Today I heard the name _________ & think it's __________.

[fairy_gem]

I like Zeke too and wouldn't consider it too unusual.

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[Joesgirl]

We're naming this baby boy Declan James (pronounced Deck-lan). If we ever have another girl, her name will be Bronte Noelle (pronounced Bron-tee).

 

[Kess]

We're naming this baby boy Declan James (pronounced Deck-lan). If we ever have another girl, her name will be Bronte Noelle (pronounced Bron-tee).

I didn't know Declan was considered unusual enough to warrant a pronunciation guide! It's my uncle's name, and I know a couple of other people with that name too. Is it just me perhaps? I live in somewhere known as Little Ireland, for the number of Irish immigrants, so is it perhaps more common amongst the Irish, and not common where you are, Joesgirl?

And I agree that Zeke isn't unusual, it's short for Ezekiel. I really like it, but DH won't let me use it. Was LLogan spelled like that, with two L's, or was that a typo? Because I wouldn't consider Logan that odd, either. It's a nice Celtic name. It's on our short list.

 

[nkbapbt]

Today (yesterday and for months now) I've been hearing/reading the name "Olivia" and though it's very pretty...it reminds me of the character out of the book "Olivia" the annoying pig.

Cute name...horrible association.

 

[wamama]

Today I heard the name Aria and I think it's pretty awesome.

My fiancée loves that it's music related.

 

[Joesgirl]

We're naming this baby boy Declan James (pronounced Deck-lan). If we ever have another girl, her name will be Bronte Noelle (pronounced Bron-tee).

I didn't know Declan was considered unusual enough to warrant a pronunciation guide! It's my uncle's name, and I know a couple of other people with that name too. Is it just me perhaps? I live in somewhere known as Little Ireland, for the number of Irish immigrants, so is it perhaps more common amongst the Irish, and not common where you are, Joesgirl?

And I agree that Zeke isn't unusual, it's short for Ezekiel. I really like it, but DH won't let me use it. Was LLogan spelled like that, with two L's, or was that a typo? Because I wouldn't consider Logan that odd, either. It's a nice Celtic name. It's on our short list.

Yes, it's completely unusual from where I'm from, Oregon, USA. In fact, most of the time when I tell people the name, they act confused and asked how it's spelled, or if they read it on my facebook, they assume it's Dee-clan. I love the name. My husband and I picked it for it's Irish heritage because his mom is Irish, making him half. Her parents immigrated from Ireland to New York and that's where she was raised. I don't think it's a family name though. Sorry if I offended anyone on here by posting it as an unusual name, that was my ignorance! Sorry!

 

[summerbreeze8]

I heard the name Octavia - quite like it!

 

[Courtcourt]

Today I heard the name __LUCAS____ & think it's a Liquid Cutting Smooth sounding name. Almost like the sound of a stone being dropped into water and the subsequent splash. If we have a boy I might consider naming him Lucas.

I looooove the name Lucas. Its the name of one of my dogs (LOL) but he is very old, so he will be long gone before I have a boy. I love my Lucas Gorgeous name!

 

[Mrs Eleflump]

I saw the name Beatrice the other day and thought it'd make too long a name together with my surname, but it's beautiful

 

[xhannahxbanan]

The other day I heard the name Silver as my partner was going through english baby names and I think its a beautiful name and its what im calling my daughter!

 

[delicious]

Addison...........

my 10 day overdue little bundle of love is obviously too comfy in there. getting soooo impatient to meet her! Cant decide on Addison Grace or Addison Lexi.

Are you a Greys Anatomy fan? I am - that's what your names remind me of, not that that's a bad thing

I'm a Grey's Anatomy fan. I thought the same thing when I read those names.
Though I would prefer Lexie Grace as a combination.

We had our whole family send us name suggestions for our baby girl and I put them all together with our suggestions to have a look at them. DH joked about all the Grey-A names (Addison, Christina...), but most of them were just coincidences (and weren't even from me). Then I told him that I really loved the name Lexie, but Grey's A ruined it for me: I wouldn't want to look back and think "it's because of that show that we gave you that name!" cause I didn't know the name existed before the show.

