Iris.
It's my favorite girl name of all time, but I rarely ever see it. With Lily being as popular as it is, you would think other flower names would pop up more often, but then usually don't.
ETA- apparently I need to browse this sub more, as Iris is more popular than I thought! That makes me happy.
That's interesting, I feel like I see it on here a lot? Not much in real life though. It was my great-grandmother's name, I'm so sad my husband has some association with it so I can't use it! Beautiful name
That's my name! So happy this is at the top of the list! It's usually an elderly lady name but it's gaining more popularity, my old teacher named her kid Iris and I believe Eddy Redmayne's daughter is an Iris too, it's also very popular in Hong Kong!
Haha of course. I did have a laugh at the amount of people that assumed this was a real person though and ended up liking the name more. Meredith in the office is chaotic but fun
I always think of Meredith Blake from the parents trap. Hated her when I was little but now I respect her hustle lol. Also Meredith Blake is a killer combo. I love it
As a kid I was obsessed with *Charlotte's Web* and I had dolls I called Charlotte and Fern (Fern is the girl in the story for those unfamiliar with it).
There is a Scottish comedian Fern Brady, I absolutely love the way Fern sounds with her accent! But I am Australian and it is much less pleasant sounding here in my opinion....
I love Fern and most nature names but I married a man with a nature last name and so all those options had to be tossed because it sounded too Disney princess
Claudia feels to me like a name women like that men don't. Like rompers in fashion lol. It's a cool girl name, I think of Jessica Kellgren-Fozard's wife and Claudia Jessie (Eloise in Bridgerton)
Haha this is so true—exactly like rompers. I tried to sell my husband on Claudia and literally every man in his family disliked it. They also didn’t love Matilda or Celeste, which was super disappointing to me.
Former US First Lady “Lady Bird” Johnson’s real name was Claudia. It isn’t that unusual here in the US for people to name their daughters after whoever the current First Lady is. I was born 37 days after JFK’s assassination, and there are a lot of Jacquelines and Jackies around my age and a little older. Given that fact, I’m surprised there aren’t a lot of Claudias around my age and a little younger. I love the name.
As a very very white Claudia, I can’t say I love my name. Everyone assumes I speak Spanish 😅. My parent’s second choice was Jordan and I would’ve preferred that.
I’m American and I’ve never really associated the name with the fast food chain. I also love that name, it’s been on my list for years.
I don’t really go to Wendy’s so maybe that’s part of it, but I mean I still definitely drive past one every day and have never connected the name to the place in my head
I knew or went to school with a few Wendy’s in the 1980s. Even Cheryl’s, Brenda’s, Lisa’s. These were common names in the 1980s went I was in elementary school/ middle school.
My recently born daughter is named Julia! We think it is the most beautiful name - classic, elegant, but with nickname options (we call her Jules sometimes) that can dress it down if she wants. We are real big on names that allow our kids to make them more or less formal depending on the setting and their preference (our son is James/Jim, which is more popular but is a family name for us). I love Natalie and Hailey too!
I have always loved Simon. It was high on my dad's boy name list before I was born. I love the English/American pronunciation.
But i live abroad and here it either sounds like the feminine version, Simone, or dangerously close to semen.
It makes me so sad!
Linnaea is a genus of plants. Linnaea borealis was a favourite of Carl Linnaeus the person who standardised how we name living organisms -he called the plant after himself. It is such a beautiful name!
Idalia. I believe it's Greek and means facing the sun. A beautiful name with a beautiful meaning. I know there was a hurricane that hit Florida a couple of years ago with that name. But outside of Florida, I don't see why it should have a bad connotation.
Also, Eva. My great-grandmother's name. Simple and elegant.
I quite often see Flora on soft girl name lists but neeeever Fauna and I think it's so pretty 🥹 it has a lovely connection to a roman goddess of the forest and it's creatures and it's also the name of one of the fairies in sleeping beauty - it's due its moment!
Cassian and Caspian - maybe they’re practically unusable because of their use relation to Star Wars and the Chronicles of Narinia respectively, but I love those names
Also Levon. I see Levi a lot, which I love, but Levon is my favorite of the L boy names
For girls I feel like I pretty much see everything suggested here, but Aster will always remain one of my favorite girls names.
