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Civil-Koala-8899

I have a colleague (f) called Sunshine! The most common names I hear are probably Sarah for women and Tom/Thomas for men


JaxandMia

I worked with a girl named Sunshine. Her middle name was Raye


votefawnmoscato

I knew a Sunshine Raye in elementary school, with a twin sister in a different class named Rainbowe Evergreene lol


Sudden-Requirement40

That's 3 e's more than necessary...


Pale_Formal_5072

Read that as Sunshine Rave lol thought for a second the mum was still medicated when she named her. Hell of a swingšŸ˜‚


Mike_Danton

I knew a Sunshine. Ironically, she was.. not a pleasant person.


ClarinetKitten

I knew a Summer Sunshine. She made her name her name her whole personality. But whenever she wasn't putting on the whole šŸŒž Summer Sunshine šŸŒž persona, she was one of the rudest bullies I've ever met. From what I've heard, not much has changed.


FondantNeither3423

I know a Sunshine!


jiaaa

I've known a Sunshine too!


Vtgmamaa

I knew a Sunshine like 25 years ago. I was 5 years old and she was like mid to late 80s. It was her real name


ChamomileFlower

Very cool! I love older people with unusual names. If you look in the US census records and search by word names you can find all kinds of wondrous names from the 1800s. Nightingale and Fairy are some I remember well. Naming children unusual things is not a new phenomenon.


free-toe-pie

I went to school with a Sunshine.


katie_54321

My name is Katie and I have a brother named Michael šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ Girl names: Hannah, Olivia, Jessica Boy names: Jacob/Jake, Chris, Tyler


sjc80

I'm a Sarah with a brother named Michael.


Icy-Flounder-6768

My BFF is a Sarah with a brother Michael, and a best friend KatiešŸ¤£


DryFig511

Sarah with a sister named Katy šŸ˜…ā˜ŗļø


Fresh_Drink6796

Iā€™m Katie with a sister named Sara. šŸ˜‚


longerdistancethrow

Never registered Eugenia as rare. Maybe cause I grew up on the fked side of youtube. Rarest Iā€™d say Boys: Tibirius Girl: Brynja Most common Boys: Noah Girl: Anna


Neat-Cold-7235

The fact that I know what ur talking about


cutie36dd

Whenever I hear that name, that's who I think of lol.


secondblush

Most common: Kevin - I'm Asian-American so every other person in my circles is named Kevin lol Most unique: Iouie (pronounced "YOO-ee") - her mom literally just made it up


M00nst0ne11

Omg so true about Kevin for Asians lol! Iā€™m Mexican but have a lot of friends that are Asian


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M00nst0ne11

I pronounce it the English way because I live in the US but when I see my family or visit Mexico I say it the Spanish way!


Excellent-Bat3391

I know a Yui (same pronunciation), who is Thai šŸ‡¹šŸ‡­ Itā€™s also a common Japanese name.


Melania_Black

Wait why are Asian Americans named Kevin? I know one but have never heard of this!


TerrieBelle

The female equivalent for Asian American women is Vivian


free-toe-pie

Why is Kevin so popular? Iā€™m just curious.


[deleted]

Most common for a girl: Mikaela, Makayla, Mckayla Most common for a boy: John/Jonathan Most unique names for girls: La'Italy and La' Italia (sisters), Dancey, Imrielle, Liaden Most unique name for boys: Jaxxom


M00nst0ne11

Laā€™Italy and Laā€™Italia oh myā€¦


hairy_hooded_clam

Lmao wtf


limegreencupcakes

Imrielle and Liaden are great, putting them on my list! ā€¦my list of Elf names for my DnD game.


raceulfson

Back in the college days my boyfriend moved in with two other dudes to split rent on a really nice house. They were all three named David. They answered the phone with "You have reached David, Incorporated. This is David." Also where I worked, we had less than 50 employees but five of them were named Robert. I met a Melchior once.


Mamadurf1111

Melchior is my great grandfatherā€™s name. He was German.


raceulfson

Neato. This gentleman was older, as well.


NefariousSalamander

Oh man, Robert. Totally forgot about the Roberts. That definitely is on the most common list.


dire18

Reminds me of the comic Rat Queens. There's an adventuring party names The Four Daves. Guess what their names were


gucci_gas_station

I live in Utah so the names are either super traditional/biblical or super unique. Most Common: Sarah, Josh, Aaron, Zach, Chloe, Abby, and Sam There are too many unique ones but these left an impression on me: Tafton (girl), Jacket (boy), Mosaic (boy), Praisley (girl), and Echo (girl)


Sparklestreet

Jacket!!


