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Holly01
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Unusual Names Vs the Top 100
Posted: 11-23-05 21:33pm
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I am an aquarian. An artistic, creative
sort of person. I naturally find myself
trying to find unusual or create unusual
names. I have been getting a little bit
of heat lately from people who seem to
think choosing a baby name is about
flipping to the top 100 names page of your
baby name book instead of actually having
a flip through and finding something more
original. To be clear I have nothing
against those people who use traditional
names, they're popular because they're
good, but some people have very closed
minds.
Are original names such as morpheus or
havenlei (my current boy and girl choices)
so bad? People sometimes make the quite
valid point that children with unusual
names are more likely to be picked on at
school but I didn't have an unusual name
and I was picked on and I knew children
with weird names that were incredibly
popular so I think it has no bearing.
I just wanted to start a topic to discover
who likes more unusual names and who likes
the traditional names. Or maybe you like
neither. It would be great to hear some
name suggestions too - here are some I
have had on my lists recently.
Girls
havenlei (haven-lee)
kitahnia
annisia
amethyst
feige (rhymes with paige)
bronte
leilani (lay-lah-nee)
sorayabella
harmony
taiven
soleil
luka
deianeira (day-ah-nee-rah)
charisma
siete (see-et)
persephone
ariadne
calliope (ca-lie-ya-pee)
delta
taliesin (ta-lee-sin)
jiordyn
serephina
keturah
jewel
ceres (sir-ees)
sapphirra
pollyanna
caoimhe (kee-vah)
luka
eowyn (ay-ah-wen)
ambrosia
nastassya
zymeka
amberleigh
mercedes
deja
siobhan (sha-von)
hadara
peony
simoriah (sim-orr-eye-ah)
rhiannyn
skylar
boys
morpehus
caelan
bastien
lucius
thor
aurillian
jerhyn
daegan
kallon
sawyer
jaskaran
talyn
ashur
daelan
tristan
fehin
jalon
kelly
xzavier
crispin
angel
orion
lleyton
orlando
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mum2bubba
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Posted: 11-23-05 21:37pm
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I like all sorts of names, made up,
combination, popular, the only names I
don't really like are some of the
celebrity kids names such as moon unit or
apple just to name a few. I like the name
chrishelle its my niece's name chris is
her nanna's name and shelle is taken from
her mum's mn michelle so it has meaning to
it. I like the name hayley (my daughter's
name) and thats a really commen name.
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kksmith603
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Posted: 11-23-05 21:42pm
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I think you are so cool? I wish I was a
more creative person, myself!
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Holly01
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Posted: 11-23-05 21:44pm
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Crishelle is very different. I have known
a few parents who have combined their
names. Friends of mine named lawrence and
theresa named their daughter lawresa as a
combination of their names, which is very
sweet.
Hayley is close to holly (my name) and to
havenlei (the girls name I have chosen
right now). So obviously it's one I like.
:d
holly.
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Holly01
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Posted: 11-23-05 21:46pm
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Kk - you are very sweet. I really think
everyone is creative at something but I am
a little more anile that most so I will
actually cover paper in scribblings of
names I am trying to invent while watching
telly or something. Sad isn't it?
What names do you like, kk?
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Posted: 11-23-05 21:49pm
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Yes, I need two names to match and also be
unique.
Samara, samael--is the only two I can
think of. I know samuel means "from
.God" or of .God.
Before I thought it might be twins I said
"samuel william bradford wells"
still thinkng and deciding--i will let you
know
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Posted: 11-23-05 21:49pm
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Fav names:
girls:
hayley (my daughter's name)
troy
jaden (nn jade)
hazel
chrishelle
skye or skylar
jetlyn (nn jett)
daveigh
annalise
raegan
ella
breeony or bryoni
brylie
giaan
katherine or kathryn
kiara
evelyn
holly
cheyenne
shaye
zahli
zephyrine
chrisanthy
ivy
iris
claire
sharni
peyton
tamsyn
teghan
elise
jaimee
kyla or kylie
kayla
mckinley
mackenzie
rori
mckenna
mckayla
matilda (nn tilly)
summer or somer
dallah
alzenna
bridee or brydie
breanna
kaitlyn
taylah
avril
ava
heather
boys:
grant (my fiance's name)
nathan
reilly
joshua
jacob
ethan
brock
tyson
bradley
noah
sonny
jett
seth
thomas
isaiah
josiah
joseph
ayrton
adam
daniel
damian
gavin
braedon
brandon
ryan
dylan
matthew
mitchell
jordan
blair
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Holly01
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Posted: 11-23-05 21:56pm
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Wow quite a good list of names!
Annalise I have loved since early early
neighbours days. Bryony is a name I
wanted a while ago but hubby didn't like.
Holly is on your list which is so cool.
I saw today that this woman knew twins who
were named ivy and willow. Isn't that
adorable? I saw ivy on your list and it
reminded me.
I love the name noah it's getting very
popular now. I've always like elijah,
which isn't on your list but it's sort of
similar to a few of the names you have
already.
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Holly01
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Posted: 11-23-05 22:04pm
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Fatfamily - I will try to think of some
matching names for you and post them a
little later if you like. It might not be
much of a help but it will be fun to do
anyway!!
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Holly01
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Posted: 11-24-05 00:30am
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Ok fatfamily, here is a twin name list.
They're kinda basic but it gave me
something to do for an hour.