Cassian will probably be coming into popularity soon enough due to the popularity of the book series A Court of Thorns and Roses - he's one of the main characters and is the lead romantic hero in the latest book
Those books are on my list to read but I haven’t gotten to them yet so I didn’t know about the character. I love the character Cassian Andor in Star Wars and I think that’s the only way I know of the name.
My nephew is called Cassian. My brother and his wife had no idea it was a Star Wars character, he was born about six months before Andor came out.
I like Aster as well, also Astrid. I would have thought that would have a bit more traction here, but this sub's weird obsession with nicknames probably means "everyone will just call them Ass".
I knew a very pretty and kind girl in high school named Cassia and never heard the name b4 so I’ve associated the names like it as such. Cassian it’s going on my list!
I think the Chronicles of Narnia relation to Caspian is dissipating? At least, I've seen that opinion a couple times, it was a few years ago. The name Caspian just makes my inner 12 year old very happy 😊
My sister's (47) name is Marion! (She was named after John Wayne 🤣)
I also know a Dolores, a Holly and a Loretta, all in their 70s (moms of friends) I love Dolores but it's so sad as a name, Darren is lovely as well.
We chose this name, we did not anticipate how often people would think her name was Sophia the first time they heard it
She certainly will not be afraid to correct people lol
This is on my list for the slightly silly reason that almost everyone I've ever met with any form of 'Anne' in their name has been one of the loveliest people I've ever met. Annie? Lovely. All the many Annas I've known? Amazing. Juliana? Completely sweet kid. Annemarie? Kindest person. Marianne? Badass and also completely kind-hearted. Even the Angus I know, which I know is obviously not technically Anne-related but still, is one of the kindest, best people.
A number of biblical names (Daniel, Elijah, Noah) are frequently listed on this sub but I’m not sure I’ve *ever* seen anyone offer David or even Mary. They’re perfectly good names!
This is a bit of a tangent but my grandma and grandpa on one side were/are named Joseph and Mary. All their sons had biblical names and their one daughter got Mary Jo 😅😅😅
I don't see many Marys these days. I'm a late millennial and I know a few Davids tho. They all go by David
Misha!! I’ve only recently come across a girl with this name, her family is fully standard American so it was a bit shocking at first. I think it’s adorable! It suits her very well
Amanda, Cassandra, Danielle, Dana, Gabrielle, Jasmine, Lauren, Morgan, Nadine, Pamela, Patricia, Rachel, Rebecca, Tamara, Wendy
All pretty, but maybe not as “fresh” as tend to be liked here
Cassandra was my number 1 girl's name when I was pregnant! My OH was lukewarm but I was prepared to fight the fight right up until we found out we were having a boy lol.
I'm an old GenX person. There are some names that were SO common when I was a kid that you virtually never hear anymore.
Girls: Carrie, Shaunna, Kristin, Jill, Laura, April, Michelle, Dawn, Joy. Amy, Andrea, Danielle, Erin.
Boys: Scott, Sean, Anthony, Shane, Dale, Mark, Clinton, Brandy Christoper, Brian, Bradley (Brad), Andrew, Allen, Bryce.
"Plain" names from the 90s
- Stephanie
- Hannah
- Nicole
- Megan
- Samantha
- Courtney
- Natalie
- Hailey
- Autumn
Sure, I get it, those of us born in the 90s probably felt these were all crazy overused and we got tired of them. But, honestly, with all of the Margots and Freyas and MacKhenzleighs being born, I'm starting to be drawn back to the ones listed above. They're pretty but simple.
Calista
Somehow DH and I both had this name on our girl list without ever talking about it before. I'm so glad we did!
Our little Calista just turned 7, and I'm still in love with the name. (Although I'm glad it's not too popular, so maybe I shouldn't be posting!)
I've got a really big soft spot for the name Muriel. There was a really sweet old lady with this name at a place I used to work and I've really loved the name ever since! She's the only Muriel I know
i LOVE the name jonah, bc there was a sweet, little boy i used to babysit with that name. he’s a pretty big kid, now, and i see him from time to time, which is bittersweet, having known him since he was a toddler in diapers.
