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unusual but 'in a good way' girls names please

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MrsRhettButler · 21/04/2011 22:22

hi, i am expecting my second dd in early sep and i have absolutely ZERO names to choose from so if anyone can please help?

i like unusual names but don't want a made up one, i am thinking of job interviews here...

names i like but can't use are

Loretta
Lolita
Isis
Dolores
Minka
Acacia

just to give an idea of what i like :)

please help

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BikeRunSki · 27/04/2011 22:07

Matilda not that unusual ime!

Isn't Vari eally spelt Mhairi?

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MrsRhettButler · 27/04/2011 22:00

and how is Lorelei pronounced? is it Lorel 'ee' or Lorel 'eye' ??

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MrsRhettButler · 27/04/2011 21:59

mousemummy so far dp has suggested ann-marie and mary-ann and i'm not even convinced he likes them but would maybe go for a hyphenated name?

wheresmytractor is that pron kee 'oh' na? or is it ky? or is it 'o' like the o in ollie?

you all would not believe how many of these names have been used by friends of mine! they are great names though and a wonderful choice

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PostBlue · 27/04/2011 20:59

Aurora
Imogen
Hope
Anais
Catriona
Ariella
Leonie
Sophia
Lena
Thea

MayBankHoliday · 26/04/2011 23:47

Serena
Louisa
Cara

tiptoptally · 26/04/2011 23:27

Beulah
Ramona
Tirien

wheresmytractor · 26/04/2011 21:13

My friend called her daughter Kiona. I like Erin and Joni, but maybe thats not unusual enough

MrsSchadenfreude · 26/04/2011 07:08

My name and both of my DDs' names are on this thread! Smile

CHUNKYMUNKEY · 25/04/2011 23:38

Nahla
India
Soraya
Adrianna
Arianna
Lillia
Coralie
Amalia

Mousesmummy · 25/04/2011 22:33

What does dh like Rhett? I agree it's a shame they have to agree - in fact I just picked the names I liked! Smile

missmiss · 25/04/2011 16:07

Tacita.

Cattleprod · 25/04/2011 15:53

Nijah
Lorelei
Sia
Mahala

misfitmum · 25/04/2011 15:49

How about:

Kima? I had a friend at school with this name...it is pron. Kee-mah

I've never ever heard of/met another one

pootros · 23/04/2011 09:24

I like:
Hermione
Romola
Allegra
Ottilie
Elodie
Rosalia
Rosalind
Ceres
Calico
Domini
Cassia
Lois
Darcey
Gaia
Arianna

DH likes: Lyra. we are at an impasse. I feel I have more room for comprimise!!

gruber · 23/04/2011 08:36

I know. It's also a Greek island. But girl's names such as Paris and India are allowed so why not Ithaca? Unusual.

mathanxiety · 22/04/2011 23:52

Ithaca is a city in New York

gruber · 22/04/2011 22:32

Orla
Penelope
Ithaca
Iphigenia

LilyBolero · 22/04/2011 22:28

With meanings;
Keziah - cinammon-like bark/comes from Cassia - sweet spice
Dorcas - a gazelle
Talitha - little girl
Tabitha - beauty, grace
Damaris - gentle,mild

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LilyBolero · 22/04/2011 22:24

Some unusual Hebrew names;
Keziah
Dorcas
Talitha
Tabitha
Damaris

Jynxed · 22/04/2011 22:24

Lovely but unusually named girls I know:-

Talifer
Kassala
Neala
Ellis
Taylor

Royalcucumberchopper · 22/04/2011 22:20

Claudia- love it sooo much

sweetkitty · 22/04/2011 22:17

Elodie
Arianna
Talia
Cassia

mollymole · 22/04/2011 22:13

do you like
genevieve
aurora
Leanora

mathanxiety · 22/04/2011 21:40

Based on your original list:

Loretta - how about Laurel?
Lolita - Leila or Lyra?
Isis - Iris?
Dolores - Luz?
Minka - nothing comes to mind
Acacia - Keziah is another version of Acacia/Cassia

Irish names that might sound nice with Anaia
Orla
Maeve
Una
Ashling/ Aislinn (means 'dream', 'vision')

Other names:
Willow
Willa
Cosima
Aphra
Avery
Athena
Lucia

I know a dog named Misha, but I think of it as a diminutive of the Russian name Mikhail.

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