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shari_rngleson
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any unusual names you love....
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Re: any unusual names you love....
I loved Winter before Nicole Ritchie used it.
I loved Acadia before it was a car.
I love January but I think it's too out there.
Lets see... I had a BUNCH that nobody liked in my family... Here is a couple...
Tavner
Keevin
I know a girl named January. I thought it was kind of out there when I first met her, but she is adorable and fun, so now I think it works.
Bear. In elementary school my brother played hockey against a guy named Bear (I'm sure it was NN) and I always liked the sound of it. DH and I are thinking of using it as a NN if we have a son since he'll be the 5th. I want to carry on the family name (actually, I don't want to be the b*tch that stops it) but I don't really like it. Bear makes for a good NN and if he hates it we can stop using it later.
But all in all, any name I like I'll consider even if others don't like it. No offense to you guys, I love you all and really do value your opinions, but I will only take them with a grain of salt and not make it the final say in my baby's name.
I like January too. I knew a January in high school and she wore it well. I still don't think I'd use it.
I also like the name Briony/Bryony from the book Atonement. It's a bit out there, but we still might use it for a girl anyway. Other unusual girls names I like are Mardi and Timbre, but would never use either.
Willow
Felix
Hill (for a boy)
Annika
Milo
Poppy
Story
Clementine
Bijou
Grove
Larken
Pippa
Casper
Matteo
I secretly love this name too...and a slew of old people names like Hazel and Flora and Mable and Theo and Leroy...Dh says if I were in charge, our nursery would be a nursing home with smaller diapers...
My grandma's voiced caller ID pronounces my uncle Keven (Kevin), Keevin.
Mabel... and I'd use it to, if I didn't know my mother would break something if I did (it was her middle name before she changed it)
Carlin/Carlyn... I did so love the man, and I cried when he died. Unfortunately hubby doesn't buy it. I'm lobbying heavily for it as a middle name.
Badger - pretty obvious why I can't use it, no? But I think it's a cool name.
Grover - I *might* have the guts to do it, but DH gave it a HUGE veto.
Scout - for a girl.
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I know a Hill and have honestly met about 4 Matteo's in the past month, all babies, and Grover is a family name in my family. I also think many of the names you like - Pippa, Poppy, Milo, Clementine - are more common in the UK so I am surprised they would be unusual in Australia!
I love those names...ok, not Leroy, but I'm a huge fan of classic names. One I love that I couldn't use is Hester. DH vetoed that right away. But we agreed on Gretchen Ruth and Theodore Thomas for our next kid. And then of course, our daughter's name is Edith Joan, so I already went there.
And pretty much every sesame street name out there...Grover, Oscar, Aloyisus, Elmo...
And if I could, I would name a little boy Bumper or Tag. I love the way they sound.
Harlow
Frost
Collier
Cavan
Emerson (girl)
Kingston
Tallulah
Iris
Harlow before Nicole Ritchie used it.
Acadia before it was a car.
Teely and Marlow for a girl
I love the name Hadley.
Nice name choices. They are different, but not weird at all. Edith Joan is very pretty!?
Wow - my son's name is Theodore Thomas!
I'm biased, but great name. We call him Teddy. We get lots of compliments on his name and I like that it's not that common.