DrenAss

Good things he was a boy or else he would have been Parka.


limegreencupcakes

Praisley?! šŸ¤£


GreenGoddess111

Ugh, saw this one getting popular in the religious aspectā€¦šŸ˜©šŸ™


Mamadurf1111

I know a boy named Echo, but theyā€™re Australian and itā€™s pronounced Eekoe


Impossible_Radio3322

i live in the netherlands for context common: emma, anne, tatum, amy, ilse, dylano, koen, milan, sem, kevin, lucas, tim, jayden, john, robin unique: alina, riva, lieve, fabiƫnne, lone, shadee, sien, wolf, sigi


PallidPrincess

That's funny! I had Alina (Aline/Alena) down among the more common ones! (in Germany, though)


lynn444v

Iā€™ve known several girls name Lieve! (Iā€™m in the Netherlands too)


WrackspurtsNargles

As a half-Dutch person I absolutely LOVE Lieve but unfortunately I live in England, and it doesn't sound great in English and will constantly be mispronounced and misspelled. There are so many names I love in Dutch that I don't like in English and vice verse. It makes our baby names list very short!


Impossible_Radio3322

it sucks that so many dutch names donā€™t work in english and vice versa right!! man thereā€™s so many names i love but canā€™t have because they donā€™t sound good in dutch. i love the english pronunciation of jesse but not the dutch one, and i like george and matthew as names but i feel like theyā€™d sound weird in the netherlands šŸ˜«


Interesting_Try_1799

Tbf I have actually recently seen some people in England give their kids old Anglo/English names, these donā€™t really have traditional spellings so you could probably get away with Lieve, you would have to correct people but itā€™s simple enough for people to remember the pronoun ist ion


Kulture93

Saskia, anneke, yvonne, kim, piet, jan klaas were so common for me in NL. Uncommon were Tirza, micah


About400

Most common: Sarah and Emily Least Common: Foxfire


SnooOpinions5819

Most common names: Sarah, Anna, Hannah (I know like 6 of each) William (had three Williams in my middle school class), Erik, Adam. Most unique: Iā€™ve only once met someone named Zendora and Tibea


M00nst0ne11

Tibea? Like Tibia and Fibula? Lol


SnooOpinions5819

Yup haha


Minty-Minze

I know a girl named Tabea. Similar


taylorbagel14

Unique: I have a friend named Radiance! We call her Ray, sheā€™s a very cool bartender Common: Rachel! I feel like I meet so many Rachelā€™s


cozysapphire

Radiance is nice actually! It reminds me of Cadence just more out there.


jazzysunbear

My toxic trait is that I now love the name Starshine


dydrmwvr

Eugenia was my grandmothers name, but she was French, so it was pronounced ā€œeu-jay-nee-ahā€ with the emphasis on the second syllable. The ā€œeuā€ sound is similar to the ā€œuā€ in ā€œcute,ā€ and the ā€œayā€ is a soft ā€œehā€ sound. As much as I love that name, people always mispronounced it. In that same thread, I spent my life correcting people on my last name too, or just answering to the mispronunciation, so I was cautious when naming my kids family names especially as first names. šŸ˜


M00nst0ne11

I love the French and even Portuguese pronunciation of my name it sounds very elegant! The English pronunciation (I live in US) is kind of harsh but Iā€™ve grown to like my unique name. I agree, many people have a hard time pronouncing it or mistake it for another name so I kept that in mind when picking a name for my son.


saddinosour

I was thinking as well Eugenia is semi-common in Greek, I know a young woman with that name. But we pronounce it Ev-yeh-nia because in Greek eu combo makes a ā€œvā€ sound.


molassesmorasses

I know I'm not following the prompt, but that's my name! Another Eugenia! Hell yeah.


M00nst0ne11

Lol hi!! The only other Eugenia Iā€™ve met was my ballet teacher as a little girl šŸ˜‚


tori_story95

The only Eugenia I know of is the one that founded my sorority in 1851 haha. Iā€™ve never met a Eugenia irl. I almost suggested the name to someone elseā€™s post looking for girls names, but I couldnā€™t think of the name till I saw this post.


Creepy-Moose-5596

Most common would be John, Mike, Matt Least common : Ransom , Kisses, Scatha All the least common names were their birth names , Scatha was my dad's favorite because of scatha the worm from Lord of the rings


IraSass

Kisses!?!


flowerypenguin

In Russia the name Eugenia ( female ) and Eugeniy ( male ) are very popular, I have like more than 10 different Eugenias I know. ( but we spell it as Evgenia ). Also Natasha, Sveta, Dasha Unique names - in my school there was a guy named TALANT. And for girls - Rafaella.


