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our top 2 have been slated in the past...ideas on a postcard please

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cityangel · 29/03/2010 00:07

So after 2 hours of baby naming for #2 at the weekend we like Aria and Kyla as our top 2 girls names...but both have been really slated on here in the past...

Our top boys choice is Byron

We are looking for a short name that has no nickname, that isn't popular at all in fact the rarer the better...

Honest thoughts and ideas please.. I'd rather hear now than to my face in the Autumn

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SuzysZoo · 31/03/2010 16:33

What about "Io" for a girl -it's a moon of Jupiter. Pronounced Eye - o. Or is it too Old Macdonald?!

Jamieandhismagictorch · 30/03/2010 18:01

I agree with hully

mathanxiety · 30/03/2010 15:47

I know how it got started too. Ken and Sandra thought it would be 'cute' to name their sprog after both of them, then for reasons I can't figure out, someone else thought it was a fab idea.

RubiMama · 30/03/2010 15:36

Mathanxiety I didn't make Kendra up! I know a little girl called Kendra and it reminded me of OP's two choices. Does remind me of tundra though...

HarderToKidnap · 30/03/2010 06:38

A couple more from a branch of my family

Raven
Navarre
Earle (for a girl)
Plummie

mathanxiety · 29/03/2010 23:50

You're not really serious about Kendra, are you RubiMama?

Dinkytinky · 29/03/2010 23:32

I don't really get the slating of your name tbh Hun, what about auralie/amelie French names I dead cute and not too popular but I'll probably get it in the neck too haha x

Fimbow · 29/03/2010 23:06

I don't like any of them but having seen your name choices, I think we have very different likes! You have to choose what you like not what I or others may think.

I will help out though and give you some names of dc I know/have heard of although these wouldn't be my choice.

Herbie
Floyd
Ziggy
Merle
Tallulah

gruber · 29/03/2010 21:40

Saffron
Skyla/Schuyler
Arwen
Willow
Sienna

RubiMama · 29/03/2010 21:37

What about Kendra, seems like a combniation of your fav gils names.

kalo12 · 29/03/2010 21:33

Keira
Barnie

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cityangel · 29/03/2010 21:29

Ooh some nice ideas thank you, I am quite taken with these so far and need to do some more thinking!

Bronte, Blythe, Calla

My mum surprised me and suggested Leaf this evening! Very out there for her!

Vaughn is nice and unusual but sadly doesn't go with our surname.

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mathanxiety · 29/03/2010 20:36

Would you consider Kyle for a boy and Brynne for a girl?

I really don't like Byron -- seems like Homer, Earl, Cyrus; very middle aged American man type name.

And I love Vaughn too. Even for a girl.

bidibidi · 29/03/2010 18:50

You can't pick a very rare name that people won't tend to slate, OP. The two characteristics are mutually exclusive. If it's very uncommon, that's because there are lots of people who don't like it.

AllieW · 29/03/2010 18:46

I LOVE Byron. I think it sounds quite distinguished. (It belongs in the same space in my head as Vaughan/Vaughn - a favourite name which I'm not allowed to use )

Aria is quite pretty, but I'd feel sorry for her if she were tone deaf.

Kyla is quite sweet. Mercifully Kylie isn't quite as amazingly popular as she was when we were kids so people won't think it's a version of that. (It's Scottish, isn't it??). I knew a lovely Kyla, so perhaps that has swayed me a little.

EightiesChick · 29/03/2010 16:03

The incestous associations of Byron are not actually that well known, and are far behind its associations with the poet (or Byron Kelleher for that matter).

EightiesChick · 29/03/2010 16:02

Love Byron. Do't like either of the girls' names. Just my personal view. Perhaps consider other girls names with the -a ending?

DinahRod · 29/03/2010 16:00

Have never got the attraction of the surname Byron as a first name given the incestuous associations. It will also be shortened to By which is isn't great either.

Although Aria is just twee, I do like Kyla, and would choose that name above any that you have listed. However, many "K" names have had a bum rap recently and wonder if it will be lumped in with the rest? Alternatively you could choose a name with the same starting sound, how about Celeste, Callista, Calla (as in the lily), Clea?

Truly unusual names for a girl are probably what you would see as far too traditional, Jeanne, Mary etc, however, what about Blythe, as in blythe spirit?

Hullygully · 29/03/2010 15:45

Sossige
Mache
Anpease

HarderToKidnap · 29/03/2010 15:43

Zelia/Xylia.

Zeverai

Bronte

Silver

Sage

Lark

Ember

South

Fawn

Just some of the unusual girls names I have heard or know kids with.

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cityangel · 29/03/2010 14:42

I know its my choice I'd just like to get some idea of possible reactions or consensus before I make my decision so I really appreciate the input to date.

#1 son is called Kade, which we are both very happy with and finding it hard to follow

Bruno makes me think dogs, Kaya could be shortened to Kay, Bryn sounds a bit too much like bin for me

I had considered sky/skylar but not sure dh would go for it....we also looked at Ciel as a middle name

Any more ideas would be much appreciated.

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HarderToKidnap · 29/03/2010 11:47

I love Byron.

Aria and Kyla sound a bit nothing-y, just some letters put together that you can pronounce. They don't sound like names. How about Skylar? I don't love it but it is unusual and has a similar sound to Kyla.

LadyOfTheFlowers · 29/03/2010 11:06

I like all of them.

Went to school with a Byron who was incredibly hot and he never got his name shortened.

wook · 29/03/2010 11:05

Byron is great.
Kyla, sorry but I just think it sounds ugly. And common. Sorry. I am a snob. And I am going to hide now.

dizzydixies · 29/03/2010 11:04

I disagree Lynette - she wants a short sharp name that can't be shortened and Bryn is similar to Byron without sounding like they have poetic aspirations or couldn't spell Bryan