Names like...

[beauandmax]

Girl - Birdie, Sunny, Bunny, Polly, Honey, Teddy

Boy - Ace, Wolf, Rafferty, Forest, Gene, Woody

Is it a dog you're naming?

@bluechameleon

It's a shame that a girl gets a frilly, cutesy name and a boy gets a strong, adventurous name. Birdie/bunny v Ace/Wolf.

Funny you should say that. I had actually suggested the name Jet for a boy but I remember I'd heard the name from Secret Life of Five Year Olds. The name belonged to a girl with a brilliant personality.

@HadEnoughOfBears 🤣. Exactly!

I love these threads for all the ‘original and fun’ names I see. Gives me ideas for what to avoid!

I am 50/50 torn between OP and some commenters with regards to choosing traditional vs modern and unusual name. We are living in very different times in England. New mums are naming their babies after international pop stars and names like Luna, Roman, Ayla, Nova, River, Grayson and Sky are becoming much more commonplace. Imagine all of the little future grandad Graysons and grandma Skylars lol. On the other hand an unusual name could bring about bullying or embarrassment for your LO to deal with. Would you want to change your name to Snow or Nebula-Rose or Wolf? Think of your child encountering school bullies or the workplace. It is likely that they will not be being especially positively unique, stunningly beautiful or famous. It is much more like they will be your average Joe like the rest of us with internal and external blemishes. Pictute Petal or Rock or whatever on your neighbour. Imagine your child having to introduce themselves on the first day of high school, will they feel comfortable doing so or will they internally recoil? I think modern and unusual is fine and slowly becoming the norm but don't go craazy, you're naming someone who won't be little and cute for very long.

Girls

Elodie
Robyn
Rosa
Frida
Marin

Boys
Carey
Shay
Tate
Ralph

To be fair Wolf is a common German name, short for Wolfgang and Wolfram.

I’m generally very anti silly animal names like Bear and Fox, but Wolf is actually a conventional name.

Goldie as in Simon Groom’s golden retriever and Goldie Looking Chain would be a hell no.

Velvet

Lilac

Flame

Ebony

Sailor

Misty

Topaz

Orion

Hunter

Acer

Eden

Kit

On the other hand I do find MNers can be a bit dry, overly sensible, uppity and rigid in their approach.
They often can't cope with foreign names either. I once saw someone ask about Naima (a perfectly acceptable name) and that OP got shot down and mocked in a blink. Basically I'd just suggest that your desire to find a really unusual name stems from how excited you are about bringing DD into the world and you'll have all of these hopes and dreams for them but the name you give will be worn by someone who will have to interact with others in professional settings and as an adult and she might deal with being poked fun at or not taken as seriously if given a very girly or made up or unusual name. The same goes for very posh names and names like Harley and Jayden Kayden too.

The reality is that these names are only fun and unique if your child is beautiful and popular. Imagine being a socially awkward 14 year old girl with low self-esteem and a couple of mean girls breathing down your neck. All you want to do is blend in but you can't because your name is Sunny Bunny Doll. Not so fun, is it?

Girl - Birdie, Sunny, Bunny, Polly, Honey, Teddy

And

Sadie, Marnie, Bess, Mindy, Kitty, Effie, Dolly, Minty, Tabby,

Boy - Ace, Wolf, Rafferty, Forest, Gene, Woody

Beau, Brodie, Sol, Fox, Oakley, Sawyer, Walt

And as somebody who was born in the 60's let me tell you homely, unpopular Cindy and Betsey didn't have an easy time of it either. Bit like the homely, unpopular Brittney and Courtney of the 90's.

Just think before you saddle your child with a the burden of a name they might not socially live up to.

Difference should be celebrated.

Cissy is nice
Bindy a bit old fashioned now but I used to like it.
Bunty. I wanted Bunty for a boy but dad gave me a hell no.

@RickOShay

Difference should be celebrated.

There is a difference between being different and being ostentatious at your child's expense. What if Topaz fairy dust doesn't want to be different?

So?
Bigger things to worry about
Children tend to grow into their names, and if not there’s always a chance to change them. That’s as likely to happen if your name is Anna or Sunny.
We are all different.

I also grew up with an unusual name in the seventies. It’s the least of my worries

For a boy Balonz obviously. Data for a girl.

You think someone's going to grow into the name Bon Bon Bunty? More like grow out of it...by the age of six.

Poor Bon Bon Bunty, set up to fail in life.

@RickOShay

I also grew up with an unusual name in the seventies. It’s the least of my worries

Amicia is an unusal name. These are not unusual names, they're dog names. They're the name of every other rich white girl's yappy Chihuahua, which is what I think the narcassists people who pick them as human names view their children as.

Bonnie
Goldie
Honey
Pixie
Lexie
Lacey
Maisie

Fox
Archer
Lex
Jaxon
Casey
Levi
Bronx

@Creepygnochi

You think someone's going to grow into the name Bon Bon Bunty? More like grow out of it...by the age of six.

Poor Bon Bon Bunty, set up to fail in life.

Not Bon Bon Bunty that would be silly. Just Bunty. I love it.

Again, fine, if you can gaurentee your child will be cool and attractive. Because for socially awkward, gangly limbed Bunty who can't run a meter without tripping over his own feet that name is going to a burden that will stalk him through life.

As I often mention on these threads, DH has an unusual , but known, name . He resented his mother for her vanity in choosing it and was very keen to stick to tried and tested for our DC. He was very much the top of the class, rugby captain type as well that one might expect to be able to carry it off easily. We call one of our DC by a pet name that has stuck and by which a few wider family members call her. It is fine but she wouldn't use it at work.

@yikesanotherbooboo my eldest has an unusual and cool name. Not ‘unique’ but definitely the only one in the class. He lived up to it I think but has chosen for his son a very ordinary typical English name!