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Uncommon name suggestions please!

115 replies

otinata · 17/09/2025 13:12

Ideally out of the top 150. Not. Finding out the gender.

Already have an Ezra (wasn’t as popular at the time).

So far, I have

Calliope (Callie)
Juniper
Amara
Rosalina
Melody
Juliet (but fine like Jules)
Malin
Arizona (rogue I know, but I just love it)
Theadora (Thea)
Noelle
Celeste
Meredith

Koa
Cassius
Sonny (love, but too popular)
Rowan (same as above)
Marley
Sullivan (Sully)
Casey
Zander
Ari
Remy

I prefer softer sounding, or unisex boy’s names.

I like all of these names, but none feel like the one!

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kiwiblue · 17/09/2025 19:08

It's Theodora, not Theadora. If you wanted Thea you could go for Dorothea.

OhNoNotSusan · 17/09/2025 19:08

Gary
that is on a list as an endangered name

OhNoNotSusan · 17/09/2025 19:08

Gerald
John
Cyril
Percy
Beverly

Londonmummy66 · 17/09/2025 19:06

Antigone Electra Cornelia Cordelia Cassiopeia (Cassie)

Castor Pollux Ajax Orestes

manicpixieschemegirl · 17/09/2025 19:05

Ramona
Ailsa
Emerald
Celine
Anouk
Azahara
Zosia
Aspen
Savannah

Cove
Laith
Sawyer
Micah
Felix
Grey
Callan

Makingpeace · 17/09/2025 19:02

Arietty
Ettalie
Coralie
Ettiene
Cosette
Effie
Kit
Kai
Rowan
Gwendolyn
Clive
Mark
Flynn
Magnus
Orson
Ambrose
Alaric
Warren
Gregory
Wallace

OhNoNotSusan · 17/09/2025 18:51

Hilda
Susan
Clare
Joan
Vera
Michelle

hyggetyggedotorg · 17/09/2025 18:50

PS - FWIW, I think wanting a name which is both recognisable as a real name and uncommon enough to avoid having 3 in the class is quite a common request.

MagpiePi · 17/09/2025 18:48

Why the obsession with having a name that you hope no other child will have? I quite like it when I meet someone with the same name as me. It’s like a little bond.

hyggetyggedotorg · 17/09/2025 18:48

Names I love but had no chance of DH agreeing to include:

Marcus
Torin
Levi
Solomon
Darius

Delphi
Delphine (somehow spoilt by Delphine Donkey in Peppa Pig)
Toria
Natalie (uncommon in young children at least)
Kiki

HolyScrolly · 17/09/2025 18:42

@otinata i think Amara is pretty popular now? so so many Xanders now. It’s the new Alex.

Wilder for a boy?
Lowenna, Willow or Willa for a girl?

or full on “out of fashion” names like Ann, Tracy, Sharon, Tiffany, Kimberley

boys.. Bruce, Keith, Alan, Gareth, Douglas

merryandbrightdelight · 17/09/2025 18:36

I like Otillie although it’s quite popular now. Our two girls have middle names of Eliza and Meadow, dh still hates the latter but my decision 😁

For boys I love Noah, but again very popular! Joseph?

merryandbrightdelight · 17/09/2025 18:35

otinata · 17/09/2025 13:44

I’m so glad you’ve told me this, I thought I was giving a temporary name to a ferret.

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GwendolineWindowlene · 17/09/2025 18:28

Lowell
Dashiel
Seth
Elliot

Seraphina
Bess
Cora

Silverbirchleaf · 17/09/2025 18:21

Trinity
Marina
Pearl
Yasmin
Judith
Daryl

Jabez
TJ
Samson
Darius
Herbert
Simon
Ace
Aled
Garth

MayaPinion · 17/09/2025 17:41

Garlow
Rilliams
Mowen
Jorange
Honald

SherlockJones · 17/09/2025 17:30

Seraphina
Piper
Hallie

Cooper
Seth
Kai

mummysmagicmedicine · 17/09/2025 17:30

otinata · 17/09/2025 13:12

Ideally out of the top 150. Not. Finding out the gender.

Already have an Ezra (wasn’t as popular at the time).

So far, I have

Calliope (Callie)
Juniper
Amara
Rosalina
Melody
Juliet (but fine like Jules)
Malin
Arizona (rogue I know, but I just love it)
Theadora (Thea)
Noelle
Celeste
Meredith

Koa
Cassius
Sonny (love, but too popular)
Rowan (same as above)
Marley
Sullivan (Sully)
Casey
Zander
Ari
Remy

I prefer softer sounding, or unisex boy’s names.

I like all of these names, but none feel like the one!

Greys anatomy fan by any chance?😆

but some more lovely suggestions for you:

boys:
Solomon
Wilbur
Percy
Wilfred
Atlas
Blake
Beau
Archer
Austin
Kit
River
Tate
Cove
Otto
Koa
Spencer
Nate
Nolan
Pip

Calista
Marlow
Malia
Guinevere
Felicity
Luella
Sylvia
Colette
Kitty
Rosemary
Dorothy/Dotty
Pearl
Tallulah
Saskia
Tabitha
Pippa
Orla
Kirby
Viola
Verity
Addison
Etta
Primrose
Tess
Estella
Eliana
Josephine/Josie

DysmalRadius · 17/09/2025 17:29

Kezia
Olympia
Tatiana

Leo
Griffin
Quin

SummerCanDoOne · 17/09/2025 17:23

Miranda
Teddy
Ellis
Addison...

😁

Pleae God not Calliope!

I like Arizona as it happens, also Juniper and Celeste.

Of the boys names, Remy and Rowan (although the Rowan I know is a girl).

Hohumdedum · 17/09/2025 17:18

Calypso?

Sounds like you like names with Z in them.

Zelda
Zerelda
Zephyr
Hazel
Lorenzo
Cruz
Azalea
Jaziel
Zia
Azlan
Blaze
Zola
Esperanza

LividYosemite · 17/09/2025 17:12

SeaAndStars · 17/09/2025 13:56

Ariadne
Zebedee
Aloysius
Somerset
Licorice
Kenneth
Macaroni

You're joking but I would TOTALLY have gone Zebedee.

FirstCuppa · 17/09/2025 16:57

I know a few Rowans. If you live anywhere remotely hippy there will be a few in the primary.

Why don't you download the census spreadsheet and look at the last page with the names that only have 100 in the country or less?

PanderBare · 17/09/2025 16:56

@otinata , you can't guarantee that your child will be the only one in a class.
Even if you made up a name, it might be duplicated.

Thea is probably the one most likely to be duplicated IMO. It's not that popular, but it might be short for a few names (Theodora, Dorothea, Theadora, Anthea, Athena) and Theo is so popular, so it's a bit samey.

Casey, Sonny and Rowan are also quite likely to be duplicated. Casey and Rowan can be used for boys or girls, and Sonny might be Jackson/Harrison/Jenson...

Edited - typo.

Mumofgirls2017 · 17/09/2025 16:52

Love a lot of your choices esp calliope, juniper, Cassius, remy

how about

clover
clementine
aurelia
elowen
tallulah
coralie
estelle
luella
daphne
dorothea
romy

caspian
orlando
elio
cyrus
river
ludo
flynn
orson
huxley
sidney
august
rafe