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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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ConstanceFelicity · 22/04/2011 20:42

Enfys

MerryMarigold · 22/04/2011 20:37

Hebrew names...

I know an Orli and a Livi. I think Orli has a lovely, lovely meaning but I can't remember what it is now! Just remember thinking it was lovely.

fluffygal · 22/04/2011 20:32

My dog is called Lois.

TallulahBetty · 22/04/2011 20:08

Lois

Whatevs · 22/04/2011 17:25

I know a little girl called Bijou Smile. It's sweet but quite, urm... 'out there'.

Zora
Iona
Astrid
Ursula
Jocelyn
Hazel
Demelza
Greta
Leilani
Laurel

asdx2 · 22/04/2011 17:20

Merryn and Romilly are my secret loves.

issy123 · 22/04/2011 17:04

April, June, Claudia, Cora

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 22/04/2011 13:09

That's just what I said, means 'small' dunnnit ? They call it bijou to posh it up [bugrin]

onEastarEggIGraze · 22/04/2011 13:09

Bijou isn't a name I'd use, but there is at least one real person out there sporting it (Bijou Phillips, no relation to Busy Phillips Hmm). There is also a character in Anais Nin's erotica called Bijou, although whether that's a draw or a drawback depends on one's personal mileage I suppose.

ColonelBrandonsBiggestGroupie · 22/04/2011 12:14

Oh dear re: the Naomi link!

Sorry but I think Bijou is positively abominable - surely a word only ever to be used by wanky estate agents?

How about:
Dara (Hebrew name - means compassionate)
Endora (fountain)
Leora (light)
Lirit (poetic)

Janoschi · 22/04/2011 09:29

Io
Hera
Siegfrida
Daya
Tippi
Ronia

If you like Inga, there's also Ingrun...?

DoesBuggerAll · 22/04/2011 00:41

Elodie
Soizick / Soazig

ApocalypseCheeseToastie · 22/04/2011 00:23

Bindi ?

Biba ?

Lacey ?

Delpheine ?

Claudia ?

Julia ? [buwink]

tiptoptally · 22/04/2011 00:14

Hope
Lorelei
Severine
Natalia
Blythe
Lesia (pronounced Lesha)
Bronte

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MrsRhettButler · 21/04/2011 23:48

lurve Bijou and Leilani.... now to work on dp....

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onEastarEggIGraze · 21/04/2011 23:44

Bijou
Cadence
Leilani

LadyWellian · 21/04/2011 23:39

Lyra? It's a constellation as well as the Philip Pullman character.

NettoSuperstar · 21/04/2011 23:38

I have a Niamh which is fairly well known, and still lots of people struggle with it.
I don't regret it, but one of the less well known ones might cause more problems?
Mind you, we once got a Christmas card, written by the parent to 'Knife', and we both laughedGrin

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MrsRhettButler · 21/04/2011 23:30

i love lots of irish names also but the spelling thing is really hard, i've found it doesn't bother me much though, no one can spell dd's name and she doesn't seem to care either

colonel i had to laugh, Naomi is indeed a lovely name and i wish my auntie hadn't got there first! we've just had a terrible week with my drug addicted, slightly schizophrenic cousin named... Naomi! i might mention to her that her name meaning is pleasant! Grin

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KeepCalmAndCarryOnMNing · 21/04/2011 23:19

Cora?

NettoSuperstar · 21/04/2011 23:17

I love Persephone, Antigone and Maude, also Iris.

I love all the Irish girls names too but you may have spelling/pronunciation issues with them.

ColonelBrandonsBiggestGroupie · 21/04/2011 23:14

NiceLy even!

ColonelBrandonsBiggestGroupie · 21/04/2011 23:13

How about Naomi? Goes nicey with dd1 and means 'pleasant' so a cute meaning too.

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MrsRhettButler · 21/04/2011 23:07

i've always liked inga janoschi :) but once again i'm up against dp!

oh, dd 1 is called Anaia, its hebrew and means god answered

but i hate the way people pronounce it which is why i can't use Loretta, round here no one recognizes the letter T!

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mrswarthog · 21/04/2011 23:06

I loved Mathilde / Matilda, but chose differently for DD (Tara Grace). Glad I did now, its the Olivia of last year, every other DD is called that or Tilly / Tilda

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