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Looking for a really unusual girls name!

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chicarubia · 26/10/2017 16:32

I'm 34 weeks pregnant with my second daughter and found my first's name by scrolling through this forum. Hers is very unusual but has a meaning and is not too much of a mouthful. We're looking for similar with this one. By very unusual I mean a name that's never shown up on the baby name chart which records any name that has been used more than 3 times in a year. It's a tall order I know!

We have Australian and Italian roots and surname ends in -ia so that rules out most -a or -ia ending names for us.
Nice nicknames are also a must.

As an example of what I like my all time fave name is Camira. It's Australian Aboriginal but unfortunately is the name of a shit Australian car so has been completely vetoed by OH.
Would love some help!

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OlennasWimple · 26/10/2017 16:34

Charis

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Battleax · 26/10/2017 16:35

I've always liked Amaryllis.

Could you find a native Aussie plant name that sounds pretty but isn't commonly used as a given name and hasn't been ruined by use for a car or similar?

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TheDisillusionedAnarchist · 26/10/2017 16:38

Marilla. Only hit the charts once in 10 years

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BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 26/10/2017 16:40

Dave.
Not many baby girls called Dave

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Caulk · 26/10/2017 16:43

Ciri,
Donelle
Lissandra

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BertrandRussell · 26/10/2017 16:45

Clare. Only 4 born in the U.K.last year.

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Tinty · 26/10/2017 16:46

Astrid or Annalise

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LadyPug · 26/10/2017 16:46

What about Ebrel? No idea how used this is per year but it’s different!

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stinkingbishop · 26/10/2017 16:47

Manon
Carmen
Mallory
Ellory
Tansy
Ondine

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NoCureForLove · 26/10/2017 16:48

Dorcas
Glory
Lettice

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FizzyGreenWater · 26/10/2017 16:49

Minka, if it works with the surname.

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bridgetreilly · 26/10/2017 16:49

Winifred (Freddie).

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marcopront · 26/10/2017 16:50

What will you do if after you pick the name it becomes really popular?

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pallisers · 26/10/2017 16:51

Some kids from my dds' school who probably wouldn't be on UK lists

Te
Tamar
Cordiana
Yaribelle
Isabeau
Ishbel

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 26/10/2017 16:53

Juniper
Calypso

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Weedsnseeds1 · 26/10/2017 16:54

Carme - pronounced Carmay, it's the Catalan version of Carmen. There can't be too many of those?

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chicarubia · 26/10/2017 16:57

Thanks guys, keep 'em coming!
Marcopront - we will just live with it obviously and it won't be the end of the world. Picking something that has never been in the charts is obviously not foolproof but the best way I've thought of to try for something unusual, which we really do want having done it for the first.

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ChuckysLoveChild · 26/10/2017 17:00

Carmina

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LadyPug · 26/10/2017 17:04

Can you share your daughters name or an idea of what it is to help?

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ChocolateCrunch · 26/10/2017 17:12

Lisette
Heidi
Xanthe
Cleo
Penelope
Arwen

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MegAndSprog · 26/10/2017 17:24

Kirrily
Ishtar
Anstice
Ivalo
Dagny
Lupita
Anahi

Why does it need to be so unusual? Why not just pick something you already know and like?

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Weedsnseeds1 · 26/10/2017 17:36

Asheld Saxon for ash tree

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Potcallingkettle · 26/10/2017 17:36

Teleri
Antigone
Iphigenia

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chicarubia · 26/10/2017 17:41

Ladypug, without outing myself my daughters name ends in -ie and is a variant of a more popular name.
Megandsprog kirrili was my all time favourite name as a child! Why do I want an unusual name? I don't know really I just know I do. I've got one, OH has one and I like the idea of my kids never being known by their full names or their first name plus initial (I guess I could have gone the other way as having an unusual name can be a real pain- hence not wanting a mouthful). But why do people like classic or old fashioned names? It's so personal and that combined with having to find one your OH likes too means it's bloody hard!

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Blogwoman · 26/10/2017 17:43

Charmian
Odette
Meriel
Not checked for popularity but only come across one of each, of any age

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