Something in between unusual and traditional

[Lani81]

Hi all,
Im hoping you guys can help me out with some suggestions. Hubby and i have VERY different ideas on names for our bub. He likes traditional and i like unusual. So what im looking for is a name that isnt completely weird or made up, but not a name that every second baby has. I also like longer names that can have a cute nickname, and pretty girl names and masculine boys names.

For example, the few ive suggested that he doesnt despise are Felicity, Harper and Finnley. Boys names are a bit harder - we both kind of like Thomas and Noah, but im not sold as i find them kind of common.

Middle name will be Michael for a boy or most likely Jane for a girl (family names). Our surname starts with S and has two syllables

Anyone have any suggestions?

[feeb]

Audrey
Selina
Annabell
Sybella
Amelie
Clemantine
Nina
Eleanor
Magnolia

Hunter
Flynn
Finn
Byron
Iggnatious/Iggy
Edward
Harrison
Fletcher

Good luck

[Arimeh]

We have an Aricyn (original spelling is Aricin) Michael here... and a Mehkelti Addisyn Jayne... probably too weird for your tastes!!!!

[Lani81]

We have an Aricyn (original spelling is Aricin) Michael here... and a Mehkelti Addisyn Jayne... probably too weird for your tastes!!!!
Today 11:27 AM

haha not too weird for my tastes. i think mehkelti is a gorgeous name! but it would never fly with dh.

[echidna]

What about changing spelling of traditional names?

[nicnax]

it is tough isn't it...???
i love harper for a girl and noah for a boy though.
i also like judah for a boy and jagger too...archer and darby too...lots of boys names i seem to have...
harper jane sounds nice...
good luck!!!
take care...

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

I found a great girls name the other day, you'll never guess where

Keturah

Believe it or not, it's a Bible name! Keturah was the name of Abraham's second wife. So it's a little bit out there, but still traditional, coz it's in the Bible!

[sneakysparkle]

girls
Evangeline (nn Evie/Eva)
Emmeline (Emmie)
Millan (Milly)
Casurarina (Cassie)
Prudence
Xanthe
Seraphine (Serah)

boys
Jethro
Levi
Lucas
Miles
Nathaniel

[cocobambino]

Hubby and I had the exact same problem so we ended up with..

Harrison for a boy
Caydence for a Girl

We are having a boy..

[nickers]

Preston
Tyreece
Campbell
Hunter

Jemma
Kiara
Cadence
Larissa
Crystal

[smiles4u]

I know exactly what you mean ... we were the same in chosing ... that's why we chose out daughter's name - " Cendrine " ... it's unusual though not weird by any means but 'not' common ... it's a French name meaning Cinders ... she gets called mostly "Driney" or sometimes Cen for short

Kynan was my choice for a boy's name (but we had a little girl)

[Trac73]

Lani

My favourite names are my kids names of course:

Brearna (Brea - r - na) not Breanna
and
Jaylan

My other boys names were Saxon and Rylan and girls names were Mackenzie and Kalia

Goodluck choosing a name

[pippismum]

How about...
Beatrice
Claudia
Charys
Madeline
Maegan
Alice
Eugenia
Ines/Inez
Sadie
Claire
Mairead
Maggie/Margaret
Piper
Sophia

Austin
Etienne (French)
Jonah
Xavier
Darcy
Ari
Louis
Silas
Sawyer
Nathaniel
Theodore
Victor

[little_Miss_Chez]

oh i had fun with my exdh toooo

i liked mataiah and he liked Mia , so we ended up with Maya .

Good luck theres been some great suggestions

[Cricket]

Try looking at some names from either of your ethnic roots, maybe. I've found some that way that I really like and aren't too common.
Here's a few suggestions off the top of my head of names that I liked, but my DH wasn't wild about. Somebody should use 'em.

Girls:
Keziah (Bible name also, but uncommon - one of Job's daughters)
Talitha (Bible again - I think it's Aramaic for "little girl") BTW - I would pronounce it tah-LEETH-ah. You could also do TAH-lith-ah

Boys:
Jonas
Lane
Asher
Fraser

[No.5]

Peyton
Lauralie
Gabrielle
Savannah
Brooklyn

Campbell
Declan
Lincoln
Hudson

GL with choosing a name..

[BekZ]

For girls - Libby, Abbey, Adelle, Sara, Loren, Caidy

Boys - Callum, Quinn, Kristian

I guess the list is endless but these came off the top of my head

[aylablaze]

When we named our son we were also looking for something traditional (with traditional spelling) but not common. We settled on Orlando and love it. Nickname Lando which is also kinda cool as in Lando in Starwars. We have another boy on the way and trying to find another name which fits the same criteria. It's great to see all the suggestions in this post! Goodluck.