Unique names that you actually like

spacemountaineer

It's apparent that several bumpies are not crazy about certain types of unique names. I prefer classic names myself, but I am curious to hear of unique names that you do like. 

Edited: added a word... or three.

MixedBerries88

I love unique names like Calliope, Lavinia, Paloma, Maren, etc. indon't like made up special snowflake names like Makinsee, Charlee, Brylee, etc.

bbiutmcph

I think most regulars like unique names but they don't like trendy which most non name nerds think are unique because they don't follow trends or look at actual usage or history of things.

My DS1 as a name ranked close to 500, DS2 is more popular than that and DD will have one not in the top 1000 in the U.S., Giada.

Others I love are Salvatore, Rosaria filomena, Marshall, Warren, Dahlia, Winter (more gp), tallulah....

Technically they are all unique.

nurse714

I like classic names, but I like unique, but yet real names on other's kids. My GP name is Lavender. I fell in love with that name when watching Matilda.

CGless

I like older names that most people just don't use much anymore, Orville, Otis, Lyle, Sylvester.

wassuphoes

Agreed with pp's. I don't have a problem with "unique" names, I have a problem with trendy made up names/spellings. 

favorites include

Sybil, Delphine, Persephone, Lenora, Minerva, Lyle, Clarence, Bernard, Thaddeus, and I could keep going.

Super, super guilty pleasure for Horst, but that name doesn't work well in English. 

bbiutmcph

Oh and Crispin! Love love love it!

letyourheartbeyourguide

Ditto pp's. Unique because uncommon is very different than creative spellings to appear unique.

I'm a fan of less common Hebrew names.
Girls: Aviva, Chaya, Esther, Miriam, Talia, Yael
Boys: Ari, Judah

bean002

I fell in love with the name Anniston the very first time that I saw it.... I wasn't interested in any other names once I found it. Anniston Belle is my daughters name.  

eliztheforrizz

Love unique, hate YOU-neek. 

Rhiannon

Clarissa

Bryony

Jemima

Shoshanna

Francesca

Georgiana

Elodie

Ophelia

Wilhelmina

Tamsin

Cordelia

Louella

kmkrushi

Agree with PP. I love the lesser known Shakespeare characters, the Gods/Goddesses, and other language variations of names.

Seraphina/Serafina
Rosalind
Cordelia
Titiana
Persephone
Minerva

mattandlora

kmkrushi said:

Agree with PP. I love the lesser known Shakespeare characters, the Gods/Goddesses, and other language variations of names.

Seraphina/Serafina
Rosalind
Cordelia
Titiana
Persephone
Minerva

I LOVE Rosalind. DH doesnt.

kmkrushi

mattandlora said:

kmkrushi said:

Agree with PP. I love the lesser known Shakespeare characters, the Gods/Goddesses, and other language variations of names.

Seraphina/Serafina
Rosalind
Cordelia
Titiana
Persephone
Minerva

I LOVE Rosalind. DH doesnt.

Mine either, it was a sad day when he unilaterally vetoed all Rose based names.

letyourheartbeyourguide

eliztheforrizz said:

Love unique, hate YOU-neek. 

Rhiannon

Clarissa

Bryony

Jemima

Shoshanna

Francesca

Georgiana

Elodie

Ophelia

Wilhelmina

Tamsin

Cordelia

Louella

Love Shoshanna! But now all I think about is

wassuphoes

letyourheartbeyourguide said:

eliztheforrizz said:

Love unique, hate YOU-neek. 

Rhiannon

Clarissa

Bryony

Jemima

Shoshanna

Francesca

Georgiana

Elodie

Ophelia

Wilhelmina

Tamsin

Cordelia

Louella

Love Shoshanna! But now all I think about is

You can always just do Shanna/Shana. Both are out of the top 1000 now (and have been for a while )

kayway85

I actually like the name River for a boy, but I would not name my son River because I feel like going through life with a name like that might be a burden.

Karenin

Our kids have Irish names, but I LOVE old school Gaelic names but would never use them since they are so hard to pronounce (this has plagued my sister in law her whole life).

Ex. Saoirse, Aoife, Niamh, Padraig, Ruaidhri, etc.

ajkelley24

I have always loves Vaida - but too unique for my traditional DH.

letyourheartbeyourguide

ajkelley24 said:

I have always loves Vaida - but too unique for my traditional DH.