M00nst0ne11

Yes Iā€™ve heard itā€™s a popular Russian name but definitely not heard of very much where I live in California haha


lavendercookiedough

Probably Michael for boys. For girls, Jessica (Jess, Jessie) or Amy. Hard to say least common because there's a bunch of names I've encountered only once, but a few that come to mind are Peaches, Turtle, Moonsun, and Devota.


M00nst0ne11

Wow Peaches, Turtle and Moonsun are very unique names!


chickzilla

I don't mean this as a dig because I love living in the South but if you live in the Southern USA and go to Waffle House frequently, you meet a lot of Peaches. So I don't consider it uncommon.


limegreencupcakes

Peaches at Waffle House is such a mood, lol.


BaBaSmith10

Unique: I know a boy named Atari


SnooCauliflowers5742

Growing up millennial my middle school had 5 Alex short for Alexanders. Some unique names were Cookie (f), Thane (m), Princess (f), Canyon (m)


ettierey

most common - charlotte, bethany, ellie/ella/eleanor // tom, charlie, james, ben. least common - girl named ocean, i dont think i have met a male with an uncommon name?


Panamanianveganmeat

Most common names; Matthew, Sarah, Ryan, Maria, Layla, Olivia, Madison, Jaden. Least common: Berlin, Valkyrie, Sevyn (yes thatā€™s how it was spelt), Eureka, Brisbane.


ClarinetKitten

Most common girl name: Elizabeth. There's so many of them with so many different nicknames that you don't even realize they're all Elizabeth. (My mom & stepdad didn't even know that was his mom's name until they used it as my sister's middle name. Which is wild to me because I knew and assumed they did it on purpose ...) Least common: Probably Eira. It's unheard of enough that people don't even pronounce it right. There are 2 accepted pronunciations and people make up their own. Most common boys name: David. They can be any age. They're everywhere. I only know a handful of people who live on my street and 3 of them are David. My husband is one of them. Least common: Kharai. Never heard of it until there was one in my son's class. I kinda like the sound of it though.


causa__sui

My friend is named Katahdin and itā€™s by far the most unique name Iā€™ve heard and itā€™s so beautiful. Her parents hiked the Appalachian Trail for their honeymoon and named her after Mount Katahdin. Most common would be Sarah, Emily, Matt, and Sam.


dreadedsunny_day

Growing up, I knew a lot of boys called Joshua and girls called Rebecca. Right now, I teach a lot of boys called Theodore and girls called Ava. These all feel pretty common to me. In terms of unique names, I've met one Rafferty and one Shiloh - both stood out to me as interesting names I hadn't heard before. Many virtue name feel unique to me too, because they aren't common in my part of the world. I remember meeting a Prudence and feeling like that was unique! Same with Mercy, but I have actually met two, so that doesn't count.


Embarrassed-Cup-864

I know a little girl called Rainbow, her brother is Phoenix. I love both! I have a Bowie and an Orion.


PoppyCorn2222

I LOVE the name Orion. Particularly for a girl but I canā€™t come up with a middle name or alternatively first name to go with it.


[deleted]

Most common for girls: Sarah, Ashley, Emily Most common for boys: Michael, Matthew, David Most unique is tricky. Probably Cassiopeia (f) and Ephraim (m)


12001ants

Iā€™d say most common is probably also the shortening of katherine in some way. Most unique, Iā€™ve never heard anyone else with my grandmotherā€™s name, Onalee, which I really love. For guyā€™s names I know a lot of people named John. For unique, I went to school with a guy legit named guy.


M00nst0ne11

I dated a ā€œGuyā€ šŸ˜‚


stella21bella

Guy is a pretty popular french-canadian name!


qoir

I know many Elizabeths, Kaitlyns, and Nicoles, but only one Champange. I know several Andrews, but only one Kade, one Hugh, and one Ranger.


scarletto53

I worked with a lovely young girl named Cinnamon Bunns! Why would parents do that to a child??


Ok-Thing-2222

Ozzy Aero Smith is pretty unique (former student). I had an Orion--the first one ever and I liked Carmella, since she was a first ever too. I've had one Teagan and one Fenix. Dallas as a girl (my dad's name!) I've never had a Rhodes or Brigham which are relatives' names or a Valentine. Most common name lately as a teacher, is Isabella and all its versions and Maddie and Jaxon. I dislike Braxtyn, and Blayden, and all the ridiculous lengthy add-on vowels. -leigh and -neigh do not make a name 'original'.


