Favorite names you don't hear every day

Anonymous
Most of these names are very cute but, with a couple exceptions, not terribly uncommon. I know several people -mostly kids- with most of the names listed here.

This does not mean to not pick them (LOVE some of the ones listed). But, if originality is what you're looking for, I haven't seen too many listed so far.
Anonymous
If you want originality then the only real fail safe names to use are those from our generation or better yet, our parents' generation. I agree that most of the names listed above are pretty popular---Nora, Greta, Finn, Julian----I know 2 of each under 2.

Names that will really stand out in our childrens' classrooms in 10 years:

Our generation: Melanie, Stephanie, Kimberly, Heather
Kevin, Scott, Eric, Jason

Our parents: Barbara, Susan, Carol, Sharon, Patricia, Nancy, Karen
Richard, Larry, Donald, Gary

Now these are some ORIGINAL names!


Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:If you want originality then the only real fail safe names to use are those from our generation or better yet, our parents' generation. I agree that most of the names listed above are pretty popular---Nora, Greta, Finn, Julian----I know 2 of each under 2.

Names that will really stand out in our childrens' classrooms in 10 years:

Our generation: Melanie, Stephanie, Kimberly, Heather
Kevin, Scott, Eric, Jason

Our parents: Barbara, Susan, Carol, Sharon, Patricia, Nancy, Karen
Richard, Larry, Donald, Gary

Now these are some ORIGINAL names!




Just curious--how old are you, eighteen? Because my name (a very common name among my age cohort) is on your list of "our parents" and I am 40--hardly in a position to be the parent of anyone posting on this board...



Anonymous
Agree with PP. I am 39 and have friends named Karen, Patricia, Sharon, and Susan. Now, those names would still definitely be original if used for children today, but they're not names from our parents' era.
Anonymous
PP again--forgot to mention that I also have friends named Melanie, Kimberly, and Heather--so those are also names from the generation of people likely to be in their mid to late thirties/early forties.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Most of the names people are picking are classic names that are very popular right now. Even if you find a name that not a lot of other kids have, it will SOUND like other names. Ella, Amelia, Cecilia, Greta, Elena, etc....

If you really want a name that's uncommon, pick a name from the 70s. So instead, go with something like

Boys = Forrest, Travis, Bruce, etc.

Girls = Hope, Melanie, Stephanie, Blanche, etc.




I'm starting to like a lot of 70's names as well: Shannon, Suzanne, Margot, Deidre, Rebecca, Leslie, Sabrina, Colleen. And I also love Eliza and Jane.
Anonymous
Melanie was one of my favorites if we had had a second girl (we didn't).

I also love Jane. I know a couple Janes but they are my age (30s) or older.

Some other ideas:

Alice
Eloise
Genevieve
Celia
Meredith
Nina
Vivian

Emmett
Ewan
Ivan
Noel
Peter
Paul
Quincy
Sean
Vincent
Wilson
Anonymous
Emmett's been overtaken by the zeigeist. Same with Alice, Celia, Vivian and Peter.

Anonymous wrote:Melanie was one of my favorites if we had had a second girl (we didn't).

I also love Jane. I know a couple Janes but they are my age (30s) or older.

Some other ideas:

Alice
Eloise
Genevieve
Celia
Meredith
Nina
Vivian

Emmett
Ewan
Ivan
Noel
Peter
Paul
Quincy
Sean
Vincent
Wilson
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Emmett's been overtaken by the zeigeist. Same with Alice, Celia, Vivian and Peter.



And yet I think the only one I've heard in real life on a young child is Vivian, even if I wouldn't be surprised to meet any of the others. Kids with these names will certainly fit into the naming zeitgeist of many of the circles we all move in, and they'll no doubt meet others with the same names, but they're not going to one of 30 at their elementary school with the same name. Personally, I wouldn't name my child one of these names if I already knew a young child in my immediate circle with the name, but beyond that I wouldn't call them too popular. After all, the OP was asking for names that were less common, perhaps out of the top 100 names--she wasn't asking for names that would be surprising, unusual, or completely unique.
Anonymous
What about Bridget?
Anonymous
Amy
Lora
Kelly
Libby
Melinda
Elissa
Keri
Maureen
Maura
Mari (pronounced Mar-ee)

Anonymous
I love Bridget.
Anonymous
10:26 poster here - you talk about the "Zeitgeist" but I've honestly never heard of or met a young child with any of the names I listed (except Genevieve). I have two young children, live in a neighborhood full of children, we go to preschool, all our friends have kids that go to preschool, so where are all these alleged Alices, Celias, and Vivians? Just curious.....


Anonymous wrote:Emmett's been overtaken by the zeigeist. Same with Alice, Celia, Vivian and Peter.

Anonymous wrote:Melanie was one of my favorites if we had had a second girl (we didn't).

I also love Jane. I know a couple Janes but they are my age (30s) or older.

Some other ideas:

Alice
Eloise
Genevieve
Celia
Meredith
Nina
Vivian

Emmett
Ewan
Ivan
Noel
Peter
Paul
Quincy
Sean
Vincent
Wilson
Anonymous
Whatever happened to the traditional names like Timmy, Paul, Peter, John, etc.? I never hear names like this on the playground (but I have heard Linus, Cayden, Connor, and Leo). If you want to be a rebel, name your son John
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Whatever happened to the traditional names like Timmy, Paul, Peter, John, etc.? I never hear names like this on the playground (but I have heard Linus, Cayden, Connor, and Leo). If you want to be a rebel, name your son John


Agree with this to a point. Some traditional names have fallen out of favor and would be unique today (Mary, John) but I know several Peters and Timothys.
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