Unpopular names?

[zumm]

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.

I knew a Conrad, he'd be about 35 now.

I liked the name Morna but dh vetoed.

zumm re: asher and ashling!
I know what you mean - DH is German, and I am half Greek and half Italian (British-born) so bit of a nightmare finding a name which works in all languages, is easy to spell and impossible to mispronounce.
Love some of the old-fashioned names having a revival:

Matilda (though Matilde in Italian and Mathilde in German argh)
Alma
Vera
Agatha
Audrey
Arthur
Robert
Malcolm

Funny how so may names I don't massively like can sound so much better when said with a French or Italian twist!

DS is Owen which is 59 in the table. Still really love it 2.6yo on :)

Am pg with DC2 and if a boy, I think we've agreed on Peter. Can't believe it's not in the top 100 (unless I've missed it!)

No definite name for a girl but shortlisted are Esther, Naomi and Anna. I think Anna seems to be the only one in the top 100 and that surprisingly is only at 63!

DD is a Bryher. 2843rd on the list in 2010, twice as popular as the year she was born there were 4 of them then. :o

As I'm outing myself completely I may as well say I'm Celeste and I've only ever met one other.

DS is far more common at 114th on the list. He has an old man name. DH is in the 200's yet there were 4 lads in my class at school with his name, it's obviously very out of favour now.

Aubrey
Ava
Patrick
Preston

Ava is unpopular ? Seems to be THE most commonly name round here......

Shakespearian names: Rosamund, Ophelia, Hamlet, Benedict, Miranda, Emilia, Perdita, Malvolio, Osric, Viola

stuffedauberginexmasdinner, yep, I knew and it's good job DD's name is NOT melena, it's Milena which means gracious. I was aware of melena - the medical term for bloody stools, originating from Latin melena (originally Greek melaina/melania), which means black/blackness. To me, these are two different words, different pronunciations, spelling and meaning and actually the name Melanie is derived from Greek "melania". I don't think many people know of the medical term melena or would make the link. There are lots of names that have actual weird meanings - Addison (endocrine disorder), Kennedy (ugly, misshapen head), John (toilet), Dick (... need I say more? :)) Sorry, didn't mean this to turn into a history of language lesson!! :o

meant to add that I actually like Addison and Kennedy a lot....think they deserve to be used more often....

DDs Isabella and Prudence. Streets apart on the popularity charts!!

we are not in UK but here my children have fairly unusual names without being unheard of. My ds is Isaac which we know of maybe 2 or 3 in a school of 500. DD is Clare and I have yet to find another young child with this name.

unpopular??

Janine
Sally
Diane
Sandra
Heather
Janice
Claire
Louise
Sarah
Debbie
Stephanie
Andrea
Paula
Elaine
Anne (not Anna!)
Susan
Karen
Martine
Helen
Julie
Faith
Nora

Darren
Geoff
Derek
Gary
Stewart
Paul
Philip
Graham
Richard
Lee
Nicholas
Lesley
Patrick
Neil
Antony
Simon

(basically my whole class circa 1981 )

I have a Rowan, haven't met any others yet (although there are millions of Ronans and a couple of Rohans)

Middle child is an Elijah, which I thought was unusual, but we met one or two living in London. It's very unusual in Ireland though.

DD has a bog standard Irish name, one of 3 in the school.

I have a Rory, which I think isn't on the top 150, but I like it a lot :)

Romilly
Inigo
Milo

Hazel is one of my faves, my favourite aunt. Used it as a middle name.

I know a few rowans...

My daughter is Isla which when we named her was unusual but I know a fair few of them now.

My son will be called Jago-I have never met another.

I have a Ramsay - not that many around! Also a Matilda - no others in our school at least!!
LOVE the name Julian. Bridgette is VERY cool and LOVE Marnie.
Jesse is a great name. I know a baby Vincent - superb choice! Love this thread!

Some lovely names on this thread.

We have an Anna (quite popular) and a Quentin (less popular but seems to have been mentioned a few times above).

Love Vincent, Eloisa, Iris and Conrad as mentioned above.

I met a baby David last month - that is quite unusual these days.

Hambles: at the last count our school, scouts and village had all of the following:

Heather
Claire
Louise
Sarah
Stephanie
Andrea
Helen
Faith

Gary
Paul
Philip
Richard
Nicholas
Patrick
Antony
Simon
... plus Julia, Michael, Jennifer, Stephen, John, Emma, Mark, Gemma and Jason. Have often suspected we were stuck in a 1970s/80s timewarp.

DS's name wasnt even on the list last year (DS was born in 1998).

We have a Billie (girl). Yet to meet another.

DD's name isn't on the ONS list. It is an unusual Welsh name, and I have never met anyone else with her name. However, it was a hard final decision between it and Emily which is one of the most popular girls' name of the year.