Names you wished were used more often?

midnightskies · August 8, 2012, 8:16pm

So I have a list of names but I still don’t [name]LOVE[/name] anything. So I thought I might get a bit of inspiration by asking what names do you think should be used more often?

leonielee · August 8, 2012, 10:06pm

Boys:
[name]Alfred[/name]
[name]Seth[/name]
[name]Amos[/name]
[name]Euan[/name]
[name]Anders[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]
[name]Cormac[/name]

Girls:
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]/[name]Ellen[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Brigit[/name]
[name]Gwendolen[/name]

This was all I’ve got off the top of my head!

beanicol · August 8, 2012, 10:51pm

[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Louise[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Mollie[/name]
[name]Maggie[/name]

[name]Kurt[/name]
[name]Darren[/name]
[name]Rory[/name]
[name]Anderson[/name]
[name]Cruz[/name]
[name]Emory[/name]

mara_lyn86 · August 8, 2012, 11:21pm

I love the names that are mentioned. A lot of these are my favorites. It is funny that I would love for them to be used more so they would not be perceived as weird, like the name [name]Gladys[/name]. But I also don’t want them to become overused because they would lose their wonderful unique qualities. I can’t hide the wonderful names forever though.

Names I would love to see more:
[name]Pamela[/name]
[name]Barbara[/name]
[name]Joyce[/name]
[name]Marcia[/name]
[name]Doris[/name]

martinezmedford · August 9, 2012, 10:56am

I’m the mother of a [name]Horatio[/name] [name]Ross[/name] and both first and middle should be used more.

Boys:
[name]Apollinaire[/name]
[name]Odysseus[/name]
[name]Montgomery[/name]
[name]Lucan[/name]
[name]Soren[/name]
[name]Monroe[/name]
[name]Evander[/name]
[name]Moss[/name]
[name]Ellery[/name]
[name]Tiago[/name]/Thiago
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Emil[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Seneca[/name]
[name]Calvin[/name]
[name]Zephyr[/name]

Girls:
[name]Ramona[/name]
[name]Astrid[/name]
[name]Ines[/name]
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Larkin[/name]
[name]Merial[/name]
[name]Hedwig[/name]
[name]Louise[/name]
[name]Siobhan[/name]
Merrin

myowngildedbutterfly · August 9, 2012, 11:23am

I know it was already mentioned but, [name]Ramona[/name]. It’s absolutely gorgeous, but ridiculously underused! also

[name]Isobel[/name] (this spelling)
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Magdalena[/name]
[name]Joel[/name]
[name]Percy[/name]

system · August 9, 2012, 11:27am

Girls:
[name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Artemis[/name]
[name]Euphemia[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Forsythia[/name]
[name]Orchid[/name]
[name]Lotus[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]

Boys:
[name]Severus[/name]
[name]Nathanial[/name] (no nicknames)
[name]Jonathon[/name] (no nicknames)
[name]Frederic[/name] (this spelling and no nicknames)
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Lark[/name]

kala_way · August 9, 2012, 11:50am

I think in general I wish people were more adventurous in choosing names outside of the top 200 while not taking it upon themselves to create new names.

It seems like the 2 most common methods for choosing names are:

Picking something super common or family oriented that’s generally dull, overused, popular, unexciting, etc. Not that I’m against classic names, it just gets so boring hearing the same names over and over when I know there are so many beautiful straight-forward names out there that are so rarely used.
Wanting to be unique/different or whatever the motivation is and creating a name/spelling all your own. While this isn’t always horrible, I gotta say that it usually is.

I want the golden mean between these 2 extremes to rise up and dominate!

Names I feel are underused: [name]Bianca[/name], [name]Daphne[/name], [name]Heidi[/name], [name]Noelle[/name], [name]Fiona[/name], [name]Celeste[/name], [name]Gideon[/name], [name]Felix[/name], [name]Zane[/name], [name]Phillip[/name], and 100’s of others

system · August 9, 2012, 3:05pm

[name]Betty[/name], [name]Betsie[/name], [name]Pamela[/name], [name]Deirdre[/name], [name]Orlando[/name], Sansa, Sunniva nn [name]Sunny[/name], [name]Genoveva[/name], [name]Fionnuala[/name] and most mythological and celestial names

cupcakelove888 · August 9, 2012, 3:19pm

[name]Hermione[/name], [name]Luna[/name], [name]Primrose[/name] and for boys, [name]Eben[/name] and [name]Alfred[/name].

rachelxoxo · August 9, 2012, 3:45pm

[name]Lois[/name]… I wish this was used/found more.

ashleyjuliette · August 9, 2012, 4:18pm

girls:
[name]Joelle[/name]
Emberley
[name]Cypress[/name]
[name]Willow[/name]
[name]Laurette[/name]
Annalynn
Annabeth
[name]Parker[/name]
[name]Tylor[/name]

boys:
[name]Quinten[/name]
[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Stetson[/name]
[name]Marshall[/name]
Dimetri

caramichelle · August 9, 2012, 7:08pm

[name]Miriam[/name]. It’s such an underused classic.

augusta_lee · August 9, 2012, 8:28pm

[name]Love[/name] this idea! These are all names I think are fabulous and deserve greater popularity.

[name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Winifred[/name]
[name]Linden[/name] (such a fresh alternative to [name]Brooklyn[/name] and the rest)
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Clio[/name]
[name]Valentine[/name]
[name]Ariadne[/name]
[name]Briony[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]
Esmé
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Evadne[/name]
[name]Selah[/name]
[name]Isolde[/name]
[name]Caia[/name]
[name]Zora[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Thisbe[/name]
[name]Antonia[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name] (should appeal to fans of [name]Olivia[/name] and [name]Sophia[/name])
[name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Devorah[/name]
[name]Jerusha[/name]
[name]Jacoba[/name]
[name]Wallis[/name]
[name]Alba[/name]
[name]Mavis[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name]
[name]Salome[/name]
[name]Garnet[/name]
[name]Xanthe[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Artemis[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Janet[/name]
[name]Twyla[/name]
[name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Marjorie[/name]
[name]Judith[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]

[name]Cashel[/name]
[name]Roderick[/name]
[name]Foster[/name]
[name]Lionel[/name]
[name]Bruce[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Homer[/name]
[name]Gareth[/name]
[name]Hale[/name]
[name]Laszlo[/name]
[name]Calvin[/name]
[name]Hollis[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Zephyr[/name]
[name]Morris[/name]
[name]Quincy[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
[name]Darwin[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Linus[/name]
[name]Calder[/name]
[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Ruskin[/name]
[name]Pollux[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Ivor[/name]
[name]Aubrey[/name]
[name]River[/name]
[name]Baxter[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Willow[/name]
[name]Erasmus[/name]
[name]Winslow[/name]
[name]Dashiell[/name]
[name]Ferdinand[/name]
[name]Evander[/name]
[name]Shiloh[/name]
[name]Guthrie[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]
[name]Virgil[/name]