Twins girl/boy
allegrah - alladdin
ashley - ashur
briony - bryce
christina - christian
elliott - elijah
heather - heath
jordana - jordan
kylie - kyle
raven - river
niamh - noah
olivia - oliver
rhiannon - ryan
shae - shane
shakira - shaun
taiven - tate
twins boy/boy
anthony - andrew
brock - brodie
harvey - harley
joey - jordan
liam - lachlan
luka - louis
marcus - matthew
nathaniel - daniel
twins girl/girl
amelia - amthest
bryony - brittany
caelia - casey
emily - ebony
freya - faith
gianna - giacinta
halle - harmony
jessica - jessenia
kayla - kaitlyn
natasha - nastassia
poppy - polly
saffron - sapphira
sara - serephine
tamsin - tameka
tara - thalia
just some ideas to maybe help with your
list!
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fatfamily02
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Posted: 11-24-05 00:45am
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Kewl
thanks--
i guess my imaginations not what it once
was--i knew all my "now grown" children by
name before 5 months.
I like a lot of them, needed more ideas
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Holly01
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Posted: 11-24-05 08:29am
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Before five months - that's kinda sweet.
I take it you waited for your scan to know
exactly what the sex was??
Hubby has decided he doens't like havenlei
now and so my hunt began tonight to find
an unusual but feminine girls name. Hubby
is very much into unusual names too -
morpheus was his choice and he has
insisted on it for about two years now.
My brother knew a girl from college named
tarthra and that was unusual so I suppose
I am looking for something like that - a
one off name that is still pretty and
simple and girlie.
How hard can it be???
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Posted: 11-24-05 10:59am
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| holly01
wrote: | before five months - that's
kinda sweet. I take it you waited for
your scan to know exactly what the sex
was??
How hard can it
be??? |
i knew what all my pregnancy's were, boy
or girl, without the ultra sound.
I had one u/sound tech teasing me saying,
you sure it's a girl and he had just seen
it was a girl.
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Posted: 11-24-05 14:21pm
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I love the name calliope -it is what I
wanted to name my baby if he had been a
girl. Calli for short. My boyfriend
hated it though and he got to name our son
(that was the deal) it is not extremelly
unusual but not common either. My son's
name is trey.
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Holly01
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Posted: 11-24-05 17:27pm
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Lil_blaze - calliope is beautiful, and it
means "beautiful singing voice" which I
think it an awesome meaning! I hope you
get your girl soon, I have my first cycle
of ivf on the tenth of january and I am
quietly hoping I have a girl. I am sort
of addicted to pink (it's my favourite
colour) and all things girlie and pretty
and I just think it would be fun to be
able to buy dolls and dresses and cute
pink sparkly glittering things for her.
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angetupp
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Posted: 11-30-05 03:30am
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I prefer traditional, classic names over
creative ones....Here are my thoughts
spelling & pronuciation will be an
issue all through the child's life, you
made a good point about kids picking on
kids regardless but I ask why not give you
child a name that is easy to go through
life with without having to offer and
explanation or spelling lesson of their
name. Most importantly, I would be very
careful when naming a daughter- I think
some of the new creative names sound like
stripper, prono names - just ask a guy if
you are not sure on some:-) my sister's
name is daria - not so unusal now but
growing up in rural sc in the 70's it was
a bit odd. She had all the name calling
ie diarrhea. Nobody ever could pronounce
her name properly. I can remember she'd
tell people is dar-ia as in car. So I
say if you must use a creative name for
your child why not use it as a middle
name? Who knows maybe a name helps
determine who that child will
become...True in the case of my sister.
She now lives in khasakstan where daria is
as common as mary is in the us...She even
has a cute russian nickname dasha to go
along w/ it. But she did opt to give her
children very traditional first names
daniel alan, hope d'lara & david
(being born today we hope) middle name tbd
so that may tell you a little something
about how she (a child w/ a different
name) feels about naming children. I
however, have a very traditional name
angela marie & have always loved my
name. Good luck & happy naming!
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Just My 2 Cents...
Posted: 01-08-06 19:31pm
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I prefer more creative names... But some
people can go way too far with being
creative... (twins named lawasha and
ladrya) I didn't realize that until I
moved to atl... Anyway, my daughters name
came from mine and my sisters' middle
names... From janene and rae = janae
(juh-nay)... I only knew of one janae
when I named her and I moved here a couple
years ago, and their are a million of
them...Janay, janea, janai, jenae,
jenay...Etc... And I consider 'janae' a
simple name, but ppl have called her jane,
janie, and jana... Her biological knew I
loved prince, so he said her middle name
should be adore... One of her sister's
(from her biological) is named sidarian
divine... I like that one... My bf has a
daughter named bilan (not sure of the
spelling, but it's pronounced bee-lahn)...
I met a woman here that named her little
girl princess tia... I thought that was
cute...
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Posted: 02-13-06 23:14pm
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You have some great original names there!
I chose different names for my children,
although my eldest was uncommon at birth,
but it is common now.
I have three boys:
aidan - celtic - firey one
malik - egyptian - master or owner
ronan - celtic - pledge or oath (some say
baby seal?)
we had great big long lists with all sorts
of weird names on it each pregnancy!
Took us a long time to agree.
Kahlan.
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Posted: 02-13-06 23:29pm
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I don't like either. Top 100 is boring
and trendy to me, and I wouldn't name my
child something unusual that's just made
up or put together...I like to use old
names that haven't been used in a while.
Just my opinion...But everyone's different
and a name's just a name, so be creative
and do whatever feels right!
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