Names you have only ever met one of

[ladyinacampervan]

What names do you like but you have only ever met one of before?

My sister is pregnant for the first time at 43 and wants an unusual but real name and wants some inspiration.

I named my own after only once ever hearing someone called the name.

There aren't many as I work with children but a few off the top of my head:

Saffron
Elise
Josie
Elspeth (more common towards Scotland but not where I'm from)
Lori
Lois

I only know one Josie but know a Jo who is Josephine on her BC
I only know one Elsbeth and no Elspeths
I know lots a few called Lois, some Welsh who say it as Loyce and one Lois (Lowis)

Lise - I assumed it was a nn but was her actual ‘given’ name.

Bianca - only met one at my dancing class many, many years ago.

Granville - was someone my parents knew.

Keeley - my old hairdresser, never met another before or since.

There was a Rowan (girl) at my school. Love that name.

I've also only ever known one Demelza, Sadie, Monica, Ffion, Alix, Alexis, Penny, Bryn, Faye, Hester, Morgan, Tiggy.

I also met a baby called Percy about three years ago, which I personally think is adorable but won't be everyone's cup of tea.

Arbell
Xanthippe

Wednesday
Eliythia

Tarne
Kezia
Shula
Nadine

Blue
Nahum

Octavia
Pascale
Romy
Tailtha
Abra
Bonnie

Fabian
Dalton

Girls:
Tuesday
Cornelia
Zynab
Sabine
Edita
Rhona
Sejal
Sohonna
Edam
Olympia
Hazel
Roweena
Callie
Dominique
Emmanuelle
Brogan
Harsheda
Pia
Blanca
Charity
Melody
Misha
Saskia
Ushra
Carmen

Boys:
Taleisin
Devon
Ewan
Helder

But I think a few of these are probably much more common where the names orginate.

Boys
Diggory

Girls
Araminta

Never met another of either

Tough one - I think only one I can think of was a woman called Luanne who my mum used to work with!

Just remembered a man called Valentine.

Omega. Known as Meg. She was the very definitely last child in a family of 5 🤣

I went to school with a Martine and a Corina both nice girls too.

Dreena was a lady resident in the home I worked in.

Dolores
Sylvia
Ingoret

Jasper

Demelza. Zillah.

We have a family friend called Solitaire.

Athalie

Torquil
Taliesin

We have a family friend called Solitaire

Bets there's definitely only one of them.

We have 2 Sylvia's within the extended family @UtopiaMist. Can get a bit confusing

My mum, myself, my two siblings, and now my daughter all have very unique names. None of which have come up on this list so far!
Mine is least unique and I've heard of a few with my name, although it's more popular with a variation on the spelling.
(Not very helpful but it's very outing if I said what they are!)

I'm now expecting my second child and I really stitched myself up with the first one 😂😂 hard act to follow!

Cube is the best on this list so far 😂

Harvest

Aeneas