Looking for names which you have 'heard' off but aren't commonly used and are unlikely to become faddy or overused.

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Just for fun really

Names which you have heard off, yet aren't popular.

ie: Posy and Kit

Banana - not widely used. Yes like Cosmo etc.

Percy - a bit of both if possible

English - oh dear I can't help but wonder if MN makes things more popular or if everyone just seems used name at the same time!

Stellan, just a gorgeous name. A friend of mine has just had a Kit and they nickname him Pim which a Swedish derivative of Christopher too, I believe?

Thaddeus
Conrad
Victor
Lysander
Vincent
Constantine
Constance
Aurora
Stella

Unity and Howard

Angie and Shirley

Some great names here...

Unity Not sure I could do that to a child with the Mitford link!

Hester

Rae and Wesley

Dpi has 2 friends whose lo's are called blossom and bambam. They were on drugs though.

Silas
Bruce
Samson
Clifford
Miles
Giles
Keith
Petunia
Tanith
Lillith
Araminta
Bonita
Felicity
Hyacinth

Marmaduke

Gertrude

Bunty and Roy

My name - Ria! My mum got it from that wonderful 70s tv programme "butterflies".

I realise it's a bit naff to suggest my own name but I've honestly always loved having an unusual name

Lucille
Camille
Georgiana

Roy

Oops doubled up on Roy. Will go with Ken. Would say Wayne but I actually know a small boy called Wayne.

Julia
Antonia - voted as least likely name to date a while back
Celia
Helen - love Helen and thin on the ground these days

Richard
Ian
Douglas
Hamish

Linus
Drew
Jarod
Silas

Tanya
Hazel
Erica
Adele

I dont know any under 20's with these names though they are all nice enough and not very popular.

Particularly like Linus and Adele.

Prefer Adela - I've only ever known one.

Jasper and jonty

:) Littlecherublegs, my DD is Hazel. You have made my day.

My criteria for a baby name is:
Heard of by most people
Easy to spell & say
Unusual, definitely not top 100.
Hopefully will not date.

I give you:

Ellen
Helena
Jane (DDs middle name)
Caroline
Cora
Margaret

Boys are harder:
Jude
Geoffrey
Edmund
Ambrose
Clement
Nicholas
Hector
Hugo
Edwin
Ernest
Alec
Gregor
Percy.

Good names toobreathless Have loved the name Cora since watching Last of the Mohicans.

3 Jude's at DD's nursery.

3 Judes?? I'll cross that one off the list.

I LOVE Cora Jaffa but it sounds awful with our surname. As does Anna, which in my opinion is one of the most underused names. Simple, timeless & so elegant.

Well toobreathless you could have Judith for a girl with nn Jude?

Berenice
Aileen
Yolanda
Glynis
Gloria
Selina
Vivien

Gerard
Aubrey
Stuart
Maurice
Vernon
Roderick
Warren

I really love Fran, moreso for a girl than for a boy.

Also toying with Evelyn at the moment, but not to sure if it's too fussy :)