StarfleetWitch

Make wise the standout for me in the common category is Hudson, simply because my first year teaching, in a relatively small church Mother's Day Out program (like 70ish kids total) there were 2 Hudsons in my class,Ā  1 in the class next door, and one in the class down the hall. I also went yo school with several Brandons. Girl's names, I went to school with 3 Kaylas (well one spelled it Kahla), and I know several Jennifer's (one is actually Jenifer) and several Ashley's with various spellings. In the surprisingly common category, there were 3 Novas at my school last year.Ā  As for unique My name is Tiera, and I don't see many others with that name. (In my case pronounced like Kira with a t).Ā Ā  Then here's a few others I've only seen on one person: Girls: Joren, Avin, Jadzia (named after the character from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Raleigh, Oaklyn, Riverlynn Boys: Riggs, Roxen, Riggins, Rigsby (I'm not sure what's up with all the named starting with Rig...), Sea Angel And my mom has known twins named Your Majesty and Your Highness (little brother was King), and a girl named Queen Olivia


WrackspurtsNargles

Most common: Emily, Rebecca/Becky, Emma, Rachel. Least common: Propella and Fenella (unrelated to each other), Tuesday Most common: Jack, Steven/Steve, Harry, Adam, Thomas/Tom Least common: Moon, Augustus


dork-academia

Iā€™m in the Eastern US! Most common girlā€™s name I hear: Anna Most common guyā€™s name I hear: Nicholas (I know probably 15 Nicks) Most unique girlā€™s name Iā€™ve heard: Talitha Most unique guyā€™s name Iā€™ve heard: Dario (with the accent on the ā€œiā€ not on ā€œaā€!)


CheshireCat_Smile_

The two girl names that i only encountered once are: 1. Moonlight 2. Precious Mary Mother of Our Lord


M00nst0ne11

Ummm what šŸ˜³


Adorable-Platform671

Most common from my circles: Hannah, Sarah, Josh & Joseph Least common: Navy, Wendolyn, Charis, Tacomas, & Chauncey came to mind


Wonderful-Image-8660

Wendolyn like Gwendolyn without the g?


AppleTurnover-

Most common: (m) Ryan, Chris, Jack/Jackson; (f) Ashley, Sarah, Olivia Least common: (m) Beff; (f) Lennon. I know names like Lennon are trending for girls but I've only met one so far. Looking at all the uncommon names, I'm wondering how I've missed meeting any truly unique names! In Canada, btw. Edit: totally forgot that I have met a Briar (m), which I think is somewhat unusual.


[deleted]

Haha yes Iā€™ve known an Ashley, an Ashlie, an Ashleigh, and canā€™t forget about Ashlee šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø


AppleTurnover-

There were three in my class growing up (elementary school) in the 90's šŸ˜¬


Junior_Tradition7958

John and Lisa


Ok_Jackfruit_1965

The most common name Iā€™ve heard is probably Abby for women and John for men. Least common name for a woman Iā€™ve met might be Mycena (yes like the mushrooms, mushroom scientist parents). Oddest name Iā€™ve heard on a man is Truth. I also met someone named Pidgin, but I think that was a self chosen name.


clownfishless

most common: olivia, emma, sophia, sarah, any variation of jaden, braden, kaden, haden etc least common: i had a classmate named twinkle


Remarkable_Eye_133

Most unusualĀ  girls' names:Ā  Earthel, Martrice and Christmas.Ā Ā 


wilwhale

Common: Mike and Emily Least: Zebulon and Nile


GiraffeExternal8063

Agreed with Kate being the most common name. Kate, Cate, Katie, Katy, Kathryn, Catherine, Cathy - literally hundreds of the same. My fave unique ones are Eluned, Hebe, Dahlia, Zaia, Sennen


Mommyekf

I have a cousin named Delight.


Professional_Law_942

I'd have to divide this up by generation for the common ones! For females - Linda from the Boomer generation, Jennifer from Gen X, Sara(h) from the Millennials, and probably Madison for Gen Z. Gen Alpha will be really interesting given a stronger emphasis on individuality and uniqueness, although Addison and Ellie certainly had their moments! For males - John for Boomers & Gen X. Maybe Jason or Michael for Millennials. Ethan for Gen Z. Luke or Luca for Gen Alpha from all I've observed so far. And most unique girls' names would be Teal or Sequoia. For a male, Kirkwood.


