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Unusual girls names please!

36 replies

RoaringTwenties · 29/07/2012 09:15

We are expecting DD1 in Oct. First name is decided, but OH is insistent I don't tell anyone before she arrives, not even on MN, call it an obsessive thing! But suffice to say it is very average and ends in an 'a'. We now want quite an unusual middle name, but are really struggling. Every other day we come up with something and think we've cracked it and in 24 hrs have changed our minds - argh! These are our most recent ideas to give you some sense of where we're at:

Isis
Hebe
Kerezen (we prefer Kerenza but it doesn't work with first name ending in 'a')

Others we quite like but are slightly less unusual include Pearl, Cecily and Astrid.

Any suggestions gratefully received!

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RugBugs · 29/07/2012 14:36

Similar to Hebe (which I love) - Hesper.
My other unusual girls name is Eilinel, it's a Tolkein name.

manicinsomniac · 29/07/2012 14:23

Isis is very pretty

How about:
Arwen, Antonia, Araminta, Anoushka, Anika, Bryony, Bridget, Belinda, Cherry, Caoimhe, Calista, Corinne, Danuscia, Dominique, Dakota, Elin, Enya, Emeris, Fenella, Fernanda, Gayle, Hero/a, Isadora, Ida, Jessamy, Jocasta, Katrin, Karina, Kirsty, Leonora, Lyra, Mirren, Melina, Nikita, Ophelia, Peronelle, Rita, Rainbow, Rilla, Saffron, Sorrell, Toya, Tansy, Una, Verity, Wanda, Xanthe, Xaria, Yesenia, Zillah, Zia.

singaporeswing · 29/07/2012 14:08

I'll always associate Isis with the prison in Thamesmead. Probably not most peoples' first association, but I'm an odd one.

patosullivan · 29/07/2012 14:06

There's a little Violet lives near us. I don't think it's far outside the top 100 girl's names at the minute.

birdofthenorth · 29/07/2012 13:59

Isis, Hebe and Astrid are gorgeous. As a first name I think Hebe would get Jebeez teasing but much less so as an mn I imagine!

I really love Violet but it us absolutely rocketing up the popularity charts so might not be that unusual in a few years time.

For some reason I can now only bring to mind crazy suggestions like:

Juniper
Indigo
Orchid

Or go Welsh for some lovely under-used options:

Bronwyn
Seren
Anwen
Ianta

NaturalWinningNaturesTeamGB · 29/07/2012 11:51

Araxie
Meredith
Naunet
Dione
Edlin
Tanne
Kelby
Nixie
Ceto
Nerine
Kai
Talori
Kishi
Eirene
Marin
Neris
Callan
Torlan

VolAuVent · 29/07/2012 11:13

Aurora
Xanthe
Alannah
Larissa
Serena
Celeste
Alisa
Coralie
Delilah
Cassia
Zara
Nadia
Sapphire
Iona
Willow
Aria
Serafina
Belinda
Lucia

Original poster
RoaringTwenties · 29/07/2012 09:30

MattDamon - that's exactly what OH said!

Hexagonal - Violet was considered earlier, will get it back on the long list, thanks Smile

Just Googled Isis and Hebe and got an old MN thread where they were being debated as sibling names...

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anairofhopeFORGOLD · 29/07/2012 09:19

Rhoann
tanyth
zelda

MattDamonIsMyLover · 29/07/2012 09:17

Please not Kerezen. Sounds like Kerosene.

HexagonalQueenOfEverything · 29/07/2012 09:16

Violet
Vienna
Sienna
Francine

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