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Obscure names you love?
by Viatrix
2/25/2024, 4:45 PM
What are some obscure names you never see used but that you'd love to see on a real human?* trawling through name indexes and making lists of the interesting
https://namenerdery.tumblr.com/

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- hello_1234
2/28/2024, 2:34 PM
Anahera
Laniakea
Ivor
Hestia
Euphemia
Caspia
Saskia
Alfwin
Ashwin
Lileas
Salvadora
Natalinu
Nazaire
Seren
Saskia
Lysander
Jupiter
Hathor
Hawthorn
Hildegarde
Cassiopia
Anahi
Desdemona
Cassian
Ave
Amias

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- ViviLC
2/28/2024, 12:56 PM
I suppose ''obscure'' is a question of perspective. I went with names I have not heard a lot as real given names, neither growing up or recently.
Feminine: Agape, Arsinoe, Arthémise, Azélie, Cassiopée, Cybèle, Edwige, Gwenaëlle, Iphigénie, Iseult (not obscure, but certainly not used a lot), Lucrèce, Sayen, ZenaidaMasculine: Adélard, Anatole, Arsène, Athanase, Eudes, Hector, Ludger, Stanislas
- ShioTanbo1
2/26/2024, 4:23 PM
- guasguendi
2/26/2024, 12:08 PM
I'm a huge fan of obscure names, they mostly compose my PNLs, so I decided to choose 10 random names from both databases, for both genders. Of course, most of these would be hard to bear, but they are interesting, nonetheless!Alfonz
Betsalel
Carnistir
Cypress
Daesenor
Elendil
Girisha
Klemens
Kristof
Laurys
Lorens
Malaric
Morpheus
Nazareth
Ossian
Shalom
Sylas
Thanatos
Veremund
Ymke-Agathonike
Agnessa
Elisabel
Émérentienne
Esperia
Glaphyra
Hjördís
Iounia
Leonia
Marilla
Modesztina
Ojinjintka
Safiya
Signora
Siria
Skadi
Talya
Verdiana
Yelva
Yinarupa
- Rainya   +1
2/26/2024, 11:25 AM
I’m honestly surprised Hera isn’t used more considering Greek names are starting to rise in popularity + Hera sounds like a lot of popular names.
- Dianatiger
2/26/2024, 12:11 PM
There used to be a barista in my town named Hera before she finished college and quit. I miss her she was sweet. Said her mom was a mythology fan and her siblings had mythology names too, but I can't remember what they were.
- clevelandkentevans   +2
2/26/2024, 8:41 AM
I always promote Emerence, the French form of Emerentia (itself the feminine of Emerentius) which has also had some use in Belgium and the Netherlands, and which I think would be a great alternative for people looking for "different but not too different" shifts from Emily and Emma.

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- Rainya
2/26/2024, 11:23 AM
Ooh, that is a good name!
- Dianatiger
2/26/2024, 11:04 AM
I like Emerence but prefer Emerencia and Emerenciana
- ViviLC
2/28/2024, 12:19 PM
Come to Québec, I went to school with at least 4 Jérémies. Haha!
- NelleR
2/25/2024, 6:15 PM
Alafare
Casilda
Corbett
Esmeray
Iva
Larkin
Malette
Sigga
Tierney
Xanthe
Vionnet (V O Nay)Abbott
Eben
Lowen
Meade
Finch
- jonesilove   +1
2/25/2024, 5:36 PM
- Rainya
2/25/2024, 6:10 PM
Declan isn't obscure.
- LydiaZhang   +1
2/25/2024, 5:26 PM
- guasguendi
2/26/2024, 12:21 PM
Anrrique is interesting, I like it! It would fit as the name of a knight in a video game set in the Middle Ages.
- Rainya
2/25/2024, 5:22 PM
I don't know what counts as obscure, but I went with has never been on any top 1000 list ever.Girls:
Amorosa, Andromeda, Annabeth, Arista, Azura, Bellatrix, Camellia, Caramia, Iciani, Jessalyn, Jezebel, Kanani, Kella, Lavender, Lilica, Medley, Melusine, Nemunas, Parisa, Polyxena, Roselle, Rumina, XiamoraBoys:
Ajax, Asterix, Jupiter, Kallias, Mercury, Murali, Pollux, Saturn, Xenon, Xerxes, Xystos, Zaccai

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2/25/2024, 5:07 PM
- kingdom_of_daydreams   +1
2/25/2024, 5:00 PM
Kazimierz and Ravenna, which are currently my favorite names.I also love Adsila, Aelita, Aisling, Amadeus, Amaryllis, Amyntas, Anahita, Anima, Artemisia, Asherah, Blodeuwedd, Bronwen, Chrysanthos, Dzvezda, Enna, Esperanza, Evander and Evren (on the trendy side), Gentian, Gwydion, Hala, Hiram (an old-fashioned classic, Imelda, Jannatul Ferdous, Jawahir, Kainaat, Kalpana, Khadijah, Lacramioara, Licarayen, Lilith (growing in popularity), Linnea, Lyra (also on the trendy side), Montserrat, Nausicaa, Nephele, Nereida, Nishant, Nyx, Odessa, Olympia, Oswald, Parvaneh, Percival, Peregrine, Pleiades, Rayyan, Roimata, Runa,

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- Viatrix
2/25/2024, 5:13 PM
My son goes to school with a young Imelda!