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Original poster

Tell me a girls name I have never heard before!!!!!

288 replies

Hyperhelpmum · 28/06/2013 23:24

Thats it really! If she was a boy I would have called her Claude/ Casper/ Orlando. All girls names I like are friends daughters so need some I have not heard of!!

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AnneElliott · 29/06/2013 20:44

Aletta
Aisling ( Ashleen)

clippityclop · 29/06/2013 20:44

Voirrey.

Rosaria.
Amalie.
Adrienne.

louisianablue2000 · 29/06/2013 20:41

Should point out, DS would have been Frida IF HE WAS A GIRL. I blame the beaujolais.

louisianablue2000 · 29/06/2013 20:39

Some Scandinavian names: Sigrid, Berit, Britta, Fenja.

Just found Fenja and think it is seriously fab, DS was nearly Frida but I think Fenja would have topped it.

TwoPeasOnePod · 29/06/2013 20:31

Perryn

TwoPeasOnePod · 29/06/2013 20:31

Tamara

Littlecherublegs · 29/06/2013 20:25

Sorelle
Ayanna
Sharnel
Afa
Asa
Lillia
Merry
Merryn
Cassia

fancyanother · 29/06/2013 19:30

Salette
Cassia
Xanthe

GoodtoBetter · 29/06/2013 19:24

Ainhara....Ainhoa...Amaya...Amalia

Loolah · 29/06/2013 19:13

Derryn
Kaidee
Kelis
Soraya

Hashtagwhatever · 29/06/2013 19:09

Perris

invicta · 29/06/2013 19:03

Eluned ( Elle -Lynn -ned) welsh
Rowena
Tamara
Sylvia
Posy
Cassandra
Cassie
Lynette
Lynn
Lyn
Mikaela
Marina
Karina

BoyMeetsWorld · 29/06/2013 18:59

Angharad is welsh. I knew one too nn Harry

Donki · 29/06/2013 18:59

Heulwyn
Ibtissam
Zayna

MrsSchadenfreude · 29/06/2013 18:50

Roswitha. Pronounced Rosveeta. Vetoed by DH.

yegodsandlittlefishes · 29/06/2013 18:50

Emmerdale
Lucifia
Zera
Normatrice
Isambara
Claudzilla

GiraffesAndButterflies · 29/06/2013 18:45

Gavenna. I believe it's Spanish.

hawkmcqueen · 29/06/2013 18:44

Angharad - knew one can't remember origin
Zaria - I was really surprised to see this mentioned already! I just came across it the other day and thought it was fab, means sunrise I think

apatchylass · 29/06/2013 18:43

Ghislaine

Eulalia

Laetitia

Btw - what's wrong with Claude for a girl? It's a great girl's name. V chic.

PicardyThird · 29/06/2013 18:42

Oh, the db of a friend of mine had a Minna recently. V pretty.

PicardyThird · 29/06/2013 18:41

Some German ones (or at least ones I have heard of in Germany):

Maren (long 'a')
Wiebke (veeb-ka)
Enie (eh-nee-a)
Hermine (German form of Hermione)
Katinka
Madita (think this is from an Astrid Lindgren book)

Zynia41 · 29/06/2013 18:40

Fraoch (irish for heather and pronounced FRAYoch)
Siún (short for Siobhan pronounced shoon)

SummerMyArse · 29/06/2013 18:40

I know an Apolline, Petronille, Aline, Ly-Lan...

SoulTrain · 29/06/2013 18:39

Sabine

DiamondDoris · 29/06/2013 18:38

Edurne, Nakane, Yosune, Oihana, Olatz, Nerea... pronounced phonetically, Basque girls' names.

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