Looking for VERY unique boys names

[meow]

I have a thing about unique names- probably comes from working with children and having heard every name before

My husband named our son, Espen which is popular-ish in Scandinavia but you don't hear it much here. I have full naming rights on this baby and I'm sorted for a girl's name as I still love the one I wanted last time but I'm feeling so lost on boys names.

For our son I loved:
Jasper
Felix
But they have both increased in popularity and I'm glad we didn't name him them anymore (though I still LOVE Felix so it's sad to let that one go).

Other names I like but I think they're too popular:
Griffin
Milo
Otis
Baxter
Phoenix

A couple of names I'm considering are:
Otto
Paxon (Paxton is getting popular in the states though)

The problem with very unique names is I've often never heard of them before so I'd love to hear some suggestions if anyone has them. Thanks! Oh, I also love names with an X or Z in them!

[Smoke Jaguar]

How about a nice Aboriginal name? I liked Banjora, but DP didn't like any of the boy names I found
I know a boy of every name you mentioned except Paxon and Espen, but only one of each

[Mak]

Zephyr
Ari
Dashiell

[meow]

Hmm- I looked for Aboriginal names last time but don't seem to have any, will have to look. I met a Banjo the other day so I think that would be out for me. Thanks for mentioning you know an Otto- I think it's getting popular-ish too. I know a few Otis' are around but I do know of one Otto (a friends son's friend) so I guess that's out.

[meow]

Oh, more suggestions! Thank you!

Arlo is kinda funky- haven't heard it before.

I like Zephyr- but I have a friend whose son's name abbreiviates to Zep and I'm trying to work out if I can do it. I also LOVE Zeke but our surname starts with KE so it doesn't work.
I know an Ari and I like Dash but I worry about copying celeb names... though my girl's name is a celeb name now too.

[Smoke Jaguar]

Torren's nice I've known of one a few years ago.
I think the 'danger' for us in a lot of the less known names was that they can sound a bit too soft. I mean even for girl names! I like a hard consonant somewhere
I know an Arlo, too.
I think part of the issue, as well, is getting over the fact that someone else may have that name. I loved DS's name and it was for reasons other than hardly anyone had it. But I did know of one or two boys in our area with it and decided I didn't care because I loved the meaning, its origin and one of the namesakes

[meow]

I don't know if I can completely let the popularity thing go though. If I did then I would name this child Felix- no question. So maybe I need to look into that more. It's currently in the top 300, maybe it wont move more?? And that is why Otto is still on my list, as having heard of one is hardly reason to say it's TOO popular. I guess I've never gelled with my son's name and a part of me would feel bad to give another son a really popular name while he's got this "weird" name. My issues there.

[~clover~]

I love pheonix My friends little boy is Levi Pheonix

I heard the name Tahi about 5 years ago. Its a Maori name that means one, or number one. I love it.
SIL is Maori & some of the names I've heard are beautiful. Maybe you could look them up?

[Pandora]

I have a Milo and we've only co
E across one other IRL in five years.

The other one we were considering was Arlo - not Many of them about.

Arutha
Avery
Brecken
Berk
Beren
Callan
Daya
Drew
Fry
Fryer
Gage
Hamilton
Hamish
Hilton
Judah
Jules
Lucian
Myron
Travers
Taliesin
Torren
Tarrant
Zephyr

[Floweryfields]

How about
Fergus
Horashio
Digby
Lane
Xander

[meow]

Oh I knew a little Digby! Great name, thanks

[Pandora]

I knew a nice guy named Brae, he'd be in his thirties now and he's the only one I'd come across

[Sequoia]

Nickers has a Nixon I think and I know her and I posted in a thread about X names, good strong names I think with an X in them!

Baxter
Nixon
Felix
Phoenix (I only know a little girl by this name)
Paxton
Xander
Lennox
Axel
Dexter

Do you mind sharing your girls name?

[thepixie]

I know a girl with a son called Braethan, and another with a son with the middle name is Tahi
How about Wenceslas

[meow]

Ohhh reading all the X names had me so excited. I think it HAS to be an X name- I love them. I remember that X name thread- I'll have to find it and have another read through.

I thought Espen and Jasper would go together- after my son was born I figured I'd name the next boy Jasper but then I realised some people think Espen is Aspen and it would look like we're big Canada fans And Jasper is too popular now anyway.

The Sullivan I met was only 9 months old- same boy Audax?

I am a bit loathe to share my girl's name because I'm always so scared everyone will jump on it and use it and make it popular. But it's rarely that well received so I'm probably safe... it's Ramona. I love it so much! That's why my son is called Espen... my H vetoed Ramona but I couldn't in a million years call a daughter anything else so I gave him full naming rights of a boy if I could name a girl.

[meow]

Hmm... I can't find the thread of X names?? Anyone able to help?

[~clover~]

Maybe the X thread has been culled?
Would this thread help though?
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...uve-heard.html

Oh, when Arimeh comes back in from her self ban, I'm sure she'd have a few good ones. Her DS is Aricyn.
I've seen her suggest a baby name site that she might share (hope you don't mind me sharing Mel )

[~Stoked~]

On my list I had

Cash
Nate
Xander
Tate
Leo
Banjo

And DH had Ryder but I didn't like that!

We ended up naming our babe Archie.... It wasn't on our list but he just looked like an Archie and I'm so glad we chose it, it really suits him!

This time round we like Sonny for a boy and Lola for a girl...... So far!!