'Interesting' names of South Australia 2013
These names were given to 1 baby each in South Australia 2013.
Note: 'interesting' is not a judgement of 'good' or 'bad' - it just means it caught my eye!
Girls:
Agape
Alba
Alyxs
Amaia
Apostolia
Athanasia
Arourah-Lee
Asterix
Bambi
Bernadette
Beverley-Anne
Blendin
Brinnia
Cannentia
Chloris
Chrystallia
Cleora
Daenerys
Despina
Dorcas
Doris
Dwight
Eaving
Edwina
Enid
Eviahna-Trinity
Finnhamn
Hermione
Ia
Iela
Immacolata
Italica
Johnara
Kinsey
Kipling
Leslie
Lingo
Liriel
Livvy-Jaie
Loca
Lois
Lotus
Lucienne
Magenta
Makenzee-Lee
Matron
Maud
Meadow
Miami
Miracle
Na'Delle
Neko
Ngaire
Odelinda
Olympia
Oprah
Orchid
Parker
Peggy
Pepper
Philippa
Philomena
Princess
Princey
Queen
Queenova
Raennielle
Rafaela
Rafferty
Raphaella
Rejoice
Roisin-Ruby
Rosalia
Ruby-Ethel
Ryelyn
Safyre
Sallina
Saraid
Saxby
Saxon
Schylar
Secure
Sha-Mia
Shahrazad
Sham
Shaunella
Sherlica
Shining
Shiny
Siri
Smiley
Snow
Sophia-Issabella
Sunshine
Sutton
Sybil
Taite
Taytum
Te'a
Tenacity
Tracy-Trust
Tuscany
Wellesandra
Xanthe
Za'Quiesha
Zowie
Boys:
Alaric
Alhwynne
Alucard
Arian
Atreyu
Ayble
Azlan
Barry
Bartholomew
Basil
Blayde
Bligh
Braxlin
Brolin
Bryceson
Caeghan
Caius
Caleb-Channing
Cassian
Caylob
Cephei
Channing
Charm
Chitman
Clancy
Clement
Clinchy
Corazon
Cyril
Dashwin
Dazeron
Embley
Enver
Ernie
Esix
Ezechyel
Fenrir
Ferdinand
Fitzroy
Fury
Galaxez
Gideon
Halifax
Halo
Hannibal
Harlequin
Harlow
Harold
Hawker
Henderson
Herakles
Herbert
Hriday
Huckleberry
Idris
Ignatius
Irfan
Jairus
Japheth
Jaxton
Jeaycylb
Jonesmith
Kage
Kaizer
Kasabian
Kazys
Kepler
Kingzton
Kyuss
Laker
Larry
Lars
Laython
Lazar
Lazarus
Leander
Leek
Leni-Rex
Leslie
Levii
Lindsay
Livingstone
Lyckan
Lynx
Lyrix
Magick
Malalchai
Mandela
Mataeus
Maxton
Menzie
Mungo
Nerbert
Nero
Neville
Oisin-Taylor
Onix
Onyx
Oswald
Pellegrino
Percival
Pharrell
Princetan
Raytheon
Rhimzey
Rhythm
Ringo
Rock
Rocket
Rocklan
Rocko
Romilly
Ronordor
Roxith
Scottlan
Sculley
Sethius
Shadley
Taliesin
Tenyson
Texas
Theophile
Tiger
Trust
Valerian
Warker
Wilfred
Winston
Woodrow
X-Zander
Xaevier
Xenophon
Zackereye
Note: 'interesting' is not a judgement of 'good' or 'bad' - it just means it caught my eye!
