I’ve married a man: Mr. Theobalt. I go by [name]Irmgard[/name] Theobalt. As I child, my brothers me “O’ [name]Wild[/name]!” My parents liked to plan.
My mother liked [name]Ophelia[/name] from [name]Shakespeare[/name]'s [name]Hamlet[/name].
[name]Wendy[/name]: Because they obviously couldn’t resist.
[name]Irmgard[/name]: I was named after a very beautiful and wise woman.
[name]Lolita[/name]: Well… I was her 13th child. She’ll have to be forgiven. She gave birth to twelve boy then FINALLY a daughter, as she loves to say.
I like my names. [name]Even[/name] though they aren’t common.
My first name is pretty uncommon, with an even more uncommon spelling; my middle name is one I don’t see too often in the middle spot: [name]Darci[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]. My parents liked the name [name]Darci[/name], and since it was pre-internet and it’s an uncommon name, had no idea there was a ‘normal’ way to spell it. [name]Victoria[/name] is after my Mexican grandmother. I’ve always loved my name, and actually prefer the more unusual spelling. On the rare occasions I have had another [name]Darci[/name] in my class (it’s happened twice, different girls), they’ve always spelled it [name]Darcy[/name], which has made it easier for teachers to distinguish us.
My daughter’s name is super unusual and her middle name is like mine, common as a first name, not so much as a middle name: Aralyn [name]Andrea[/name]. I liked Aralyn because even though it’s unusual, it’s close enough to several common names that people don’t usually have much problem pronouncing it. I’ve also generally gotten really positive feedback on the name, people like that it’s ‘different but not weird’ (as one person put it), and usually think it’s really pretty and feminine. [name]Andrea[/name] was for her father, [name]Andre[/name].
Ha, I know how you feel. I’m Maurilia, after my Puerto Rican grandmother. I’ve never met another besides my nana, and everyone thinks it’s pretty, but they also give me looks because I’m pretty white, and Maurilia is obviously pretty hispanic. No one spells it correctly or pronounces it correctly on the first try.
My full name is [name]Susan[/name] [name]Helen[/name] [name]Nguyen[/name].
[name]Susan[/name] isn’t an unusual name by any means, but it is slightly unusual because I’m an eighteen year old [name]Susan[/name]. I’ve had teachers comment on how surprised they are at my name because it’s considered a “mom/grandma” name. It’s a classic old fashioned name that isn’t used very often today, compared to say [name]Elizabeth[/name] or [name]Katherine[/name].
It’s the same thing with [name]Helen[/name]-it’s unusual because a lot of Vietnamese people I know all have American names and Vietnamese middle names while I have an American first name and middle name.That, and a lot of girls I know have the very traditional and common middle names, like [name]Rose[/name],[name]Lynn[/name],[name]Marie[/name],[name]Elizabeth[/name],[name]Grace[/name],[name]Noelle[/name],[name]Leigh[/name],[name]Claire[/name],[name]Katherine[/name], and so on. I’ve never met anyone else (my age or older) with the middle name [name]Helen[/name].
I don’t meet very many people with uncommon names, BUT there is a new family at my church and the sibset is quite unique. I don’t remember all of the names, but there’s [name]Iliana[/name],(like you mentioned)Skotland, (I would prefer [name]Scotland[/name]) and [name]Lucia[/name]. It’s such a broad range of names, and it fascinates me.
My name is [name]Mercedes[/name] [name]Merrick[/name]. My last name ends with “s” so whenever try to say my full first name and my last name together, the -s sounds run together. I even had one teacher that completely dropped all of the -s sounds in my name. I go by [name]Sadie[/name] most of the time. I used to hate [name]Mercedes[/name] but it’s ok now. I prefer [name]Sadie[/name]. [name]Merrick[/name] is my mother’s maiden name. [name]One[/name] teacher tried to say it muh-REEK but it’s irish so it’s more like [name]MARE[/name]-ick
No! I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Monday[/name] for a name it’s gorgeous I have it on my list. I read on another thread you middle name is [name]Echo[/name]…[name]Monday[/name] [name]Echo[/name] so pretty don’t change it :(! I knew a [name]Monday[/name] [and [name]Tuesday[/name] for that matter] growing up.
