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Your favourite unusual names?

137 replies

Yawninghippo · 09/10/2016 18:36

What are your favourite ones? Boy or girl. Anything out of the top few hundred names. Smile

I'm looking for inspiration! My name tastes run to most things, particularly love anything Italian, pretty girls names, anything nature related or strong boys names. TIA!

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Natsku · 14/10/2016 23:27

Boy:
Aslak
Manu
Matias
Otso (means bear - pronounced ot-soh)

Girl:
Iita (pronounced ee-tah
Inkeri
Katariina
Magdaleena

ample · 15/10/2016 00:15

Xander.
Cassius.
Linus.
Milo.
Edgar.
Griffin
Wyatt.
Holt.
Everett.
Sterling.
Heath.
Boyd.

Lorelai.
Greer.
Bliss.
Rosalind.
Elspeth.
Daphne.
Lacey.
Lark.
Kinsa.
Aisling.
Mallory.
Mara.
Mirabelle.
Indigo.
Willa.
Ludivine.

More of a timeless classics fan in RL

Fadingmemory · 15/10/2016 12:34

Fabian, Gudrun

liquidrevolution · 15/10/2016 12:37

Merrily for a girl.

I just love it but sadly couldn't use it as have ridiculous long surname.

crapfatbanana · 15/10/2016 18:51

My daughter's name is Elspeth :)

I love:

Loveday/Lowdy
Morenwyn
Rosenwyn
Bennath
Maude

Jowan
Percival
Tilo
Veryan

Wikkitikki · 16/10/2016 19:39

Cassius, Killian, Dion, Felix
Isolde, Veronica, Marguerite, Aldyth, Sylvie

SansasEscape · 16/10/2016 22:23

Vera. Favourite name of all time.

badtime · 18/10/2016 00:30

My absolute favourite girls name is the beautiful (but not at all unusual in Italy) Ilaria.

(that looks weird in the MN font - it's ilaria, not a doubled letter at the beginning)

KittensWithWeapons · 18/10/2016 01:55

Doireann
Sadhbh
Persephone
Ailbhe
Frances
Iseult

Thor
Setanta
Boaz

KittensWithWeapons · 18/10/2016 01:57

Oh, and Ruadhán. I love Ruadhán.

cockadoodledoooo · 18/10/2016 02:06

I love ilaria, that was one my top five, along with ariety, Luna, elspeth but we went with Avalon

FastWindow · 18/10/2016 02:12

Some incredibly lovely names on here, not the usual stuff! My dds name has been mentioned - which never happens.

I love the name Lita. It's the Swedish for 'trust'.

Choccywoccyhooha · 18/10/2016 02:15

Fernand
Oak
Haldan
Rowan
Aldous
Oberon
Guillaume
Matisse
Issa
Victor

Isolda
Hilda
Emiliana
Stina
Aria
Sunday
Tuesday
Io
Indiana

Pipilangstrumpf · 18/10/2016 08:57

Wouldn't it be great if people actually used these names Smile?

Unicorn1981 · 21/10/2016 15:09

I really loved Daenerys as in game of thrones from when i first read the book but I didn't have the confidence to use it.

Fluffsnuts · 21/10/2016 15:25

Eben and Rufus for boys.

Persephone and Cassiopeia for girls.

SapphireStrange · 21/10/2016 15:31

I like loads of these and would add Lysander, Cosmo and Leander for a boy, Hero for a girl. Also mad Catholic names like Consuelo and Assumpta.

Sorry if any of these are in the top few hundred; I CBA to Google and check.

Terrifiedandregretful · 21/10/2016 15:35

Jesse for a boy
Hero for a girl

Terrifiedandregretful · 21/10/2016 15:36

Snap Sapphire!

SapphireStrange · 21/10/2016 15:36
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AmyLBC · 21/10/2016 15:39

Girls:
Luciana
Rosalie
Adeline
Gelsomina
Jasmina
Rosabella
Arabella
Ramona

Boys:
Sergio
Giuseppe
Cosimo
Constantino
Carmine
Mario
Marcello
Roman
Lucien

FinnegansCake · 21/10/2016 16:10

Ombretta - I know a lovely Italian lady with this name, and it suits her so well.

I also like Ilario for a boy.

lilyborderterrier · 24/10/2016 20:36

I have a Wren

Yika · 24/10/2016 21:34

Cassandra
Edme
Nadege
Sigrid
America

Barnaby
Anatole
Boris

Yawninghippo · 26/10/2016 08:59

Oooooh 125 posts! Sorry I abandoned you all. Thank you for your replies, some gorgeous names here!

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