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Misfit names
by Wordsmith
8/17/2024, 8:00 AM
What are names you love—or are currently infatuated with—that don't quite (or at all) align with your tastes/style? I was motivated to ask this question by my sudden fancy for Jillian and Diane. Jillian is a misfit for me because it's tied to the 80s/90s and lacks centuries of history (at least in the form Jillian), whereas Diane's a misfit because it's a somewhat generic midcentury mom name here in the U.S. Please share your misfit loves!

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- Justina
10/8/2024, 3:33 AM
I don't know if I can make a list, but I feel like my naming style is all over the place at the moment. Instead of choosing names I like, sometimes I'm choosing oddities and outliers, GPs, cre8tiv spellings, and names that are nms. Mixing it up, I guess!
- Epíklisi (painted_tetra)
10/7/2024, 11:57 AM
- Mary R.
8/19/2024, 7:03 AM
*th* names: Ithiel, Ailith, Elbereth
- Ceri (Ceri12)
8/18/2024, 5:09 AM
Kennedi. I don’t normally like creative spellings of names but this one is an exception. Astrid. It’s not my style but I really like it.

This message was edited 8/18/2024, 5:09 AM

- wolvin
8/17/2024, 11:59 PM
Briar Rose is a weird one for me- both because I don't like double names and I also don't like names that start with B. Something about it drew me in though, and I love it. Johnnie is also a misfit because I hate almost every other John- name, but I think Johnnie is really cute.
- guasguendi   +1
8/17/2024, 2:35 PM
I really like frilly, uncommon names that would fit in a fantasy setting, but these ones have caught my attention.Haylie
Jarrett
Landry
Mareike
Mei
- Rainya
8/17/2024, 2:57 PM
They’re not frilly, but I think the last two would work well in a fantasy setting! :)
- Rainya   +2
8/17/2024, 2:03 PM
Ingrid - This seems like the type of name I’d find ugly.
Judith - I don’t love names that end with ‘th’, nor do I love names from the mid-century.
Millicent - Just seems random that I like this name. I can’t think of any other girl names ending with -nt that I like.
- Wordsmith   +1
8/17/2024, 2:21 PM
I love all three! :)
- Rainya
8/17/2024, 2:27 PM
- KK (I-love-baby-names)
8/17/2024, 1:55 PM
Scarlett is definitely the odd one out on my PNL. I don’t think Maddalena really fits either.
- EsmeLily   +1
8/17/2024, 11:46 AM
Unisex names are my least favourite style group but I do like the following "misfits":Marlowe
Avery
Hadley
Adair
Morgan
Arden
Ellis
Auden
- Mary R.
8/18/2024, 3:06 AM
Adair, Arden & Auden, yes!
- karenina19
8/17/2024, 11:12 AM
Sasha because I used to not like it and Annabel because I hate the name Anna.
- ari.   +1
8/17/2024, 8:33 AM
Marlowe (m) - I suppose you could argue that it fits in with a lot of my literary names, but it's also a trendy surname with an O-ending, which I don't usually go for (you won't catch me sparing a kind word for Harlow, which is only a sound away!)Same goes for Arden (f).Wren and Lennox (both f) are two more modern sounding surname names (well - only kind of for Wren) that I really like.I like Poppy, even though it's cutesy and twee - not my usual style at all! I can't stand Daisy, for example.
- guasguendi
8/17/2024, 2:37 PM
I also have a soft spot for Arden (on both genders), and I'm not really into surnames-as-names, but there's something interesting about it.