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?

Hiya thirsty, have been alerted to this resurrection by friends, I am the OP (name changed, obviously) and my now 6 month old son is called Fyfe.
There were 3 Fyfes in England and Wales in both the 2010 and 2011 ONS lists so hopefully it will remain as an unusual name. We love it anyway.

A friend of mine has a DD with a name that I think is very unusual: Kaijsa (pronounced Kye-sah).

The trick is to pick a name that is popular in another country, so you end up with something that's original but still has history and isn't just a weird made up name.

DS' name is quite popular where I grew up, but didn't even make the full list of boys' names for the UK 2011. This means there are less than 4 babies with that name in the country at this moment. It would be funny though if they all end up in the same class.

Less than 3 ciske, they count 3 and over!

Thanks TroubleandFyfe, that's even less than I thought.

I'm hoping little DS will be a trendsetter and his name is going to break into the list for 2012.

Ds2 has an unusual name and, bizarrely, there was another child at Pre-school with him with the same name. I haven't met or heard of any others.

DD1 has a beautiful, old fashioned name I love but it is not unusual and we have met a few others with the same name. DD2 has a very unusual name, never met another, we tend to use her nick name which is not common but not quite so unusual. People are always surprised at what it is short for.