What’s your favorite name (Fem/Masc/Neutral) that’s pretty uncommon or overall extinct?

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Deconceptualist@lemm.ee · 27 pts · 3y

X Æ A-Xii

Just kidding, that one is terrible.

But Moon Unit has a nice twang to it.

starman@programming.dev · 23 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--

TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip · 11 pts · 3y

Little Bobby Tables, we call him

Candelestine@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Claire

Never met a Claire I didn't like.

Link69@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Claire is very common in France

Valmond@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y

"C'est claire !"

I mean ; "C'est Claire !"

cybercitizen4@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y

Real

raubarno@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 3y

Russian Eastern Orthodox Old Church believers have fancy names, such as Evdokia (female) or Liverius (male). They are really uncommon because of a small population of Old Believers.

randomOrange@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 3y (4 replies)

testing

infotainment@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

That's also my favorite name

Ghoti@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Testing is a name?

NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y

Teacher here. Anything can be a name. Trust me. I've seen things...

randomOrange@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y

anything is a name, if you are brave enough

0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 10 pts · 3y

Leila. I just love it. It's so feminine. I'll name my daughter that if I ever have a daughter.

jeena@jemmy.jeena.net · 9 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Henrietta

Spectator@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y

The only person I met with that name, and only in small amounts, is Henrietta Lacks.

zeppo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y (6 replies)

Fanny

NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Isn't that just a diminutive of Frances?

zeppo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I have no idea.

RenardDesMers@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

No, it's a Southern French name.

Ward@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

This person would probably be able to get away with living in the US without too many looks but this is a slang term for vagina in the UK so they might have a rough childhood there.

TheRealKuni@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y

It’s a slang term for ass in the US, so I’m guessing they’d get shit for it here, too.

Akasazh@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 3y

I love that that is the name of the mascot for 'big ass fans' they have a donkey (ass) called Fanny.

MxRemy@lemmy.one · 4 pts · 3y

Midge

Akasazh@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 3y

In Dutch, there's an archaic name 'Joke', pronounced yo kuh. But in a more multilingual world it has practically disappeared.

at_an_angle@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y

Carroll.

Mostly guys had that name, though it was pretty neat.

EarWorm@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

There's a content creator called Aoife on the Eurogamer YouTube channel. I think the name is Irish/Gaelic, or something like that.

chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

What country are you in? I know at least a couple of Aoife's (in the UK), so would imagine it's still pretty popular in Ireland itself!

EarWorm@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I'm in Finland, but most of the entertainment I consume is from the UK/US. Aoife just sounds quite different from all the other names I keep hearing so I assumed it's rare, but I'm glad to be wrong because the name is still cool.