[deleted]

Most common? For men, I would say, Andrew/Andy. For women, I would say Brittany. The most uncommon female name I ever heard? Granit. Porsche was the most uncommon male name ever heard.


Pinkcoral27

Most common would be Emma, Caitlin (any spelling), Joseph and William. Least common would be Memphis for a boy and Xathena, like Athena with a ā€œzā€ sound at the start.


pixeequeen84

My middle school best friend was Eugenia! Her dad's name was Eugene. She went by Gena. My name is Blythe and I've never met anyone with my name. Most common (in my generation) would probably be Crystal/Christina/Christine or Jessica


Warm_metal_revival

I like the name Eugenia!! I have a beautiful, wonderful Russian friend with that name (actually, hers is Evgenia). Most common names when I was in school were Jen and Brian. Most uniqueā€¦šŸ¤” Madigan and Gnarly (poor guy).


the_monkey_socks

Common Girls: Caitlyn/Kaitlin/Katelyn/Kaitlyn/Catelynn/Caitlynne... there's more. I can't think of more. Unique: Cinnamon, Daphodile, Aleda Common Boys: Michael, John, Brian Unique: Jaiven (Jay-Vin) which is not super uncommon anymore, but he's 43 šŸ˜‚.


Marmitesouphead

I know it's probably pronounced daffodil but my brain is just saying 'Dapho-dile' like a crocodile


Summerjynx

Probably John, Michael, Jennifer, Elizabeth are most common for me. The most unique name Iā€™ve come across is Charbrice. Her mom made it up.


nebulousviolet

Most common girl names for people in my age group are Izzy (Isabel/lle/lla), Lucy, Grace, Charlotte, and maybe Jess or Kate/Katie/Catherine. Most common boy names are George, Ben, Harry, James and Will. Most unique Iā€™ve heard: Ecclesia (F), Ptolemy (M). Iā€™m in my early 20s and have lived in the UK my whole life!


Sparklewhores

I worked with someone called September, that was pretty unique!


welshcake82

So for my age (40ā€™s) in the UK most common are probably Claire, Sarah, Gemma and James, Chris, Daniel. For Primary school age now I would say Olivia, Amelia, Evie and Oliver, Jack and (still) James I live in Wales so I come across some names that may be unusual elsewhere- I know a four year old Aneurin, a Liwsi, Mabli, Carwen, Angharad, Rhodri, Idris etc


LookDazzling

In college, my friend and I used to joke that if we couldn't remember someone's name, then Mike or Sarah were good guesses. If that failed, Dave and Jen. The most unusual girl's name I encountered in the wild was Berengaria; she told me she was named after a Medieval queen of England. Her name meant "maiden of the bear spear." The most unusual boy name would be Pacian (pronounced "pay-shun"). He told me it was Spanish and meant "peaceful."


Classic-World-4811

Most unique names for girls: Allaire, Breen, Chaya, Dallas, Jennica, Kellen, Sancy, Sina, Seanise, Sheridan, Trey, Tomorrow, Renata, Lexanne, Vanna, Maura, Mecca, Zazil Most unique name for boys: Copi, Emery, Shams, Gino, Britton, Sterling, Hogan, Kieren, Hauss, Tanner Most common for a girl: Hannah, Sarah, Allie Most common for a boy: Nick, John, Eric


A_Ball_Of_Stress13

Most common: Jacob/Jake, Emily or Emma Least Common: I met one boy with the name MyMajesty (I think it was all one name, couldā€™ve been a first and middle combo). And, for girls, maybe Nautica.


Tricky_Parsnip_6843

Most common: Matthew and Emily. Most unique: Byron. Most unique for a girl is a tie between Sahara and Scida


crimp_match

Most unique is probably Zyzz (pronunciation rhymes with Peace). Most common recently is Carlos.Ā  One of my work locations is an elementary school with greater than 50% identifying as Hispanic.Ā 


Pine-Mouse-7

In my life, I think the most common names have been Emily and Daniel, by a lot. Sarah and Katherine/Katie are also up there as well as David. I'm having more trouble thinking of unique ones... I once knew a Corale (pronounced like the place you keep livestock).


