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Unusual but pretty name needed for daughter

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nectarini1983 · 08/03/2016 20:46

Hello, I'm 8 months pregnant with my third baby...A little girl...and am having major issues coming up with a name for her that matches my daughter and son's! Both of their names are a bit unusual and I have a rule not to choose anything in the top 100 names!

I've been through several names and all the ones I like end up vetoed for some reason. Ones that I like but don't think I can have include:

Aurora (step daughter has a disney princess name so don't want to unbalance by having 2 princess names)
India (my kids are mixed heritage but not Asian so too confusing! )
Taya (just not sure enough)
Tia (means aunt in Spanish and we go to Spain a lot)
Savana (love but it's my cousins name and I want her to have something that's just hers)
Saffron (doesn't go with surname which ends in -on)
Aaliyah (not sure if I like the Liyah bit or if too American)
Ocean (I like but husband hates)
Nahla (current fave but worried about 'gnarler' connotations - husband thinks no one would ever think this?)

I'm probably really over thinking it but any new suggestions or thoughts on the above would be welcomed!

Either that or she'll have to be Girl 2!

Thank you!

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Cathpot · 08/03/2016 20:53

Elowen? Cornish name means elm tree I think

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YesILikeItToo · 08/03/2016 20:54

Lettice

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VocationalGoat · 08/03/2016 20:55

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LittleBlackTrilby · 08/03/2016 20:55

Alba? Lovely Spanish name.

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Jitterybug · 08/03/2016 20:56

Lovely names.

How about
Rhea
Paloma
Thalia

Erm I can't think of anymore that aren't too popular.

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Hushabyelullaby · 08/03/2016 20:56

Kya
Niya
(both rhyme with 'higher')
Delphi
Amara
Ophelia
Regan
Zuri

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Vixxfacee · 08/03/2016 20:57

Aria
Cassia
Nia
Milan
Skye
Anaya
Raya
Violet
Eden
Jasmine

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candykane25 · 08/03/2016 21:01

Thea
Nova
Delphine
Aurelia
Nancy
Indiana
Susannah

I notice a few of your names are earthy kind of names so maybe looking at those types of names

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ChrissyHynde · 08/03/2016 21:01

Iona?

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KellyElly · 08/03/2016 21:01

Indi

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candykane25 · 08/03/2016 21:02

Oh and Nahlia or Dahlia.

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Hushabyelullaby · 08/03/2016 21:03

Just remembered a couple in my wider friends circle

Romily
Ayanna
Zinnia
Ithalia

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JeanGenie23 · 08/03/2016 21:05

Wren
Fleur/Flora
Nancy
Sylvie
Marla
Esther
Maggie
Vivienne
Leonore
Theodora
April
Margot
Betty/Betsy

I haven't checked to see if these are top 100 but they aren't too popular I shouldn't think...

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SueGeneris · 08/03/2016 21:05

Elena
Nieva
Cassia
Anya

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SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 08/03/2016 21:13

More unusual names I like (sorry, I haven't checked whether they are Top 100) include;

Delphi
Laura (mass popularity has passed now I think!)
Colette
Saskia
Natalia
Natalie (ditto Laura)
Aurelia

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nectarini1983 · 08/03/2016 21:17

Thank you, there's some great ones here to consider! Really like Niya/ Nia (but is it too like 'near' as in distance?) Like Naya and Aurelia too.

What do you think of Nahla? Would anyone really think 'gnarler' ha ha?! X

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SoMuchToBits · 08/03/2016 21:18

Cordelia
Rosamond

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RockUnit · 08/03/2016 21:18

Juliet
Stella
Willow
Xanthe
Seren

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Hushabyelullaby · 08/03/2016 21:23

nectarin if I saw Nia written down i'd say Nee-ya (the ones i've come across are said that way anyway)

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 08/03/2016 21:25

Annabelle
Anuncia
Alice
Astrid
Bethan
Beatrice
Chloe
Corrinne
Delphine
Daphne
Persephone
Meredith
Miriam
Clarissa
Merryn
Terryn
Victoria
Tamana
Teresa
Tallulah
Natalia
Maya
Irena

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Vixxfacee · 08/03/2016 21:26

I like Nahla and I also like Nyla.

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Siolence · 08/03/2016 21:28

Nahla is in the Lion King.
Nina
Maude
Minerva

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madmotherof2 · 08/03/2016 21:34

I like...

Nyah
Nancy
Amelie
Ariadne
Hermione
Esme
Amber
Elsie / elspeth
Meredith
Bryony
Fenella

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JeanGenie23 · 08/03/2016 21:37

I love Nia (I would pronounce Nee-a) I taught a girl called Nia many years ago, she was so gentle and softly spoken, when I hear the name it reminds me of her.

I also like Nahla, Nula and Nora

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