100 Baby Names You've Never Heard of

[callmeKD]

100 Baby Names You've Never Heard of but Are Going to Want to Use

thoughts?


www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/family/100-baby-names-youve-never-heard-of-but-are-going-to-want-to-use/ar-AAgurbt?li=BBnbcA0&ocid=mailsignout

[pismoduo]

Out of those, I could see us maybe discussing:
Anders
Britta
Oriana
Thaddeus

The rest are not my style, and a lot of them are actually names (or at least sound similar to names) of kids at H's early learning center.

I wonder if number 58 (Jakobe) sounds similar to Jacob, or if it's something like Jack-O-bee?

[callmeKD]

pismoduo according to google it's ja ko be. (all I can think of is Jacoby Ellsbury who played for the Red Sox). my H has clearly brainwashed me

[LadyNymeria]

There's not a single name on the list I would personally considering using. There aren't too many on the list that made me go huh?? really?? - but a big 'ol NMS to every name on there.

[pismoduo]

Jan 27, 2016 12:40:21 GMT -5 LadyNymeria said:

There's not a single name on the list I would personally considering using. There aren't too many on the list that made me go huh?? really?? - but a big 'ol NMS to every name on there.

I'd consider Anders and Britta, mostly because we have close friends with those names and obviously there are fond memories there. The other two just seemed like something my H might recommend, though I'm not sure on Thaddeus because he does like to rib one of our other friends for giving his kid the middle name Tiberius.

But yea, almost all of these are just not my style. We're looking for something more English classic. H has already suggested William as his top boy name. I'm leaning toward Katherine as our top girl name.

[LadyNymeria]

Jan 27, 2016 12:53:56 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

Jan 27, 2016 12:40:21 GMT -5 LadyNymeria said:

There's not a single name on the list I would personally considering using. There aren't too many on the list that made me go huh?? really?? - but a big 'ol NMS to every name on there.

I'd consider Anders and Britta, mostly because we have close friends with those names and obviously there are fond memories there. The other two just seemed like something my H might recommend, though I'm not sure on Thaddeus because he does like to rib one of our other friends for giving his kid the middle name Tiberius.

But yea, almost all of these are just not my style. We're looking for something more English classic. H has already suggested William as his top boy name. I'm leaning toward Katherine as our top girl name.

I think the ones you pointed out were what I liked most from the list as well. But as I really want to use Irish names (if I can find any that MH and I both like that my huge Irish family hasn't used already) this list doesn't quite fit that!

[cbrandt1]

I've heard some of those before, but a lot of the spellings seem...speshul

[callmeKD]

my cousin's child is Thaddeus. her H is Polish, so it's appropriate (and a family name)

[callmeKD]

I wasn't in love with any of the names on the list. we had such a hard time naming DD.

[merryrissmas]

Jan 27, 2016 13:00:59 GMT -5 cbrandt1 said:

I've heard some of those before, but a lot of the spellings seem...speshul

My thoughts exactly.

[Deleted]

If this squish is a girl her name is going to be Greer.

[WineNChocolate]

I have heard or know many of these. But Brecken has been on our list since the last one. Its there again.

[singingsea]

I think it would help to know the pronunciation on some of these. I like Thea and Ember. The rest are NMS.

[LadyNymeria]

theophania - Ryan has been my favorite option for a boy for a long time and is actually one that no one in my family has used. I believe MH said he liked it too so it's certainly on the list if we have a boy.

We must have similar styles because I love all your names. The already used ones and your favorites for the new baby.

[serendipity731]

My friend's son is Vaughn and I think that is cute. There are a few other cute ones but like PP said, nms.

But Analia? Did people not think about future torment their kid will receive? That's definitely something I consider when choosing a name.

[pismoduo]

theophania, I'm partial to Samantha, but there's definitely a personal bias there, as it happens to be my very own name. I love Kyle, but H is vehemently opposed because he had a problem employee with that same name recently and it just leaves a bad taste in his mouth.

[cbowl]

Mustafa makes me think of the lion king.

I liked Anders and Britta...many of the others were not my style.

[pismoduo]

Jan 27, 2016 15:43:18 GMT -5 cbowl said:

Mustafa makes me think of the lion king.

I liked Anders and Britta...many of the others were not my style.

Oh good. I'm not the only one who thought that.

[zengal]

I have heard a lot of those- I know Rowans and Rodericks and Delaneys. I wouldn't necessarily side-eye most of them...but I cannot NOT think of the Lion King with Mustafa, and I think of something else with Analia.

[LadyNymeria]

Jan 27, 2016 16:02:50 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

Jan 27, 2016 15:43:18 GMT -5 cbowl said:

Mustafa makes me think of the lion king.

I liked Anders and Britta...many of the others were not my style.

Oh good. I'm not the only one who thought that.

**raises hand** I did too.

[hurricanerek]

I had a student once named Jabari and he was the type that ruins names for teachers.

[fem]

I though this post name was spam all day on mobile LOL.

Names I like are:
Thea (I was pushing my husband for Dorthea with this nn because 3 of our 4 Grandmas were Dorothy, but be vetoed).
Thaddeus
Flynn - not too bad.

Our last name is on there with a different spelling .

Soo many sound made up though.

[thekatezombie]

I can see these having relatively low rankings on the SSA list, but I wouldn't exactly call them unique. I've seen most of them used (my best friend has a Leighton) with one spelling or another. They're mostly not my style, except maybe Josiah (not Joziah, I don't really do the made up spelling thing).

[MrsJepp]

What makes a lot of these names uncommon is that they are a different spelling than the popular name but they are still popular in sound. I like Hensley and Brinley. I also don't think any of them are really that yoo-nique.

[watermelonseed]

Personally wouldn't consider these, but my nephews name is on this list!

We are actually planning on keeping our names to ourselves until the birth. Don't want to hear anyone's feedback even though wouldn't be anything too different.

[fem]

Jan 27, 2016 19:31:07 GMT -5 watermelonseed said:

Personally wouldn't consider these, but my nephews name is on this list!

We are actually planning on keeping our names to ourselves until the birth. Don't want to hear anyone's feedback even though wouldn't be anything too different.

This. DD is Caroline, and MIL said she'd only ever heard the pronunciation 'Carolyn.' She 'mistakenly' said it incorrectly up until she was born. I really think she was trying to convince us to call her that instead.

[watermelonseed]

Jan 27, 2016 19:59:05 GMT -5 fem said:

Jan 27, 2016 19:31:07 GMT -5 watermelonseed said:

Personally wouldn't consider these, but my nephews name is on this list!

We are actually planning on keeping our names to ourselves until the birth. Don't want to hear anyone's feedback even though wouldn't be anything too different.

This. DD is Caroline, and MIL said she'd only ever heard the pronunciation 'Carolyn.' She 'mistakenly' said it incorrectly up until she was born. I really think she was trying to convince us to call her that instead.

Ugh how annoying! I love that name plus it's classic, come on. Well at least you didn't let it change yours. I don't even wanna hear things like oh that's my sisters best friends cousins name crap.

It would only be hard to keep it from my mom, but keeps an element of surprise for everyone too.

[bean]

I have heard quite a few of these names. None are on our list. Well, nothing is on our list. I think we are going to have a tough time naming this baby.

[fem]

bean we had a tough time agreeing on DD. I think H is dreading listening to my endless onslaught of names again.

[bean]

fem, MH is one of those "I knew an annoying kid in 1st grade with that name" types of people. I'm just plain old picky.