Names you'd never heard of till MN

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Im pretty new to MN but I LOVE looking at baby names. I love picking names for (imaginary) DC2. Since coming on here there are loads of names I've never heard of (and prob can't pronounce!)
So far...
Clementine
Persephone
Cecily
Seraphina
Are the ones that stick out. So, what names have MNetters introduced you to, and have you used them?

I first heard the name Seren here and I love it! If I ever had a third DD this would be my first choice even though I'm not Welsh and DH hates it Other names I think I heard on mumsnet are;
Arlo
Hero
Dulcie
Bay

I'd never heard Atticus until I started lurking here.

Persephone is the only one I can think of, and now that I have heard of it, I wish I hadn't :)

Theo & Luka, although I've heard them since irl.
Would say Isla, too, but for Islabikes.
I want to wager I'll never meet a Clementine irl, too.

LiviaAugusta - check out To Kill a Mockingbird.

How is Persephone pronounced? In my head it's purse-a-phoney

Pur-se-phoney. Check out the Greek myth.

Per-Sef-Ony

She was the daughter of Demeter and was kidnapped by Hades who married her. Demeter wouldnt allow spring to begin until Hades returned her daugther so Zues brokered a deal that let Persephone out of the underworld for 6 months of the year, at which time Demeter would let all the crops grow etc but when Persephone has to go back to Hades, Demeter gets nasty again and we have winter.

What was the name from that old amusing thread? Torquil or Tarquand, something like that.

I'd never heard of Elodie, Seren, or many Gaelic names I probably cannot spell: Eilidh, Caiomhe, etc.

Quite a cool story actually, just not my kind of name

MrsBovary Tarquin?

Persephone is the only one that stands out as never come across before until i joined mn.

I know a Clementine, Arlo, and a Seren plus Elodie but not the Irish names mentioned above.

Ottilie seems to be all over MN at the moment.

I've never heard of it and I don't like it

Jolyon.

Our family cat was called Persephone .

Elodie for me. Quite like it, no way DH would ever go for it.

Oh yeah Ottilie is another one! And never realised how popular the 'old' names are till I came on here!

I went to school with a Persephone, we were briefly close friends, so that one is pretty ordinary to me :).
Ottilie is definitely a bit out there, for me.

A friend wants to call her daughter Persophone (She pronounces it Per-sef-o-ney) and I have discouraged her as much as possible. I think the poor child would spend her entire life saying "My name is Persophone" and the person will say "Stephanie?"

Sorry - Persephone

Elodie
Ptolemy (as a name now rather than the name of a historical figure iykwim)

People don't tend to mis-hear Persephone as Stephanie unless you rush it when you say it. I think it's a beautiful name.

I'd never heard of Elodie before but I think it's gorgeous.

No, it wasn't Tarquin. I'll have to try and search for it.

Yes, Persephone does seem to be mentioned on here a lot. Nice name, though.

Elodie, Leofric and loads of Irish names.

How is ptolemy pronounced. It looks... Medical to me. I don't know, just the word looks like a medical procedure