What are your favorite names outside of the U.S. Top 1000?
A few of mine:
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Concordia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Alasdair[/name_m]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Eamon[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Ewan[/name_m]
One name that has recently caught my attention - Marigold (from Downton Abbey). I’ve always liked my own name Deborah, but hate Debbie or the spelling Debra. I’m puzzled as to why Deborah hasn’t had a resurgence in popularity like other Biblical or old-fashioned names. I like my mother’s name too - Jacolyn and the more traditional Jacqueline. My grandmother’s names were Helen Lucinda and Anna Josefina - love both combo names!
My brother’s name is Reed, another favorite - classic, yet not common.
So here are some of my favorites - not sure if they’re on the 1000 list, but I don’t think they are really common.
Girls - Allyn, Jacolyn, Lucinda, Josefina, Marigold, Zadie, Virginia, Juliet or Juliette, Lizzie, Thea, Rory, Antonia
Boys - Reed, Mitch, Zed, Rex (my nephew’s name), Axel (my uncle’s name), Nico or Niko, Emerson
Daylalynn, Loxley, [name_m]Berlyn[/name_m], [name_f]Taina[/name_f], Jagoda, [name_f]Malina[/name_f], Velika and Ralitsa.
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Avis[/name_f]
[name_f]Bettina[/name_f]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_u]Damaris[/name_u] (okay, it’s at 999)
[name_f]Davina[/name_f]
[name_f]Edwina[/name_f]
[name_f]Eunice[/name_f]
[name_f]Fern[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Frederica[/name_f]
[name_f]Garnet[/name_f]
[name_f]Ghislaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Honoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Jacinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Jemima[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lois[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucretia[/name_f]
[name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Muriel[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Pauline[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamond[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_m]Tallis[/name_m]
[name_f]Tamsin[/name_f]
[name_f]Thais[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Viveca[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_m]Amaury[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Bertram[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_u]Cato[/name_u]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Clive[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_m]Emrys[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] (it’s almost out-- 983)
[name_m]Irving[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Lowell[/name_m]
[name_m]Lloyd[/name_m]
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Osmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainier[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m]
[name_m]Tarquin[/name_m]
Wulfric
[name_u]Zephyr[/name_u]
One comment-- it was a lot easier for me to find girl names on my list out of the top 1000 compared to boy names.
For me:
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Cerys[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethan[/name_f]
[name_f]Keela[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]
[name_u]Addison[/name_u]
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u]
[name_u]Alfie[/name_u]