Unusual names (That aren’t just misspelled)

[Nojeansplease]

Ok don’t flame but we are looking for really quite an unusual name for a girl or boy.
Both of our names are VERY unusual, even within our respective cultures, and it doesn’t feel like it would go very well if we had a more common name for a child.
That said I am very wary not just to just butcher a name by misspelling it or using something a bit tacky.

In an ideal world we would love something of Arabic/Persian origins, but we aren’t set on this

Some names we like are
Zoya
Thais

Saibyn
Khausrau

Other than Zoya which I assume is like Soya but with a Z I wouldn't have a clue how to pronounce these! But maybe that's a cultural thing and others would?
Are the first 2 girls names and the second 2 boys?

Xenia.

@emmathedilemma yes and that is what puts me off Zoya (soya!)
And yes first two are girls and second two are boys

Hi

Check out:

www.arabicenglishbabynames.com

for names that work in Arabic and English.

Soraya isn’t super popular. How about that? Though I like it pronounced Su-ray-ah rather than Su-rye-ah. It’s my daughters middle name, she has Persian lineage.

Zeinab /Zeina
Kabir

@Omashu soraya is lovely, I would pronounce it the same way I think.
Did you have any other alternatives before you picked it?

I do like zeina but I’d be worried people would just think it was zena and we were trying to be difficult and different by adding letters!

Are you of Persian/Arabic heritage? is the surname?

Khusrau correct spelling
Saibyn not a known name but not pleasant in urban dictionary 🙄

@jkscot4 yes and so is the surname (but could be mistaken for Latin origins)

I don’t think many names have great meaning in urban dictionary but will check around that it’s not well known slang...

Have known people to spell khusrau as I did, i like it spelled how I did in OP but having googled around you’re probably right and I would want the more common and usual spelling

Saibyn could also be spelt saiben or Sabin- not tied to any of them in partisan
Sabin would be the simplest and seems to be the most known version in the Uk so we would likely go with that if we chose that name

Zobia is nice for a girl I think. (not exactly sure of the origins tbh, but it's the name of a woman I know)

Sabin would be the simplest and seems to be the most known version in the Uk

Do you know of the wrestler Chris Sabin? Apparently he named himself after a character in a computer game, so that spelling may be thought of as quite cool by younger people. Not sure if that would be a plus or a minus for you. I think I like it better than Khausrau which I can only hear in my mind in a very growly sort of Germanic accent.

Is Thais "tie-ees"? I think I rather like it if so.

I have a friend called Zoya, I think it’s a lovely name.

I remember a character on Holby City a few years ago called Zosia (Zosha) and I thought that was nice.

I didn’t know about the wrestler
Also not sure if that’s a good thing or not..
At least it would be a known name

Kamaria?

Zanna (pronounced to rhyme with 'Hannah')

I know a little girl called Zaya. I prefer it to Zoya.

My brother worked with a lady named Zahoora. I think it's a beautiful name that sounds strong at the same time. It's pronounced Za-hor-ah just in case of any confusion with the double 'o'.

Maëlys (may-uh-lees) it's French and quite unusual in my opinion.

Zoya would be a foreign version of Zoe

Lakshmi, Saru or Adira?

Saraid (though this is Celtic)

Maëlys (may-uh-lees) it's French and quite unusual in my opinion.

My ehleece. I love it but it doesn’t really work in the U.K.

Thais is usually spelled Thaïs and pronounced tie-eece.
The famous one was pals with Alexander the Great.

Thaïs is also an opera by Massenet, so not unknown to lovers of classical music. The Méditation from it crops up a lot.