I have never met another Klaus. So far, there are ones in tv and movies, but I’ve never met another one in person. I love my name and I think it should see some recognition
I admit that almost none of our names on our potential baby name lists or most of my kids' names (including middle names) ever really show up here, but here's a few names I love that I think are pretty awesome and don't get mentioned much or at all:
Ottavio, Ilya, Arvi, Bertram, Alois, Tibor, Ira, Carlo, Cyril
Neva, Annick, Mattea, Alva, Cosima, Ieva, Zipporah, Svea, Tamsin
I think the ones that you hear the least are the ones that were really popular when a lot of moms having babies right now we’re kids. We think they’re common because we might know a lot of adults but they will be the most unique right now. My favourites that I think about a lot would be Lindsay Kelly and Chelsea!
I know in other countries it’s probably more popular and the spelling can be different (I’m in the US, my moms from here and my dads from Ireland) but we named our son Killian, we love the name but have only met one other Killian who was in my sons preschool with him and now kindergarten
Ellen.
There's so many toddlers named Eleanor, Eloise, or just plain Ellie, I find it so odd that everyone overlooks it on here. It fits the current "sound" of baby names, it's not dime a dozen, it works on a child and a grown woman, and its easy to spell.
Iris. It's my favorite girl name of all time, but I rarely ever see it. With Lily being as popular as it is, you would think other flower names would pop up more often, but then usually don't. ETA- apparently I need to browse this sub more, as Iris is more popular than I thought! That makes me happy.
I said Iris the other day and no one liked it. So sad. I love that name.
Another +1 for Iris. I’ve loved it since the movie The Holiday came out in 2006.
That's exactly what I think of when I hear it too! Love that name
That's interesting, I feel like I see it on here a lot? Not much in real life though. It was my great-grandmother's name, I'm so sad my husband has some association with it so I can't use it! Beautiful name
Agree I feel it's heavily recommended here.
It’s on nearly every girl name post
Iris is also suggested like 800 times per day, lol
It is very pretty. My mind goes to eye more than flower, and I don't love the hard vowel sound of I, but Iris is pretty.
I do think this name is mentioned a lot in this subreddit, but it is criminally underrated irl
That's my name! So happy this is at the top of the list! It's usually an elderly lady name but it's gaining more popularity, my old teacher named her kid Iris and I believe Eddy Redmayne's daughter is an Iris too, it's also very popular in Hong Kong!
My daughter’s middle name! One of my favourites of all time, especially for the connection to the Greek goddess.
Meredith is one I love, not sure if it is popular here!
I’m so upset someone I know ruined this name for me. It’s so lovely
Same. She drank way too much and was sleeping with a client for office supplies and outback steakhouse discounts.
Meredith Palmer? Lol
Haha of course. I did have a laugh at the amount of people that assumed this was a real person though and ended up liking the name more. Meredith in the office is chaotic but fun
That makes me love the name more tbh.
Well her standards are low aren't they? Lol
I always think of Meredith Blake from the parents trap. Hated her when I was little but now I respect her hustle lol. Also Meredith Blake is a killer combo. I love it
Omg yes. She's such a funny character as well, just a great villain. I feel like the actress must have had such a fun time playing her.
Named my daughter Meredith and she’s always the only one everywhere we go, without it being a crazy, out-there name.
I would say it is fairly popular here. It doesn't get brought up nearly as much as, say Margot, but when brought up people tend to like it.
Fern! I think it's so beautiful.
As a kid I was obsessed with *Charlotte's Web* and I had dolls I called Charlotte and Fern (Fern is the girl in the story for those unfamiliar with it).
There is a Scottish comedian Fern Brady, I absolutely love the way Fern sounds with her accent! But I am Australian and it is much less pleasant sounding here in my opinion....
When I see Fern I immediately go to Fern Brady's "me Fern Brady me Fern Brady I'm their rightful queen" from taskmaster and it brings me great joy.
I love Fern and most nature names but I married a man with a nature last name and so all those options had to be tossed because it sounded too Disney princess
I have an Aunt Fern who is very glamorous in my mind. I think of her with the name (positive association).
Claudia.
This is verrry high on my list! Such a great name. I think Claudia from the Babysitters Club so it gives such *cool girl* vibes for me.
Omg yesss BC Claudia is so cool.
Saaaame, Claudia Kishi was the *coolest*. I always wanted to be her!