 

[MrsMalowey]

I also love Greys Anatomy and have got Lexie on my name list, think OH likes it too but a few people have said it sounds like a strippers name! I don't think so though..

Someone posted that Bob wasnt short for anything, isnt it short for Robert!?

And another posted the name Octavia, which just reminds me of a Skoda Octavia.. lol

 

[Kess]

We're naming this baby boy Declan James (pronounced Deck-lan). If we ever have another girl, her name will be Bronte Noelle (pronounced Bron-tee).

I didn't know Declan was considered unusual enough to warrant a pronunciation guide! It's my uncle's name, and I know a couple of other people with that name too. Is it just me perhaps? I live in somewhere known as Little Ireland, for the number of Irish immigrants, so is it perhaps more common amongst the Irish, and not common where you are, Joesgirl?

And I agree that Zeke isn't unusual, it's short for Ezekiel. I really like it, but DH won't let me use it. Was LLogan spelled like that, with two L's, or was that a typo? Because I wouldn't consider Logan that odd, either. It's a nice Celtic name. It's on our short list.

Yes, it's completely unusual from where I'm from, Oregon, USA. In fact, most of the time when I tell people the name, they act confused and asked how it's spelled, or if they read it on my facebook, they assume it's Dee-clan. I love the name. My husband and I picked it for it's Irish heritage because his mom is Irish, making him half. Her parents immigrated from Ireland to New York and that's where she was raised. I don't think it's a family name though. Sorry if I offended anyone on here by posting it as an unusual name, that was my ignorance! Sorry!

Oh, I wasn't offended at all, just mildly bemused! It makes sense now I know you're American, it's not a name I've heard used by any Americans so I guess it's rare there.

 

[delicious]

Do you know if Ziggy and Delight were nicknames? They're pretty "imaginative" first names! Poor kids.

Delight is definitely her real name. Ziggy I'm not sure, it was written with his surname on his peg so I assume it's real. We have quite a large African community where we live so it's actually pretty common to see "descriptive" names like Patience, Precious, Happiness, Lucky etc (I could go on). Which is why I always think it's strange when I see people on here who are surprised about the names Precious and Patience: for me these are actually pretty common names in London! I though Delight was a bit more unusual as I haven't seen it before. Having said that I know someone who is Italian who has a LO called Diletta in her family, which is Italian for Delight.

Ziggy always reminds me of Celine Dion's song : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_garçon_pas_comme_les_autres_(Ziggy)

Apparently it's short for German name Siegmund. I would definitely never use either one of them.

 

[delicious]

Today i heard the name Roman at first i thought but after a while i started to like it

The name Romain is very very common in France.

 

[Cleo]

Today I heard the name Miller and it made me want a beer! I don't actually mind it all that much, it just made me think of Miller time or Miller Genuine Draft!

 

[RubyRainbows]

Joesgirl -- I love the name Declan! I am from the US, also... and i've NEVER heard the name before! I heard it for the 1st time here, on BnB, a few months ago... and i did have to ask how to pronounce it

I love it tho!

 

[RubyRainbows]

Today i was watching a TV special about The Titanic... and heard the name Millvina. She is a sweet little old lady who survived the sinking of The Titanic.

It's not a name i would pick... but thought i would share it with my BnB friends... many of which like those old kind of names!

Millie is a cute nickname!

 

[morri]

The first time I came upon gretchen I thought 'WTF' because nobody in Germany would call their child Gretchen (maybe grete or greta) but those names where out of fashion about a 100 years ago? also chen is a diminutive so the only time you would call a girl gretchen would be if it was a toddler or school kid.
I guess it is the same as some German people who name their kids Bill or Tommy without realising that they are nicknames and hardly ever given names.

 

[xMissxZoiex]

Today i heard the name Sarah Zoie, Which is what my unborn niece is going to be called, What do you guys think? Not sure about it, i cant seem to imagain a baby called Sarah, a teen and a adult its really nice. Opinions x