unusual names

[HannahBoo]

Anyone's children called unusual names? I know there most be lots out there!

i know a shelby and a Taomi
theres a boy i know called Tegan, is that unusual?
My boys have quite traditional names.

House of Elliott girls were called Beatrice and Evangeline. I love Evie but it would not have gone with our surname and I have 2 boys!!

I love threads about names.

Friends of mine have Livia, Rafferty and Cosmo. I know of a Hector and a Walter Xavier which is too cruel for my liking.

My nephew is Henry which is unusual. My boys are Max and Joshua and I love both names. Would have had Madeleine and Annabel if they were girls.

know a little boy called Blade

Nephews are Oscar and Barnes.

Our girls are Thea Mae and Saskia both are fairly uncommon.

I once had a friend whos dd was called Addy Blue!
I also knew of a little girl called Leah Jet!

I know sisters called Fenn & River

My sister is pg and will be calling db Wilf if it is a boy.

Ex-nannied for a wee girl named Blu.

Starlover, Linus is a popular Lithuanian name.

WMF, Isnt it weird since big brother with the last Saskia theres now another one on BB and I met a lady last week with a 5 month old called Saskia and now you, I think its a name def' on the up!

I used to know a French couple with a huge hairy dog called Linus - pronounced Linn-ooos!

Was there a previous Saskia on BB? which one i knew there was an Anoushka .
Yep name is def becoming more common.........lockets and I considered a name change by deed poll to Mieke [our second choice]

Vanessa Feltz has a Saskia - hers is over 20 I think. Her other is Allegra.

I came across a tiny Irish boy called Cillian on holiday last month (hard C), never heard of it before but this week have seen Cillian Murphy in ads for the new Batman movie - am expecting to spot a 3rd any time now

(His sisters are Sile (Sheila?) and Orla)

Try here . It tells youif names are on the up.

Saskia has gone from No. 562 in 2003 to No 428 in 2004 so is definitely getting more popular. Not surprising, it's a pretty name.

Thanks that is a good site.

dd1 is Caitlin, dd2 is Eilish (pronounced eye-lish). dd2 is named after a siamese twin from Ireland who would be about 12 or 13 now I think. We like Gaelic names.

ive just typed in my dd's name "eleanor" and found

Your name, Eleanor, is in position number 2044 in our 2004 list.

Last year it was in position number 1395

Your name has dropped 649 places since last year

thing is, I had accidentally got "boys" highlighted. Do people call their boys Eleanor?

Oh, I remember Eilish and her sister, Miaou - was it Katie? There was a whole series about them. Very sad. Lovely family.

I work in a Pre-school and we have loads of unusual names. The names I like are Kavan (boy), Piper (girl), Dashiel (Boy). Some of the others there though just sound made up imho.

Oh bum, DS's name has moved up 26 places in a year, ah well, it is well down in the 200's {sigh of relief}

I really like the name Elvie.

I have a dear friend whose name I love - Jessamy.

Just googled - it was Katie - and Eilish will be 16 now - doesn't time fly!

Beat me to it Janh - wow time does fly doesn't it? She's the only other Eilish I have come across who pronounces it the same - all the other Eilishes I have come across (about three!) are pronounced Ay-lish.

Ive just tried the bounty site - brilliant! my dd1 is at 37 thousand and something, and my other three arent even in there!

my kids name have all moved up in the last year according to that site, one by a whopping 401 places!

ds1 is 168th and ds2 is 64th