Names that don't get used enough

[SilverP]

I love pretty much all of them!
My ultimate favourites are:
Quentin
Emmett

Rosemary
Clementine
Cecily

 

[Linzi]

Seth should be on the list everyone tells me how much they love his name & dont hear it very often x

 

[sarah1989]

Boys:
Elias
Micah
Larkin
Fletcher

Girls:
Rosemary
Marguerite
Cecily
Eira
Tabitha

I like Larkin for a girl though

 

[Tasha]

Seth should be on the list everyone tells me how much they love his name & dont hear it very often x

I love the name Seth, and your little man is the one I have ever heard.

 

[saara24]

Sorry, gonna keep posting on any threads going about the dangers of naming your baby something 'not used enough' or 'unusual'

They're up for a life-time of bullying. Point me to a Ptolemy or a Phineas who hasn't been laughed at for their name at school, and I'll point you to a liar. As much as we'd all like to be liberated or whatever - it doesn't work that way most of the time.

Your child needs to go through a lifetime of applications for passports, driving licenses, student cards - possibly if they're tiny they won't need to worry about that kind of thing just yet, but rest assured they're being judged by their name already. Ephraim Quentin Stewart (and that's assuming the last name is Stewart and spelt that way!) is likely to attract a damn sight more strange looks than John Stewart - whether you intended it or not.

I certainly know that my babies will never be lumbered with a name that is out of the ordinary, difficult to spell, or any way different in any shape or form. I have lived with an unusual name for all of my adult life and I would not burden my children with one.

 

[MiissMuffet]

lol i think there is a reason y some of those don't get used lots! - not all, just some. (Sorry i don't mean to offend anyone) x

 

[bky]

I'm a huge fan of plain but not commonly used names. I know it's a bit geographical as to what names are popular where but I can't think I've ever met more than one person with some of these names.
Nell, Sally, Jasper, Oscar

 

[MiissMuffet]

I'm a huge fan of plain but not commonly used names. I know it's a bit geographical as to what names are popular where but I can't think I've ever met more than one person with some of these names.
Nell, Sally, Jasper, Oscar

Aww I love sally. My all time favourite doll when i was little was called Sally. Love it x

 

[aimee-lou]

I'm surprised Earl isn't on there lol.... We've found it's a proper marmite name, either loved or hated. But I like the fact that the more unusual traditional names are getting a use rather than just recycling surnames inventing names for the sake of being unique. There are 1000's of perfectly good names, why only use the top 10?

 

[HollyGolitely]

I think Elspeth is lovely! I never really considered it, hmm.... And Ephraim and Elias happen to jump out at me from the boys' names. I'm naming my LO Eden, I guess I must be partial to E names!

 

[loopylin]

my sons names are kyan, keown, jason my eldest and this one we are going to call him shay xx

 

[Pyrrhic]

Sorry, gonna keep posting on any threads going about the dangers of naming your baby something 'not used enough' or 'unusual'

They're up for a life-time of bullying. Point me to a Ptolemy or a Phineas who hasn't been laughed at for their name at school, and I'll point you to a liar. As much as we'd all like to be liberated or whatever - it doesn't work that way most of the time.

Your child needs to go through a lifetime of applications for passports, driving licenses, student cards - possibly if they're tiny they won't need to worry about that kind of thing just yet, but rest assured they're being judged by their name already. Ephraim Quentin Stewart (and that's assuming the last name is Stewart and spelt that way!) is likely to attract a damn sight more strange looks than John Stewart - whether you intended it or not.

I certainly know that my babies will never be lumbered with a name that is out of the ordinary, difficult to spell, or any way different in any shape or form. I have lived with an unusual name for all of my adult life and I would not burden my children with one.

'lumbered' with that sort of name? Almost all the ones people have listed are very traditional names that have been used for a long time. Not made-up newer names.

I guess it depends what you are used to. I know a Piers, Tristan, Ophelia, Pandora and many more people with names you would consider hindering in life. If I were to call my child something like Nevaeh or Jayden, then it would be considered unusual where I live but these are both common names in the charts these days.

I think it's a shame you think names are the cause of bullying and associate anything different with negativity. Children will bully other for anything. Their size, colour of their hair, parents divorced, social skills, etc.

Names also come in and out of fashion quite frequently, and very unpredictable. Your child may be alive for the next 100 years. Naming them a common now may seem like a great idea as a 'safe' name, but in 30 years it may be seen as out-dated. If anything, it is the names with made-up spellings that won't fare as well as the more traditional names that have been used for generations. Again though, it depends on social circles and geographical locations as to what is popular.

If you feel the need to name your children something common to keep them safe, then I suppose that is your prerogative. I wouldn't be so quick to say people are burdening and lumbering their children and causing their children hurt by the name they choose when you don't know what is normal in others people's lives. It is a big assumption to make, and I can't see many parents making a name choice that is not normal to them, and outside their comfort zone.

So you may want to keep posting in threads with unusual names to warn them off, but maybe you should consider the fact they are just unusual to you.

 

[AppleBlossom]

I guess it depends what you are used to. I know a Piers, Tristan, Ophelia, Pandora

I adore those two names although I didn't like any of the other ones

 

[Pyrrhic]

I guess it depends what you are used to. I know a Piers, Tristan, Ophelia, Pandora

I adore those two names although I didn't like any of the other ones

Have to admit I'm not a fan of Pandora personally, but I like Ophelia

 

[Tasha]

RAFshe has been put inactive, Wobbs did it cos of three times in a row she was rude.

ETA I love this thread as it has shown me names I wouldnt of thought of before, thanks

 

[Pyrrhic]

Ah thanks hun, I missed that.

Seems she has a lot of issues regarding her own name. One word: deedpoll

 

[Tasha]

Seems she has a lot of issues regarding her own name. One word: deedpoll

So true.

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Ah thanks hun, I missed that.

Seems she has a lot of issues regarding her own name. One word: deedpoll

xx

 

[AppleBlossom]

Ah thanks hun, I missed that.

Seems she has a lot of issues regarding her own name. One word: deedpoll

Lol her name wasn't something I imagine she would get bullied for anyway

 

[SuzyQuzy]

Sorry those names would have really nice about 30 years ago though