Are unique baby names too much?
Currently pregnant with first and I've been throwing obscure names at my husband. He's been humouring me but I feel like some of my friends are more so like "oh...okay...interesting".
I love my name in my mother tongue because it was so much meaning in it, and I want my baby to have a name with lots of meaning too. Or perhaps it's my obsession with etymology or perhaps there's some underlying ego-driven reason to why I want a unique baby name? But all I know is I really do want a somewhat-unique baby name! Our friends' newborns have beautiful but extremely popular names (in Canada) like Charlotte, Oliver, Avery, Levi, Amelia, etc.
My husband agrees that he doesn't want a Top 20 name for our baby either but thinks I'm going a bit too obscure with names that may be pronounced wrong by others. Some names I've put on the table are: Girl: Hypatia (huh-pah-tee-a), Hyacinth (hi-yah-synth), Azalea, Ceres (seer-reez) Boy: Caelum (ky-lum), Thales (thay-leez)
Do I need a reality check??? 😭
Update: thank you everyone for your input whether critical or encouraging. Your comments have helped me realize that one of the reason I was looking for something more historic and unique is because that's the culture of my birth country--to find names from themes such as philosophers, mathematics, science, and history. This was my main motivating factor when searching for names, but your feedback has made it pretty clear that this is not well aligned with the western naming convention. Very valid points that the baby will be an adult in a English speaking society so its important to take that into consideration. Thanks again and my husband and I will make sure the baby has an easier to pronounce name! We will also keep Hyacinth and Azalea on the list, as they seemed to be welcomed by many here. Cheers!