These are the 20 rarest baby names in the UK
Fancy making like Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin and calling your kid something er, obscure, like Apple? Couldn't think of anything worse than naming your future offspring Olivia or Oliver (i.e. the most popular baby names in this country last year)?
Then you'll want to feast your eyes on this, a list of the UK's rarest baby names. And there's not a Tom, Jack, Jessica or Sarah in sight.
To draw up this list, Mumsnet took a look at the data from the Office of National Statistics which just weeks ago brought us the most common baby names, and identified the least common choices from 2016. Each name in the following list was registered as a child's first name just three times last year, so it's fair to say they're all pretty unique. So here are the least common names, along with their meanings.
The 10 rarest girls' names were:
1. Adalie
Meaning: 'God is my refuge; noble one'; a variant of Adelaide.
2. Agape
Meaning: 'Love' in ancient Greek.
3. Birdie
Meaning: 'Birdlike'.
4. Noam
Meaning: 'Pleasantness'; a Hebrew name also used for boys.
5. Onyx
Meaning: 'Claw' or 'fingernail' in Ancient Greek; a jet black gemstone.
6. Oracle
Meaning: 'Prophecy'; a Greek name.
7. Sonali
Meaning: "Golden"; of Indian origin.
8. Sondos
Meaning: This one's so rare its meaning is unclear, but it seems to be an American name.
9. Tiger
Meaning: Er, 'tiger'.
10. Yvette
Meaning: 'Yew' or 'Archer'; the feminine version of Yves.
The 10 rarest boys' names were:
1. Ajax
Meaning: 'Eagle' in Ancient Greek mythology; a Shakesperean baby name.
2. Dougal
Meaning: 'Dark stranger' in Gaelic.
3. Henderson
Meaning: a traditional English surname.
4. Jools
Meaning: 'Descended from Jupiter'.
5. Marvellous
Meaning: 'Lovely, beautiful, wonderful'; more traditionally a Nigerian girl's name.
6. Oakleigh
Meaning: 'Meadow of oak trees'; an old English name.
7. Oswin
Meaning: 'God's friend'; of Scandinavian origin.
8. Richmond
Meaning: 'Protector'.
9. Tadgh
Meaning: 'Courageous'; an Irish name pronounced like the first syllable of the word 'tiger'.
10. Thibault
Meaning: 'Brave people'; a French name derived from Theobald, pronounced 'Tee-bow'.
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