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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...

OP posts:
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JazzyBBG · 13/07/2023 22:55

I'm glad the OP has actually come back to comment - on the name threads they never come back!!

Girls

Annabel
Isabel
Joanna
Helena
Victoria
Louisa
Rosemary
Lydia
Genevieve
Rosalind

Boys

Nathaniel
Miles
William
Marcus
Daniel

Snoopy98 · 13/07/2023 23:05

Anna
Louisa
Nina
Elinor
Elin
Eliza
Frances
Delphine

Oscar
Hugo
William
Maxwell
Edward

Jongleterre · 13/07/2023 23:11

Eloise
Ophelia
Genevieve
Imogen
Audrey
Persephone
Delilah
Juliette/Juliet
Faye
Elena

Crikeyalmighty · 14/07/2023 10:08

@Footgoose Why thank you! My name is too! Lol

my son is Tom , so didn't put that as it's not 'unusual' but it's a good strong classic name I feel as well.

Hoolahoophop · 14/07/2023 10:36

Verity or Harriet
Alistair or Benedict

hattie32 · 14/07/2023 10:50

Thank you all so much - very helpful. We have added a fair few of these to the potential list.

Love love Olive and Ophelia!! @Jongleterre @HedgesNotFences

Girl names seem to be a little easier, however I'm convinced we're having another boy. We shall see.

OP posts:
user1492757084 · 14/07/2023 11:48

Wilbur
Robert
David
Craig
Geoffrey

Justine
Susan
Elizabeth
Catherine
Prudence

EllieQ · 14/07/2023 12:01

Girls:

Constance
Helena
Margot
Felicity
Rosalind
Verity
Rowan/ Rowena
Honour
Grace
Mercy

Boys:

William
Miles
Sebastian
Jonathan
Daniel
Benedict

AlyssumandHelianthus · 14/07/2023 12:10

Catherine
Elizabeth
Mary
Abigail

James
Albert
Michael
Gerald

Neverattherightplace · 14/07/2023 13:22

Rosina

Theoldwoman · 14/07/2023 13:23

Catriona
Katya
Lara
Freda
Edwina

Wyndham
Ernest
Warwick
Bartholomew
Quentin

Hoolahoophop · 14/07/2023 13:42

Ernest - brilliant idea @Theoldwoman

ODFOx · 14/07/2023 13:51

Miles
Nathaniel
Rupert
Ivo
Jeremy
Jonathon

Phyllis
Jemima
Margaret (Meg)
Josephine (Jo or Josie)
Roberta

1987syderrs · 14/07/2023 13:53

Catherine
Laurence

JamSandle · 14/07/2023 13:54

Arietty
Estella
Juliet
Julietta
Valentina
Cosette

1987syderrs · 14/07/2023 13:56

Olive
Juliette
Laurence
Louis

Frododo · 14/07/2023 14:19

Emmeline
Juliet
Alice
Sylvie
Athena
Cora

Jasper
Wilfred
Louie
Francis
Samuel
Cameron

Luhou · 14/07/2023 15:29

hattie32 · 14/07/2023 10:50

Thank you all so much - very helpful. We have added a fair few of these to the potential list.

Love love Olive and Ophelia!! @Jongleterre @HedgesNotFences

Girl names seem to be a little easier, however I'm convinced we're having another boy. We shall see.

Olive is top of my list too.

GiddyGladys · 14/07/2023 16:22

Araminta and Nathan.

mauveiscurious · 14/07/2023 17:47

Victor
Rex
John
Malcolm
Griffin
Christian
Tristan

Astrid
Araminta
Allegra
Francis
Florence
Posey

Axelotl · 14/07/2023 17:53

Briony
Ione
Joanie
Sage
Roanna
Nia

Arran

RatatouilleAndFeta · 14/07/2023 21:46

Rowena - Ro
Eloise
Harriet
Clara
Estella
Xanthe
Scarlet
Olympia

User6761 · 14/07/2023 21:52

Lawrence
Julius
Benoit
Leonard
Maxime

Josephine
Octavia
Georgina
Anne
Marianne

LorraineInSpain · 14/07/2023 21:54

Minerva
Alicia
Cordelia
Avice

I would have also suggested Guinevere, but not with Arthur!

Ezra
Edmund
Benedict
Caspian
Crispin

TVtv · 14/07/2023 21:57

Gabriella
Claudia
Celine
Cynthia
Camilla
Sophie

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