What is your opinion on unusual or old-fashioned names?

[ninjacaity]

Well, lots of names that I like are unusual or old-fashioned, so I was wondering what your opinions are on using them for children. The names I'm talking about are Dorian, Jasper, Cordelia, Deirdre, Darla, Delilah, Tabitha, Drusilla, Evangeline and Salomé. Would it be strange to name a child any of those names, since they were more common a long time ago? And what's your opinion on using unusual old-fashioned names in general?

[Ginger]

out of your list i like tabitha and evangeline the best.

[Lily Dust]

:yeahthat:

I dont think its strange to name a child any name....well most names anyway iykwim! I think each name is individual and pretty soon you cant imagine that child with any other name and once people used to it then that just that childs name. I have only ever met 2 kids where I have thought 'wow, I didnt think you looked like a....'.

When we named DD as silly as it sounds I didnt even know it was an old fashioned name!

[Ilithyia]

I like:

Jasper
Delilah
Evangeline


I don't think it would be strange. I guess you have to take into account whether the child will be teasted or taunted just because of their name at school etc.

I personally am all for unsual names! I not very traditioanl when it comes to names and I like it fine!

Obviously I again wouldnt chose anything that would have my kids teased etc.

[TeniBear]

I looooove old fashioned names, especially on little girls! Just from your list, I love: Evangeline, Tabitha, and Delilah. They're so pretty, and make me think of those pretty Victorian-era postcards...

[boobaloo]

i agree with pp's - old fashioned names are beautiful, and actually in fashion again!
if you're interested, type in 1920's baby names into google, and it'll come up with their most popular names registry, i think you'll like a lot of them!

[Traveller]

I love old fashioned names, and my DS2 has a very old fashioned one (Montgomery). You can be pretty much assured he is the only one in his class with that name

[luna moth]

I loooooooooooooooooove them. Esme, Iris, Violet, Patience, Evelyn, Beatrice, Aubrey, Percival... I could go on for hours. And I don't think any of them are unusual, they're just uncommon.

I prefer names that have stood the test of time to names that are made up. But I guess they all get made up somewhere along the line.

[ninjacaity]

Well thats pretty good, it looks like you all like them too

i agree with pp's - old fashioned names are beautiful, and actually in fashion again!
if you're interested, type in 1920's baby names into google, and it'll come up with their most popular names registry, i think you'll like a lot of them!

Thanks for the suggestion! I checked out the most popular names from the 20's and some of the ones that I love I didn't even know they were popular back then! Like Cora and Virginia. I also found Genevieve on the list, which I love too but forgot to mention

[~Serenity~]

I've always loved Delilah it was the name I used to give myself when playing games as a child

[Rowellen]

I love old fashioned names too especially for girls. Most of them have already been mentioned but I also like Lydia, Eloise, Rosella, Rosalie, Estella, Hazel, Bethany, Genevieve, Letitia, Mabel (although I prefer the spelling Maybelle). For boys Reuben, Julian, Samson, Theodore.

From your list I like Salome (I haven't heard of the references mentioned by a PP) Tabitha (I love Bewitched & so I liked the name ever since I watched it as a kid), Delilah, Darla, Deirdre.

[ElleJay]

Out of the ones you said, I like Jasper, Cordelia, Darla, Tabitha and Evangeline

[sconeonamission]

I love Dorian (It was on my list for DS, but it was Dorien)
I love Evangeline. It's a character in a podcast I listen to, but I think it might be coming back in vogue.

My primary school best friend was Tabitha.

I work in a nursing home, and there are some lovely names (and people!) that I really like, but could never use them because it'd remind me of them.

[mummy2aiden]

I love the name Mabel .. But Maybelle reminds me of maybellene .. lol ..

There was a site I used and you type in names you like and it suggests names based of those ones .. it was nymbler.com ..