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Unusual/rare girls names

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cantthinkofanything1 · 07/10/2021 19:31

I have looked all over the baby name threads already on here and still can't find one we like. Almost 30 weeks pregnant with baby girl and we just cannot agree on a name.
We both like more unusual names but not so unusual that it would sound silly or be spelt ridiculous if that makes sense. I want a pretty name, something that sounds lovely and sweet but not something you would hear very often.
I really want to name her before shes here so please help us choose a name that we can agree on. Thanks in advance!

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Whitechocpizza · 07/10/2021 19:34

Perdita was my first thought.

BeKindBeYou · 07/10/2021 19:34

I’m in exactly the same position as you (apart from baby due in 4 days!) but you have exactly the same criteria as us and we would love to name her before she’s here too! I’ll be keeping a close eye on this thread!

Mouk · 07/10/2021 19:52

Mila, Seraphina, Estelle, Genevieve, Linden, Odette, Rosamund, Juliet, Antonia, Willa, Mika, Christabel, Elisa, Penelope, Tahlia, Elodie, Daphne, Mariela, Angelique, Lena, Elvina, Elowen, Marianne, Leonie, Christobel, Philippa, Asha, Cora, Simone, Winter, Ada, Camille, Dorothea, Bettina, Lyra, Bunny, Esme, Clementine, Octavia, Cleodie, Edie, Eriska, Allegra, Emmeline, Pernilla, Valentina, Alora, Astrid, Katja and Marlowe.

17caterpillars1mouse · 07/10/2021 19:59

Patience

Subbaxeo · 07/10/2021 20:00

My daughter is Serena-everyone loves it but no one in her school had the same name!

Ozberry · 07/10/2021 20:03

What sort of names do you like - classic, trendy, flowery, literary, nature etc?
Have you got any ‘nearly but not quite’s?

Just to help narrow it down a bit.

TillyDevon · 07/10/2021 20:05

The most unusual girls’ names I’ve seen at school are Amadea, Calliope, Marina, Honor, Lavinia

Chicchicchicchiclana · 07/10/2021 20:06

Lara
Zinnia
Phoebe
Marianne
Elspeth
Miriam
Fern
Catrina
Ocatavia
Greta
Demelza
Natalie

INeedtobealone · 07/10/2021 20:07

Verity
Hester
Clarissa
Cordelia
Eugenie
Laurel
Xanthe
Ianthe
Edwina
Veronica
Lorelei
Georgiana
Audrey
Fearne
Thomasina
Christabel
Henrietta
Jasmine
Aurora

satci · 07/10/2021 20:09

Ada, Autumn, Bonnie, Maria, Stella,

wizzler · 07/10/2021 20:09

Zinnia
Sorelle

Flowiththego · 07/10/2021 20:10

Rowena
Lyra
Artemis

Flowiththego · 07/10/2021 20:11

Calypso

satci · 07/10/2021 20:16

Erica, Thandi, corri, Harriet, xanthe, Clara,

BeeandG · 07/10/2021 20:17

Autumn, Elodie, Madison, Constance, Honor, Rosalind, Seraphine, Verity, Eliza, Mabel, Primrose, Elsie, Ivy

Can I just say I had 3 names lined up for dd1, Charlotte, Chloe or Isabel, none were right once she arrived! She's Beatrice.

Comedycook · 07/10/2021 20:19

Anastasia
Lavinia
Petra
Athena

KnobJockey · 07/10/2021 20:20

Valentina, Vivienne, Dora, Tahlia, Thea (pronounced Theya, like Freya), Cleo.

I have an Indie, Indigo was considered too.

Havanalily1806 · 07/10/2021 20:22

Anastasia
Blake
Blair
Sadie
Sutton
Everly
Audrina
Martha
Magnolia
Mabel
Nova
Gianna
Brie
Fearne
Callista (Callie)
Bridget (Brie)
Quinn
Peyton
Evelynn
Fleur
Estelle
Celeste
Tabitha
Nia
Nola
Ottillie
Grey
Briar
Effie
Valentina

Goldbar · 07/10/2021 20:22

Do you like long/flowery or shorter names?

Alethea
Rowena
Leonie
Jean
Dulcie
Sadie
Alera
Jocelyn
Alannah
Clemency
Roberta
Adrienne/Adrianna
Lenora
Marissa

drpaddington · 07/10/2021 20:25

Arabella, Otillie, Octavia, Hetty, Elodie, Mhairi, Raven, Lilith, Edie, Lowri, Melia, Mila, Maia, Angelina, Bluebell, Athena

AlwaysNapTime · 07/10/2021 20:25

I have a Piper and a Harlow. I hated their names when their dad first suggested them but I'm so in love with them now.

WithASpider · 07/10/2021 20:27

Merren/Merryn/Merrin
Eden
Constance
Calista
Claudia

TillyDevon · 07/10/2021 20:35

BeeandG I’m glad it’s not just me, I know two people who named their girls before they were even born and didn’t get it as I changed DD’s name as soon as first saw her!

HarryLimeFoxtrot · 07/10/2021 20:45

The most unusual ones I’ve come across are probably Hebe, Ixia, Manon, Nonie, Oriel, Seville, Thomasine and Wanda.

foxgoosefinch · 07/10/2021 20:55

My first thought was Christabel!

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