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Unusual baby names you have heard once and genuinely liked

156 replies

hangmycoat · 27/07/2026 17:06

What are baby names you've heard once that you don't think you'll hear again that you actually liked?

Kissinger
Nerys
Tigerlilly
Yellow
Aries
Elaris
Prospero
Everest
Mowgli
Cassiane
Lumi
Pirate (wouldn't' ever use it but it really suited the boy)
Alethea

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User6761 · 27/07/2026 20:07

I've also met an Artemis and an Onyx

MisiSam · 27/07/2026 20:05

Its funny as the "out there names" i once thought were too different are now names loads of my children's peers have.
With now 7 year old we wanted sonny but we thought it was too out there and we weren't "cool" enough. Met a few sonny's and sunnys since.
I have a 3 kids the first 2 have very beautiful and traditional names. Our Third is a baby and we went with Romy ,

Waitingfordoggo · 27/07/2026 20:05

Strawberrycheesecake7 · 27/07/2026 17:59

I met a little girl called Merry once which I thought was pretty cute.

I knew an adult Merry. Her name was Myrianthe but she was known to everyone as Merry.

I once taught a girl called Romany- I have never met another one of those. I really liked it but wondered whether the Roma community could potentially be offended by its use (the child was not from the community). But then you could argue it was a female version of Roman which I doubt many people take exception to.

Whatacoincidence · 27/07/2026 20:04

I have a Lux, albeit it is one of her middle names. I fell in love in with it and she really suits it.

Pallisers · 27/07/2026 20:04

I love Cordiana and Nilufahr. I know a Bronte but don't particularly like it. Knew a little boy called Zeno - very cool kid. I met a baby called Larkin and when I said "oh after the poet?" her mum said "who?"

I worked with someone whose sons were Maverick and Stetson.

Never met one but I love Kester.

TheyGrewUp · 27/07/2026 20:02

Briscoe
Gulliver

Newname7 · 27/07/2026 20:01

I have a family member called Colwyn (like Colwyn bay) - always thought it was pretty cool!

Also know a Cedar and a Brecon (boys)

Foundress · 27/07/2026 20:00

I have been reading about Jimothy the raccoon who lives in Seattle. I love that name. It makes me laugh. I am not sure about it for a human but I would love a pet called Jimothy.

mummysmagicmedicine · 27/07/2026 19:58

Loxley
Celeste
Blue
Daphne
Calla
Goldie
Xanthe

Atlas
Hector
Ivor
Maddox
Ozzy
Rex (he was in his 60s and suited him so much)
Cosmo

FuzzyPuffling · 27/07/2026 19:57

Carnelian would be a good stone related name. Boy or girl.

CheeseWisely · 27/07/2026 19:56

I know of a boy called Kester which I think is really lovely.

I also know of a girl called Elurra which can mean snow, and is a pretty perennial flower, and is also a dietary supplement to prevent UTIs Confused (ETA the dietary supplement is a slightly different spelling).

Allseeingallknowing · 27/07/2026 19:52

Why burden the child with weird names and risk them being teased?

6ate9 · 27/07/2026 19:50

cannibalfish · 27/07/2026 19:31

That’s what my mother called my vulva as a little one 😂 As in ‘Have you wiped your Tuppence?’ or ‘She got kicked in the Tuppence’. I would not be able to look someone in the eye with this name.

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TitsWILLbetatted · 27/07/2026 19:49

I thought the actress' name Portland Mason was pretty cool when I first heard it. I've only just now seen the link - Portland is a kind of stone. The child of James Mason, it is her proper name (not a stage name). And with 'Portland' she was actually named after a family friend with that as first name. Possibly the Masons thought the link would be a fun coincidence.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Mason#cite_note-IndObit-1

6ate9 · 27/07/2026 19:49

TeaAndStrumpets · 27/07/2026 19:39

A good strong name. What about Granite, with Grit as a nickname?

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Grit could have sibling named Polish!! 🤣

TeaAndStrumpets · 27/07/2026 19:39

FuzzyPuffling · 27/07/2026 17:59

Obsidian

A good strong name. What about Granite, with Grit as a nickname?

cannibalfish · 27/07/2026 19:31

MinnieCoops · 27/07/2026 17:36

Tuppence. Brother is Biggles

That’s what my mother called my vulva as a little one 😂 As in ‘Have you wiped your Tuppence?’ or ‘She got kicked in the Tuppence’. I would not be able to look someone in the eye with this name.

Desolationrower · 27/07/2026 19:18

Severine.

HeatwaveHotel · 27/07/2026 19:15

Not names I’d use, but they made me smile.

Miracle. A man I knew through work. He was Congolese. A lovely person.

Kids my (now adult) children went to school with over the years:

Girls:
Lyric
Chi
Onora

Boys:
Justice
London
Anastacio

Needmorelego · 27/07/2026 19:04

PrincessHoneysuckle · 27/07/2026 18:58

Adelaide

We (the UK) had a Queen Adelaide.
I assume that's who the Australian city was named after.
It's a great name 🙂

17caterpillars1mouse · 27/07/2026 19:03

Not massively unususl but i mey a little Idris at the park and thought it was lovely

PrincessHoneysuckle · 27/07/2026 18:58

Adelaide

6ate9 · 27/07/2026 18:52

Yiayoula · 27/07/2026 18:51

Nefeli ( girl ).
Absolutely love this name !

A former work colleague had a grandson named Oakley, which always made me think of the sunglasses …. can’t say I like it .

Made me think of Annie Oakley!! 🤣

Yiayoula · 27/07/2026 18:51

Nefeli ( girl ).
Absolutely love this name !

A former work colleague had a grandson named Oakley, which always made me think of the sunglasses …. can’t say I like it .

iloveanearlynight · 27/07/2026 18:49

Merlin and Prosper.