Unusual baby names you have heard once and genuinely liked

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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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SleepingStandingUp · 03/08/2026 01:08

my friend has a grandson called Zephyr which I love, I was a bit sad I hadn't thought of it for our list but our list also contained
Arcturis
Zebulon
Castile
Torbien

so I can't be trusted to pick a simple name 🤣

EarlofShrewsbury · 03/08/2026 01:16

Needmorelego · 03/08/2026 01:07

Yes I think the whole idea of bullying over a name isn't something that really happens.
Modern children have no clue which names are traditional and which aren't.
To them a name is a name - whether that's Peter and Jane or Oakley and Skylark.

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Agree, I think bulling from names is only when a name can be twisted into something else.

Drew Peacock
Thomas William Andrew Thornton

For example. It's not the name you need to look at, but what can be done with it.

ClairDeLaLune · 03/08/2026 01:37

Alora. I think it’s beautiful.

ClairDeLaLune · 03/08/2026 01:55

Also - Emerald and Amethyst

ClairDeLaLune · 03/08/2026 01:57

Almakarlinsghost · 31/07/2026 09:30

Like another poster, I have met only one Meriel, but this is a name I like. It's a variant of Muriel, which sounds completely different - heavy, whereas Meriel is light and bright - the first syllable makes all the difference!

Many names I like are so unusual right now I've never met one at all (Leopold for example); others I know loads of.

Meriel is lovely, and also Marial.

ClairDeLaLune · 03/08/2026 02:02

Waitingfordoggo · 28/07/2026 08:35

I recently met my first Roscoe- from the Scilly Isles. It’s a pretty cool name IMO.

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Roscoe P Coltrane - Dukes of Hazzard

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