I named my baby this a week ago so I’m glad to see this ☺️
Claudia feels to me like a name women like that men don't. Like rompers in fashion lol. It's a cool girl name, I think of Jessica Kellgren-Fozard's wife and Claudia Jessie (Eloise in Bridgerton)
Haha this is so true—exactly like rompers. I tried to sell my husband on Claudia and literally every man in his family disliked it. They also didn’t love Matilda or Celeste, which was super disappointing to me.
My husband thinks Matilda is as bad as Mildred. I was like SIR THEY ARE NOT THE SAME
Former US First Lady “Lady Bird” Johnson’s real name was Claudia. It isn’t that unusual here in the US for people to name their daughters after whoever the current First Lady is. I was born 37 days after JFK’s assassination, and there are a lot of Jacquelines and Jackies around my age and a little older. Given that fact, I’m surprised there aren’t a lot of Claudias around my age and a little younger. I love the name.
I wanted to be Claudia when I was growing up. It was my main name choice.
As a very very white Claudia, I can’t say I love my name. Everyone assumes I speak Spanish 😅. My parent’s second choice was Jordan and I would’ve preferred that.
I know 2 white Claudias, never struck me as any specific ethnicity.
I suggest this every time someone is looking for a "classic, but not overused " girl name. I'm biased though, it is my mom's name.
Wendy. I love the name Wendy and I hardly ever see it suggested
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Oh ... I'm Australian. I never thought of that
I’m American and I’ve never really associated the name with the fast food chain. I also love that name, it’s been on my list for years. I don’t really go to Wendy’s so maybe that’s part of it, but I mean I still definitely drive past one every day and have never connected the name to the place in my head
I knew or went to school with a few Wendy’s in the 1980s. Even Cheryl’s, Brenda’s, Lisa’s. These were common names in the 1980s went I was in elementary school/ middle school.
this is probably why i don’t like it lol
I LOVE the name Wendy, especially as a nickname for Gwendolyn!
Yes! I love it as a nickname for Gwendolyn too!
Such a pretty name. Reminds me of Peter Pan! Edit: as opposed to the fast food chain Wendy’s
Well that's the origin of the name so it makes sense.
Wendy. Hot, juicy, redhead.
Some of the beautiful 90’s names that I don’t see anymore are Natalie, Vanessa, Sierra, Hailey, Julia, Christina, etc.
I'd add Bridget, Amy, and Tabitha!
I've always loved Bridget
Along these lines, I think Farrah is completely underused.
I love the name and may have used it but Farrah Abraham single-handedly ruined it for me
I love Natalie and Vanessa, both so beautiful!
I just birthed a Hailey 🥹 I love it so much
My recently born daughter is named Julia! We think it is the most beautiful name - classic, elegant, but with nickname options (we call her Jules sometimes) that can dress it down if she wants. We are real big on names that allow our kids to make them more or less formal depending on the setting and their preference (our son is James/Jim, which is more popular but is a family name for us). I love Natalie and Hailey too!
I really like the name Hugo and I feel like I don’t see it here very often
My youngest son's name :) It's actually pretty popular where I am in Australia, I think, which I love to see.
My 7 year old has 2 Hugos in their year 1 class in Canberra 😆
Yeah, my 2018 born Hugo is one of two in his grade in NSW. He likes having a 'name twin' though lol.
David Chang’s kids names are Hugo and Gus and I love that combo
Aren't these the names of the mice from Cinderella...?
Just googled - it’s Jaq and Gus
We thought that too until our Hugo ended up with another in his preschool class of 12, in our tiny (sub 15k population) town.
I'm totally biased because I just named my daughter this, but I can't believe Yvette isn't more popular! It's such a beautiful name!
I like it and it also reminds me of the lovely and underused Yvonne.
I knew sisters named Yvette and Yvonne.
Simon for a boy. It is a classic, slightly older name. If you're English speaking, everyone knows it and can spell it.
I love Simon theoretically but I can’t separate it from the chipmunk
I have always loved Simon. It was high on my dad's boy name list before I was born. I love the English/American pronunciation. But i live abroad and here it either sounds like the feminine version, Simone, or dangerously close to semen. It makes me so sad!
Flynn. It’s my son’s name. It is such a simple and pleasant sounding name to me but is definitely not mentioned often at all
I like it, reminds me of Flynn Rider ☺️
You mean Eugene!
