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Unpopular names?

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zumm · 10/12/2011 13:52

Well, it's all in the spin. Tomat-o is to tom-ayto as unpopular is to unusual. Anyone managed to name a child something that isn't in the top 150? If so, share? Everyone seems to be William or Alex around here.

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Fishpond · 12/12/2011 18:44

I know a Charis and she pronounces it Share-iss.

How do you find out how many of a certain name there are? I don't have time to trawl through 4,000 names Grin

CheerfulYank · 12/12/2011 19:13

My DS is Sam, so no, not out of the top 100 or even the top 15. :)

I also really like Peter and am trying to bring DH around to it for next time. (It's got the same association as "willy" here unfortunately. :( )

More "unusual" names I like are Atticus and Indigo, both mentioned on here! I also like the months you don't hear as much: September, July, etc.

LaFilleSurLePont · 12/12/2011 19:18

I think Myra has never been a particuarly common name,and therefore has few other associations,hence the stigma.

TeamSledward · 12/12/2011 19:25

DS1 was born in 2005 and his name ranked 21. There were 3057 of them.
DS2's name was ranked 894 in the year of his birth. Only 29 other shared his name.

corkythecat · 12/12/2011 19:39

I have an 8 week old Malachi. That comes in at 243nd on the list

Loobyloo1902 · 12/12/2011 19:40

I think Goliath is a great name, I would have used that except I got a girl.

Second on the list was Admiral Lord Nelson Battle of Trafalgar.

Quentin was third. Yeah, I think it was a good thing she was not a he.

DD ended up with a nice Spanish name, Ines, which I thought was lovely except we get a lot of people asking how to pronounce it which I hadn't expected.

bigpigeon · 12/12/2011 19:42

I have a Hazel. The only name my DH and I could agree on.

mybootsaremuddy · 12/12/2011 20:00

I have a Quentin, Xavier, Juliet and Christina. The others are not that popular either except maybe dd1 who is just inside top 50 but we always get 'oh how lovely, dont hear that much these days' comments. think different names tend to be popular in different areas dd1 is the only one with her mane in her whole school.
3 dcs have uncommon 1st middle names Dawn, Alden and Ash.
My DC have very unusual 2nd middle names Ngaire, Atama, Aroha, Matiu, Eti and Kiri (maori names and were chosen to honnor my herritage.)

LaFilleSurLePont · 12/12/2011 20:03

Hazel is beautiful.

IWasDrunkItDoesntCount · 12/12/2011 20:42

Ive got a Haydn which I thought was unusual when he was first born but theres a few more around now

woowa · 12/12/2011 20:42

DD (born 2010 when that list was compiled) isn't even on it, which means there were fewer than 3 born with that name last year :-) They don't put them on if fewer than 3 because of confidentiality!! Don't get that. I'm trying to think of a boy's name which is just as unusual, my fave is Jesse, but DH has vetoed because it's too girly IHO, as someone said above. It's a popular boys name in the US but hasn't made it here yet. sigh.

woowa · 12/12/2011 20:44

fishpond, if you open up the excel file with the list, then hold down ctrl and hit F, it will come up with a find box. TYpe in the name and press return

maandpa · 12/12/2011 20:58

Is Nigel due for a revival, or Julian? They seemed popular in the late 70's where I came from.

Girls : Denise, Bernise?? two of me mom's friends names!!

TheLittleFairyOnTopOfTheTree · 12/12/2011 21:04

My #1 choices for dc2 are either Honor or Jude (yet to convince dp about either!) I can't view the link, but I don't think either is very commonly used.

Wigeon · 12/12/2011 21:17

I have a Cleo (born this year) 452nd on the 2010 list, with 92 others that year. I think it suits her.

I also have an Eva born in 2008, when that was the 41st most popular name with 1,505 others. At the time we thought it was more uncommon - in my circle of friends there is now an Evie, Ava and an Eve.

milamum · 12/12/2011 21:19

I've got an 8 months old daughter called Milena, we call her Mila for short. It's no. 531 on the list. We wanted a name that was unusual, of Slavic origin (as both my DH and I are Russian) but also quite international and I think it fits the bill well and is also very pretty - even if I say so myself! :)

LaFilleSurLePont · 12/12/2011 21:19

Julian perhaps. Nigel definitely not.

oldenglishspangles · 12/12/2011 21:22

serephina

rhetorician · 12/12/2011 21:31

fishpond CTRL + F and then type the name you are looking for. I like Malachi too corky but my elderly (and almost toothless and very nosy) neighbour is called Malachi so it would seem too weird; plus I don't have a boy!

SecretSanta233 · 12/12/2011 21:34

Can't find any of mine!! Although I'm sure dd must be somewhere.....

stuffedauberginexmasdinner · 12/12/2011 21:39

Milena? Oh no, have you googled Melena? Not good.

JinglePosyPerkin · 12/12/2011 21:39

Rhetorician I went to school with an Anastasia - she was always called Stacey.

emsyj · 12/12/2011 21:44

DD is Ruth, which seems to be at once well-known but uncommon/unpopular. My godson is a Peter, which I agree is unpopular these days but a lovely name.

I would have liked to call DD Cressida but it doesn't 'go' with our surname. The other choice was Lucy, which is top 10! Still love the name Lucy...

NotTheBlinkingGruffaloAgain · 12/12/2011 21:46

xanther I love this name

JinglePosyPerkin · 12/12/2011 21:50

DS1's name is top 5 (although it was no where near when he was born). DS2 was 176 last year & DD 16th.

Clawdy - Asher's a nice name. Jesse sounds too feminine for me (presuming he is a boy?).