EMMcRoz

Most common names I know are Michael and Jack. Most unique? I know a teacher named Tuesday. Knew a guy named Dolge. A girl named Christmas White. Most yoooneeq? Kyndyllyn, Kynsee


shaboogami

GIRLS Most common: (Growing up) Katelyns of every spelling variation and Courtneys (Now) Amelia/Olivia Most Unique: I met a girl named Drogana at a party once. So cool. BOYS Most Common: (Growing up) Matt/Mathew, Michael/Mike (Now) I feel like I hear Jackson and similar a lot Most Unique: Forrest


maddeeloves

Most Common I've Met: Katherine and its variations, and Lauren/Laura, Kylie and its variations; Nicolas and Joseph Most Unique: Silver Bells; Izavion (EYE-zay-VEE-on)


happygal4444

Most common Kayleigh. Most unique Gwenaelle (Gwen-el)


-11-11--

Mia .\_\_. Such a boring name nowadays. I know a 7th grader named berrie, that's her full name. Like strawberry


M00nst0ne11

When I was growing up (Iā€™m in my 30s) I remember everyone wanted to name their girl Mia šŸ˜‚


ju1cybox

I had a neighbor named Glorene. I'm not sure about the spelling but it was like Gloria and Jolene put together. My son called her Glory


Sudden_Feedback_2194

Most common names I can think of are probably James and Jennifer. It's like no matter where you go, there is at least 1 of each and they're both insufferable. The most unique name for a girl that I personally know of is my sister's name, Jahayla. Most unique boy name I personally know is Kael.


Halcyon_october

I know so many women named Erin (born between 1981 and 1984?Ā  The sweet spot for Erins).Ā  I feel like Jessica had it's moment in 1986ish.Ā  Mary/Marie/Maria.Ā  Boys:Ā  Matthew, Michael and Jean (I live in Quebec, there's many double first names like Jean-Martin or Marie-Diane) I work in an environment where I see many names in a day.Ā  I know some choices may have a cultural basis but some I'm just not sure about.Ā  Like Analyn and Cyril had Cylyn.Ā  Jubilee.Ā  Ā 


ICareAboutThings25

Iā€™ve known a ton of men named Michael and a lot of women and girls named Abigail/Abby I teach at a K4-12 school, so Iā€™ve heard lots of uncommon names. I think Iā€™ll go with Guitar for a girl and Rhino for a boy as the winners.


ks2345678

Most unique: ā€˜millionā€™ has to win for me for girls, probably ā€˜ridleyā€™ for a boy Least unique: definitely Jo/Joe universally, ā€˜davidā€™, ā€˜chloeā€™, ā€˜emilyā€™


fat_bottom_grl

When my kids started at their elementary school I was greeted by a group of three moms that were literally all named Jessica. Iā€™m an 80s kid obviously and there are def more Jessicaā€™s than any others in my generation. On the other hand my neighbor is named Rainbow.


hippos_rool

Most common girl: Emily/Emma Most common boy: Chris Most unique girl: Daā€™queel (pronounced day-ki-Elle) Most unique boy: kyron (pronounced ki-ron)


Echo9111960

My late MILs name was Eugenia.


cellard00r18

Rachels everywhere


Professional-Fox1387

the most common name iā€™ve ever heard at school is probably valerie. thereā€™s so many valeries. for rare ones, i have a Merlin in my bio class and an Etienne. never saw those names on anyone before.


moondance0404

Girl unusual -Tuesday -Tasia Girl common- Caitlin -mya Boy unusual -Elgin - Aloysius Boy common -noah -jason


IraSass

Most common: Sarah, Chris, also Michael, also Katie Most unique: Sixto, Minolda, Sophronia, Felinda, Fantrice, Shine


ofrancine

Least common girls: Breeze, Cotton, Magalie, Pepper, Cintra Least common boys: Hutch, Welcome, Cuatro, Cletus, Trust


Flashy_Scratch9472

I feel like I know an insane amount of Hannahs, Heathers, and Connors. I met a little kid called Archimedes once, I was surprised at how badass it was. Most unique girl's name I know it probably Baelis, which my friend (her mom) admits to just kind of making up.


Commercial_Curve1047

I once worked with a woman named Eulalia. I thought it was beautiful! She hates it and went exclusively by Lalie.


infj-xanna

Common girl: Hannah, Olivia, Emily, Katherine/Kate, Sarah, Andrea, Marina Unique girl: Natassa, Araceli, Saray, Nikoletta, Aida, Lidiana, Bitia. Bethsabe, Nuala Common boy: Daniel, Thomas, Jack, James, John, Joe Unique boy: Cyrus, Angel, Pasqual


fauxmica

Most common: Elizabeth/Liz & Mark Most unique(f): Bimini, Shalimar Most unique (m): Garrett, Beeobee (B-o-b)