My name is [name]Brighid[/name] [name]Molly[/name] [name]Ada[/name], I go by [name]Molly[/name] though. [name]Brighid[/name] is for my great-great-grandmother who came over from [name]Ireland[/name], so it’s the traditional Irish spelling of [name]Bridget[/name], the spelling confuses a lot people into pronouncing it Brig-hid. [name]Molly[/name] I picked for myself when I was thirteen after a character from The Looking Glass Wars. [name]Ada[/name] my dad picked for [name]Ada[/name] Lovelace the worlds first computer programmer.
I’m Tovara Sidura. I get SO many misspellings and mispronunciations. It’s pronounced ta-VAR-ah, not TOE-vair-ah or [name]TOV[/name]-ar-ah. I’ve been called [name]Tamara[/name], [name]Tara[/name], [name]Debra[/name], [name]Flora[/name]… The list goes on. I have a long, very unusual last name as well. I really wish my mom had given me a more common middle name at times. It’s grown on me over the years, though.
Tovara comes from the Hebrew “[name]Tova[/name]” meaning “good”. Sidura is a variation of Siduri, a goddess in the Epic of Gilgamesh. My mom’s a die-hard hippie, lol.
My name is scandinavian and lovely if you live there, but the name sounds very harsh in other countries: [name]Solveig[/name]. I just wish my mom had picked another Scandinavian name such as [name]Tova[/name], [name]Liv[/name] or [name]Lovisa[/name].
@lita28 – Queralt is definitely different! Does the meaning have something to do with love (e.g., quiero, querida)? I’ve tried not to let my Spanish get rusty since I studied it in high school, but I was never fully fluent, so it’s just a guess!
@starcatcher668 – I went to high school with an [name]Ingrid[/name]! I think she’s about 10 years older than you (she was a year or two behind me in school, and I’m 24…), though. And there’s always [name]Ingrid[/name] Bergman if you’re looking for name role models!
@tintri – [name]Fawn[/name] is absolutely gorgeous for a middle name! I love it.
@mon_bon – I think [name]Monday[/name] is a lovely first name! If it were me, though, I might have paired it with a more traditional middle name?
@selenea – I do really like the name [name]Selene[/name] (especially with its beautiful meaning), although I prefer the spelling [name]Celine[/name]. As for how I would pronounce it (since you were wondering!), I would probably pronounce it “Seh-LEEN;” if I wanted more of the lift on the end (like the “Seh-LEH-neh” you mentioned), I would probably just spell it [name]Selena[/name]. I know what you mean about feeling like your name is dated, though – my name is also one that was very trendy for a time ("[name]Amanda[/name]"), so anyone who hears it is immediately able to guess within a year or two how old I am. Anyway, for names with a similar meaning but a different sound, there’s always [name]Artemis[/name] (also [name]Goddess[/name] of the [name]Moon[/name]), or her [name]Roman[/name] equivalent [name]Diana[/name]. [name]Selene[/name] is much more directly evocative of the moon, though.
I don’t have an unusual name, but there are a lot of them in my family! My grandma is the third of five children, and while the oldest and only boy simply got named after their father ([name]Charles[/name], nn [name]Sonny[/name]), the girls are, in order: [name]Agnes[/name] [name]Lavina[/name] (hates [name]Agnes[/name], goes by [name]Lavina[/name]), [name]Martha[/name] [name]Rowena[/name] (my grandma), [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Lucretia[/name], and… [name]Barbara[/name] [name]Jean[/name]. They always joke that their parents had run out of creativity by the time they got to my Aunt [name]Barb[/name], and at any rate all the girls are just glad they weren’t named after their Aunt Manduey. (Yes, I am dead serious. I’m not sure about the spelling, because I’ve never seen the name written down, but I’ve spent my whole life hearing about Aunt Manduey.) Also, my Aunt [name]Lavina[/name]'s husband is named [name]Clarence[/name] [name]Melvin[/name] (hates [name]Clarence[/name], goes by [name]Melvin[/name]).
Then there’s my husband’s family, where his grandma’s name is Lodema. His dad’s side of the family is VERY [name]German[/name], so there are a lot of names that, while not “weird,” are definitely somewhat unusual here in the States. His dad is [name]Roderick[/name] (nn [name]Rick[/name]), his uncle is [name]Randall[/name] (nn [name]Randy[/name]), his grandpa is [name]Herb[/name] (not sure if it’s short for [name]Herbert[/name] or not, but probably), and he has a great-uncle named [name]Otto[/name].
