Some names you’ve recently come across

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What are some names you’ve recently encountered in the wild? Particularly ones you love, thought were a bit unusual or thought wtf!
I work with children so here is my long list:
girls:
Pixie
Bowie
Leveah
Dottie
Delilah
Berry
Gigi
Nora
Quinn
Harper
Harriette
Evelyn
Evelina
Orla
Betsy
Daphne
Margot
Bonnie
Lyra
Effie
Elle
May
Ottilie

boys:
Montgomery
Wilfred
Morgan
Sullivan
Fox
Hudson
Huxley
Rocco
Cole
Cosmo
Ford
Otto
Otis
Tiger
Bodhi
Kit
Hunter
Evander
Beau
Casper
October- Toby
Spencer
Rafa
Ziggy
Archer
Adair

Ischia
Carolina
Kyrah
Petina
Mirin

Cesar
Joab
Castello

Some of those names, especially in the same list, are pretty identifying, it looks like you've written down the names of every child in the class. Might you want to get this removed?

Lots of them aren't unusual?!

If that list of names are the names of every child in one class I want to know what school that is! 😂

Where did OP say they were?

From your list I know (friends / friends of friends children)

Gigi
Nora
Quinn
Harper
Harriette
Evelyn
Orla
Betsy
Margot
Bonnie
Lyra
Effie
Ottilie

boys:
Montgomery
Wilfred
Huxley
Cosmo
Otto
Otis
Bodhi
Kit
Beau
Casper
Spencer
Rafa
Ziggy

My daughter has a very unusual name (only 15 of them in her birth year) so I won't share as it's too outing but I'd say some of the names you shared are becoming far more common

Miri
Jai
Arwen
Rhosyn
Hebe
Abelene
Emilye
Milena (“MiLAYna”
Beau
Elva
Romana (nn Marnie)
Storm
Eira
Sorcha
Morna

Tao (“Tayo”)
Colt
Koby
Afen
Aeddan
Clen
Adair
Kyron
Mirko
Murdo
Collum

Recent babies out of the top 100…

jason
otto
rufus
elio
vinnie
remy
adonis
bernard
dougie
paisley
payton
billy
adrian
eric

levaeh
zelda
juno
adele
amaria
lizzie
cora
astrid
nora
quinn

Some terrible names there!! Some people think they are naming a pet rather than a human I think.
The only ones I've heard are
Oscar
Oliver
Leoni
Charlie
All very ordinary.

Hebe?

Hebe jeebie?

Hebe's a name from Greek mythology, a daughter of Zeus and Hera associated with youth. It's usually pronounced in English to rhyme with Phoebe; in Greek it's more like heh-beh. I wouldn't personally use it because "Hebe" is also unfortunately sometimes used in English as an antisemitic slur (first syllable of Hebrew, obv a different pronunciation), but I've come across a few UK Hebes; I think it might have been more common around the early 2000s.

Devon
Stream
Pandora
Iolanthe
Persephone
Winter
Ocean

I don’t work in a school, or in one set place if that helps, but I do work with children and these are some names I’ve come across both at work/people I know/out and about/ friends of DC etc 🙂

If you read again, I said unusual or love or also thought wtf so if it’s not unusual, chances are it’s a loved name ☺️

Honestly there were a few that I thought would suit a pet far more than a child but then having met the child they really suited their name on all occasions

My Sullivan is nearly 11, don't think we've met another one (not in UK).

All of the below we know one here:

Montgomery
Wilfred
Morgan
Sullivan
Hudson
Huxley
Rocco
Cole
Ford
Otis
Bodhi
Kit
Hunter
Beau
Casper
Spencer
Rafa
Ziggy
Archer

I would be annoyed if I heard someone pronouncing Milena any other way than Me-layna/Mi-lehna because that's the way it's pronounced in South East Europe. And Mila is always Mee-la, since it's a word.

Navy. A girl named Navy. 🥴

Calm down pedantic penny 😂

@Pigsinblankets13 that made me laugh more than it should have! Pedantic Penny (nn Pedpen)

Sorry misread the OP!

I don't understand Bonnie's surge in popularity at all. I've known more dogs/cats/cows/goats with the name than human beings.

From a Scottish perspective - Bonnie's a normal name that has held steady for a long time and then weirdly spiked recently in the rest of the UK/rest of the Anglophone world - similar to other Scottish names like Isla and Esme. Perhaps people are pulled two ways about wanting a traditional, "real" name and also wanting something a little friendly and informal? I really like names that end in an -ee sound, and it can be a challenge to find ones that are also trad names - like Daphne, Naomi, Lucy, etc. That may be part of Bonnie's appeal.

I really hate "unique" names because I think they are usually unfair to children and just self indulgence for parents. But someone in my circle has just had a baby girl called Story. A fraction of me-a tiny fraction- loves it.