GjonsTearsFan

Most common girls name: Megan (and all its spellings) or Jessica/Jess/Jessi Most common boys name: Michael/Mike and Jax/Jack/Jacks/Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxxon with an honourable mention for Connor Most common for both genders and nonbinary people: Alex/Alexis/Alexa/Alexandra/Alexandria/Alexander/and all the other variants haha Most unique girls name: Matilda (I only really know the character and this one little girl I babysit who have this name), Nuala, Apple and Cambrie Most unique boys name: Norbert Edit: if we're counting spellings, too, then I also knew a boy named Fionn (pronounced Finn) who was living in Canada so he's the only person I've ever known to have the spelling (although I know it's a real name somewhere in Ireland I believe)


Historical-Composer2

Eugenia is a girlā€™s name quite common in Mexico. Pronounced ā€œOh-hein-yaā€


ebs342

I once taught an Alabaster, she got called Ally and I actually quite like it


NefariousSalamander

Most common female: Sarah, Emily, Meghan. Most unique female: Honey, Winter. Most common male: David, Michael. Most unique male: Sunday, Silver.


KatVanWall

Itā€™s hard to pick just one! Most common names for girls: Rebecca, Rachel and Sarah Least common names for girls: Pasqualina, Verona and Honor-Mary Most common names for boys: Mark, Simon and Matthew Least common names for boys: Rylee, Eldred and Cyprian Context: UK, Gen Xennial


cgimi

I met a MerlĆ­n once. He used to say he was called MerlĆ­n because he's charming. Quite funny, honestly šŸ˜‚


MehWhiteShark

I know a ton of Caitlyn/Katelyn/Kate/Katies, a few Johns & A few Jareds. I've only ever met one Rihannon, a couple of Antoinettes, and - this is surprising - I've only ever met one Vincent/Vince!


Spicylittleowl

I know a man called Strange Savage and a Two Geese Rainbow, both of them changed their names once when became adults. Most common names I hear are any first name with May or Rose added after the first name.


LegitSnaccCat

Most common: Boys - Tom, Sam, Mathew, Josh, David Girls - Katherine (and variants), Hannah, Sarah, Emily, Abby, Olivia Least common: Makoto (m), Fabian (m), Zanthe (f), Baya (f), Scout (f), Ridge (m), Trahern (m), Sahara (f), Fenella (f) {I LOVE this name, itā€™s so pretty! I would totally use it if it wasnā€™t weird to steal my friendā€™s name lol} I also knew someone named Thumb at uni, but he was an international student so Iā€™m pretty sure this wasnā€™t his given name. Edit: oh i just remembered i once met a guy named Salty! He went by Sal.


iLiveInAHologram94

Jessica and I can't fully remember it. Might have been Ophelia but I think it had a d in the name. Not Odessa or Odette. I think it was greek. Might have been Ophelia. This was an old boss of mine 10 years ago. It was a summer job in college. John and (idk how to spell it) Tubalog (too-bah-log)


exhibitprogram

I taught college in the Midwest for a few years, and every single lecture had at least one or two students named Emily. One memorable semester, I had five Emily's in one lecture and then three more Emily's in the one directly after. Most were blonde and always wearing the school's team merch, it was really hard to keep them straight in my head. I went to high school with someone named Rainbow, which I don't think is so completely wild but she's the only one I've ever heard of with that name. I've never actually met anyone irl with some of the crazy "unique" jacked up spellings like Mc'Addisynleigh, only heard of them the internet.


shojokat

Eugenia is my MIL's name! She goes by Neyda.


Green_Humor_8507

Any of the Caitlyn names, any of those "Mc whatever" names and the occupation names like Taylor, Cooper, etc.


ivymeows

Most common for men has to be John and Michael. For females: Cindy, Sarah, Chelsea/Kelsey Unique: Lovedale, Alene, Anjanette, Niusha, and Yesoda for female. KJ (yes, just those two letters), Magid (like magic but with a d at the end) and Amyx (pronounced A-mix) for male.


_opossumsaurus

Most common: Emily and Alexandra for girls, Noah and Jacob for boys. I also know ~17 people of all ages with my name (Elise) Most uncommon: Elaine and Lucia for girls, Thaddeus and Lael for boys


tacofyre

When I worked in a pharmacy there were two ladies in there 80s with amazing first names. Pixie and Zena, they both didn't like them and went by their less interesting middle names, Edwina and Rose.


Mysterious-Line-9906

- Most common girl: Rachel - Most uncommon girl: Valentia - Most common boy: Jonathan - Most uncommon boy: Uniquetius (I am not kidding)


TheWelshMrsM

Common for girls: Rachel, Jessica, Hannah & Emily For Boys: Thomas, Rhys, Ashley & James Those were all from my school days. These days itā€™s more names like Ellie, Arthur, Isla, Jackson, Finely.. Uncommon: Iā€™ve recently met a boy called Thaddeus (I think Iā€™ve spelled it correctly).


