Truly unique names?

[Seminyak]

Was just thinking the other day of a girl I was in primary school with, called Jera. Pronounced Jerra, rather than Jeer-a, IYSWIM.

I have never met, heard of, read about any other Jera ever, fictional or real, and it got me thinking about other unique names.

Is there anyone you've met or heard of with a name you've never heard of before or since?

I don't mean yooneek, as in Kate being spelled Kayte, or backwards names like Nevaeh.

Another one I have is Carolie, which I think is lovely, but I suspect there is probably more than one out there.

(Admittedly, I have never googled Jera and don't want to as I want to believe it's truly unique ha :) )

Kittina, but it was a middle name rather than a first name.

There's a gravestone of a Victorian Archibella in the next village. Her father was called Archibald!

I knew an Ismay, but her name was actually Isabella Mary, and Ismay was her family nn.

My mother knew a woman who was born in The Sma Glen, in Perthshire and she was named Thesma after her place of birth. That's probably unique.

Tian pronounced tea-ann.

Clytemnestra, there can't be another, surely.

Someone I knew at school and have re-caught up with on FB has a DD called Reesa (not a nn for Theresa btw) and a DS called Jabe. Not come across another one of either of those.

I've never met anyone with my name (apart from two friends who have named their babies it). I love my name but as there seems to be no other to tell you it would massively out myself. I'm in my late 30s and so it was before the tens for 'made up' names.

Trista
A girls name pronounced tree-sta

I know a Sharnice. She really suits it too.

There was a woman named Latrina on an American documentary.

Broden (boy)
Selby (boy)
Croyde (boy)
Montse (short for Montserrat) (girl)

There was a boy in my primary school called Otto. Never met another one

There are thousands of 50+ year old Ottos in Germany!

I knew a girl called Huigenia (pronounced Whi-jay-nee-a) years ago. Never met another. Still think it's a fab name!

I know of a Jemmanice (pronounced Jemma niece but she goes by just Jemma)
And a 1 year old called Aria which I think is beautiful and have never heard before or since.

Aria is lush, it's a musical term.

I actually love the sound of Timoney. Reminds me of a girl I met called Tierney, which I also like. Perhaps another contender!

Is Aria's mum a Game of Thrones fan? Character called Arya in that though some characters call her AR-ya rather than Arrya.

I know an Eben, although there is one in the credits for Tiu Story too.

Toy Story!

Alis my mum is welsh and yes it is normally a boys name. These days she goes by her second name, Caroline!

Funny

Thought there had to be a Welsh connection!

I don't think it sounds wrong on a woman, I've just never met one. Or many Aeron's at all, really. The ones I've met have been in the North, I live in the South.

Monkeys, would love to know more about your Ismay, I thought mine was unique.

ismaela - girl

My best friend as a kid was called Queally (k-way-lee). Never met another one. I think it's slightly more common as a surname.

'Ismay' is the family name of the man who built the Titanic. See, for example: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17694824

There is also this, although I don't know how accurate it is:
www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Ismay

In Holland (where I am from) Gerrit is an old man's name.
In Germany (where I lived for years) there are hundreds of Ottos.
In the school I work at there is a gorgeous 8 year old Indian girl called Aria.

I love Jera, wish I had heard of it before having dd!