Is this name too weird?

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Bligh. I saw it after watching the programme MutinyI love it, but worried it's too strange.

Also would it be even stranger to use it for a girl when it is a boys (though very uncommon) name? Or should i just forget it all together?

I far prefer Blythe.

Captain Bligth was ok as a captain for the times. He wasn't known as a particularly cruel captain.

thanks for the feedback!!! Any other suggestions like this name (other than Blythe?) For some reason i love names like Bligh, Blake, Blair for a girl?

He probably was an ok captain, but the legend around him makes him a sadist flogger.

Sorry I do not like it.

Blair is a bit Blair witch.

Blake is ok. It sounds like a name.

Captain Bligh was actually Admiral Bligh. He is often portrayed as a cruel bastard in films etc as it makes for a better story but he really wasn't.

HERE is a Radio Times article saying the same thing

I think my favorite of your choices is Bligh.

Bligh is just...so bad. Blake and Blair are both pretty bad too.

I think Blair is the best of your Bl names. The only other ones I can think of are Blodwyn ( how ugly is that?) or Blaise who I think was a male saint.

Blythe. Probably not for a boy though

I don't like the sound Blake. It's too much like bleak to me and is just an unattractive sound. I prefer Bligh to that.

Objectively, ignoring any associations with Tony, witches and the fact it's usually a surname, the sound of Blair is really nice I think. A bit like claire but without the c, it's a softer sound.

How about Bridy (short for Bridget)?

I really like Blaise. Very Blaise Pascal (although I do think I actually prefer the name for a boy...).

Blair is nice as well. So is Blythe.

Bryn?

So after Captain Bligh the evil captain in Mutiny of the Bounty? Well he was evil in all the films, anyway! And definitely a man. And it's his surname anyway.

I don't understand how you think that makes a nice name for a child, least of all for a girl.

Like pps say, even though also a surname, Blythe is a bit better and more customarily used as a first name (doesn't Gwyneth Paltrow's mother have this name?) and has a pleasant meaning too. But most surname type names sound very masculine (except Piper, Paige and Blythe). Blake is definitely very masculine.

I love Blair for a girl! (Reminds me of Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl)

I thought Bligh was the sadistic Captain? Let me guess, did they make a series based on some different take on a true story? Maybe google original story first and see if that puts you off.
It's only one letter away from Blight too.

? Then Bly for a NN?

Never heard the name. Does it sound like It's spelt? If it is,it sounds like a noise you make in your throat, sorry!

I literally only joined as I saw this on line and I wanted to say call your baby what the hell you like so long as it's not iffensuve. Give them a middle name as a back up in case they hate their actual name but you will find it will be accepted as their name and who wants to be samey anyway. I have 2 unusual names and the only ones with those names in a school of 630 pupils and that makes them feel special individual and proud. I worried a bit so gave them a middle names just in case but they are who they are and have never known anything different. Be brave and don't worry about anyone elses opinions.