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Help me find an uncommon but not weird name!

61 replies

superlambanana · 17/01/2014 21:16

DH has vetoed nearly all of my suggestions, eg:

Cara
Fern
Flora
Clara
Serena
Annabel
Clover

We like, but can't have as friends do, Alice and Amelie. At the moment the compromise name is Emily, which we both like but I would rather have something a bit less popular.

Please help me because DH can't think of any but just keeps vetoing all mine!!

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dizhin79 · 24/01/2014 05:34

Emilie is a pretty alternative, I love Bridget or Bridgette too as a pp said.

Flora is lovely, get working on that dh of yours

volvocowgirl · 24/01/2014 02:38

Another Emmeline over here too!

saffronwblue · 24/01/2014 01:36

My dd is Celia. The other names on our shortlist were Sylvia , Serena, Marina, Elizabeth , astrid and Jocelyn.

Turvytopsy · 24/01/2014 01:27

Clarice

Turvytopsy · 24/01/2014 01:26

Romilly
Avaline
Melodie
Josephine

damibasiamille · 24/01/2014 01:04

How about Dulcie?

Used to be a film-star called Dulcie Gray.

(Think it means "sweet")

ToffeeJungle · 23/01/2014 19:10

Sorry for any repeats:
Clover
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Lilian
Claudia
Cordelia
Cora
Cara
Carla
Scarlett
Ruby
Saffron
Anastasia
Annabel
Anna
Maya
Martha
Matilda

hubbahubster · 23/01/2014 19:06

Sorry just saw your DH has rejected Clara... I'll swap you Tansy :)

hubbahubster · 23/01/2014 19:05

Elodie
Emmeline
Alicia
Ariana/Arianne
Audrey
Clara/Clarabelle
Annabel

Sleepy678 · 18/01/2014 20:55

Eleanor nn Nell ?
Or just Nell ?

cuttingpicassostoenails · 18/01/2014 20:50

Clementine.
Isadora.
Gabriella.
Daphne.
Michaela.
Jane.
Susannah.
Marion.
Zoe.
Arabella.
Bernadette.
Christina.
Edith.
Franchesca.
Hilary.
JUdith.
Leonora.
Olivia.
Paulina.
Rosemary.
Sibyl.
Tabitha.
Ursula.
Winifred.
Yvonne.
Zara.

carriedaway · 18/01/2014 20:41

Oh and Harriet

carriedaway · 18/01/2014 20:37

Zoe
Lorna
Rosalie

insideleg · 18/01/2014 20:34

Ines

peppapigmustdie · 18/01/2014 20:32

Eleanor
Dionne
Sophia
Zara
Penelope
Robyn
Cassandra nn Cassie
Antonia
Fleur
Kerry
Niamh
Erin
Rosanna
Just gone through dd1's (14)friends

TeaAndFag · 18/01/2014 20:30

Isla

honeybeeridiculous · 18/01/2014 20:23

POLLY
POPPY
POSEY
LULU
LYCIA
GEMMA
MARY
SALLY

Turquoisetamborine · 18/01/2014 20:21

Rayna
Rhonda
Clemence
Francesca

All names I would have.

lanbro · 18/01/2014 20:18

How's about Bromily, similar to Emily but definitely less common, possibly because we may have made it up!

Leeds2 · 18/01/2014 20:15

Nell
Cara
Cerys
Iona
Eden
Poppy
Iris

Frikadellen · 18/01/2014 19:20

Could you get around it by using names that usually ends in e and add a instead so names like

Louise/Louisa
Christine/ Christina
Alice/ Alicia
Amelie/ Amelia (though that is popular too)

that way you might get a happy middle route.

Unexpected · 18/01/2014 18:31

Meriel

optimistmum · 18/01/2014 18:28

Lisanne

BlueChampagne · 18/01/2014 18:16

Meryl
Rosanne/a
Tamsin
Judith
Stephanie
Felicity
Deborah

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