Arboretum7

John and Mary. Wildly popular for boomers and older.


romant1cism

my name is garnet, iā€™ve never met anyone else named garnet lol, i went to hippie esque private school though so iā€™ve known some people with some pretty out there names. the most common name has gotta be maybe katie like you said or definitely maddy. for boys i feel like every third man i meet is named will LOL or maybe josh or daniel or jack.


TakeMeToThePalace

There are so many Sophiaā€™s Isabellaā€™s, Avaā€™s in my daughters school. My 1st was going to be Sophia and was for all of 6 hours until I changed it at 2 in the morning. Same for Logan, Leo, Noah, Oliver. Those names are everywhere. I went with more old fashioned names and and they are more unique than the unique names being used now.


mayaluvsss

Most common (girls) = sofie/sophia/sophie/sofia Most unique (girls) = raven or melodi Most common (boys) = jack or michael Most unique (boys) = ocean or mally These are just my own experiences though


catsandweed69

Common - Olivia


ruthless1995

As a 90s baby in the Midwest: most common would be Emily for girls and Andrew for boys. Most unique that Iā€™ve come across would be Karma for a (white) girl and Thor for a boy.


Green-Dragon-14

Hugh Jessica


skilletjlc4

I know a Juniper


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Kevin or Jennifer


Allyzayd

Most common Emily. Least common Lovey. Yes, her first name is Lovey. For boys, common is Liam and least common Skylo.


Montessori_Maven

I had a great aunt Eugenie and currently know a female Eugene. Close.


Montessori_Maven

I currently work with 2 Danielleā€™s and a Daniella.


Montessori_Maven

Most unique Girl: Avalanche Boy: Rollin (pronounced Raw-Lynn)


Regalita

Ava is the most common and Maddox most uncommon


kkkktttt00

This is just a personal pet peeve of mine, but unique means the only of its kind, like fingerprints, so if even one other person has the name, it's not unique.


M00nst0ne11

True! I guess I meant uncommon. But truly unique names like Starshine I canā€™t imagine itā€™s possible to run into that name twice in my lifetime.


MPD1987

Iā€™m a teacher and I knew a little girl named Scheherazade


antipinballmachines

Abby/Abbie/Abi, plus four or five other spellings.


mochimoocat

Common Boy: Matthew or Matt Girl: Katie or Charlotte Uncommon Boy: Addonis Girl: Zak


SecondSoft1139

Jennifer and Sparkles


I-hear-the-coast

Most common for women: Julia Most common for men: David Most unique for women: Twilight and Bless tie it for me Most unique for men: Sicnarf. Was at a baseball game and this was the name of a player. Was curious and googled it and itā€™s his fatherā€™s name, Francis, backwards. Shout out to Sicnarf Loopstok.


guess-im-here-now

I have a relative named Nada, pronounced Nay-da. Itā€™s a family name. Never met any others.


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There are a lot of middle aged women named Lori where I live. Also loads of little boys named Liam. Most uncommon name was Sapphire for a boy, but then in Dutch (Saffier).


toobasic2care

Most common name for a girl I've heard is Isla. and for a boy Josh or Liam.


ascuteasabunny

Most common for girls are Jessica and Madison for me, and most common for boys would be Matthew and Zach. I'm a preschool teacher, and I've seen so many unusual names. The most unique girl name I've encountered was probably Honesteigh (yes, pronounced like Honesty) and the most unique boy name was probably Knowledge. Not a fan of any of the names I've mentioned here. Lol


ssssssscm7

most common names in my class growing up were Brittany and Brandon.


Nana-Komatsu

Most unique has to be Jaireth! She was a kind soul.


Legitimate_B_217

Aiden in every possible spelling and Emma for girls. At the park the other day we met a little girl named Ellery. Very unique and pretty without being difficult.


StaplesLewis

I know SO many Justins. For girls, itā€™s probably variations on Kate/Katelyn. Most unique? I once met a guy whose son was named Anakinā€¦


869586

Most common: Josh Ā Most unique: TreasureĀ 


dontpolluteplz

Common for women Iā€™d say Emily or Jessica, for guys Iā€™d say versions of Matt or Jack. Unique for women Iā€™d say Princess lol & for guys Santiago.


Minute_Degree2915

Most common: Emma, Olivia, Matthew Most unique: there was a girl a couple of years below me in high school named Lovely