My little sister had a friend called
ATLANTA
I luuurve it
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My little sister had a friend called
ATLANTA
I luuurve it
My nephew is M e m p h i s & my cousin's son is B e a u d i e (pronounced Bodie).
Other unusual names I've heard are
Telessa
Krisha
Jadi
Safari
Monet
Jerricho
Laochlainn
My DS goes to creche with Rocket. I love it.
I also know a Pollyanna, I've only heard of her (other than the book)
I knew a Rocket. He named his son Jet. not joking.
I love Memphis. What an awesome name.
The name Paisley as a child's name makes me giggle a little (sorry). It is where my children were born in Scotland, not a very nice town.
My 2nd girl's name was Niamh (Neeve) which you don't get a lot over here, it is more a celtic name.
I also love Seona (Show-na), Morag and Iona for a girl.
Ok so some of the names that I like or are in my family - perhaps not the most unusual names but cute and not too out there:
Calais - like the car but not named after the car - actually a French sea port
Sway-lee
Willow - ok so this is getting a bit common now but wasnt when I named my neice 6 years ago - I hadnt actually heard of a child with that name
Astrabella - my favourite - if I was having a girl she would have this name - meaning beautiful star!
Harper (girl)
Hudson
Avalon - I know Ava is really popular but I prefer this.
Something people find really funny about our family is all of the kids have a connection with a car in their names, wasnt intentional at the time of naming but now we think about it they all do, my oldest brother has two kiddies:
Lincoln - an old car I am told (perhaps popular before my time)
Hermione Avalon - Avalon being a current type of car
And my other brother has three daughters:
Calais - Holden
Willow - as in Willowbank raceway
Holly - as in Holly Carboretor
So we are thinking of naming our son:
Hunter Cruz - just to keep with the family tradition of having the motor vehicle connection.
I think you are right with unusual names becoming popular over time, a lot of the names in my family have become popular since they were little:
Khala - actually pronounced Kayla - but she is 25 so unheard of when she was little
India - again unheard of 18 years ago but now getting quite popular
Maddison - very unusual 20 years ago when she was born
Perrii - girl - unusual and still not popular lol
Amity
Sian
Slade
My cousins' name is Lael (pronounced Layel)
I went to school with a girl named Freedom
Then of course there is Nevaeh that is becoming way to trendy these days.
I also LOVe the name Harper for a girl (as in Harper Lee)
My DS's Middle name is Slaide :) its not that common, we used it as it was my MIL's maiden name!
I have a girlfriend called
Le'Shay - pronounced Lee-Shay and she has a little sister Honey.
i also know a elderly lady called Gaynor, and Gwenda
I also know
*Erlan and Luigi
*Marcello
*Cort , Larnka and Cecil
my mums next door neighbour has a 4yr old daughter... Schanele? (chanelle)
Oh - Honey reminds me - DH delivered a baby a couple of years ago, and they called her Sugar
My DD doesn't have an unusual name but one that is not heard very often - Tara.
I went to school with a girl called Aisha (Ay Sha) and also a girl called Kylie (normal name) but her brothers were called Cord & Edge. I also know someone who's brothers name is Brock (getting more common).
Kelly- One of my mates gfs name is Tarzii.:
I used to work in Day care and we had the most gorgeous boy named Monte and another called Abraham..
As for girls names. My neighbours is different.. Janaya-paige.
I think it is unique and I haven't heard it before or since
I heard of a girl once called Le-a. Guess how it's pronounced.
Go on I bet you get it wrong
Ledasha - the mum explained that the dash did not have to be silent:ROFL:
Heard a little girl being called at our local shops by her mother her name is Eclipse
I knew 2 sisters named: Kendall and Fielding.... They must be 18 now.
More sisters I heard at the shops (not weird but weird if u know what I mean) - Shakira and Beyonce
Know a girl called Rahdi-Ocea....(pronouced Rah-Dee O-sha) Love her name
Traveller :rofl: so does that mean if she uses correct grammer then her name would be Le Hyphen A.
My nieces name is Anderson, but she is called Andie. Have never heard that as a girls name before, but it suits her to a tee.
I was looked after a kid called Rogan Josh, named after the melbourne cup winner. Parents were so chuffed with themselves (they were very horsey). Weren't so pleased when it was pointed out that the horse was actually named after a popular indian curry! I think they wanted to change it afterwards. Proves research can save a bit of embarrassment later.
Oh and never call your child meleana, or every medical person they meet for the rest of their lives will be having a quiet chuckle. I had one and every single person how saw it gave a snicker. Very sad.
hmmm, didn't think i was using a "trendy" name!:
i have seen and heard a lot of unusual names both through mum doing FDC and with work. probably the one that sticks out as most unusual (but which grew on me) was a friend who gave her DD the middle name Telequa. they'd been playing with the alphabet magnets on the fridge and come up with the word and decided to use it.
My DD's name is far from common but it suits her - even with the trendy bit thrown in the middle!
