After a unique name?

[Megg3636]

I already have two daughters and we’re having a third child… after unique, not common names :)

What kind of names do you like?

I would imagine names like Patricia and Rosemary and Helen and Mary would be pretty rare for babies being born now.

With added bonus people know how to pronounce and spell them.

My name is rare now, very common in the60s. Anyone in the family you would like to name the child after. How about a season, Winter for example, or a month - Spring or Augustus, Flowers - take your pick, literally. I like Cyd for a girl, or Genievere, Cordelia or Annabeth. Or maybe Jean / Gene?

I'm not sure - really struggling...
I believe we may have another girl, but I could be wrong.

The only names I really like at the moment are Hudson. Hunter. Francis.

My partners late aunties name was Patricia, so we have used that in our daughters middle name :) and Helen and Marie are quite popular here x

We have a Wynter & Summer in the family. I do quite like 'Cyd' now you've said it :)

Hey, I agree with the unique names but how unique are you thinking?? Reason I ask is my name is very unique and I hated it growing up. At school I wished I had a 'normal name' - not something totally common but at least one that didn't follow 'oh that's unusual, where are your family from?'. As I am older I have never learned to love it and sometimes joke with my parents why they gave me this name. I have considered changing it by depol but seems a lot of hassle now at 45 to tell friends and family 'call me this' 🤣. Sorry to be negative, I know this is not really what you were looking for but just something to hear in mind 😊

Rosalie
Maryelle
Naia
Nella
Gwen
Tamsin
Kerensa
Valeria
Odette
Eloise
Callista
Winifred

Cedric
Percy
Piers
Marco
Ludwig
Alvin
Valerian
Maxwell
Spencer
Declan
Desmond
Edmund
Orson
Grant
Claude

Hey, I agree with the unique names but how unique are you thinking?? Reason I ask is my name is very unique
It can't be very unique. It's either unique, entirely one of a kind, or it's very rare. Very rare is not the same as unique

I think you need to give a bit of a hint to what names you like nature names, traditional, modern etc? Maybe some examples and similar names to the DC you already have (if you don’t want to give actual names).

I found looking at the top names list but only the names 100 and above in popularity helped!

Athena or Araxie for girls?

I echo the pp about the downside of a unique name. I'm.one of less than 400 worldwide with mine and I hâte it. It's mispelled all thé time, toi.

• too auto correct fail

Alden
Bowen
Brooks
Cal
Callan
Conrad
Deacon
Easton
Emmett
Fletcher
Holden
Kellen
Lawson
Maxfield

Birdie
Blair
Cassidy
Darby
Greer
Hadley
Honey
Jessamine
Lula
Piper
Nyla
Tandy
Tansy

Some names that aren’t commonly used in the UK -
Romana

• Leonie
• Anneliese
• Mali
• Iona
• Miriam
• Marcia
• Marceline
• Jenelle
• Emery
• Twyla
• Rhoda
• Ellery
• Candice
• Marcella
• Tamsin
• Marianna
• Frida
• Samara
• Lorelei
• Jocelyn
• Seraphina
• Mallory
• Della
• Leonora
• Lorena
• Milena
• Alora
• Avery

Thanks for the English lesson. I say very unique as that's how I personally feel about my name. Unique doesn't cut it for me as that feels positive. I don't know if it's 'very rare' as I would need international statistics for that.

Oakley
Guy
Giles
Preston
Parker
Brick
Timothy

Trinity
Cara
Marina
Liberty
Joyce
Thelma

😂

All these threads make me think of Jimberley now.

Me too! 😂 When I see a name thread my brain just goes 'have you considered Jimberly? '

Unique means its the only one so I think you probably mean unusual.
What sort of names do you like? Do you want a theme?
Whatever you choose just remember you won't be the one who has to carry it all their lives

If you like Francis it can be a girls name too if spelt Frances

People always pick up on the “wrong” usage of “unique” on baby name threads, but surely it’s obvious, given that no one will ever meet or know of every person in the world, that what is meant is more like “unique to their life”, ie, the child will probably never meet another person with their name in their life.

Zelda
Sylvie
Birdie
Pearl
Asha
Amali
Melia
Amity
Zali
Ebony

Rupert
Logan
Fraser
Regan
Zane
Wade
Quade
Lincoln
Denver

Yes don’t think OP looking for english lesson. When people say unique, they mean unusual, and that they are less likely to meet another one in their lives, of any age (babies or adults)

some more unusual names

caspian
toren
fletcher
rudy
griffin
cosmo
apollo
ludo
rufus
loki
zenith
everest
atlas
elio

Seraphina
calliope
zelda
Xanthe
lumi
pixie
tallulah
clover
juno
juniper
vienna
romilly
coralie
evelina
coco