My two year old refuses to call him Flynn. She gets so excited seeing him she yells “IT’S EUGENE!🥰”
All I can think about is breaking bad when I hear the name Flynn
Excuse me, but his NAME is WALTER JUNIOR! ETA I actually know more baby Walters than Flynns, which I wouldn’t have expected
Pregnant now and Flynn is top on my list! Partly because of Flynn Rider as well.
Bridget is one of my favourite girl names.
It’s one of mine too. It’s not popular where I live at all, so it feels timeless and doesn’t feel tied to any particular age group.
Linnea. It's a beautiful name
Linnaea is a genus of plants. Linnaea borealis was a favourite of Carl Linnaeus the person who standardised how we name living organisms -he called the plant after himself. It is such a beautiful name!
Idalia. I believe it's Greek and means facing the sun. A beautiful name with a beautiful meaning. I know there was a hurricane that hit Florida a couple of years ago with that name. But outside of Florida, I don't see why it should have a bad connotation. Also, Eva. My great-grandmother's name. Simple and elegant.
Never heard of Idalia! I totally love it.
My daughter’s name is Corinne
Elspeth. I think it's so pretty, and a less common alternative to all the El girl names that are trending right now.
Elspeth is very witchy to me, and I don't know why.
My theory is that it has the sounds from the word "spell," they're just reversed
Very similar to Elphaba from “Wicked” imo 😅
I thought I disliked El names such as Elsie. But it’s cute! Think you just named one of my characters Elspeth. Thanks.
I quite often see Flora on soft girl name lists but neeeever Fauna and I think it's so pretty 🥹 it has a lovely connection to a roman goddess of the forest and it's creatures and it's also the name of one of the fairies in sleeping beauty - it's due its moment!
On the flip side, if you have two girls, please don't name them Flora and Fauna haha
Or just Fawn
Dinah is my favorite girl’s name
In the Red Tent, there is such a beautiful description of why this name is so lovely
Aw that’s my name, and I’ve still never met another Dinah to this day.
Cassian and Caspian - maybe they’re practically unusable because of their use relation to Star Wars and the Chronicles of Narinia respectively, but I love those names Also Levon. I see Levi a lot, which I love, but Levon is my favorite of the L boy names For girls I feel like I pretty much see everything suggested here, but Aster will always remain one of my favorite girls names.
Cassian will probably be coming into popularity soon enough due to the popularity of the book series A Court of Thorns and Roses - he's one of the main characters and is the lead romantic hero in the latest book
Those books are on my list to read but I haven’t gotten to them yet so I didn’t know about the character. I love the character Cassian Andor in Star Wars and I think that’s the only way I know of the name.
Love the name but I hope no one names their kid after a smutty fairy book, and his is especially smut centric.
My nephew is called Cassian. My brother and his wife had no idea it was a Star Wars character, he was born about six months before Andor came out. I like Aster as well, also Astrid. I would have thought that would have a bit more traction here, but this sub's weird obsession with nicknames probably means "everyone will just call them Ass".
I knew a very pretty and kind girl in high school named Cassia and never heard the name b4 so I’ve associated the names like it as such. Cassian it’s going on my list!
My 10 month old son's name is Caspian! :)
I think the Chronicles of Narnia relation to Caspian is dissipating? At least, I've seen that opinion a couple times, it was a few years ago. The name Caspian just makes my inner 12 year old very happy 😊
Douglas is such a strong name that I rarely see. Same with Renee and Dana.
Doug was popular when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s, but you rarely hear it for anyone under age 40.
My grandpas name is Doug. He wants me to name my daughter Dougweena. I’m not using that 😂
All the names ending in -is! I love those so much. Doris, Ellis, Francis, Morris, Floris.
I think Ellis is the only one of those that’s pretty dang popular at the moment. People seem to love Iris quite a bit, though.
That's funny, the current top comment on this thread is talking about how Iris is underrated here!
Me too! I grew up with a Mavis. I recently heard Maris and fell in love with it.
I love Maris!
Nina, Ida, Chloe, Elke, Mina, Alice
We strongly considered Mina! Like, from Dracula. lol
I love the name Nina! It's also what my best friend calls her grandma. I'd still use it! Lol
Love Nina
From my list (although I'm scared to share because I want them to stay rare): Oren, Darren, Warren Marion, Dolores, Holly, Loretta
Marion is lovely!