Whew!
I actually have a very common name ([name]Amanda[/name]) that was very trendy at the time that I was born, and while I don’t hate it, it’s never felt very special to me, either. It’s not a family name, it doesn’t have any particular special meaning… It just kind of feels like my parents didn’t put a lot of thought into it, maybe? Plus, I was literally one of [name]SEVEN[/name] in my graduating high school class (and I didn’t go to a very big school), not to mention the kids a year or so ahead of and behind me that I also had classes with. However, I’ve never had to spell it for anyone! So there’s upsides and downsides either way, I guess.
My name is [name]Linnea[/name]. It’s pronounced like [name]Lydia[/name] but with an ‘nn’ instead of a ‘d’ sound. People get really confused when trying to pronounce my name for the first time and usually pause followed by a “Miss (Last Name)”. Some people think it’s pronounced [name]Lin[/name]-nay-uh which is wrong, and while the people in this country with this name seem to pronounce it like that, I’ve been told by many a swede that it’s actually pronounced [name]Lin[/name]-nee-uh. My parents just hurried it up a bit. I like my name, but it’s been troublesome. The people who can say it can’t spell it and the people who can spell it can’t say it. I wish parents would think about this ahead of time. I find it refreshing when people pronounce it correctly. They’re usually European. Sometimes I think that the difficulty of my name may be hindering my job prospects. Studies have shown that people with easily pronounceable names get called in for interviews more than their counterparts. [name]Just[/name] a thought. I may try going by L. (Middle Name) (Last Name) the next round to see if there’s progress.
My name is [name]Dhana[/name], no middle name. It is pronounced “Dah-nah” I live in Germany where even [name]Dana[/name] (we prononounce this one “Dah-nah” as well) has never been popular, but at least isn’t totally uncommon. I live in an area with about 2 million people, but I’m the only [name]Dhana[/name] you can find on Facebook here.
I found out it is a unisex name in [name]India[/name], but the truth is that my dad just thought [name]Dana[/name] was to short, so he added the “h”. I have to spell it every time, but I still like it and wouldn’t give up my extra letter. I mean people who have a common name like [name]Hanna[/name]/[name]Hannah[/name] or [name]Christina[/name] / [name]Kristina[/name] have to spell their names as well.
Never met another until I went to camp in Michigan, and I live in a very multicultural city. And even then, one spelled it the same way, but pronounced it differently, and the other said it the same way, but spelled it totally different.
I dislike it a lot for various reasons, but I think it’s a great name overall…just not on me.
I have a very common first name. My middle name on the other hand is always a conversation starter. Zerlina, after my grandmother. The Z appears on my credit cards etc and people are always asking me what it stands for.
My name is [name]Briallen[/name] and its welsh. Because I live in [name]Wales[/name] I usually don’t have many problems with it. However my mums family is a mixture of Russian and Greek, so they have a hard time pronouncing it, so I just go by [name]Bree[/name]. My middle name Aerona causes problems as well for my mums family and so does my surname Pritchard-Lllewllyn. They can’t get their tongue around the two double l’s and how we welsh pronounce it, haha!
My daughter [name]Eliska[/name], sometimes has to pronounce her name for people. Its pronounced [name]El[/name]-eesh-ka and so many pronounce it [name]Ellis[/name]-ka but I can see where they are coming from. Half of my dads family is French, so they pronounce [name]Naomi[/name] like [name]Noemi[/name].
I do, it’s [name]Cherish[/name]. This is considered unusual right? I know of three besides me. I have a twin with a less popular virtue name. Well, not true its popular but not for a nineteen year old, more so for the grandmother age I do actually like my name and get compliments on it often. It was only here where someone said it sounded cheap! My only peeve with my name is some people read it and pronounce it like [name]Cherise[/name] or Sharice or something.
They always joke that their parents had run out of creativity by the time they got to my Aunt [name]Barb[/name], and at any rate all the girls are just glad they weren’t named after their Aunt Manduey. (Yes, I am dead serious. I’m not sure about the spelling, because I’ve never seen the name written down, but I’ve spent my whole life hearing about Aunt Manduey.) Also, my Aunt [name]Lavina[/name]'s husband is named [name]Clarence[/name] [name]Melvin[/name] (hates [name]Clarence[/name], goes by [name]Melvin[/name]).