I wanted 'different' names for my kids. The first is a boy and we found it very hard to agree on ANY name, let alone a different one. I wanted something like Brand, Bard, Bran or one of the Welsh heros' names but hubby didn't like any of them. The only one we could agree on in the end was Richard. He also has David (after two Godfathers) and Ansley, a name that most children in my husband's family have been given for the last three generations.
My husband was less against a 'different' name for a daughter and, being into genealogy, I had a couple of names in the family that I wanted to use. My 3xgreat grandmother was named Fortune, which I still think is a lovely name, but the one I really liked was my 2xgt grandmother's name, Shady. So she was going to be Shady for the early part of the pregnancy. Then my Dad, who had no granddaughters at that stage and was desperate for one said he wanted her to be called Sarah. We decided it was a nice name and would be great to give her her name as a present from her grandfather, so she is Sarah Shady, with the Ansley as a 3rd name.
Both my 'bumps' had names before they were born...Richard was Bartholomew and Sarah was Boudica

Love Lynne