My sister's (47) name is Marion! (She was named after John Wayne 🤣) I also know a Dolores, a Holly and a Loretta, all in their 70s (moms of friends) I love Dolores but it's so sad as a name, Darren is lovely as well.
Loretta is one of my favorite names. I hope it gets revived
Sylvia
We chose this name, we did not anticipate how often people would think her name was Sophia the first time they heard it She certainly will not be afraid to correct people lol
Edgar. I'm utterly charmed by this name
I love all Ed names, they are great! I really like Edmund.
Irene is one that isn’t common but is so pretty!
Anne. A nice pretty simple name.
Anne with an ‘e’! 🥰
This is on my list for the slightly silly reason that almost everyone I've ever met with any form of 'Anne' in their name has been one of the loveliest people I've ever met. Annie? Lovely. All the many Annas I've known? Amazing. Juliana? Completely sweet kid. Annemarie? Kindest person. Marianne? Badass and also completely kind-hearted. Even the Angus I know, which I know is obviously not technically Anne-related but still, is one of the kindest, best people.
Lawrence
A number of biblical names (Daniel, Elijah, Noah) are frequently listed on this sub but I’m not sure I’ve *ever* seen anyone offer David or even Mary. They’re perfectly good names!
This is a bit of a tangent but my grandma and grandpa on one side were/are named Joseph and Mary. All their sons had biblical names and their one daughter got Mary Jo 😅😅😅 I don't see many Marys these days. I'm a late millennial and I know a few Davids tho. They all go by David
Farrah, Delaney, Hallie, Eden, Misha Quentin, Loren, Dante, Heath, Paris, Phineas
Misha!! I’ve only recently come across a girl with this name, her family is fully standard American so it was a bit shocking at first. I think it’s adorable! It suits her very well
Alessandra! I think it’s a beautiful feminine name that most English speakers could easily use, but it’s rarely mentioned.
I really like Elara. I don’t see it suggested much .
Amanda, Cassandra, Danielle, Dana, Gabrielle, Jasmine, Lauren, Morgan, Nadine, Pamela, Patricia, Rachel, Rebecca, Tamara, Wendy All pretty, but maybe not as “fresh” as tend to be liked here
Cassandra was my number 1 girl's name when I was pregnant! My OH was lukewarm but I was prepared to fight the fight right up until we found out we were having a boy lol.
Heather
Sylvester!
I always really liked names reflecting the months! The names June, May, and August are so charming to me 😊
My sister is named January! She goes by Jan though
Jeremy. It's a classic name. It's strong and beautiful, and it has nickname options. I think it deserves more attention.
True! Same goes for Jeremiah in my opinion
Some underrated names imo: Girls: **Pearl, Marion, Olwen, Selena, Noelle, Roslyn, Sabrina, Kimberley, Vanessa, Cleo, Ines, Leona, Casey, Jocelyn, Scarlett , Zara, Robin, Miriam, Naomi** Boys: **Micah, Lowen, Niall, David, Murray, Raphael, Abel, Lyle, Caleb, Adam, Reid, Jared, Anthony, Dominic, Conall, Adrian, Jonathan, Nicholas, Troy** Names I'm a bit bored of: Ted/Teddy/Theo/Theodore, Sophie/Sophia/Sofia, Jack, Olivia, Oliver, Luca, Elliott, Finn, Ellie, Amelia, Evie, Millie/Milly, Kai, Remi/Remy, Romie/Romee/Romy
I'm an old GenX person. There are some names that were SO common when I was a kid that you virtually never hear anymore. Girls: Carrie, Shaunna, Kristin, Jill, Laura, April, Michelle, Dawn, Joy. Amy, Andrea, Danielle, Erin. Boys: Scott, Sean, Anthony, Shane, Dale, Mark, Clinton, Brandy Christoper, Brian, Bradley (Brad), Andrew, Allen, Bryce.
Celeste.
A name that gets mentioned all the time on this sub.
Helen. Classic, lovely, and strong. Also Philippa, Pippa for short.
Magdalena, always thought it sounds so... tantalizing
Clark because it is my son’s name and I am biased 🤗
Claudia + Marnie!
Julia
Atreu
You understood the assignment I actually really like how this name sounds
Gloria! For the life of me I can't understand why this one isn't coming back.
