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Unusual but classy baby names?

148 replies

hattie32 · 13/07/2023 18:36

Please throw any suggestions at me - both male and female as we don't know the sex yet.

I would love something very classy / traditional but something you don't hear every day! I love 'Grace' for a girl but I know it's quite common.

I also like 'Ethan' for a boy but a close relative has a son called that so that's out too. Other than that my mind is stumped...

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MrsHogan · 13/07/2023 19:22

Oh and Honor.

Boys I think with Arthur you'd be looking at names like
Charles
Christian
Gulliver
Tobias
Montgomery maybe? (Monty for short)

Llamafield · 13/07/2023 19:25

eatdrinkandbemerry · 13/07/2023 18:57

Matilda
Clara
Bronwyn
Heather
Martha

I know loads of little Matildas. I think it's fairly high up the name charts.

NewUserName2023 · 13/07/2023 19:26

Hettie
Verity
Ninette
Petra

Gwylim
Hector
Edwin

BigBoysDontCry · 13/07/2023 19:27

Jonathan
Gregory
Evan
Miles
Elliot
Crispin

June
Jane
Alice
Eloise
Naomi
Lydia

7catsisnotenough · 13/07/2023 19:35

Cressida?

Luhou · 13/07/2023 19:37

Cecillia
Ivy
Rosa
May
Olive
Pippa
Penelope
Sienna
Florence

Theodore
Ralph
Beau
Charles
Reuben

AuntieStella · 13/07/2023 19:41

Rosalind, Saskia, Francesca, Ursula, Nerissa, Tabitha

Aidan, Rupert, Benedict, David, Joel, Kenelm

Rachaelrachael · 13/07/2023 19:43

That was exactly my requirement! My top names were:
Matilda
Grace
Eloise

NoHallSouth · 13/07/2023 19:43

Ottilie
Tabitha
Allegra

Crispin
Horatio

I also like Fraser and Angus and I've only ever met 1 of each but appreciate this may be very different in Scotland!

Individewl · 13/07/2023 19:44

Vivienne

DMVJ · 13/07/2023 19:47

Brontë

Samzzz · 13/07/2023 19:50

Dorothy (Dottie)
Iris
Betsy
Winnie
Primrose

William
Thomas
Dominic
Arthur
Sebastian
Henry

MsFrog · 13/07/2023 19:50

Alice and Patrick

Ilikeanimalsmorethanpeople · 13/07/2023 19:56

Scarlett

ReginaPerrin · 13/07/2023 19:57

If I was of child-bearing age I would definitely call a baby girl Apollonia ((Polly for short).

For a baby boy, I’m quite fond of Julian.

Watchthedoormat · 13/07/2023 20:03

William
Jacob
Rupert
Sebastian
Benedict

Clara
Laura
Ingrid
Bridgette
Henrietta

Enko · 13/07/2023 20:08

Eloisa
Ramona
Rowena
Elsbeth
Marina
Lois

Conrad
Edmund
Caradoc

hattie32 · 13/07/2023 20:08

Thank you so much. Some lovely names on here! Especially like:

  • Cressida
  • Nina
  • Adeline
  • Archibald
  • Jude

Definitely not Martha and Arthur 😂😂

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FawnDrench · 13/07/2023 20:09

Sylvester
Egbert
Eustace
Dorian
Gulliver

Rita
Cassandra
Leonora
Dominique
Phaedra

IridescentRainbird · 13/07/2023 20:14

Nyree
Violet
Gabrielle
Robyn
Jocelyn
Seraphina

Edmund
Wilfred
David
Tobias
Benedict
Dominic

JustMaggie · 13/07/2023 20:19

Sylvia and William

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 13/07/2023 20:21

John
Mary
Ivo
Susan

RosaSkye · 13/07/2023 20:23

I always think Anais is underused

Cecily
Beatrix

Flora
Rosa
Verity

Jude
Gabriel
August

LivelyBlake · 13/07/2023 20:24

Harriet
Heather
Jasper
Jeremy (Jerry)

Xiomara22 · 13/07/2023 20:29

Clarissa
Christy
Sabine
Fanny