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xxmrsbxx · 27/06/2020 10:45

What’s the most unusual name you’ve heard for a girl? I have 2 boys with unusual names and really struggling for a name for our little girl.

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sweetnosugar · 27/06/2020 11:21

I’m not sure if these are unusual but apart from the one little girl in the same social circle/school as my children have these names..
Winnie
Romilly - she goes by Milly.
Daphne
Anais
Allegra
Genevieve

I do like these too, I’d say more popular however.
Mabel
Marnie

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whatausername · 27/06/2020 11:23

Fiona

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riotlady · 27/06/2020 11:24

Juniper

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pinkyboots1 · 27/06/2020 11:31

Emmalyne .. it's unusual and really suits her too x

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xxmrsbxx · 27/06/2020 11:40

Thanks, I’ve not heard the names Romilly & Juniper before very unusual

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xxmrsbxx · 27/06/2020 11:40

Emmalyne is a lovely name to

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babynamelover · 27/06/2020 11:43

We are done but I adore Ramona 😍

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LotusClover · 27/06/2020 11:46

Gypsy, Mackaney and Amaris are the most unusual ones I've heard personally. If you're looking for some nice names outside the top 500, how about:

Tara
Rosanna
Christa
Arielle
Tamsin
Briana
Talia
Della

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Standrewsschool · 27/06/2020 12:17

Do you want unusual as in less popular (eg. lettice) or unusual as in hippy, mid-spelt, wacky, (eg. Dove-Krystal)?

Rowena
Alexandrina
Roxanne
Lourdes
Minerva
Coral
Lucinda
Zinnia
Trinity
Astrid

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Theyweretheworstoftimes · 27/06/2020 12:20

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/babynamesenglandandwales/2018

Download from this link

Table six

Look towards the bottom of the list. There are over 7,000 names on the list.

I think the link is for girls names but there is a table for boys

Least popular names are at the bottom

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florascotia2 · 27/06/2020 12:21

This might be of interest, OP. All sorts of unusual names as you scroll down, from medieval and modern-in-Scotland to random 'name musings:
www.britishbabynames.com/blog/uncommon-and-unusual/

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HappyDinosaur · 27/06/2020 12:23

Ariadne
Artemis
Anthie
Serena
Una
Xanthe
Zerelda

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xxmrsbxx · 27/06/2020 12:25

Thanks everyone, @Standrewsschool I’m looking for unusual as in less popular. Lourdes is one of the names my DH likes

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Whatsyourflava · 27/06/2020 12:26

Greta
Willa
Margaret nn Maggie or Peggy
Liberty
Jemima

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LotusClover · 27/06/2020 12:26

Amira
Cleo
Tanya
Flora
Cadey
Zyra
Leonie
Orla
Maeve
Raya
Macy
Yara
Elora
May
Honor
Cecily
Tiana
Clarisse
Iysha
Haidee

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xxmrsbxx · 27/06/2020 12:26

@Theyweretheworstoftimes thanks I will have a look

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xxmrsbxx · 27/06/2020 12:28

@LotusClover thanks Orla was one of the names I really liked but it seems to becoming quite a popular name now

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CMMum88 · 27/06/2020 12:28

Araminta
Rosamund
Cordelia

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Theyweretheworstoftimes · 27/06/2020 12:29

If any given name was only given to two children or less then the name won't appear for privacy reasons in the table above.

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bananaskinsnomnom · 27/06/2020 12:35

I know an Araminta, she’s known as Minty - pulls it off very well!

So less popular but not completely off the wall? Some of these are on my list:

Atlanta
Leilani
Marnie
Enya
Luna
Arabella
Skyler
Fern
Hebe
Aurelia
Aine
Anwen
Sydney
Nell
Saskia
Morgan
Lorelei
Adeline

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perfumeistooexpensive · 27/06/2020 12:36

I do family history and have found Levena and Theodosia in my family. I've never heard of them before.

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Happenchance · 27/06/2020 12:40

I like the pronunciation of Sequoia / Sequoya.

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Chienloup · 27/06/2020 12:48

Soleil
Sorrel
Sennen
Vita
Viola
Teleri
Eleri
Isolde
Hilde
Temperance
Glory
Idra
Fenetta
Vanna
Thomasina

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AdelaideK · 27/06/2020 12:51

Dakota
Soleil
Tabitha
Sylvianne
Greer
August
Mark
Noelle

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AdelaideK · 27/06/2020 12:52

Lark not mark ha

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