These were a sample of unusual names found through the USPS Operation Santa site. I was looking through letters from Colorado kids.
Posted Dec 19, 2019, 2:00 PM UTC
Bastian is also an old Cornish diminutive of Sebastian.
I absolutely love Leilani and Bastian, I don’t know why but they’re beautiful!
Those are my two favorites also! Sebastian sounds distinguished but makes me instantly think of the crab so Bastian is a nice alternative.
I think it's Basque!
I didn’t know of this until now so thank you OP for linking!
Also, I just found a note in illinois from Heaven and Nevaeh. I wish I was kidding.
Yikes!
Some unusual ones I found in the Ohio letters: Artez, Demari, Hera, Phoenix, Giancarlo, Cynificani
Ahhh! I just did this in CA. Chose a girl named Valeria :)
PS Tanner has been on my list a long time... it’s a great unisex name but I prefer it for a girl.
Arturo and Trinidad are Spanish but not as common for younger children as it was a couple of decades ago. Iker and Bastian are Basque so I have a feeling there are some Basque folks in the Colorado area!
Arturo is also used in Italian (Arthur) , and English speakers also use "Bastian" as a short firm of Sebastian.