Which name seems more unusual, my husband's or my daughter's?

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Hoping you all can help settle a debate between my husband and me, and especially interested in American views. His name is [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] and our daughter’s name is [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]. He recently said he thinks that his name is considered stranger/odder than hers, which I wouldn’t have thought at all. I wondered if others have that perception. I don’t mean about literal ranking/popularity, but just about your subjective sense of the name. Curious which people think and why!

Which name feels more unusual to you?
  • [name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
  • [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
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For some reason, I don’t find either all that unusual. In fact, they seem pretty normal to me. Sorry I can’t be of more help.

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I’m in [name_u]America[/name_u], and [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] is more unusual to me simply because I rarely hear it. I think of The Picture of [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] [name_u]Grey[/name_u].
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] I hear…not exactly often, but I know of several and hear it discussed.

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Definitely [name_u]Dorian[/name_u]! [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] is my favourite name though so maybe I’m biased :grin:

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I’m from [name_u]America[/name_u] and [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] isn’t as unheard of as [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] is. I happen to know a [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] but meeting him was the first time I ever encountered the name in 17 years. [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] I had heard and knew of always.

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I live in the US, and I would definitely consider [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] more unusual than [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], simply because I’ve met several Felicitys, but I’ve never met, or heard of, a [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] in real life.

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Both are unusual, [name_m]Ive[/name_m] never met either, but I feel less likely to encounter a [name_u]Dorian[/name_u].

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In general neither of them are very unusual, but I hear [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] a lot more often than I do [name_u]Dorian[/name_u]

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Neither is unusual to me at all - they’re on the same level for me.

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I have a friend who named her daughter [name_f]Krysta[/name_f] [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] and so it feels really not all that unusual to me. [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] is far more uncommon as I’ve never heard that name outside The Picture of [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] [name_u]Gray[/name_u].

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I agree. Both feel equally normal to me.

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I’m not American, but I think neither is unusual. I never met a [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] before, I don’t live in an [name_f]English[/name_f] speaking country and [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] just isn’t used here, but I’ve heard and seen it in plenty of tv series, movies, books, articles etc. [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] does get some use here, and I know one person called [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] (about 14 years old).

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I live in the UK. [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] feels much more unusual to me because I’ve never met or heard of one in real life. I also rarely hear it discussed on here. However, [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] is actually bordering on popular where I live. I’ve met multiple Felicitys and I’ve heard of even more. It also just seems to be much more on people’s radar on here than [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] is.

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Agree with @leafygreens !

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I’m [name_f]English[/name_f] so maybe my opinion isn’t going to be a relevant as your wanting to hear from Americans anyways I think [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] is more unusual then [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]. However both don’t feel really unusual it wouldn’t be surprising to come across a [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] or [name_u]Dorian[/name_u] which I think qualifies as a name being unusual. I like both names!

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Felicity is well known here, especially for my age group because of the American Girl [name_m]Doll[/name_m].