Comments for UNIQUE:

Has anyone actually named their child Unique or met someone named Unique? I think not... why is this WORD on here?

-- Anonymous User  1/28/2006

Love it! What can I say, it's unique. This is gonna be my daughter's midlle name, if I have one.

-- classy  2/21/2006

I do actually know someone named Unique. She goes to my high school, and she's black. She has a very unique name.

-- Anonymous User  3/16/2006

I like the name Unique only as an middle name. I know this isn't very original, but it's a very unique name.

-- Anonymous User  4/23/2006

Oh, well you know what I think huh? ECCENTRIC RUBBISH! If you want to make a unique name, use a baby book! Selfish slacker parents!

-- Starla-Marie_1993  7/15/2006

Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, NO.

-- wefrox  7/17/2006

I actually did know a girl with this name. She was a cheerleader on a local Pee-Wee Cheerleading Squad and should be about 10 years old now. I don't like this name at all, it's just not my style, but that was a rather petty outburst above.

-- Pheadirean  7/26/2006

"Hi, I'm Unique."
"I can see that..." *looks at Unique's odd clothing and bright makeup.* "What's your name, though?"

-- Anonymous User  8/2/2006

I apologize for my earlier comment. It was rather petty. But I still think this is a ridiculous name.

-- wefrox  8/10/2006

Yes, this name is very unique, NOT. If you want a unique name, I suggest you use a baby name book or website, or you can hang out in the #500 to #1,000 rankings of last year's most popular names for newborns in the United States, even though the name Unique is somewhere in there. This is quite possibly the least unique name I have ever heard. It's like naming your child "Radness" or "Important". It's just so, ugh.

-- Lena Is A Secret  9/15/2006

It is pretty in a way, but it's like naming somebody "special"; it sets them up for teasing.

-- gaelruadh19  10/27/2006

Ick, definitely not a fan. Some words make nice names, like "Joy" and "Grace", but this doesn't work. "Unique" just doesn't sound good.

-- scarletquillraven  12/28/2006

It's not that bad!

-- LilaMayaNeve  6/26/2007

"Unique" is no longer unique! There are now young Uniques scattered throughout the country, all because their parents were too lazy to use a TRULY unique name -- just go to the Random Name Generator for examples! There are so many better choices out there. All you have to do is open your eyes.

-- lunalovegood  7/9/2007

Personally, it doesn't even look like a name. It's just really awkward.

-- Anonymous User  7/9/2007

I don't mean to be rude to anyone who has this name, but I think it's sort of ridiculous. It's an adjective! I'm sure there is an actual name out there that means "unique" or something like it and I know there are plenty of names out there that are unique in and of themselves. But naming your kid plain old Unique? That's just silly.

-- Anonymous User  7/12/2007

I think this is a pretty name, but I would spell it Eunique instead. Like Eunice.

-- Honeyrose  7/25/2007

Okay, I sort of understand how parents want to be "Unique" with naming their kids. But naming their kid "Unique". That's either going too far or they just want to make a point.

Let's name our kid Stupid! Pretty! Blue! A BUNCH of adjectives! At least it's UNIQUE. Oi. >:(

-- Anonymous User  9/5/2007

Unique is the dumbest, ugliest name you can possibly give to a child. But NO, it's very MODERN to do it now, so you absolutely MUST do it. Ugly!

-- Anonymous User  9/15/2007

I'm terribly put off by names that were once dictionary words, and this one just seems rediculous. I pity those poor people who are stuck with this name.

-- Pippin  4/22/2008

Utterly infantile, tacky, corny, and silly. It even sounds like a ghetto name if you pretend you can't understand English and just go by the sound. The name isn't illogical per se, as just because the name itself may not be Unique anymore, doesn't mean the person can't be. You know what they say: ''You are Unique, just like everyone else''. It's just that this sounds like the name poor teenage high school dropouts choose for their daughter. It sounds very unintelligent and immature, and people's reactions will vary from hysterical laughter to flat out aggression. I'd be embarrassed to death to have this name, and you will have to change it if you want peope to take you seriously. The world is not only sexist, it is classist as well.

