Unusual Name Ideas?

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I really like unusual names, I was wondering what other people considered unusual and what unusual names they liked. Were there any names that you wished you used or wanted to at the time, but didn't because you feared it was too 'out there'?

I'm looking for both boys and girls names, thanks if you can help.

Waverley, fanella? Tell me this is a joke? That's not unusual it's cruel

It's definitely his name, don't know why on earth you'd choose it over the Malachi spelling but there we are haha

Cerumen
Escherichia
Myelin
Yersinia
Lupus
Eschar
Melena
Rosacea

Lupus? That's a type of autoimmune disease

They're all medical words Teddy 😂

Minjita
Cockermouth
Scunthorpe

People are being unnecessarily silly now.

Fenella is a normal name.
If you can have Robin as a name, I think other bird names are OK as well. Wren, Merle - French for blackbird - are fine.
Similarly with plants - if you can have Daisy, Violet, why not go for Tulip, Bluebell, etc? I knew a girl called Sorrel - will be in her 30s now.

just being unusual for the sake of it seems a bit 'meh' if there's a name you really like then use it, but going 'off piste' for the sake of it seems crazy, and some of these suggestions are either silly/totally normal or cruel :D And I don't mean the carpet/lentil suggestions with that by the way.

I think Robin evolved as a diminutive of Robert, rather than a direct reference to the bird.

I don't like Wren, partly because of the Wr. Probably just me, but Wr- words tend not to be pleasant. Wretched, wrench, wrinkled etc.

Fair enough, 29Palms re Robin/Robert.

I used to work with a girl called Minjita

Dare I ask where you worked?

Very boring I'm afraid. I worked for BT many years ago.

These might not be unusual enough....

Girl:
Mackenzie
Asher
Bodhi
Jacinta
Xanthe
Adelaide

Boy:
Enrico
Grayson
Cooper
Miller
Zeke
Dante
Abel

Owls-the whole of Mumsnet is unnecessary! But anyway, when the OP comes and asks for unusual names then doesn't come back and answer questions or clarify what was meant, then why not have a bit of fun?

People had started taking the piss after just 2 hours, so I don't blame her. Grow the fuck up.

'Grow the fuck up'-the irony.

No one had been nasty.

Not nasty, no, just silly and childish.

*Broadly speaking, and there are exceptions, I don't like:
made-up or you-neek spelling names
names that are usually surnames
names that are things or nouns (eg Wren)

I like names that have some sort of history or tradition behind them, but that have fallen out of fashion, been forgotten or are just a bit obscure*

This^^

I think there needs to be clarification on the words "unusual names"

Do you means actual names that are not in common usage? Or made up names/made up spellings of names?

Scarlet....I actually met a Malaena once.

In my current city there is a girl called Allanfa Tan. This was taken directly from a sign on a door. It translates as Fire Escape.

Dolwar Seriously?! But... Why?

Do they pronounce it how it should be?

In my current city there is a girl called Allanfa Tan. This was taken directly from a sign on a door. It translates as Fire Escape.

Why do people always come up with this crap anytime there's a thread about unusual names? It been done so many times, you only have to Google it and lo behold! Everyone knows a person named Allanfa Tan, named after a fire exit . Quite ironic!

I don't know anyone called Allanfa Tan.

Girls:
Betty
Francesca/frankie
Marion
Leslie
Phyllis
Constance/Connie
Minnie
Winnie
Lettie

Boys:
Lesley
Gary
Henley
Manuel
Tobias
Teddy
Beau

Samuel
Francis