Girls:
Agape
Alba
Alyxs
Amaia
Apostolia
Athanasia
Arourah-Lee
Asterix
Bambi
Bernadette
Beverley-Anne
Blendin
Brinnia
Cannentia
Chloris
Chrystallia
Cleora
Daenerys
Despina
Dorcas
Doris
Dwight
Eaving
Edwina
Enid
Eviahna-Trinity
Finnhamn
Hermione
Ia
Iela
Immacolata
Italica
Johnara
Kinsey
Kipling
Leslie
Lingo
Liriel
Livvy-Jaie
Loca
Lois
Lotus
Lucienne
Magenta
Makenzee-Lee
Matron
Maud
Meadow
Miami
Miracle
Na'Delle
Neko
Ngaire
Odelinda
Olympia
Oprah
Orchid
Parker
Peggy
Pepper
Philippa
Philomena
Princess
Princey
Queen
Queenova
Raennielle
Rafaela
Rafferty
Raphaella
Rejoice
Roisin-Ruby
Rosalia
Ruby-Ethel
Ryelyn
Safyre
Sallina
Saraid
Saxby
Saxon
Schylar
Secure
Sha-Mia
Shahrazad
Sham
Shaunella
Sherlica
Shining
Shiny
Siri
Smiley
Snow
Sophia-Issabella
Sunshine
Sutton
Sybil
Taite
Taytum
Te'a
Tenacity
Tracy-Trust
Tuscany
Wellesandra
Xanthe
Za'Quiesha
Zowie
Boys:
Alaric
Alhwynne
Alucard
Arian
Atreyu
Ayble
Azlan
Barry
Bartholomew
Basil
Blayde
Bligh
Braxlin
Brolin
Bryceson
Caeghan
Caius
Caleb-Channing
Cassian
Caylob
Cephei
Channing
Charm
Chitman
Clancy
Clement
Clinchy
Corazon
Cyril
Dashwin
Dazeron
Embley
Enver
Ernie
Esix
Ezechyel
Fenrir
Ferdinand
Fitzroy
Fury
Galaxez
Gideon
Halifax
Halo
Hannibal
Harlequin
Harlow
Harold
Hawker
Henderson
Herakles
Herbert
Hriday
Huckleberry
Idris
Ignatius
Irfan
Jairus
Japheth
Jaxton
Jeaycylb
Jonesmith
Kage
Kaizer
Kasabian
Kazys
Kepler
Kingzton
Kyuss
Laker
Larry
Lars
Laython
Lazar
Lazarus
Leander
Leek
Leni-Rex
Leslie
Levii
Lindsay
Livingstone
Lyckan
Lynx
Lyrix
Magick
Malalchai
Mandela
Mataeus
Maxton
Menzie
Mungo
Nerbert
Nero
Neville
Oisin-Taylor
Onix
Onyx
Oswald
Pellegrino
Percival
Pharrell
Princetan
Raytheon
Rhimzey
Rhythm
Ringo
Rock
Rocket
Rocklan
Rocko
Romilly
Ronordor
Roxith
Scottlan
Sculley
Sethius
Shadley
Taliesin
Tenyson
Texas
Theophile
Tiger
Trust
Valerian
Warker
Wilfred
Winston
Woodrow
X-Zander
Xaevier
Xenophon
Zackereye
Replies
I like:
Alba
Philippa
Alaric
Atreyu
Basil
Percival
Ringo
Alba
Philippa
Alaric
Atreyu
Basil
Percival
Ringo
I like
Amaia
Daenerys (cool as the "Game of Thrones" character's name, at least)
Doris
Enid
Ethel (not with Ruby)
Hermione
Lucienne
Rafaela
Roisin (not with Ruby)
Xanthe
Alaric
Caius
Corazon (I love this as a word, but as a name... Maybe it works best as a MN?)
Fenrir
Ferdinand
Gideon
Harold
Idris
Ignatius
Lars
Leander
Oisin (not with Taylor)
Oswald
Valerian
Wilfred
Winston
Amaia
Daenerys (cool as the "Game of Thrones" character's name, at least)
Doris
Enid
Ethel (not with Ruby)
Hermione
Lucienne
Rafaela
Roisin (not with Ruby)
Xanthe
Alaric
Caius
Corazon (I love this as a word, but as a name... Maybe it works best as a MN?)
Fenrir
Ferdinand
Gideon
Harold
Idris
Ignatius
Lars
Leander
Oisin (not with Taylor)
Oswald
Valerian
Wilfred
Winston
Names that surprise me being given to only one kid:
Alba
Leslie
Philippa- I guess bc of spelling but still
Xanthe
Zowie
Alaric
Arian
Channing
Neville
Gideon
Names I'm happy to see:
Hermione
Alba
Xanthe
Alaric
Kepler
... Yeah that's all...
Seriously WTF names (not including insane spellings, won't even go there):
Asterix
Bambi
Lotus
Queenova- because queen is not excessive enough apparently
Za'Quiesha
Atreyu- can't help but be reminded of the metal band of the same name
Fury
Hannibal
Harlequin
Leek- um, the vegetable or what happens when you laugh too hard and pee a little? Both great associations of course
Theophile- sounds disturbing. At least he can go by Theo
Trust- um why does this feature twice? it should never feature at all.
