Kid's names that won't make a comeback

[Rusty Nails]

Persephone. Only the middle name of my granddaughter, thankfully.

My mother, named Adelina Marcella but known all her life as Mabel, seriously wanted to call my brother Ebenezer, after a favourite uncle. Only a threat of walkout from me, my sister and my father put paid to that.

 

[ianrauk]

I was up for Henry for our latest but he has it as a middle name. My mate Henry owns my LBS, I remember thinking his name was unusual for a young man when we first met, although I guess we're not so young any more.

I think that as well as the more zany names, more traditional names are making a comeback. OT prophets as well, Noah seems quite popular and I do know some Ezekiels and Isiahs, but that might just be amongst a certain set of my friends.

There's a lot of Noah's these days. 2 in Jnr's class alone.

 

[Julia9054]

I indirectly know of a child whose first and only forename is Ptolemy. I have often wondered how that goes down school :-\

As a teacher, i reckon kids with unusual names are teased a lot less than they were back in my day

 

[Bazzer]

Paternal Grandmother was a Dorothy. The only person I know who now has that name, is probably in her late 70's.

In keeping with the current times of unusual names , my Granddaughter is called Alba. But I suspect in the name there is a subconscious reaction to her Mum being, as my daughter puts it, named after a deranged woman in one of Mrs B's favourite books.

 

[numbnuts]

Ralph

 

[welsh dragon]

The name of my mothers daily carer is Primrose. Not a name you tend to hear.

 

[Grievesy]

ah yes, it would seem my generation seem to be set on naming kids unusual names to try and make them appear to be different. a quick google search reveals...

Unusual baby girl names

1. Adler
2. Aquila
3. Arbor
4. Babs
5. Bambina
6. Breeze
7. Cayenne
8. Cookie
9. Cornelia
10. Cosima
11. Cruz
12. Delphine
13. Dottie
14. Dove
15. Duchess
16. Electra
17. Fable
18. Fallon
19. Gem
20. Geraldine
21. Glenda
22. Henrietta
23. Isolde
24. Joplin
25. Keke
26. Lark
27. Margaery
28. Misty
29. Nicolina
30. Omnia
31. Peaches
32. Petunia
33. Queenie
34. Rooney
35. Rosetta
36. Rowena
37. Sable
38. Sequoia
39. Spring
40. Sugar
41. Tamari
42. Toto
43. Trixie
44. Tulsi
45. Ursula
46. Venice
47. Vidalia
48. Zenith
49. Zephyr
50. Zeppelin

Unusual baby boy names

1. Ajax
2. Ames
3. Balthazar
4. Bran
5. Copper
6. Cornell
7. Coyote
8. Cub
9. Dresden
10. Drexel
11. Duran
12. Escher
13. Falcon
14. Fender
15. Ferdinand
16. Gaston
17. Griffith
18. Grover
19. Hardy
20. Hawthorne
21. Hershel
22. Hopper
23. Horacio
24. Kahlo
25. Lion
26. Ludwig
27. Lysander
28. Meyer
29. Mick
30. Moss
31. Napoleon
32. Nestor
33. Oak
34. Oberyn
35. Oswald
36. Prescott
37. Quill
38. Red
39. Rhaegar
40. Rocket
41. Rutherford
42. Saiyan
43. Sinclair
44. Sylvester
45. Trigger
46. Whitman
47. Wickley
48. Wilford
49. Woodrow
50. Yanni

If it helps, my daughter is called Evelyn, and my dog is called Trigger. yep, #45.

 

[ianrauk]

My partners nieces daughter's name is Halo. So unusual that it's not even on the above unusual listing.

 

[Beebo]

Out of interest I looked up the first names of the most recent England U18 football and rugby teams.

Can you guess which one is which?

Joshua, Xavier, Faustino, Arvin, Luca, Folarin, Dylan, Vontae, Marcus, James, Anthony, Mason, Tyreece, Curtis, Ethan, Bali, Nathanael, Arthur, Bukayo, Keyendrah, Rayhaan,

Joe, Jack, Tom, Orlando, Jude, Tom, Raphael, Phil, John, Luke, George, Archie, Jack, Josh, Nahum.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

ah yes, it would seem my generation seem to be set on naming kids unusual names to try and make them appear to be different. a quick google search reveals...