The only Vaida/Vada I know of:

Zimger

I love several names that are out of the ordinary.

Orson, Stellan, Alden, Kai, River, and several others. For girls I have always like Sylvia.

I dislike names that people throw together. Alphabet soup belongs in a can not on a person

bbluemoo

I love unique/uncommon names!

Our top girl name is Poppy.

I love Maeve, Bryony, Noelle, Raisa for girls. I also love Avonlea, even though it's technically made up, just because I've always been a big Anne of Green Gables fan. And I've loved Veda since I watched My Girl for the first time as a kid.

For boys, my fave unique names are Ryland, Rhys, Killian, and Wilder.

JFly27

MixedBerries88 said:

I love unique names like Calliope, Lavinia, Paloma, Maren, etc. indon't like made up special snowflake names like Makinsee, Charlee, Brylee, etc.

Kalliope is my great aunts name and I love it! We call her Kelly though, but you could use Kalli as Nn. I also love my yiayia's (Greek for grandma) name which is Kanella! We call her Kenny! Also their sister was named Anastasia (called her Dolly) but love all the Greek names!

groovylocks

Jocasta
Yarrow
Titus
Axel
Sadie
Juno
Dallas
Birdie
Dot
Gilligan

breezypip

I love Winifred (nn Winnie) but everyone I've told that scrunches their nose up at it.

wulfpackgirl

Rhue for a girl. Of course after hunger games it may be more popular.

fghmama6701

I like old people names, which are pretty unique right now... Ralph, Stanley, Harvey, Otis. Maxine, Calista, Edith, Miriam.

Hanniez89

Orson, Solomon, Archer, Miriam, Magdalene, Posey, Paloma, Odessa, Della

ashhsa

eliztheforrizz said:

Love unique, hate YOU-neek. 

Rhiannon

Clarissa

Bryony

Jemima

Shoshanna

Francesca

Georgiana

Elodie

Ophelia

Wilhelmina

Tamsin

Cordelia

Louella

Thanks! Lol Tamsin is now on my list of potentials!

breezycat

Allegra is a total gp name of mine but I would never use it because of the allergy medication. I also love Winter, Misha, Meadow, Stevie (for a girl), Daisy and Gia but I would never use them in real life.
For some strange reason I also really like the name Norman. It's totally nerdy but I like saying it.

DrillSergeantCat

I'm seriously considering Olive if I get a girl.

brambles1

Girls:

Camilla

Rowan

Rosalind

Winifred

Iphigenia (TERRIBLE name if you know your Greek mythology but I still like it)

Livia

Sybil

Karyn (I know it is a youneek spelling but I just really like it)

Boys:

Warren

Dorian

penelope4612

My guilty pleasure name is Daenerys, which only exists on GoT, so I would never actually name a child that.  But I love the sound of it (hate the spelling).  

janelleashu

This is a great board for name suggestions! Thanks OP. I like Dagny, Maisie, Arizona, Isolde, Quetzel and Naomi. My spouse isn't a big fan.

luvmade2

I've always liked
Girl: rouge, eeowyn
Boy: Odell

slradske0626

Right not I'm really loving looking out for awesome unique names. I'm mostly finding girls' ones. 

Margot

Maren

Georgia

Sloane

Cara

Anya

kbedfox

janelleashu said:

This is a great board for name suggestions! Thanks OP. I like Dagny, Maisie, Arizona, Isolde, Quetzel and Naomi. My spouse isn't a big fan.

I suggested Naomi to DH and apparently there's a movie quote... "Her name is Naomi-- it spells "I moan" backwards" so that ruined it for me.

dramaphile

Rosalind and Cecily are on the short list if this turkey comes out a girl. I love the nn Rosie, and the Literary references really get me.

I adore Kelly/Kelley for a boy, but I just couldn't do that to a child since it's so ingrained as a girl's name after the 80s ruined it.

wassuphoes

dramaphile said:

Rosalind and Cecily are on the short list if this turkey comes out a girl. I love the nn Rosie, and the Literary references really get me.

I adore Kelly/Kelley for a boy, but I just couldn't do that to a child since it's so ingrained as a girl's name after the 80s ruined it.

FWIW, I have a nephew named Kelly, it seems to be on an uptick of people reclaiming it.