Genuinely unusual (but not silly) names

[Alisha779]

I would love to know any genuinely unusual / rare / uncommonly used names. Not interested in very out there things like Apple or Unicorn, but unusual yes. I loved the names Wren and Frank but both are getting far too popular! One syllable is of particular interest as we have made a double barrelled surname.

And particularly interested in views from London as each area seems to have its own trends....

Yeah I'm definitely NOT looking for Jane, Mary, Mark, Sarah, Kevin, Kate etc.

To my ears they are commonly used names, as there are many people on tv / in the media/ politicians called these names. I'm looking for unusual but not too silly or ridiculous sounding.

From London -

Boys -
Fox, Blake, Ezra, Jude, Rafferty, Lennon, Saint (yes I’ve really met one)

Girls-
Hope, Autumn, Artemis, Olympia, Aria, Aurelia, Lyra, Claudia, Aurelia

Queenie

Zosia
Ingrid
Juliana
Aster
Bronwen
Dinah
Hester
Ione
Maris
Pascale
Yolande
Cosima
Aphra
Estelle
Cecile
Ramona
Petra
Shae

Amos
Bertrand
Bram
Cal
Clement
Daryl
Dashiell
Eben
Errol
Everett
Gage
Ivo
Linus
Marius
Maynard
Oren
Zico
Tobin
Clive
Dale
Lex

Damaris is a brand of lingerie
Fawn - the verb meaning puts me off
Rohan - brand of outdoor clothing

Lots of the suggestions sound very American (which may not be a problem for you OP, but is off putting for me personally)

I think the best thing is to just find a list of names you really really love first; then you can check the popularity lists etc. My eldest has a name that we thought was quite rarely used but is now popular, though with younger children. My name was rarely heard when i was a child, now there are loads of kids with it and i keep turning round in supermarkets when i hear it shouted by frazzled parents.

Damaris is a brand of lingerie

So is Freya, but it is still a wildly popular girl's name.

Faye
Cadence
Lumen
Rumor
Pilar
Veda / Vada
Zaylie

Gus
Amos
Auden
Lev
Oden
Willis

Amaryllis
Damaris
Rosalba
Rolanda
Irmingard/Ermengarde
Tryphena
Cassiope
Erione
Jasione
Aphra
Aethelflaed
Pernel
Petronella
Dorcas
Sanchia
Agrippina
Galatea
Idonea
Aglaia
Nimue
Astraea
Mahalia
Lelia
Gardenia
Snowdrop
Demeter
Niobe
Castara
Bethesda
Ginevra
Svetlana
Wilgefortis
Lucasta
Liselotte
Chantal
Solitah
Cyrilla
Aldora

Aldo
Aldous
Hermes
Hercules
Theseus
Hannibal
Hamilcar
Alaric
Anselm
Carloman
Ferdinand
Zacchaeus
Fitzwilliam
Ludovic
Adolphus
Jaques (not the French Jacques, the Shakespearean pronounced Jakes)
Apollo
Caesar
Roderick
Broderick
Enos
Edwy
Nero
Tiberius
Varian
Lambert
Lemuel
Nimrod
Ovid
Pliny
Domitian
Justinian
Cuthbert
Dirk
Dill
Xavier
Joram

Interesting how few of these are one syllable names. They are hard to find.

There was a boy in my former school called Roan which I always loved.(The name, not the boy)

Guy
Tadhg
Flynn
Seth
Petroc

I loved Kit but they are ten a penny in NE LONDON now, same with Jude, Rafe, Nate. I quite like Ren.

Gabriel/Gabe
Gene
Linus
Loki (although I think he was a demon!)
Asher

Clovie
Adaleigh
Cayden
Sabella

Kaiser
Caleb

Mackenzie

I’ve got a baby Francis. Unusual but not weird (I don’t think).

Art, Ash, Beau, Bay, Blythe, Blaise, Blaine, Blake, Bryn, Blair, Bree, Blake, Brooke, Brooks, Blue, Belle, Cai, Cash, Cade, Chase, Clay, Cole, Dee, Drew, Drake, Faye, Flynn, Finn, Fawn, Gus, Guy, Giles, Gage, Gabe, Hal, Heath, Jazz, Jax, Jay, Jace, Kit, Kyle, Kay, Lyle, Lee, Layne, Leigh, Lark, May, Miles, Mal, Meg, Niamh, Nile, North, Nate, Nell, Paul, Psalm, Quinn, Rae, Reese, Rhys, Ron, Rain, Reign, Rex, Reid, Saul, Sage, Sean, Sol, Star, Sloane, Skye, Snow, Seth, Tripp, Trey, True, Tate, Vale, Vaughan, Wren, Xyne

Boys
Clovis
Zion
Er
Cal
Rob
Con
Jude
Bede
Elias
Guy
Rye
Yves
Ian
Bryn
Reon
Rio
Wolf
Raj
Jove
Jace
Geoff
Kent
Trent
Tom
Penn
Miles
Giles
Cairn

Nye was mentioned, but it is the pet name for Aneurin, which English people can’t pronounce.

Will nobody mention

Balonz

Cy (pro sigh)
Guy
Crew
Ty
Beau

Luxe

It’s hard to think of unusual single syllable names without getting into the ridiculous.

Dean
Dane
Nom
Leaf
Leif
Thor,
Quinn
Kane
Caen
Jazz
Hank
Xan
Keir
Leith
Heath
Seth
Trent
Kent
Squire
Green
Redd
Reid

@SirVixofVixHall, Nye is definitely a proper Welsh boy's name in its own right!

Boys

Ralph
Franklyn
Ronan
Ira
Cassius
Troy
Jude
Solomon
Carey
Shay Tate

Girls

Honor
Teagan
Calista
Marielle
Anya
Marin
Thalia
Taryn
Olympia
Robyn
Giovanni
Malin
Zola
Marnie
Frida
Norah
Rosalin
Athena

Chad