Valerian- this actually made me laugh.
The rest are just hideous spellings of normal names or slightly weird mash-ups that aren't horribly offensive just silly.
Alba
Leslie
Philippa- I guess bc of spelling but still
Xanthe
Zowie
Alaric
Arian
Channing
Neville
Gideon
Names I'm happy to see:
Hermione
Alba
Xanthe
Alaric
Kepler
... Yeah that's all...
Seriously WTF names (not including insane spellings, won't even go there):
Asterix
Bambi
Lotus
Queenova- because queen is not excessive enough apparently
Za'Quiesha
Atreyu- can't help but be reminded of the metal band of the same name
Fury
Hannibal
Harlequin
Leek- um, the vegetable or what happens when you laugh too hard and pee a little? Both great associations of course
Theophile- sounds disturbing. At least he can go by Theo
Trust- um why does this feature twice? it should never feature at all.
Valerian- this actually made me laugh.
The rest are just hideous spellings of normal names or slightly weird mash-ups that aren't horribly offensive just silly.
This is, as you say, such an interesting list!
I like (as in find good-interesting but would most probably not use myself):
Alba
Asterix
Cleora
Daenerys
Edwina
Hermione
Lucienne
Maud (prefer Maude)
Ngaire
Olympia
Peggy
Philippa
Ruby-Ethel
Safyre
Siri (aside from the Apple connection, I think this is a cool name)
Sophia-Issabella
Sibyl
Taite (prefer Tate)
Xanthe
Caius
Cassian
Clement
Cyril
Fenrir
Harlow
Idris
Ignatius
Lars
Leander
Oswald
Percival
Valerian
Winston
I like (as in find good-interesting but would most probably not use myself):
Alba
Asterix
Cleora
Daenerys
Edwina
Hermione
Lucienne
Maud (prefer Maude)
Ngaire
Olympia
Peggy
Philippa
Ruby-Ethel
Safyre
Siri (aside from the Apple connection, I think this is a cool name)
Sophia-Issabella
Sibyl
Taite (prefer Tate)
Xanthe
Caius
Cassian
Clement
Cyril
Fenrir
Harlow
Idris
Ignatius
Lars
Leander
Oswald
Percival
Valerian
Winston
No offence but the majority of these names are straight up stupid to be blunt. Instead of stating my opinion on each one with this extensive list, I will instead salvage the good or practical ones. Though there won't be many at all.
Amaia
Bernadette (not a fav but practical)
Beverley-Anne (not a fav. Very old fashion but practical
Doris (old fashion but a bit of a GPN for me)
Dwight (MALE...)
Enid
Lois
Meadow
Parker (MALE)
Peggy
Roisin-Ruby
Rosalia
Ruby-Ethel
Schylar (boy. Especially with this original spelling)
Sophia-Issabella (decent names. Silly combo)
Sutton
Taytum (Tatum. Male)
Alaric
Arian
Barry
Bartholomew
Brolin (surname)
Caleb-Channing (Caleb is great)
Cassian (fictional character-yes)
Ferdinand
Harold
Henderson (surname)
Jaxton (Jackson??)
Larry
Lars
Levii (Levi)
Wilfred
Winston
Woodrow
Amaia
Bernadette (not a fav but practical)
Beverley-Anne (not a fav. Very old fashion but practical
Doris (old fashion but a bit of a GPN for me)
Dwight (MALE...)
Enid
Lois
Meadow
Parker (MALE)
Peggy
Roisin-Ruby
Rosalia
Ruby-Ethel
Schylar (boy. Especially with this original spelling)
Sophia-Issabella (decent names. Silly combo)
Sutton
Taytum (Tatum. Male)
Alaric
Arian
Barry
Bartholomew
Brolin (surname)
Caleb-Channing (Caleb is great)
Cassian (fictional character-yes)
Ferdinand
Harold
Henderson (surname)
Jaxton (Jackson??)
Larry
Lars
Levii (Levi)
Wilfred
Winston
Woodrow
Oooh, I love posts like these, yum, yum. ;)
Some comments:
Alba - not all that unusual here.
Asterix - poor kid!
Bambi - yuck, stripper name.
Bernadette - very nice.
Blendin - what IS this? Blending?
Cannentia - sounds like a disease. "A bad case of Cannentia."
Daenerys - well, it's better than Khaleesi...
Despina - I know it's Greek, but it makes me think of "despair", "despite" or "the spine".
Dorcas - ouch, not good in an English-speaking country.
