Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is a bummer because I thought it would be a good resource for less popular names, but it's mostly (1) terrible names, (2) names that are actually in the top 1000, sometimes pretty high up, and (3) people bragging about finding a great names outside the top 1000 but refusing to share them.
None of those things are helpful. Just FYI.
I don't want to share my daughter's name because there are so few people with her name that it would be too easy to identify her. It was last in the top-1000 over 100 years ago.
This is my first post in this thread, so I am not one who has been "bragging" about finding an unusual name.
Anonymous wrote:Matilda
Ellen
Rory
Louis
Francis
Anonymous wrote:One of my daughters is named Erica, but I also really like Heather. Funny enough, the two names are related - turns out they are nature names.
I realized I left a name off my list earlier in this thread - Renee. Really not sure why that one fell out of favor.
Anonymous wrote:Most of the names I like are very common. However, when I was a girl, I read a book with a character named Linnet. I always thought that was a pretty name, and I haven’t seen it anywhere else.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Interestingly, my very common daughter’s name of Katharine is ranked outside the top 1,000. It was last in the top 1,000 in 2006.
That is because it's traditionally spelled Catherine, and sometimes Katherine.
Anonymous wrote:Varvara