Uncommon name suggestions please!

[otinata]

Ideally out of the top 150. Not. Finding out the gender.

Already have an Ezra (wasn’t as popular at the time).

So far, I have

Calliope (Callie)
Juniper
Amara
Rosalina
Melody
Juliet (but fine like Jules)
Malin
Arizona (rogue I know, but I just love it)
Theadora (Thea)
Noelle
Celeste
Meredith

Koa
Cassius
Sonny (love, but too popular)
Rowan (same as above)
Marley
Sullivan (Sully)
Casey
Zander
Ari
Remy

I prefer softer sounding, or unisex boy’s names.

I like all of these names, but none feel like the one!

Trinity
Marina
Pearl
Yasmin
Judith
Daryl

Jabez
TJ
Samson
Darius
Herbert
Simon
Ace
Aled
Garth

Lowell
Dashiel
Seth
Elliot

Seraphina
Bess
Cora

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I like Otillie although it’s quite popular now. Our two girls have middle names of Eliza and Meadow, dh still hates the latter but my decision 😁

For boys I love Noah, but again very popular! Joseph?

@otinata i think Amara is pretty popular now? so so many Xanders now. It’s the new Alex.

Wilder for a boy?
Lowenna, Willow or Willa for a girl?

or full on “out of fashion” names like Ann, Tracy, Sharon, Tiffany, Kimberley

boys.. Bruce, Keith, Alan, Gareth, Douglas

Names I love but had no chance of DH agreeing to include:

Marcus
Torin
Levi
Solomon
Darius

Delphi
Delphine (somehow spoilt by Delphine Donkey in Peppa Pig)
Toria
Natalie (uncommon in young children at least)
Kiki

Why the obsession with having a name that you hope no other child will have? I quite like it when I meet someone with the same name as me. It’s like a little bond.

PS - FWIW, I think wanting a name which is both recognisable as a real name and uncommon enough to avoid having 3 in the class is quite a common request.

Hilda
Susan
Clare
Joan
Vera
Michelle

Arietty
Ettalie
Coralie
Ettiene
Cosette
Effie
Kit
Kai
Rowan
Gwendolyn
Clive
Mark
Flynn
Magnus
Orson
Ambrose
Alaric
Warren
Gregory
Wallace

Ramona
Ailsa
Emerald
Celine
Anouk
Azahara
Zosia
Aspen
Savannah

Cove
Laith
Sawyer
Micah
Felix
Grey
Callan

Antigone Electra Cornelia Cordelia Cassiopeia (Cassie)

Castor Pollux Ajax Orestes

Gerald
John
Cyril
Percy
Beverly

Gary
that is on a list as an endangered name

It's Theodora, not Theadora. If you wanted Thea you could go for Dorothea.

Merryn

For a girl:
Rosalind
Rosamund
Morwenna
Rowan
Laurence
Gwendoline
Araminta
Jocelyn
Thalia
Yvette
Harriet
Hermione
Cheryl
Lisette
Pamela
Beryl
Shona
Ena
Violaine (pronounced Vee - oh - len)

For a boy:
Xander (pronounced Zander)
Chuck
Maurice
Lawrence
Toby
Publius
Vivian

Girls:
marilyn
viviana
rumi
ophelia

boys:
Tino
mylo
marlin
zed
tate
kade

Tobin
Bryher

Miriam
Dawn
Hermione
Myrtle
Betsy

Fox
Benedict
Tristram
Torquil
Darius

Cassia
Opal
Dahlia
Oriana
Alba
Bianca
Bronwyn
Imelda

Forrest
August
Cohen
Casper
Maxi
Arys
Maddox
Arian

I like Amara, Melody and Celeste. I prefer Mali (it's Welsh) to Malin, but that's just personal taste. I've also come across a Seraphina, a Gabrielle and a few girls called Anaya, which are all pretty names in my eyes.

The most unusual names that I've come across on boys are Eldon and Hector.

Persephone
Zipporah
Orlando
Benoit

My adult son has a very straightforward name which I've very rarely seen used elsewhere.
Edmund
Isnt it great? You're welcome to use it too.
My daughters have more frequently seen names so I shan't suggest those.

I love the virtue names- Patience. Prudence, Constance, Honor.

I also love very florid Catholic names like Assumpta, Annunciata, Dolores