When I actually ponder unusual names I've liked, I was in a cafe and over heard a girl being called by her mum.
Zinnia - which is actually the name of a pretty daisy type flower. She would be spelling it forever but it's a pretty 🙂
But everyone would keep saying to her “where is it?”
We chose Carly...not a made up name, not too popular, quite feminine. At 8 months old she is reacting well to the name ?
cheers_drive - Member
Our daughter is Mathilda, it works in English and Danish unlike many names.
Had a French girlfriend called Aureli once, I wouldn't recommend that name.
I've got a very lovely Belgian friend called Aurelie!
Lief (pronounced as leaf) ?
Or Bob.
Jolene as the Dolly Parton song,
Don't choose Lola
I'm called Gene, so people often sing Jean Genie at me, no bad thing
People calling me iona - it's ione pronounced eye-oh-nee
I remember you explaining that one when we met (was it on one of the Pook's Pootles?)
We really liked Isla but it appears to be very popular now which puts me off for some reason.
One of my nieces is called Isla. Nice name, better than the other one who is called Annabelle but they shorten it to Annie which I hate. Anna is fine. Ann(e) is fine. Annie sounds awful.
It's quite interesting dealing with youth groups, schools etc and you can see name trends by year. One year there'll be a glut of Hannah's then it's Rebecca (Becky, Bex...), then Elizabeth (Lizzie, Beth, Liz, Eliza...) and so on.
Like liesel for a Germanic name pronounced leesel,
Don't know how common it is.
Leeloo
Yes that was me 🙂 I think it's actually easier to be adjustablewench - that can raise eyebrows but people seem to remember it
Had lots of Darren's, James's and Paul's when I grew up, when the phone rang my mum would say Paul's on the phone, Paul who I would reply.
We called our daughter Cecily. Original idea came from the story of Cecily Parsely but it also turned out my great auntie had the same name. Not many about and people often comment on what a lovely name it is. Thanks wife.
We went with Chloe Sophia for our daughter's name.
We had quite a few girl options but were struggling for boys names.
Other girls names we had were Emily, Scarlett, Rose, Freya and Kayleigh.
I really like the name Kayleigh but my wife wasn't keen.
My wife's middle name is Liisa. Yep that's how it's spelt, with 2 i's. Finish apparently, and maybe a girl her dad had a fling with!!
She's forever getting forms and things sent back to her with her name 'corrected'....
My Daughter is called Daisy, sort of named after my wife's grandma who's was also called Daisy and died a couple of months after my daughter was born. We knew she wouldn't last long after my daughter was born but we were so pleased she got to hold her.
Grandma Daisy was a wonderful women.
Can't believe this got to three pages and nobody has suggested this, well I don't think so anyway I'm not reading every comment, I have a life.
*clears throat
[u]Miss[/u] Marple
I thank you........
My best mate's middle name was Marloes. She loved it as a link to her family's Dutch roots.
[quote=adjustablewench ]I realise by sharing my name i make myself searchable - but I'm trusting I'm not going to pick up any weird stalkers.
No more than you have already
When it's written in Arial or similar font I then get called lone! Why? If you see Ian written down you don't call them Lan
Maybe not, but I do have a friend called Iain who somebody thought his name was pronounced as "Layne" (he suggested it was cool having the same name as the lead singer of Alice in Chains).
Ione is a cool name though.
Am I too late to suggest Throat-Wobbler Mangrove?
How are you spelling that?
CaptainFlashheart - Member
How are you spelling that?
Simon Luxury Yacht
We named our daughter Lyra, four years ago.
Lyra is a constellation, Greek for harp, is the main character in my wife's favourite book and is also the name of one of the rarer My Little Ponies!
Zena is my mother in law's name. Her mum was called Aija, which is a lovely name.
I’m liking Simon Luxury Yacht
Seven, works for both the Trekkies and Seinfeld crowds.
Phatarsia
(Yes it does look big in that)
Glass ? Given your surname
Bob
You’ll find he has a great sense of humour
He, sir, he? He?
See - you’re laughing already.
Our two are Isobel (in the year where Isobel or variations was the most popular girls name) and Eloise (who has only ever met two other girls called this, and one was French). Jessica and Hannah made the shortlist.
Bobra.
Eloise is a great name - I still have my copy of this
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We chose a name that was virtually unique in 2006, yet recognised by most and without being the name of a wine or a reincarnated granny name. Weren't we clever.
Then 2013 and thanks a bunch Disney.......
I still think MY Elsa, named after a Lion that roars (so yeah, **** you too Boris for stealing that) is way cooler than all the Elsa come latelys.
Could be worse, my 21 year old niece is called Isis. Everyone used to think it was a beautiful name.
It's amazing how quickly a name can change in popularity - I used to think Stella was quite a classy girls name - now it's a much less classy beer it's lost its appeal 🙂
Don't choose Lola
My niece is called Lola, her surname is Ferrari......
Darren
or, if you want to be classy, Darreen
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Corrected for accuracy.
You should name her Captain after Flashy.
Captain Marples.
Sounds like a superhero and will get you a discount on orthopaedic shoes
Thanks CFH 😳
Alison
Shona
Karen
I've definitely had crushes on girls with these names, so I've always liked the classix
Strava
Whatever you do, just remember that's someone's name.
Mrs friends named their new boy Maverick recently.
Goose jokes welcome.
We went with Maya, pronounced My-a (like the Mayans) She seems to like it. Only met a couple other littlies with the same name but spelt Mya.
Our daughter is Freya, which we both just took one look at and agreed was good, "goddess of love and beauty" isn't too bad as a meaning either
Our daughter is called Pia ('Peeya'). Which is Italian apparently but we have also come across it a fair but in Denmark. We love it. Her nickname is Pipi ('pee pee'). Which is great...but She is french and we live in France and it produces quite a lot of stares at times....
Also when telling her off it can become Pia,Pia No....Which my sisters gormless husband worked out as soon as we let family know her name...
We still think it's a beautiful name though, rare, but traditional.
Captain Marples.
My great uncle was Major Marples. Musician with a proper olde times handlebar moustache.
Freya is a lovely name and already on the list. I like Alafair, name of the daughter of the protagonist in a series of novels by James Lee Burke. Mrs F isn’t convinced though
We really liked the name Iona for our daughter - but it didn't really work with the surname.
Evangeline was also another one the Mrs liked.
Do you have a Naval tradition in the family? If so how about Horatio.
If we had a Naval tradition we’d call her Boaty McBoatface 🙂
iona is a great name, but surnames are important.
Couldn't be Cox for example...
We've another Amelie. It wasn't common at the time. Honest.
