Eclectic Yet Classic Names for Baby?

We're looking for a eclectic yet classic name for our baby due this November. We'd like the name to be well established but underused. Examples of some names we like are Blaise, Ignatius, Cosmo and Philo for boys, and Anouk, Beatrice, Hermione and Saskia for girls. We seem to have a thing for Saint names! Any suggestions you could give us would be greatly appreciated. My husband and I are both teachers (English Lit and Art History, respectively), so bonus points for any names that are tied to those subjects, or history itself (ie Ancient Roman/Greek names). Can't wait to see what you all come up with! :)

Ah! In my crazy hormonal state I completely forgot to mention this is not our first child! We have a 4-year-old daughter, Francesca Sylvie. We are keeping the sex of this baby a surprise.

Okay, i'll do my best
Hermione is really pretty by the way (plus, i'm a huge fan of Harry Potter!!!)
For Girls:
Leonora
Irina
Rosamund
Astoria
Esme

For Boys:
Gregoire
Lorcan
Carlisle
Severus
Edwin/Edmund
Lysander
Casper/Caspian

You have a fantastic naming style!! :D right up my alley ^^

I'll give you some suggestions, starting with the girls:
Ophelia
Juliet
Phaedra*
Juno
Athena
Alethea
Ariadne
Astor
Augusta
Artemis
Bryony
Calliope
Capella
Circe
Clio
Cosette
Cosima
Cymbeline
Damaris
Delta
Demeter
Dido
Echo
Elysia
Eos
Eulalie
Fantine
Fable
Hero
Ianthe
Idumea
Iolanthe
Io
Ione
Isolde
Lorien
Liesel
Lieve
Magdalena
Minerva
Nova
Octavia
Olympia
Pandora
Persephone
Philippa
Roma
Romola
Salome
Sasha
Selene
Seraphine
Susanna
Tamar
Thelma
Thisbe
Twyla
Undine
Vesper
Wren
Yvaine

On to the boys:
Hadrian*
Hamlet
Iago (I know he's a villain, but it's such a handsome name!)
Ivo*
Absalom
Alastor
Aldous
Apollo
Oberon
Auster
Bastian
Bram
Caius
Castor
Constantin
Deveraux
Elander
Evander
Elvo
Endymion
Ferdinand
Fielding
Fleming
Florian
Gulliver
Helios
Hermes
Huxley
Ibsen
Icarus
Ishmael
Kafka
Laertes
Laszlo
Leander
Lucian
Lucius
Magnus
Melville
Mercury
Merlin
Montague
Noon
Orpheus
Othello
Peregrine
Phinnaeus
Remus
Rufus
Samson
Socrates
Sylvan
Tarquin
Thaddeus
Theon
Theseus
Thoreau
Twain
Tristram
Dorian

And I think a lot of these will be too far out, but it's just the ones on my list that I associate with history or literature, or ancient Greece and Rome ^^ Most of the are alphabetic, but the few odd ones on top were my first thoughts for you, and the starred in particular are ones I think you might like :)

What great suggestions! Of course, I failed to retain them, so I apologize for repeats!

I LOVE Francesca! :-)

Adriana
Arabella
Aurelia
Beatrix
Christabel
Cordelia/Cora
Genevieve
Georgiana
Honora
Isadora
Juliet
Jessamine
Lavinia
Louisa
Mirabel(le)
Octavia
Paloma
Rosalba
Rosamel
Rosalind
Rosamund
Theodora (nn Thea)
Veronica
Willa

Augustin
Atticus
Barnaby
Cassius
Dante
Gideon
Hugo
Jude
Leo
Lucius
Magnus
Phineas
Roman
Sebastian (maybe as a middle name, because it's pretty popular)
Victor
Xavier

Good luck! :-)

Inigo is a form of ignacio. I also have a friend named Pilo a form of philo.

I like Lucrezia (Krizia if you want a nickname)

I just LOVE the name Persephone! I wish my husband would like it, I would soooo use this name!

I really love Charlotte also Bridget and Margot

sara wrote:We're looking for a eclectic yet classic name for our baby due this November. We'd like the name to be well established but underused. Examples of some names we like are Blaise, Ignatius, Cosmo and Philo for boys, and Anouk, Beatrice, Hermione and Saskia for girls. We seem to have a thing for Saint names! Any suggestions you could give us would be greatly appreciated. My husband and I are both teachers (English Lit and Art History, respectively), so bonus points for any names that are tied to those subjects, or history itself (ie Ancient Roman/Greek names). Can't wait to see what you all come up with! :)

Love your style and all your name ideas! I made lists for you. Some are classic, some are Greek names, some Latin, some make me think of Greek and Roman temples or the plants around them:

Girls:
Anthea
Aurelia
Aurora
Claudia
Cosima
Daphne
Daria
Eleni - Greek version of Helen
Eulalia
Flavia
Flora
Helen
Helena
Hermes, yeah, it's a boy's name, but I think it would be cute for a girl.
Ianthe
Io - cute middle name
Iris
Ivy - cute middle name with your style
Julia
Leonora
Melantha
Melina
Minerva
Myrtle
Penelope
Phoebe
Regina
Serena
Simona, Simonetta
Thalia
Verona
Veronica
Willow - great middle name
Zenobia

Boys:
Adrian
Andreas
Atticus
Barnaby
Claudius
Cornelius - love! I would use it nn Neil, but Neil is not in style. But so what? It's so cute.
Dante
Declan - Irish saint
Dimitri
Giotto - very early Renaissance painter.
Jove
Jules
Julius
Marcello
Peter - yeah, but it's Greek and has a great meaning! My fave boy's name.
Philip - the father of Alexander the Great
Quentin
Roman
Rufus
Sebastian - one of my faves!
Theodore - this is one of my fave Greek names.
Xavier