-- slight night shiver  5/11/2008

I think the word is kind of ugly and it is even worse as a name.

-- number1212  6/5/2008

OMG! this is one of the worst names that I have ever seen! It is not unique, it is a word. Geez why can't people think up better names.

-- mary26  7/19/2008

I used to know a girl named Unique. I remember when the teacher asked, "What's your name again?" She said, "I'm Unique." Some people looked confused when she said that. Don't name ANYTHING this, period.

-- Anonymous User  8/13/2008

This is probably my least favorite name of all time. Not only is the spelling and pronunciation ugly, but it will give people false expectations of the poor child who is named Unique. I apologize to all the people who like it, but my first impression of the name is "Good God, what has society come to?"

-- MisquotedWarrior  8/20/2008

To me this just screams I wanted to give my child a unique name but couldn't think of one.

-- sixblackroses  9/6/2008

This has to be one of the silliest names ever.

-- Hushpuppy  10/29/2008

If I'd ever met someone with this name, I'd vomit every time I was forced to call them.

-- GunsnRoses8794  11/24/2008

I'll have to agree with what others have already said - this is an incredibly unfortunate name for any child. It doesn't even sound good - hopelessly ghetto and white-trash-tryndee. The meaning will definitely attract a few raised eyebrows. And what if Unique turns out to be a trendoid clone? Not all that Unique then!
But, I suppose, for non-English speakers, it may be almost acceptable - if I forget the meaning, it makes me think Monique. Just hope your kid never meets an English speaker!
Though I do think the above comment is a little excessive. If you met a nice Unique, my bet is you'd be able to look past her name, not "vomit" when you said it.

-- Sophannagh  1/11/2009

Well, it's Unique.

-- rachypiesheepbaa  1/23/2009

Possibly the least unique way of giving your child a unique name.

-- sixblackroses  1/27/2009

There are many ways to mould your daughter, but naming her "Unique" is a not one of them. And why call her "Unique" when she already is unique as a person? How can she be "unique" if ten other girls in her Kindergarten class share her name? Plus, this name just screams "impoverished high-school-dropout mother who is so enchanted by her little daughter but is too immature and ignorant to think of a real name". And try to imagine an adult, and especially a major public official, bearing this name ("I present to you, Ladies and Gentlemen, Vice President Unique Schaeffer!"); who would take them seriously? They'd be teased and ostracized everywhere they turn because of their ludicrous name! Pick a real name for your daughters! Something classic and dignified!

-- gaelruadh19  1/27/2009

Trashy. It makes me cringe, especially the different 'spellings' people come up with.

-- vomiting  4/14/2009

This name contradicts itself. Screams "ghetto", and implies that their parents are immature and unoriginal. It'd suck to have this name.

-- Kerules  5/24/2009

People, don't name your kid this. Yes, it WILL make them Unique. But not in a good way.

-- Remaix  6/23/2009

It would be ironic if this name got popular. She won't exactly be "unique" then.

-- Anonymous User  7/5/2009

I was just searching for "Unique" names, and accidentally searched names instead of meanings. I didn't expect anything would come up! ")

I don't like most English vocab names, and this is no exception. Personally, I think this is rather cheesy.

-- Anonymous User  7/25/2009

My stepdaughter's name is Unique and she has got to be the laziest, most rude, juvenile delinquent on the planet. I always thought this name sounded ghetto, like it belonged to someone with major attitude. Personally, aside from her, I think it's a stupid name too.

-- Bajafresh  8/13/2009

I think this name is ridiculous. Even worse is that it reminds me of the chapter in Freakonomics about the differences between low-class and high-class names and what they set kids up to become (guess what sort of name Unique is).
The book says that 228 babies in California were named Unique in the 1990s, and that there was "1 each of Uneek, Uneque, and Uneqqee".
I personally think this name is a huge indicator of how UN-Unique someone is, along with being not very classy.

-- plutogirlgenius  8/23/2009

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