Do you ever see your unusual baby name?

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Just that really - on unusual names threads, if you gave your DC an unusual name, do you ever see it?

I’ve only come across one of my DC’s names once (it was a complimentary comment!)

Ooh and also while I’m here - when you chose an unusual name, did you do so to be different (in the hope there wouldn’t be many) or because you just liked it because it was different? My three have very unusual names - I think they all hover around the 3500th mark - but we didn’t choose to be different. We just liked the names in their own right. That being said...there is a part of me that doesn’t want to share what they are, just in case

With my 3, I wouldn’t even say they were unusual names in that if you heard them, you’d say “oooh never heard that before!” It’s more just that they’re never used. One is even a very famous actress’s name that my dad habitually mispronounces.

It is very USUAL however for my middle child, DD1, to have her name picked up by other children as some kind of mythical creature at pre school and now Reception. So many parents have come up to me and said “Aaahhh THAT’s XXX - we weren’t sure if she was real!”

My dd's name is unusual, only 6 others named it the year she was born I think. Chose it because we love it and I prefer unusual names. Not come across another until recently on a TV show!

My eldest was one of only 30 given her name 13 years ago, which jumped to about 150 a few years ago, from 2000th in the chart to about 180th over a decade. I first heard it screeched accross a playground by a smoking fake tanned mum, and was absolutely gutted. I've come across a few more in those years. Second born was the only one born with his name that year, there are between 0-5 born every year, it's somewhere in the 3000's in the charts. I've come across 2 others on Instagram but not in real life. 3rd born has a slightly more popular but still unusual name at about 150 born a year, and below the 300th in the charts, I've had people tell me they know someone else with the name, and I've seen some online, but not actually met one. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we did, though I would with middle child.

For me name doesn't have to be exremely unusual but I have written of names I really liked if they were in or fastly approaching the top 100. That is because I have had issues with a very popular name, I think very popular names date adults, and names lose something once they become very popular, particular ones to a certain generation and not timeless names. There were a few names that were more popular than what we ultimately went with that I would have been happy to choose though, if we could agree on them.

Dd1 has an unusual name (10 the year she was born, 8 last year) I chose it because I loved it but being unusual was a plus. I met another baby born the same year with the same name in lidl though lol so you just never know.

Dd2 has a name that is uncommon but mentioned loads on here, generally positive. There were 53 born last year. We have yet to meet another one

My 2 have unusual names, they are very occasionally come across them on baby name threads on here. One is usually spelt incorrectly differently and the other, despite being seemingly more common IRL isn't really mentioned on here, but I see her unusual middle name mentioned a little more.

No, I didn't think it was that unusual and assumed I'd meet a few others. Haven't met a single one so far! When I checked ons, only 6 children were given the name that year.

DS is one of 34 babies registered with his name last year and there isnt an alternative spelling that would be the more popular version. We chose it because we love it, not because it was unusual. Funnily enough I looked up our preferred girls name (we didnt know the sex) and there were 32 of them!

My youngest sons name gets mentioned a lot on threads here as a suggestion. I've never met another. I'll be glad if it does rise in popularity as we won't get so many looks. He has the long version on his birth certificate so it's less 'nicknamey'.

My little girls name (well nickname, we never use her full name) is not unusual but not very common. I’ve only ever met one other child with her name randomly in front of us in an airport queue in Spain!

It’s a little more commonly used as a nickname amongst my Grandparents generation. My great-grandma had the nickname name too although I only found out after my daughter was born and my Grandpa was really emotional when I told him!

It’s a name I have always loved & my other half liked. He wanted a ‘full name’ so we went with one on the birth certificate but only nursery use it. She answers to both, doesn’t seem to confused!

My dd has an unusual name, 31 others also named it the same year. Never met anyone called it

Ds has a very normal name, not met anyone under 30 with it but it's always top 20 name but must not be popular where we live.

I think by definition a less popular name, one that is used under 20 times per year, isn't going to be very widespread. It will also not be 'loved' by everyone (including Mumsnet) because if it were, it would be more popular!

This thread is such a tease 🙄

Can anyone link me to last years list? I can only find 2017!

When people ask DSs name, the first thing they always say is 'that's unusual' or 'l've never heard that before'
I didn't think it was that out there but I've never met another

DS1 has an unusual name (4 babies named in his year of birth, and has remained low since, though last year it was 8 babies so that's doubled!). It's an historical name, so it's well-known to people but often only through literature/history rather than knowing people with that name. It sometimes gets mentioned on here as an unusual name, but it's also been mentioned as one that posters weren't 'brave enough' to use.
DD1 also has an unusual name (53 babies in her year of birth), but it's a bit more commonly known as it's a few generations old. People often say 'Oh, my great aunt was called X'. It's not very popular when it's been mentioned on this website, but DH and I think it's a very pretty name.
We chose both names just because we liked them, but it was important that they weren't too common as well.

I'm assuming sum has a Balonz…

Haha, no. Not a joke to quite that extent