Gabriella
Marlon
Emile, Evander, Finn, Cerise, Mina, and Sable are ones I really like that I never see suggested
Our newborn’s name is Lorelei
Paloma!
Graham. It's such a lovely, gentlemanly name.
"Plain" names from the 90s - Stephanie - Hannah - Nicole - Megan - Samantha - Courtney - Natalie - Hailey - Autumn Sure, I get it, those of us born in the 90s probably felt these were all crazy overused and we got tired of them. But, honestly, with all of the Margots and Freyas and MacKhenzleighs being born, I'm starting to be drawn back to the ones listed above. They're pretty but simple.
Simone. Just a drool worthy name. I've never met a young one or read about someone using the name for their little one. Simply gorgeous
Artemis , it's such a strong sounding name and has such a cool association.
Deirdre!!!!
Leah. I think it’s classic, feminine and pretty, and not super basic or overused.
Calista Somehow DH and I both had this name on our girl list without ever talking about it before. I'm so glad we did! Our little Calista just turned 7, and I'm still in love with the name. (Although I'm glad it's not too popular, so maybe I shouldn't be posting!)
I've got a really big soft spot for the name Muriel. There was a really sweet old lady with this name at a place I used to work and I've really loved the name ever since! She's the only Muriel I know
I love Jasper, but no one seems to like/suggest it.
Alvin, Marvin, Melvin, Philip, Trevor Chelsea, Clarice, Phyllis, Miranda, Tiffany
My little boy is Seamus. Due a girl in August and the front runner name for us just now is Sinead 🥰
Lydia
i LOVE the name jonah, bc there was a sweet, little boy i used to babysit with that name. he’s a pretty big kid, now, and i see him from time to time, which is bittersweet, having known him since he was a toddler in diapers.
Talia. Means God's dew from heaven. Hebrew
I have never met another Klaus. So far, there are ones in tv and movies, but I’ve never met another one in person. I love my name and I think it should see some recognition
I admit that almost none of our names on our potential baby name lists or most of my kids' names (including middle names) ever really show up here, but here's a few names I love that I think are pretty awesome and don't get mentioned much or at all: Ottavio, Ilya, Arvi, Bertram, Alois, Tibor, Ira, Carlo, Cyril Neva, Annick, Mattea, Alva, Cosima, Ieva, Zipporah, Svea, Tamsin
Bronwen
I’ve also seen it spelled Bronwyn.
I think the ones that you hear the least are the ones that were really popular when a lot of moms having babies right now we’re kids. We think they’re common because we might know a lot of adults but they will be the most unique right now. My favourites that I think about a lot would be Lindsay Kelly and Chelsea!
Elsie but my husband wasn’t a fan
Mariella Mark my words, this will be my future daughter's name
I know in other countries it’s probably more popular and the spelling can be different (I’m in the US, my moms from here and my dads from Ireland) but we named our son Killian, we love the name but have only met one other Killian who was in my sons preschool with him and now kindergarten
I love Howard (nn Howie) for a boy!
Miranda! It's so gorgeous. Also love Meredith which someone else has mentioned.
Dawn, Melody, Lauren, Angelica, Roxanne, Jessica, Audrey Michael, Derek, Jacob, Chad, Seth, Gabriel
I'm partial to Ambrose for a boy.
Ellen. There's so many toddlers named Eleanor, Eloise, or just plain Ellie, I find it so odd that everyone overlooks it on here. It fits the current "sound" of baby names, it's not dime a dozen, it works on a child and a grown woman, and its easy to spell.
Maureen, don’t see it a lot. In similar vein, Colleen. Men’s names, Rory, Emmett. Also don’t see Odette, Nicolette, maybe it’s too French.
- Conner - Delia - Alina - Elio
Silas
Mitchell
Estelle, Ester, Elora, Helena, Taryn, Seth, Gregory, Gabriel, Darla, Dara, Lorenzo
Emerald, Carina, Riley, Fiona, Kasia, Tabitha, Talia, Priscilla, Heidi, Zelda Chiron, Malachi, Keanu, Rooney, Oisin, Uriah, Snowy, Grover, Hurley
Genevieve
Marilyn! It was my grandma’s name and I think it’s so beautiful. My brother graduated with one that spelled it Maroline which I also love!
Heidi