Growing up with a popular name, I have hated it and I want to avoid that with future kids. What are your favorite NOT popular names? What names would you love to see more of?
I love vintage names that are not common. I have chosen them for my own children.
Boy:
[name_u]August[/name_u] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_u]Emery[/name_u] [name_m]Erastus[/name_m]
[name_u]Alden[/name_u] [name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] NN [name_u]Dash[/name_u]
Girls:
[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_u]June[/name_u]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f] [name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] for a girl and [name_m]Grover[/name_m] for a boy. But they are not only not popular with the general public but also unpopular with my husband so I doubt I’ll ever get to use either of them.
[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites uncommon names would be the names from my signature, however, I wouldn’t want any of them being used more 
[name_f]Zelie[/name_f], [name_u]Alix[/name_u] & [name_f]Lucrezia[/name_f] ([name_u]Luca[/name_u]) for girls…[name_u]Alexios[/name_u], Ariston, & [name_m]Cesare[/name_m] for boys (maybe I was a Borgia in a former life?).
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Brenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Deirdre[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwyneth[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]
[name_f]Portia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvette[/name_f]