Unusual but not weird names

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Still searching for names. We would like something that isn't popular and unlikely to be in school with another. But nothing too weird that we spend the whole time telling people how to spell it/ pronounce it etc..

Alana
Eliana
Eliza
Janie
Iona
Bethany
Sasha
Elise
Alexis
Romana
Serena
Saoirse

Hayden
Aaron
Luen
Cody
Stanley
Kieran
Vincent
Cole

Brogan, its a girls name, I think its Irish but I have only heard of it once :)

Rachel
Sarah
Helen
Emma

Peter
Paul
David
Andrew

I do like old fashioned names, something that won't date really but nothing that's 'in fashion' now really. I'd like a name that's only the one in the school but I don't want anything like Jane or Deborah or Robert, Andrew etc

For example I know lots of Sarah's , Rachel's, Andrews etc. I don't want a popular name be it in 2018 or 30 years ago.

A few generations earlier then maybe so long as it's not come back round just yet

Mavis
Agnes
Adelaide
Adela
Effie
Hazel
Marjorie
Sylvia

Abraham
Augustus
Jerome
Eric
Otto
Silas
Lawrence
Ernest

Colette
Sophie
Hannah
Abigail
Kirsten
Eilidh
Morven
Lucinda
Jemima
Alicia
Shona
Willow
Anika

Catherine, hardly any babies are called that now! It's my daughter's middle name.

My daughter is Trinity and my son is Abel

Imo currently rather unusual but still 'known' / 'not weird' names.

Emil, Eugen(e), Karl, Yaron, Pascal, Cedric, Manfred, Ambrose, Amos, Crispin, Tiberius, Julius, Godric, Godfrey, Humphrey, Isidore, Leif, Leonidas, Raoul, Wilfred, Lorenz(o), Severin, Horatio, Ignazio, Lionel, Blaise, Lodovic.

Carola, Frederica, Eugenia, Florina, Floretta, Leoluca, Isadora, Severina, Aita, Vela, Vita, Mattea, Augusta, Nolwenn, Domenica, Mattea, Olympia, Regina, Quinta.

*Lodovico / Ludovic(o)

We have a Helena. Seems to be more rare then I thought. We liked that it's a classic but not overly pretentious name.

Kirsty
April
Lucinda
Daniella
Claudia

Lance
Jonathan
Richard
Dominic
Nicholas

I’ll add a name I can’t use for a girl, we are having boy as it’s already in our family but I love it, unusual but classy, Thalia, Tally for nn. Not a long “th” but like “talia”. I love it. I’ve only ever heard that one. Boys good luck horrendous task we’ve only just decided & he’s due in 2 weeks!

Tansy. I met one who would now be about 60. I don't think I've ever met another. Lovely name, easy to spell, easy to pronounce, no bad associations.

Ivo. I know one who's about 60 now and know of another who's in his teens. Not many others about. Good strong name, albeit with the possibility of confusion with Ivor/Ivan, I suppose.

Scarlett
Isabella
Poppy
Florence
Sophie/a
Georgie/a
Hannah
Orla
Olivia
Abigail
Cara

Theo
Gregor
Callum
Murray
Cameron
Caleb
Kier
Max

Olivia, Sophie and Isabella are not by any stretch of the imagination unusual names at the moment.

Olivia, Sophie and Isabella are not by any stretch of the imagination unusual names at the moment

It depends where you are though I guess.
I wouldn't say they are overly popular here, there's no Sophie's, 1 Olivia and 2 Isabella's in my child's nursery which has over 40 children and that's still a 4-6 year gap from now/a baby being born.

Every girl being born seems to be a Grace here atm.

Where I am, I only know Graces who are in their very late teens and early 20s. It's a nice name, but to me it's now 20 years past the wave.

Genevieve

Clementine

Eponine

Merle (French for blackbird)

Cymbeline (Sim-ber - leen :boys' name but I think it's pretty for a girl)
-----------------------Tristram

Fabien

Caio (K-eye-oh)

Clement

Solomon (Solly)

Silas

Girls names seem to have got more and more feminine over the last couple of decades so maybe go for something more gender neutral like Alex, River, Adrian or something that doesn't end in a vowel eg Frances or Winifred.

For boys, well I have only ever met one Rory and I'm a supply teacher so meet a lot of children.

I think some of the early kings names are due a revival, Harold or Edmund.

OP, any name you see on here is unlikely to be unusual unless it is Balonz.
One exception might be a name that was recently on here - Vanessa.
I would look at a baby name book and pick ones you like then check them against the top 100, but also bearing in mind that some names are likely to be popular without being high in the list.
If the name is one of a current celebrity or newsreader or sportstar it could get quite popular very quickly.
Another thing is people can copy you, and your unusual name might also be given to your neighbour's 3 month younger child.

Sashh

Is Adrian a girl's name (or unisex)? I've only ever met male Adrians (and female Adriennes/Adriannes), tbh...

Alexis nn Alex is a really cool unisex name imo. :)

We were looking for an unusual but recognisable girls name and it came down to Antonia or Sabrina. We went with Sabrina and I'm very happy about her name!

Mila
Leonie
Willow
Erica
Talullah
Cosima
Rhiannon
Regina
Lara
Tia
Evangeline
Polly
Audrey
Lacey
Claudia

Cameron
Rowan
Craig
Chase
Owen

(Boys names are hard!)