Dwight - on a girl!?
Eviahna-Trinity - God, how pretentious.
Finnhamn - sounds like it would be a place in Sweden or Finland. "Finnish harbour" it means in Swedish.
Ia - I know a woman called Ia (pr. EE-ah); her father is a Greek-Orthodox priest and apparently named her after the Greek word for Violet...? (They are not Greek, though, they are from Finland.)
Lingo - people are gonna scream this like they scream "bingo!"
Liriel - cute.
Livvy-Jaie - ick. Why not Olivia Jay instead?
Loca - no...no... please...LOCA!? "Mad" in Spanish!?
Lucienne - cute.
Magenta - like Rocky Horror Picture Show? It's actually rather nice.
Makenzee-Lee - eeee!
Matron - what!?
Meadow - I wish I could like this, but all I can think of is dairy products.
Miami - tacky.
Miracle - I prefer Milagros.
Neko - I wonder if they like Neko Case? And if they know that this is the Japanese word for cat?
Odelinda - I only want to go "oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly what a day".
Pepper - better as a nn.
Philomena - beautiful.
Princess - sickly-sweet.
Princey - ditto.
Queen - ditto.
Queenova - EUGH!
Raennielle - poor kid, what if she turns out to be dyslexic?
Rejoice - too religious.
Saraid - interesting.
Secure - silly.
Shining - is she made of silver, or what?
Siri - cute!
Smiley - no, no, no, no....God, no...
Snow - I prefer Winter.
Sophia-Issabella - Sophia Isabella would be cute.
Te'a - huh?
Tracy-Trust - this is just so silly.
Wellesandra - "well, is Sandra?"
Za'Quiesha - monkey at the keypad.
Alhwynne - because we just could't spell it Alvin!
Arian - at least it's not Aryan...
Some comments:
Alba - not all that unusual here.
Asterix - poor kid!
Bambi - yuck, stripper name.
Bernadette - very nice.
Blendin - what IS this? Blending?
Cannentia - sounds like a disease. "A bad case of Cannentia."
Daenerys - well, it's better than Khaleesi...
Despina - I know it's Greek, but it makes me think of "despair", "despite" or "the spine".
Dorcas - ouch, not good in an English-speaking country.
Dwight - on a girl!?
Eviahna-Trinity - God, how pretentious.
Finnhamn - sounds like it would be a place in Sweden or Finland. "Finnish harbour" it means in Swedish.
Ia - I know a woman called Ia (pr. EE-ah); her father is a Greek-Orthodox priest and apparently named her after the Greek word for Violet...? (They are not Greek, though, they are from Finland.)
Lingo - people are gonna scream this like they scream "bingo!"
Liriel - cute.
Livvy-Jaie - ick. Why not Olivia Jay instead?
Loca - no...no... please...LOCA!? "Mad" in Spanish!?
Lucienne - cute.
Magenta - like Rocky Horror Picture Show? It's actually rather nice.
Makenzee-Lee - eeee!
Matron - what!?
Meadow - I wish I could like this, but all I can think of is dairy products.
Miami - tacky.
Miracle - I prefer Milagros.
Neko - I wonder if they like Neko Case? And if they know that this is the Japanese word for cat?
Odelinda - I only want to go "oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly what a day".
Pepper - better as a nn.
Philomena - beautiful.
Princess - sickly-sweet.
Princey - ditto.
Queen - ditto.
Queenova - EUGH!
Raennielle - poor kid, what if she turns out to be dyslexic?
Rejoice - too religious.
Saraid - interesting.
Secure - silly.
Shining - is she made of silver, or what?
Siri - cute!
Smiley - no, no, no, no....God, no...
Snow - I prefer Winter.
Sophia-Issabella - Sophia Isabella would be cute.
Te'a - huh?
Tracy-Trust - this is just so silly.
Wellesandra - "well, is Sandra?"
Za'Quiesha - monkey at the keypad.
Alhwynne - because we just could't spell it Alvin!
Arian - at least it's not Aryan...
Wow, one baby? Where did you find the list?