Some distant family member on FB has kids named Schacobii and Ray-mee Lee
noice
I have a friend called Eowyn, which I think is beautiful, her brother named her (he was 8 at the time and in the middle of reading LOTR)
My old boss' name was Tarlei, my new boss's name is Shahana (Indian name which I absolutely love) and one of my colleagues was Fenella.
My brother gave his DD the middle name Benares (after Varinasi in India) which is pretty out there!
BG, my dh wanted to name dd Neveah. I love it, and i haven't heard it anywhere but your dd's name and from my dh.
I do believe there is a BB named Melina, which i always thought sounded quite pretty, medical terminology aside.
Another BB member has an unusual spelling for her dd's old fashioned name which is just absolutley gorgeous- I love the way it looks written down (Maz, I'm talking to you!).
Were did you hear this???? We have alady that used to frequent our shop and her lbeautiufl strawberry blonde babies were shakira and beyonce :):
thanks Lolli! i don't think of it as a trendy name - i think it's pretty - but i used it for the meaning (heaven spelt backwards - in honor of our angel babies before E came along)
I know a girl named Thavy (Tarvi)
There was a waitress and the loca Chinese restaurant names Echo (which I actually kind of like)
I know of a baby named Velvet, and one named Aloha
I know of a:
Boadie (sp?)
Nash
Cobey
Coady (sp?)
Colby (yep, like the cheese)
Wade
Tarquin
Joletta
Clementine (not unusual but not often heard of)
Pollyanna
Bertha
Ernest
Fausto
BG - I hope I didn't annoy you! I forgot that your DD have Nevaeh in her name. I know 2 Nevaeh's IRL aged 4 and 2.
The parents of the 4 you heard in on a Triple M segment on the radio (I coincidentally heard that segment too) It is actually very popular in the USA. It is actually in the top 100 names in the US
Yes. My name is Melina and I have been teased and sniggered at, even though its a different spelling its pronounced the same. Meh - whatever floats their boat I suppose :rolleyes::
No offence meant. Medical people have wierd senses of humour.:D:
No offence taken. I didn't come up with the name, so the insult isn't against me - its against my mother ;):
Wwwwhhhooopppsss:redface::hide::oops::
actually i know of a 30yr old called Gaynor!:
and that also reminds me of a guy i used to work with called Gaylord
other ppl i went to school with:
Hamzah
Prasard
Abir (A-beer)
Aytul (eye-tool)
Munevver (pronounced moon-eer-vah. Moony for short)
Shiranee
Shonnika
Vedia
Wow some very unusual names my gf works in the medical profession and came accross a woman who had Nitros and Oxygen for her twins names
Aoife is the name we have chosen if this baby is a girl. I love Roisin too but my husband can't get pronounce it properly. I'm Irish so Aoife is a name I heard a lot growing up. Our daughter is called Ciara, pronounced like Kiera (Knightley). My spelling of the name (with a C) is actually far more typical than the K spelling. Sadly everyone pronounces it Key-ara or See-ara, because of that singer from the States. I hate the fact the people might think I called her after some pop star!.:
My SIL is Irish, so the names are unique here but are very common in Ireland.
Aoife (eefa)
Aisling (ashling)
Audrey
Have to say most of my Irish mates think it's a bad idea for me to use Aoife, because it's so hard to pronounce and spell for Aussies, but every Aussie i've asked about it has loved it! You see so many strange and wonderful spellings of names over here that I guess everyone is far more open minded to unusual names.
I just recently met a little boy called Foxy. I have to say, i think it's a little cruel - but he's a cutie.
Funny...
My cousins son has a friend (10) called SNOW...
My friends DD (8) is Phenasia (FAN-AY-SHA)
I have another with a son called FORCE
and last but not least a lady I worked with has IRWIN (son)
I lovr the name Aoife. I too didn't know how to pronounce it the first time I saw it, and automatically thought Oy-fee. And thought It was a strange name. Then I hear it pronounced and really liked it.
it was on a reality TV show I was watching on Foxtel, and yes the girl was Irish.
Some of the unusual names i've come across
For girls
Katinka
Coco
Purdi
Rainbow
Pepper
Sapphire
Niamh (ne-av)
Cryene (z-rene)
Ondine (which I love)
Ochre
My sister has a friend called Makelti
Boys ones have all been mentioned I think.
OMG... I thought we were the only ones with a daughter with that name!!! Considering we sorta made it up too.. LOL:
(I'm guessing its pronounced very similar even though spelt differently)
Really? I've known of Mykelti's (older too!)
Yeah the actor out of forrest gump (bubba) is mykelti - but he pronounces it michael-t.:
So we sorta got it from that, but changed it so the pronounciation was the way that its spelt - and then changed the my to meh cos we didn't want her teased at school (my-kelti, come here MY-kelti.. lol)
Great thread.
I went to school with girls called America and Xochitl.
My grandparents had friends who apparently named their daughter Filizanka (pronounced Fee-lee-shan-kah). The word means teacup in Polish, and apperently these people were on holiday in Poland and really liked the sound of the word...
I'm not sure if its a real name, but I've always liked the sound of Cyan for a girl (like the colour).