentioned -Psyche. Really beautiful, and obviously underused.

But if you have a dull surname there are other options. I'd suggest Venetia, and Sibylla, for girls. 'Normal' names but which have never been too popular.

Edited to add Calypso.

SupposesRoses · 10/08/2025 22:32

Angharad
Xenia
Ylvi

BunnyRuddington · 10/08/2025 22:16

chilliheeler123 · 09/08/2025 12:44

Balonz has a nice ring to it.

D’Balonz might appeal to the OP a bit more?

Longdarkcloud · 10/08/2025 20:45

Ngaire/Ngaere
Ngaio
Gwen
Gwillim

drspouse · 09/08/2025 16:58

Has anyone said Balonz yet?
Or maybe Mbalonz?

Daffydoll · 09/08/2025 16:56

D’Nero

BusWankers · 09/08/2025 16:32

HarperStern · 08/08/2025 18:00

Gnicholas
Khen
Psteve

Pterry

HugoYorway · 09/08/2025 14:05

Dries (drees)
Thijs (tice)

Paaseitjes · 09/08/2025 12:52

Fries and Dutch are pretty goed for unusual combinations
Boys
Tjori (Theodore)
Sjef (Josef)
Tjark
Douwe

Girls
Rixt
Yfke
Femke
Aukje
Jildou

HugoYorway · 09/08/2025 12:50

Tzah
Tsila
Tzipora
Tzofiya

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