a girl?

We still dont know babies sex. but we are at an absolute loss for names!!!

now, clearly we arnt looking for a common name. it'd be strange to have a 'jack' or 'Ben' amongst our strange brood.
im looking for some strange/uncommon one syllable boys names

and some strange/uncommon girls names! (how ever many syllables it may be)

your thoughts?

 

I am not a fan of made up names, but if you want "real" names that are rare nowadays I suggest looking through old literature for example Shakespeare's plays. Hamlet has Ophelia which is not very common, yet beautiful, King Lear features a Cordelia (and a Goneril, but let's ignore that one, it is pretty awful), in Othello you have Emilia and Desdemona (though the meaning of Desdemona is "ill-fated" so maybe not such a winner, even though it flows across the tongue so well), in Two Gentlemen of Verona you have Silvia and Lucetta, in Midsummer night's dream Titania, Hermia and... well Peaseblossom, In Merchant of Venice there are a Portia and a Nerissa, in As You Like It you have a Celia and a Rosalind (also Rosalind in Romeo and Juliet), in A winter's tale a Hermione and a Perdita, in The tempest an Ariel, Miranda, Iris, Ceres and Juno...

My daughters are Isabella (like in Measure to measure) and Hermione (like in A winter's tale), though Isabella is very popular nowadays it was a very old favourite of mine and Hermione is associated with a teenage witch, but I like that when they grow up they will be able to read old plays in which their names are important characters.

Otherwise, if you do want made up names, I believe there is a name generator thingie online, which makes up names with some input of information (female, male or unisex, etc...).
M.

 

Boy:
Jett
Cal
Rhett
Pen
Tad. ( my oldest ds)
Just
Hank
Mac
Finn
Kip
Jax
Wade
Sage
Grey
Hunt
Weiss. ( w Long I. s)




Girl
Daily
Ever
Pippa
Journey
Denver. ( dh's cousin has a daughter named Denver Kate)
Sage
Bellamy
Eden
True
Caitley
Juniper
Laiken

Paisley

 

Slade
Slate
Steel
Ace
Dax

Girls:
Shae
Bryn
Calissa
Danae
Ebonie
Mamie
Marnie
Tatiana
Zariah

 

Heathermomof6 - two of your suggested boys names were actually on our list! haha

we have narrowed down a boys name to 2 or three... still at a loss for a girl. dont really know what we are looking for, love all the suggestions!

 

Lenore
Olive
Lois
Cordelia
Gretchen
Suzanne/Suzette
Morgaine/Morgan
Penelope
Kerry/Carrie/Keri however you would want to spell it
Heather
Francis
Delma

 

Delaney
Paige
Annika (Procounced with a hard K, so Anni-Kah)
Salem
Willa
Willow
Meadow
Ariel
Luisa

 

I only have 1 daughter & wanted her to have a name that I thought was beautiful & elegant that would stand out without being "weird". After a lot of searching we named her Elia (prounced Ellie-uh). It means "God has answered my prayers" & is an old name. The large majority of people I have met have never heard it, but it isn't something that seems really "out there" to them. I love it & she won't have to go through school being Amanda N.

 

I have recently heard Elliot as a girls name. I like it better as a girls name then for a boy.