Anyone actually managed to pick an unusual name?

[Carlitawantsababy]

I'd really love my DC to have an unusual name and personally wouldn't like it if there ended up being 4 others in his/her class at school etc. I gathered together a list of names I like bit looking on here loads of other people like them too so I've clearly, subconsciously, picked up a penchant for fashionable names. So..I was wondering, did you pick an unusual name for your DC which is actually still unusual now they are at school? How did you do it and have you got any tips for avoiding the latest trends?

How can you see how many children were named Isabella, for instance, last year. Can see that it is popular but wondered if possible to get exact number. Anyone know the link please? Thank you!

I love Serafina and Horatio.

Why do people mind so much about the possibility of meeting other childrennwithnthe same name? It's a new preoccuption, isn't it?

I have a fabulous name and it was unusual. My Mum is a geographer and picked an island. Aran.
Now it is unusual because so many boys have been given it people are genuinely surprised when I turn up, because I am a 51 year old woman.

Can someone please tell me why so many people nowadays call their sons Aaron (air-on) but mispronounce it as Aran! Why?!
It genuinely upsets me.

My daughter would have been named Nora Maud. Grandmother & great grandmother of parents. (my grandmother gave me strict instructions not to name our children for her, so I'd have chosen her mother's name. They were both Maud.)
In the end, I had 2 sons!

PS group of Islands. The ones off Ireland. Living in Scotland I often get an extra r added.

Is it too much to ask that if a parent is going to give their DC an unusual name, they at least check the spelling first??

feb1970 here's the link but you need to download the excel file
www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-225089

Amanowl
maybe the boys are called Arun? Common Asian name.

Helpfully ONS have totally changed their site since I last looked but I found this: You can get the complete lists of baby names for 2010 from this page

You have to open the Excel documents and then the various tabs/tables show you a huge amount of detail. The table at the end has every name in 2010 that 3 or more children were called.

You can see from those that Olivia (most popular girls name) was still only used approx 5,000 times, so there could still easily only be one in each class and none in some.

Thank you readyornot2011!

We have a Dexter which we love (obviously otherwise we wouldn't have chosen it). I wanted a name that was unusual but not so out there people would think it was weird. Admittedly most people ask if it's after the programme but we've only had compliments. Struggling to think of a name for DC2 that follows the same 'rules' and that goes with Dexter.

I have two girls - Asha and Billie (after thefirstMrsDevere's beautiful girl - just fell in love with the name) Asha is the only one in the school, but Billie has two others at nursery.

Loving Erazmus!

Ds3 name is Irish and only the Irish can say it right to .Riordan English say readen arghh

Amanowl I used to know a little boy called Aaron, pronounced Aron, when we were living in the USA - but I think that Aaron would be pronounced more like Aron in an American accent anyway. So maybe it's an American influence?

Roberta

Sarah

Adeline/Adaline/Adelyn/Ada

Casey

Alan

Gillian

Fiona

Peter

Katrina

Julia

Colin

Terry (girl and boy)

Bernard

Christopher

How do you say 'Aoifes'?

One of my DSs is Myrddin (Welsh for Merlin), another is Llyr (Welsh for Lear)

i know of a Dolly and Reggie!! Own DD name is a little unusual but was so off my face on diamorphine i would have agreed to tinkerbell!!!!

Amanowl - I'm very glad to see someone who knows how to pronounce Aaron correctly! I have an Aaron (Air-on) and it really annoys me when people get it wrong. (Aran is lovely for a girl btw - would not have thought of that!)

Most popular round here

Boys:

Tomás, Francisco, Ignacio, Agustín

Girls:

Martina, Delfina, Olivia, Mia, Agustina

My DD is another very old Scottish name, Cairistiona (cara-shteena).

I've never met another one, but she's still a baby so who knows.

Both my children have very unusual names. In fact, I have never heard of anyone else with their names. If you google them with the "" round them, you get practically nothing. My youngest's name is an indian surname, but as a first name - nothing at all. My elder child, well, according to google, there are about 2 other people in the whole world with that name

Although I hear it's chavvy to have an unusual name and I should have named both my sons John or something

I will say though, that my older child is going through a bit of a patch re his name. He doesn't like it that nobody else has the same name. So prepare yourself for that

Starlight - eefer.