The Most Unique Names of All
| 30 March 2011 | Filed under Baby Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names |
For some parents, the name Unique is simply not unique enough. Here are variants of Unique I’ve spotted on the SSA’s baby name list (and the year each name debuted).
- Unique (1972)
- Unika (1974)
- Eunique (1978)
- Uniqua (1982)
- Imunique (1990)
- Amunique (1991)
- Eunika (1991)
- Uniquea (1991)
- Uniquia (1991)
- Omunique (1992)
- Uniqueka (1992)
- Uniquewa (1992)
- Euniqua (1993)
- Uneek (1996)
- Yunique (2000)
- Younique (2001)
I have no idea how “Uniqueka” works. Two [k] sounds in a row? Hm.
Probably “you-NI-kwah-kuh” with the “que” making a “kwah” sound.
Eunika and Unika seem most name-ish out of all of them (I kind of want to pronounce them “YOU-ni-kah”). But the rest are..are…not my style. :/
Imunique and Amunique remind me of immunisation and ammunition respectively
The potential YOU-ni-kah pronunciation as pointed out above sounds a lot more like Eunech (castrated male). Not a great association for a name!
I suspect Uniqueka is pronounced “yoo-nik-ka”, similar to Uniqua. Wonder if this name will rise thanks to the Backyardians character.
Uniqua vs. Eureka could make an interesting poll.
I don’t personally see Eunika or Unika as variants of Unique, but rather Eunike [the origin of Eunice].
Just learned there’s a Backyardigans character named Uniqua.
Also, usage of Uniqua spiked in 1992:
The cause was probably New Jack City, which featured a character named Uniqua.