islandmom

We're having a baby and looking for unique names. It's probably a girl, but we aren't 100%. Have you heard any place names or people names that were nice?

ARKANSASNURSE

Have a friend whose new grand baby's name is Cheyenne Rose, which I personally love. My granddaughter is Kiersten LeAnne. Also, just in case I have heard Dalton Lane, Haydn Lee. But the girl next door to me has a very unique name, I think, her mom said everyone commented on how she looked like someone else when they were born so her name is Memory. When is your babe expected, and so far what names are in the running? Let us know what you choose! Congrats by the way.

Jocelyn_P

Why not personalize it so the name has special meaning to you? Before I had my 2nd baby, my husband and I went to Italy. I absolutely fell in love with the Apollo and Dafne sculpture by Bernini; so much so that if little Clay had been a girl he would have been named Daphne (I wasn't going to name him Apollo, though!).

Wednesday

My mother liked the name of the King of Jordan's wife who died shortly before I was born, and so I was named; Alia.

My friend had a daughter and named her Azul.

Patrick

How about Fodor for a boy and Fodorette for a girl?

DUMBDORA

What about Sara Kate, Riley Jill or Graham Leigh. I prefer Graham Leigh. A strong name for a girl and in this century she will appreciate it.

theladyjess

When I was working in Pedatrics I heard alot of unique names. One mom was named Edelwiss (sp?) Austria. There was a girl named Edukou, pronounced Ah-do-ku. One mom wanted to name her baby Lizabeth Sally Davis, but didn't want her initals to be LSD. I suggested adding a second middle name, so the baby became Lizabeth Sally Louise Davis.

My friend's name is William Dean Williams. I had lost touch with him and tried to look him up. There are over 200 Will Williams in Texas.

I have names picked out for my future childeren. For girls I have Kjersten (Kersten in Danish) Elizabeth Marie, and Amelie (Emily in French) Grace Jolie. For boys I have Chandler James Andrew, and I'm working on coming up with something to go with Dade.

In my family all my sisters and I have two middle names. I am Jessica Elizabeth Anna. My sisters are Merry Anne Nelson, McKenzie Jolie Ann, and Katherine Stevie Anne.

I've heard more unique names, I just can't remember any right now.

Ryan

Before you go to obscure with a name, you might just want to read a study done by MIT in which they showed resumes of equally qualified people with similar experience to hiring managers. Overwhelmingly, people with what was seen as more traditional names were given preference over those with unusual names.

Although, with our daughter, we did consider briefly Bellagio as a middle name. The hotel in Vegas has a certain significance with her birth. (Wink, wink.)

Patrick

Gee, Ryan, aren't you glad you didn't vacation at Circus, Circus?

gotribe

I know a little girl named Trinity.
Unfortunately, she's a brat!

Ryan

Good point Patrick. A person with the middle name "Bozo" might have had a hard time being taken seriously.

GoTravel

You just know these kids get beat up at school every day.

Why not a family name?

BarbBC3

We're going through baby names too actually. Don't know yet if we're having a boy or girl, but i've heard a few interesting names from various countries. A few of the ones i liked...
Gabriella (Italian i think), Charlotta (also Italian), Chloe (French), Jacqueline (Canadian). There are lists online too. Here's one: http://sheknows.com/inside/Pregnancy...und_the_world/

mclaurie

There was an article in the NYTimes magazine several months ago about trends in baby names. Using place names is one big trend right now (if I recall correctly, Dakota is the current Jennifer/Jason of the 80's). I know a young girl China (can also be spelled Cheyna).

GBelle

Paris seems to be all over the airways these days.

Ani

My grandfather, while in Germany on business, came across the name Anja (pronounced ON-yuh...believe it or not, some buthcer it and pronounce it ANN-juh). He mentioned it to my mother, pregnant with me at the time, and she named me that!

Paul

This teacher suggests a more common name... Michael, Isabella, David, Sarah, etc.

BTW Ryan, I know someone with the last name of Bozo. Dick Bozo and Pat Bozo (seriously). Real nice folks too!

Ani

P.S. Congrats! We are due in April with our first child, a girl, and plan to name her Riley.

wow

Go w/ a traditional name. "Unique" is what your son/daughter will have to live w/ forever. What is "unique" today (i.e., trendy) may be weird tomorrow. And possibly difficult to spell, pronounce, explain. Kids have enough challenges w/o having to deal w/ a "unique" name.

highbay

Okay, I'll bite on this one. I am a Labor & Delivery nurse in the Tampa Bay area. I have seen all sorts of names in the last 10 years. I would give you some simple advice, don't cross the line between unique and bizarre. The most bizarre names come from our patients that seem to be less educated. They drive our medical records clerks insane with the changes that they make in the spelling of the child's name, primarily because they couldn't spell a traditional name like Michael right anyway. As previous posters have stated, the child will have to live the rest of his/her life with this name. Make certain it will be something that will not bring him/her ridicule during the formative years.