DH and I both teachers and looking for quirky names!

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My DH and I are both teachers and don't want a name that will remind us of any pupil in particular- so we need something quirky/unusual but not totally "out there"!
DS is 14 months and called Logan- a name which is unusual but not in the realms of wacky and everyone seems to love it.
DC2 due in August and we don't know the sex.
Any ideas?
We've come up with a couple:
Blake
Riley
Noah

Violet
Scarlet (I don't like but DH does!)
Summer (too corney for an August baby??)

Mali girls name welsh, pr mally

I see you've got a much shorter list. Can I just add that you really can't have Logan and Blake, unless you want a sci-fi theme forever more. What's worse, they were both cheesy 70s sci-fi TV series. Either on it's own is OK, of course, but not both together...

Liv
Niamh
Naomi
Juno

Orlando
Per
Bertie

Kester (for a boy)

Calla (like the lily, for a girl)

Daphne is nice, I think, or Diana?
I did know a Wren, made me think of poor Jenny Wren in the nursery song.
I did like Jennifer, but read it was the most common name for a mistress in the US, although am sure this is rubbish, how can anyone know?
Evageline, Sienna (esp if redhead) Leo?

I know 2 Amorys, they sound a bit clunky at school...
We picked out loads for the DC but changed instantly on their arrival:) did tell the in laws lots of made up names though, as they got very cross they weren't allowed to know and decide for us!
depends what goes nicely with your surname. and doesn;t spell anything awful if you add middle names!

BOY

Malin
Corin
Corrie
Spencer
Vincent

GIRL

Ellen

Not keen on Blake or Riley either or Violet. Like the others. Trying to think of kids names I've not heard of in school (hard innit?!). Hugo, Alastair, Milo, Leo, Toby, Marcus, Antonia, Romelia/Romy, Milena, Lara, Talia, Lucia. Soooooo hard to choose. Good luck!

Noah - there's loads of Noahs around where I live, and Summer. Not too many Scarlet, Scarlet's quite nice

Apart from Blake they are all fairly common names where I live.

Less common names I like:

Boys - Rowan, Rufus, Sebastian.

Girls - Elodie, Francesca

Logan and...

Fraser
Padraig
Ciaran
Rory
Breon
Jowan (rhymes with Rowan not Joanne)

Frieda
Bridie
Ishbel
Lowen
Violetta
Julia
Ana (pronounced Arna)

Jude,
Aidan

Delia

clementine
cosima

amory (boy)

i actually thought no one else would suggest amory

Erin, Harriet, Clarissa

Otis, Eason, Connor

I like Bryn.

Of course it all depends on how it scans with your surname.

DP and I seriously considered Emerald for a girl and i still like it.

I have an Elliott and an Olive, different enough not to be too common but not too quirky either. x

we named ds5 Amory - reactions were sooooo annoying - we changed it to another name....on here ...never seen on MN before !! odd

My second daughter is called Verity. It means truth, and she is a wonderful child. Some thought it was too old for a baby, but I thought it better to have a name she could grow into rather than grow out of.

i know someone with a logan who also has a dd called Ebony, i like that its pretty :)

from your list i LOVE violet, i wanted that for dd but dp said no because of charlie and the chocolate factory our dd is Merryn, which has been mentioned on this thread, we love it obviously.

rudi has been mentioned and we have a rudi as well!

i like ruben, its ds2's middle name but spelt reuben :)

if dd had been a boy she would have been Emmett :)

Can I squeeze Monica into the (closed) list? Uncommon but not weird.

LOVE Reuben, what about Caleb? I always associate these two names with each other for some reason!

Violet is gorgeous, but would be scared she's get Vi for short which is...well....vile.

If you like names like Harmony and Melodie, how about Journey, or Seren (Welsh 'star')?
Sienna and Violet are nice. Arwen is a bit harsh to my ears.

Or Marley? Marlowe? - for a boy, instead of Harley, which is too motorbikey.

I don't like Harmony - it sounds like the brand name of an anti-depressant.
Ruben is nice but imo should be spelled Reuben.

Blake is everything that was wrong about 1980s American tv.