These I am surprised were only used for one child:
GIRLS: Alba, Amaia, Doris, Edwina, Enid, Leslie, Lois, Meadow, Philippa, Raphaella, Rosalia, Snow, Sybil
BOYS: Alaric, Basil, Cassian, Channing, Clancy, Ferdinand, Fitzroy, Gideon*, Harlow, Japheth, Leander, Leslie, Lindsay, Neville, Oswald, Percival, Valerian, Winston
These I find somewhat pretty:
GIRLS: Brinnia, Johnara, Liriel, Lotus, Orchid, Rafaela, Sallina, Sunshine, Wellesandra, Xanthe
BOYS: Alucard, Azlan, Bartholomew, Caius, Charm, Clement, Cyril, Corazon, Enver, Harold, Idris, Jairus, Lazar, Lyrix, Rhythm, Romilly, Sethius, Wilfred
The rest are either too mispelled for my tastes, decent virtue names or just NMS.
These I am surprised were only used for one child:
GIRLS: Alba, Amaia, Doris, Edwina, Enid, Leslie, Lois, Meadow, Philippa, Raphaella, Rosalia, Snow, Sybil
BOYS: Alaric, Basil, Cassian, Channing, Clancy, Ferdinand, Fitzroy, Gideon*, Harlow, Japheth, Leander, Leslie, Lindsay, Neville, Oswald, Percival, Valerian, Winston
These I find somewhat pretty:
GIRLS: Brinnia, Johnara, Liriel, Lotus, Orchid, Rafaela, Sallina, Sunshine, Wellesandra, Xanthe
BOYS: Alucard, Azlan, Bartholomew, Caius, Charm, Clement, Cyril, Corazon, Enver, Harold, Idris, Jairus, Lazar, Lyrix, Rhythm, Romilly, Sethius, Wilfred
The rest are either too mispelled for my tastes, decent virtue names or just NMS.
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Girls:
Agape
Alba
Alyxs
Amaia
Apostolia
Athanasia
Arourah-Lee
Asterix
Bambi
Bernadette
Beverley-Anne
Blendin
Brinnia
Cannentia
Chloris
Chrystallia
Cleora
Daenerys
Despina
Dorcas
Doris
Dwight
Eaving
Edwina
Enid
Eviahna-Trinity
Finnhamn
Hermione
Ia
Iela
Immacolata
Italica
Johnara
Kinsey
Kipling
Leslie
Lingo
Liriel
Livvy-Jaie
Loca
Lois
Lotus
Lucienne
Magenta
Makenzee-Lee
Matron
Maud
Meadow
Miami
Miracle
Na'Delle
Neko
Ngaire
Odelinda
Olympia
Oprah
Orchid
Parker
Peggy
Pepper
Philippa
Philomena
Princess
Princey
Queen
Queenova
Raennielle
Rafaela
Rafferty
Raphaella
Rejoice
Roisin-Ruby
Rosalia
Ruby-Ethel
Ryelyn
Safyre
Sallina
Saraid
Saxby
Saxon
Schylar
Secure
Sha-Mia
Shahrazad
Sham
Shaunella
Sherlica
Shining
Shiny
Siri
Smiley
Snow
Sophia-Issabella
Sunshine
Sutton
Sybil
Taite
Taytum
Te'a
Tenacity
Tracy-Trust
Tuscany
Wellesandra
Xanthe
Girls:
Agape
Alba
Alyxs
Amaia
Apostolia
Athanasia
Arourah-Lee
Asterix
Bambi
Bernadette
Beverley-Anne
Blendin
Brinnia
Cannentia
Chloris
Chrystallia
Cleora
Daenerys
Despina
Dorcas
Doris
Dwight
Eaving
Edwina
Enid
Eviahna-Trinity
Finnhamn
Hermione
Ia
Iela
Immacolata
Italica
Johnara
Kinsey
Kipling
Leslie
Lingo
Liriel
Livvy-Jaie
Loca
Lois
Lotus
Lucienne
Magenta
Makenzee-Lee
Matron
Maud
Meadow
Miami
Miracle
Na'Delle
Neko
Ngaire
Odelinda
Olympia
Oprah
Orchid
Parker
Peggy
Pepper
Philippa
Philomena
Princess
Princey
Queen
Queenova
Raennielle
Rafaela
Rafferty
Raphaella
Rejoice
Roisin-Ruby
Rosalia
Ruby-Ethel
Ryelyn
Safyre
Sallina
Saraid
Saxby
Saxon
Schylar
Secure
Sha-Mia
Shahrazad
Sham
Shaunella
Sherlica
Shining
Shiny
Siri
Smiley
Snow
Sophia-Issabella
Sunshine
Sutton
Sybil
Taite
Taytum
Te'a
Tenacity
Tracy-Trust
Tuscany
Wellesandra
Xanthe