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Unusual names
by Cassie (guest)
7/20/2014, 10:15 PM
It takes a lot of searching to find names that are very uncommon (i.e. not on popularity charts) that are still usable. Maybe I'm limiting myself there but I really prefer names that unusual. "Creative" spellings and made-up names don't count. Anyone else run into this dilemma? Have you found names that fit this description?
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- lawruh
7/22/2014, 1:59 PM
My friend is expecting and she is naming her daughter Beatrix. I think it's a good, uncommon but not completely out there name.For me personally, I like (and think these names fit your description):
Petra
Camellia
Zelda
Calanthe
Thea
Caris
Fern
Amarantha
Rosalind
Juniper
Katharina
Liora
Lyra
Ilona
Mireia
Eira
Halina
Kerensa
Solveig
Demetria
UlyssaBram
Conall
Irwin
Eamon
Leander
Finnen
Alaric

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- Astrid (Astrid1992)
7/21/2014, 6:09 PM
Most of the names I like are not common names or on the popularity charts.
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- mirfak
7/21/2014, 1:21 AM
Florence, Geneva, Carmella / Carmel, Tanith, Nicola, Glenna off the top of my head. Seem usable to me.Guy names are much harder. Merrick and Hollis came to mind. Forest, Myron?By the way, from now on please use only one name when posting on this board (it's a board rule http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/help#rules). thanks
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- LMS
7/20/2014, 10:59 PM
If you can't find uncommon names that are still usable, it probably means you don't like uncommon names. Just sayin'.There are a ton of names on this site that aren't on the top 1000, nowhere near. There are more off the list than on so it shouldn't be that hard to find a name you like unless you really just don't like unusual names. Catch what I mean?For example, I have a ton of names on the top 1000 in my PNL but the likelihood of coming across any of them in my or their lifetime is unlikely. Now, if I want a name outside of the top 1000 I have those, too and would use them just as likely as I would use the one I like in the top 1000. I chose them because I like them, not because being outside of the top 1000 suddenly makes them likeable. Adelaida
Amias
Amund
Ansel
Anselm
Aramis
Avaline
Aveline
Avrum
Caius
Cian
Cianan
Ciar
Ciaran
Cosette
Croix
Cuan
Danemund
Eastmund
Egon
Elenora
Eliot
Eloisa
Emmeline
Eoghan
Ephrem
Esais
Esmond / Esmund
Etta
Euan
Evelia
Eveline
Ewan / Ewen
Finch
Finnegas
Finnen
Finnian
Gillespie
Hadrian
Hendry

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