[QUOTE="Faeryan"]Please define 'unique', any more examples than those 2? I'm about to become a stupid parent which I wouldn't want.
Also my parents must be stupid parents cause I have a pretty unique name, though according to local names database my name has become increasingly popular. (At the time I was born there were 2 others with the same name. Around 80 years before that there had been 5)
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My parents were stupid as well because my name is a month and back in those days it wasn't near as popular as it is now. I don't think I met anyone with my name until I hit high school. Children are mean and tend to make an example of those with an unusual name or at least that was my experience.
Rain and Ocean are actual children that sat one row behind my family at the theatre. Their mother had to tell them to sit down so many times that by midway through the movie I was singing Rain rain go away in my head. I have a friend who has named her daughter Meadow. My own daughter has a unique name as well, but it's a name from a book it's not just a word I liked and decided to make a name out of it (Apple anyone?)
So it's pretty much only names that mean something and can easily be twisted into meaning something else? Here in Finland 'Tuuli' is a really common girl's name and in finnish it means 'wind'. I don't think they've been picked on at school, maybe just cause it's so common.
On the other hand a unique name might be a blessing too. Guess it depends a lot on the kid in question and how he/she handles it. I got picked on a bit cause of my name but it wasn't serious.
Just checked the names database and it seems there's 53 boys called 'Kivi' (Rock) in Finland. Some of them might hear something about their names. Kids named after the show wrestler / actor "the Rock" are not easily bullied though. :P
EDIT: April, May, June and July are nice names and quite common too I believe, at least April is, and I don't think girls with such names get picked on. All the other months I believe might be a bit hazardous.
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