Wonderfully Unusual Names!

[SillyBillyBandy]

Just seen a thread about awful names and thought it would be nice to celebrate difference!

What unusual names have you heard that you've liked?

I have

Diamond - 101 year old lady who was friend of my grandmother

Saturn - cutest little girl ever

Gaia - never heard it before

More unusual names I’ve come across IRL liked;

Avila (Ah-Vee-Luh) who was around 6.

Benedict (he was in his 30s).

Matteo and Maurice (both were 5 year olds!)

Angelita

Fernando

Bea (Bay-Uh)

Elka

My friends have recent new additions with nice names I’ve never heard before - Thane and Santina.

Avra

Briella

Zelie

Xavier and Xavia

Tabor

Ilona

Cathal (Ca-hill)

Cadeigh (kaydee)

Farrah (who sweetly told me her name was Arabic for happy)

Dottie (Dorothea)

Antonina

Agata

Gigi

Halle-Rose

Karenna

Octavia

Lucienne

Liddie

I wonder if the Le-a( Ledasha ) will be mention

Well, you did mention it..

I know a Sabela, which I think is a popular Spanish name.

If I ever need a girl's name, it's going to be Loveday.

Lovely idea for a thread, OP There are some beautiful names here.

I went to school with siblings Kerin, Jodi and Dickon - all boys.

My daughter met an Oceania at a school camp, she was a stunningly beautiful girl and the name really became her. My DD is also friends with a female Merlin, who is quite non-conforming so the name works for her.

I worked with a male Avalon who had a sister called Eden
I used to look after a little girl called Romoluwa which I thought was beautiful.

About 20 years ago I lived next door to an elderly (80s) gentleman with named Loveday. Not my sort of name, but lovely chap.

I met a baby Maurice a couple of years back (elongated eeeece)
Elora
Poppet
Kandii

Ozzie for a little boy who has rock star (not really but just very cool) parents. Suits him perfectly.

The time must come soon when someone will name their son Ichabod.

myDM has the GC call her Loveday instead of Nanny/Granny, I hate it to be honest

Not a real person (yet) but I read a book called A Year of Marvellous Ways. It turned out that the protagonist's name was Marvellous Ways. I want to meet a girl called Marvellous.

I love those:
Sybren
Jelle
Femke
Baukje (means girl)
Rink

Pepper
She was a 20 odd year old customer

Pre 9/11 I met a little girl called Isis. She was beautiful and really suited the name. I do wonder if she still uses her name.

An ex boyfriend had an aunt called Gift, which I thought was lovely and still do! (The ex, not so lovely)
Currently work with a social worker called Blessing. It suits him really well.

I have taught 2 girls called Ursula which surprised me as it's so unusual! Also a Torsten which I've not come across before. I went to school with a Caius - I like the name although he was a bit of a prat.

People with lovely unusual names I have come across or heard of:

Liane (pron Lian-a)
Keziah
Apolline
Clemens
Dalia
Torin
Varian
Ferdinand
Julius
Nella
Roswitha (pron Rosita)
Madita

The wee boy down the road is called Randolph. He's an awesome kids and really suits it.

Worked with a very cool teenage girl called Brontë a couple of years ago. I'm a huge fan of the Brontë sisters novels and poems so loved it straight away! Seriously considering it for any future daughters

More:
Meriel
Simona
Daina (pron D-eye-na)
Ludwig

I read the name Jetta (for a girl) in a book and thought that was very cool.