Unusual baby girl names

1. Adler
2. Aquila
3. Arbor
4. Babs
5. Bambina
6. Breeze
7. Cayenne
8. Cookie
9. Cornelia
10. Cosima
11. Cruz
12. Delphine
13. Dottie
14. Dove
15. Duchess
16. Electra
17. Fable
18. Fallon
19. Gem
20. Geraldine
21. Glenda
22. Henrietta
23. Isolde
24. Joplin
25. Keke
26. Lark
27. Margaery
28. Misty
29. Nicolina
30. Omnia
31. Peaches
32. Petunia
33. Queenie
34. Rooney
35. Rosetta
36. Rowena
37. Sable
38. Sequoia
39. Spring
40. Sugar
41. Tamari
42. Toto
43. Trixie
44. Tulsi
45. Ursula
46. Venice
47. Vidalia
48. Zenith
49. Zephyr
50. Zeppelin

Unusual baby boy names

1. Ajax
2. Ames
3. Balthazar
4. Bran
5. Copper
6. Cornell
7. Coyote
8. Cub
9. Dresden
10. Drexel
11. Duran
12. Escher
13. Falcon
14. Fender
15. Ferdinand
16. Gaston
17. Griffith
18. Grover
19. Hardy
20. Hawthorne
21. Hershel
22. Hopper
23. Horacio
24. Kahlo
25. Lion
26. Ludwig
27. Lysander
28. Meyer
29. Mick
30. Moss
31. Napoleon
32. Nestor
33. Oak
34. Oberyn
35. Oswald
36. Prescott
37. Quill
38. Red
39. Rhaegar
40. Rocket
41. Rutherford
42. Saiyan
43. Sinclair
44. Sylvester
45. Trigger
46. Whitman
47. Wickley
48. Wilford
49. Woodrow
50. Yanni

If it helps, my daughter is called Evelyn, and my dog is called Trigger. yep, #45.

Spot the Game of Thrones influence.

Fantasy series Game of Thrones has inspired a slew of new names, with Arya - rarely used previously - jumping into the top 100 names for girls after Arya Stark first hit the screens in 2011.

Calling your baby "Daenerys Targaryen" might be a step too far, but there have been 17 girls named Khaleesi, after Ms Targaryen's title as queen of the Dothraki tribe. There have also been four boys named Khal, after her warlord husband.

The years since the hit show came out have also seen the first recorded use of the names Sansa, Theon, Eddard and Jorah for Scottish babies.

But unsurprisingly no new parents have been inspired to dub their child Joffrey

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-45031042

 

[Seevio]

I tried so hard to get my sister to name her firstborn "Agamemnon"...

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

You could name a kid after a curry house - https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/peter-crouch-considering-naming-fourth-14162248

 

[Adam4868]

I indirectly know of a child whose first and only forename is Ptolemy. I have often wondered how that goes down school :-\

My kids met someone with the very same name at a country estate in Lancashire.Called himself tolly.I think I read it's from a Roman Mathematician,which reminds me my best friends son is called Cassius.
My own son used to get teased about his name Jude.Which we used to always get asked "from hey Jude ?"
No,can't be doing with the Beatles !
It was from my Mrs love of the book Jude the obscure.Thanks Mr Hardy.

 

[Jody]

I don't mind modern names but feel sorry for those whose parents chose a quirky (made up) way of spelling it.

 

[Levo-Lon]

ah yes, it would seem my generation seem to be set on naming kids unusual names to try and make them appear to be different. a quick google search reveals...

Unusual baby girl names

1. Adler
2. Aquila
3. Arbor
4. Babs
5. Bambina
6. Breeze
7. Cayenne
8. Cookie
9. Cornelia
10. Cosima
11. Cruz
12. Delphine
13. Dottie
14. Dove
15. Duchess
16. Electra
17. Fable
18. Fallon
19. Gem
20. Geraldine
21. Glenda
22. Henrietta
23. Isolde
24. Joplin
25. Keke
26. Lark
27. Margaery
28. Misty
29. Nicolina
30. Omnia
31. Peaches
32. Petunia
33. Queenie
34. Rooney
35. Rosetta
36. Rowena
37. Sable
38. Sequoia
39. Spring
40. Sugar
41. Tamari
42. Toto
43. Trixie
44. Tulsi
45. Ursula
46. Venice
47. Vidalia
48. Zenith
49. Zephyr
50. Zeppelin

Unusual baby boy names

1. Ajax
2. Ames
3. Balthazar
4. Bran
5. Copper
6. Cornell
7. Coyote
8. Cub
9. Dresden
10. Drexel
11. Duran
12. Escher
13. Falcon
14. Fender
15. Ferdinand
16. Gaston
17. Griffith
18. Grover
19. Hardy
20. Hawthorne
21. Hershel
22. Hopper
23. Horacio
24. Kahlo
25. Lion
26. Ludwig
27. Lysander
28. Meyer
29. Mick
30. Moss
31. Napoleon
32. Nestor
33. Oak
34. Oberyn
35. Oswald
36. Prescott
37. Quill
38. Red
39. Rhaegar
40. Rocket
41. Rutherford
42. Saiyan
43. Sinclair
44. Sylvester
45. Trigger
46. Whitman
47. Wickley
48. Wilford
49. Woodrow
50. Yanni

If it helps, my daughter is called Evelyn, and my dog is called Trigger. yep, #45.

Poor Fender... Lol