Class-less, unpretentious but fun and unique names

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Discussing names with DH earlier. Either sex. We are fussy... these are the qualities we both agree on!

I love Georgia but DH reminded me that some would pronounce as 'Jaw-jah' and that really put me off!

Quite like androgynous names too- Charley, Alex etc.

Ideas?!

You do know what unique means, right?

Unique is the tricky one...

Jamie
Rowan
Robin

Pippa
Fred ( I remember a girl at school called Fred....must have been fredricka?)

whoops, unique not the right word at all.... I mean not-too-popular

love Robin! And Pippa actually, hadn't thought of that

For androgynous, I really like Frank/Frankie.

Could've been Winnifred, as well, Skiing.

Love Frankie so much, but I know a baby with that name :(

I have a Meg, which I think suits your requirements.

Boys names - maybe Joel or Seth?

Elliot

Kaye, Caroline, Magda, Yvonne, Josephine, Stephanie, Sydney

Rowan

Joseph, Stephen, Karl, Aubrey, Micah, Sasha

I know a woman called Fred. Her actual name is Lynn. Which is usually feminine, but is also a Welsh male name. Might raise a few eyebrows if you have a boy and aren't Welsh though.

It's strange that names like Jamie (short for James) are seen as quite trendy but Lynn for a boy would be seen as a bit out there and maybe even unkind.

Are there any names that are traditionally female that are starting to be used for boys?
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How do you pronounce Georgia?

Alexa
Sybilla - Billy
Roberta
Francesca - Frankie
Peta
Simona
Antonia

Surf- less emphasis on the second syllable. GEOR-gia rather than Geor-GIA.

I like Billy/Billie, but not sure on Sybilla.

Scaevola- one of those names is very similar to my own! Perhaps thats why I like them!?

Thinkivebeen- Elliot is lovely for a boy, putting that on the list!

I also quite like simple names like Amy and Kate- too plain?

Ah, I see. I don't think I've ever heard it with an emphasis on the 2nd syllable. Is it a regional thing?

For the boys

Leo
Billy/William/Wilbur
Patrick
Alistair/Al
Anthony
Marcus
Toby

Hard to explain...I think I mean that I don't like it when the end syllable is really obvious, probably a regional thing. I prefer George-uh to George-ah iyswim.

William is on my list! I like Al too.

Harriet (Harry)
Maxine (Max)

Harriet is nice, I know an adult with that name fairly well...weighing up whether that matters or not!

Max is my top boy name ;)

Mrs Felix is actually unisex in origin, but was gradually lost as a girls' option due to rise in Felicity in the 17th c.
Fwiw I really like Max for a girl, from Maxine, as also suggested above. Emory for a boy?

I'm going to listen very carefully to people saying Georgia from now on! When I try to imagine it with added emphasis on the 2nd syllable my brain seems to add a Welsh accent!? I keep imagining Tom Jones saying Georg-AH

Emory, Moxon ? Wouldn't you get board of that?

Haha my daughter is Georgia ans she could have been a Max. My name is in your list too.

Other names I liked: Alexandra, Avery, Allegra, ruby, Amelia/Millie. For some reason lots of a names. Think I had Brooke as well.

Caitlin?

There's a few girls with names like charlie, Billie and Harper running around at the moment.

I thought someone locally was mispronouncing wtih Gorge-uh. I thought it was Jor - gia, with the gia pronounced!