Bonkers name?

[Stangirl]

I like very unusual names and am considering calling my soon to be born son Atticus - after the noble lawyer character in To Kill A Mockingbird. Any views? The other front runners have been Phoenix (like the hippyness) and Lydon (after lead singer of Sex Pistols).

Shit. Just realised Cosmo is the name of the chain of Chinese buffets!

I do think you have to give some consideration to the fact that the cute little bundle with the trendy name that people coo over will grow up into a hairy great lump via the grunting teenage stage and then become a grumpy old man (ok sweeping generalisations but ykwim)

Would you want to stand at the bar and have somebody shout "Hey Tiberius/Atticus/Ptolomy do you want a beer"?

I don't get this need for an unusual name. Just choose something you like!

My suggestion - John You never meet a little one!

But cece, John is actually very unusual these days .

And the reason for needing a name that isn't already used by thousands others is that the whole point of naming someone is identify him/her.

Would you want to stand at the bar and have somebody shout "Hey Tiberius/Atticus/Ptolomy do you want a beer"?

Very likely these guys would be known by nicknames just like all the Theodores, Alexanders and Quentins are often known by nicknames.

Digby? Digby?

Digby.

I...just...fucking...Digby?

The old psychiatric hospital in Exeter was called Digby.

yama I only thought of Digby because I met a man called it and thought it was really cool.

cece but I like unusual names! My name was highly unusual when I was young but now it's common as muck. I loved having a rare name.

I also really liked Titus - but I know someone called it already.

Prefer Lyndon to lydon

What about Lyndon instead of lydon???

Whops!! Sorry for the double post!!

Atticus is a nice name , but he wouldn't be the only one here, if that is what you want.
I think it is quite popular now.
As another poster said, John is really unusual now' I don't know any under 35.

Actually I have a friend with a son called Lydon, for the same reason. And his name suits him, and it's just his name. And not a dog's name!

Like Atticus. Like Digby.

Lydon will just get nn of lie down....

go for it.

My grandparents (who regularly berate me for my poor choice of names for my DCs) gave their children "good, solid traditional names that won't date".

Hello Shirley, Tracy, Nigel and Brian.

I just thought I would say I have a Phoenix (personally prefer it as a girls name and used it for dd) I was told she would be teased she is not in fact everone in school loves it and it is never misspelled unlike my DS Matthew who everyone spells wrong.

You have two choices you can have unanimous approval and go with the no 1 name for the past 10 years have 3 or 4 in his class or you have a unusual name and accept that not everyone will like it. I personally think it is a crying shame that the top 10 names are so common being used by thousands of babies every year when there are thousands of beautiful names that go unused and they are not always names you think are unusual either just not used much at the moment.

Atticus is great.

Lydon is awful. Phoenix is OK, but a bit 'we fancy ourselves as rock stars' for my liking.

Well, perhaps Crawling's Phoenix will be a rock star :)

I like Atticus

I love Atticus but it's beyond wanky. Plus not that uncommon.

Phoenix is just terrible, sorry.

Jethro and Digby are both ACE. I would have either for DC2 except DH is a Jethro (and loves his name) and he reckons that Digby is the biggest dog in the world (I am younger than him, this means nothing to me).

I also like John for DC2 but DH is having none of that either. Meh.

For those of you that say Atticus is not uncommon - where do you live? Are you in the US? I've never heard it anywhere but there.

How about Marlowe?

All horrible I'm afraid

It's a ridiculous, pompous name. Your child will inwardly cringe before introducing themselves for the REST OF THEIR LIFE.