Rate my baby names - unusual

[laurielo]

We're currently TTC and after years of been together we have the ever growing baby name list saved in the notes section

The girls name change every so often with 1 always being firmly at the top and boys names the same as o find these really hard, give me some more ideas or middle names

GIRLS:

Pollie
Posie
Maebel
Thalia
Iris
Nuala

BOYS:

Jaxson
Lockie
Reid

GIRLS:

Pollie - Polly ok
Posie - no
Maebel - Mabel ok
Thalia - nice
Iris - nice
Nuala - nice

BOYS:

Jaxson - awful
Lockie - awful
Reid - less awful

Like Thalia and Reid

Love Nuala. Most of your girls names are pretty. Your misspelling of a couple of others is not to my taste. I’m also not so keen on your boy choices, but I equally wouldn’t find them odd or out of place.

Another vote for don't misspell

Mabel & Polly are nice. Look at your parents, gp, gp etc for inspiration

Iris is very nice.not keen on the strange spellings of the boys names.

I like Iris, Nuala and Reid.

I’m not Irish, and have only met one Nuala (a baby), so the name doesn’t sound dated to me.

I like Maebel - that's it

I like Iris and Reid.

It’s hilarious to see all the love for Nuala. It’s your great-auntie’s name, the equivalent of Madge, Gladys, Edna or Mavis.

Dislike the boys ones

The girls ones are fine but I would use the proper spelling eg Polly, Mabel

@Nore

It’s hilarious to see all the love for Nuala. It’s your great-auntie’s name, the equivalent of Madge, Gladys, Edna or Mavis.

I know right? Can't get over it.

Can also never hear it without hearing Frank Kelly say "Listen here manure face" in my head

I like Thalia and Iris, but none of the others.

I don't think any of them are unusual

@SionnachRua, my eight year old encountered it for the first time this year and has adopted ‘Listen here, manure face.’

If Nuala is now becoming Granny Chic, perhaps Gobnait, Attracta and Bridie will follow...

Pollie - not spelled that way. Polly however is lovely.
Posie - not spelled that way. And too , Ballet Shoes for me.
Maebel - not spelled that way. Mabel is nice.
Thalia - nice
Iris - lovely
Nuala - future pronunciation issues. No.

Jaxson - super common, and terrible spelling of the name. No.
Lockie- no. Imagine being an adult man with this as a name. Lachlan is better, then you can use this a nickname. (Again with the spelling).
Reid - best of the three.

Don't care for any of the girls names.

Lockie is horrible, but I like Lock because I know one and he is lovely. The other boy's names are awful.

How about...

Hudson
Austin
Carter

Thank you all for your comments

I was so intrigued to see what people would say and my guesses were correct, 100% understand why people are saying about the different spelling although I feel like having it spelt a different way has no bearing on the child.

I love the names more now other people don't like them as I feel like the spellings won't become popular, honestly we take no offence to the comments, our fave is Pollie and Jaxson, I don't like the way 'Polly' looks just like I prefer - Lucie to Lucy and Daisie to Daisy, I suppose it's just preference and the way we love the 'ie' at the end of our names

My partner has a normal too 5 boy name and has spelt it different, so just carrying on tradition

Thank you everyone for the other suggestions I've added a few to my list 🥰

@Aquamarine1029

Don't care for any of the girls names.

Lockie is horrible, but I like Lock because I know one and he is lovely. The other boy's names are awful.

How about...

Hudson
Austin
Carter

Love the name Carter!

Hate Lock, thanks though X

@Wakeupalready

Pollie - not spelled that way. Polly however is lovely. Posie - not spelled that way. And too , Ballet Shoes for me. Maebel - not spelled that way. Mabel is nice. Thalia - nice Iris - lovely Nuala - future pronunciation issues. No.

Jaxson - super common, and terrible spelling of the name. No.
Lockie- no. Imagine being an adult man with this as a name. Lachlan is better, then you can use this a nickname. (Again with the spelling).
Reid - best of the three.

Maebel - as my middle name is Mae so that's the twist on that one but I do know mabels and I love that way of spelling

Hate Lachlan - not keen on Scottish names

Thank youuu

@Mammaaof

I don't think any of them are unusual

No not entirely unusual but slightly more unusual then Ben, Joe, Megan or Alice

I worked in preschools for 5+ years and none of the names I have I heard within the nursery/schools. maybe there getting more popular

@OffredOfjune

I like Thalia and Iris, but none of the others.

I also love iris, it's not my number 1 out of them all but could see this changing as it's so pretty

@Cattenberg

I like Iris, Nuala and Reid.

I’m not Irish, and have only met one Nuala (a baby), so the name doesn’t sound dated to me.

Love Nuala too, only problem would be anyone reading it if they didn't know of the name would they pronounce nu-A-la?

@buckeejit

Another vote for don't misspell

Mabel & Polly are nice. Look at your parents, gp, gp etc for inspiration

My GP for inspo, you mean my doctor, how come?

@Stepintochristmas

Please don’t spell them wrong. It looks so ridiculous. You’re trying to make perfectly nice, normal names appear quirky. It’s a child, not a pet dog.

I don't think Maebel is too quirky but thank you, my dog is called Peter so no dog names around here, haha, but thank you for commenting X

@NewYearNewPlumbing

Posie Thalia Mabel Polly Iris Nuala

BOYS:
No.

Tell me some boys names you like X