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.

my grandsons called oakley-noah ,my son is called kenzie we like them thats all that matters

My kids are 259 and 1040 pn the list - not popular then!

Stuffedaubergine - what would you say to someone who called their dc John or Dick? I didn't quite follow that...

Forgot to say, I have a Brogan & a Bethan.

I know a little girl called India Grace and also a girl called Brodie and another called Ivy.

Ivy is just gorgeous with blonde natural ringlets and dark brown eyes - I didn't like the name until I met her - I thought of Ivy Tisley (sic) from Coronation Street.

They all suit their names totally!

We have a Heidi.

I know girls called Xanthe, Hebe, Olympia, Cleona, Athena and Ixia.

Not so many unusual boys names - I know one called Phineas and another called Dennis.

I have Helena and Wilfred - haven't met any other children with the same names yet.

I love the names Brogan and Ivy, quite keen on Heidi too.

If DD was a boy she was going to be Alexander and if DS was a girl he was going to be Elissa. DH likes Victor but with out surname would form an unfortunate acronym so that has been ruled out forever, he quite fancies Iris if we have another girl next time round (we have a 12wo and we're already discussing "next time", gluttons for punishment, that's us). As it a future daughter will likely be Iris or Kitty and a future son will be Samuel or Sebastian.

DS is 128th but his middle names are 433rd and 2941st. DDs name is in the top ten but isn't that popular where I live, I've only met one other here and there are no children with the same name at baby club/toddler group/weight clinic - loads of people comment about it being unusual popularity seems to be a regional thing so top ten doesn't necessarily mean a school full of children with the same name. Her middle names are 3533rd and 21st respectively.

What about Tiffany? Although I can see the association with Eastenders might not endear it to people.

DCs are Harriet and James (aka Jamie). In DD's form at school there are 2 Harriets, 2 Megans and 2 Laurens, plus 2 Bens for good measure.....

My DS is Philip (with the middle name Niven after my Scottish father).
My DD is Heather (with the middle name of Evelyn).

Neither name is "unusual" but they are still not commonly used

Bede !

I can't stand the name Philip, even on middle aged men! It's one of the few names I really acitvely dislkike. Irrational, I know, Sorry.

Heidi is really pretty - I can see that having a big resurgence soon.

Oh, and Heather is absolutely beautiful. (phew - redeemed myself for dizzy )

Oh dear I do apologise - I am on also another thread called 'names you hate' and I posted on this one saying I hated Philip by mistake. I go tthe threads muddle up. I wouldn't usually just annonce that I hate your child's name for the sake of it. Sorry.

My cousin's boys are Reuben and Quentin, both are quite rare round here.

But as others have said above, names that are not widely used are by definition not 'loved' by the majority - that's why they're not that popular. I guess the question is whether we should even expect our names (and our children's) to be loved by everyone?

My DS is called Haruki.
It's a Japanese name because DH is Japanese.
It's unusual and some people find it difficult to remember/spell in the beginning, but they soon get used to it.
I love it and am so pleased to have named him that.

dizzyday - My ds2 is also Philip! I was beginning to think I was the only one who liked it! [sticks tongue out at FellatioNelson]

I also have an Ariadne

What does it matter if other people don't like the names? WE like them!

Exactly, alexpolis. We don't expect everyone else to like the same food as us or the same fashion, do we?

I think there is an unrealistic assumption on these boards that everyone else has to love our names. And how dull would life be if we DID all love and use the same few names? Would kind of defeat the purpost of a name (to identify someone), wouldn't it?

I have a Molly, not that unusual, fairly standard. But when I 1st returned to work after having her some one said to me 'molly, really, what was she born wearing a twinset and pearls' !! I was shocked, i don't think of it as a granny name.

She's now at school, we have a Cosmo and Esme, both gorgeous names ad a little unusual.

Nice to see so many people like Peter!

Our DD is Alice.
Both could be considered boring classic yet not that popular common.

Personally I don't like Peter at all and particularly dislike Pete. But I like Alice very much . Does it really matter that we all love each others' names?

ds1 middle name is peter after my dad

I don't like Peter either.

Actually my problem with Peter is that both my uncles are called it, so for me it is very much an uncool middle aged bloke's name, and I dislike names that so many people will pronounce wrongly or in an ugly sounding way because of a naff accent. I'd hate it if my son was Peter and everyone dropped the T in the middle, or had really bad saarf Lahdnon/Estuary vowels, so it sounded like Pater.

All the name sof my children have been picked with how they might get pronounced in mind.

I love Peter. It is ds' middle name, after my best pal who dies when we were 22. Dh and I often wish we didn't use it as a mn, as I would love to use it as a first name now.

Shuffling I love Cosmo. Ds was called Cosmo when he was a bump! (He is not named Cosmo though)

Sorry didn't mean to make it into a "do you like Peter or not" thread!

We are individuals with individual tastes. It took me a while to really like what I viewed as a compromise name (the first 6 months of his life). I think the personality of the child takes over whatever the name is and the word that is the name almost becomes irrelevant. When choosing a name it is all so abstract and unconnected to the human being in question.