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The coolest little girls names you've heard

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AprilS · 26/02/2014 12:36

Going on from the boy thread. I'm 14 weeks so don't know what I'm having yet but I have the feeling its a girl. Only problem is we have a boys list a mile long but only some ok girls names.

I love Teddy, Tyger, Wolf, Fox, Dexter etc for boys but can't seem to find any names like this for girls. Any ideas?

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RalphRecklessCardew · 26/02/2014 21:43

LadyAlys,

Phaedra's worse than that. Before killing herself she falsely accused her stepson of raping her. Lovely sounding name, horrid horrid story.

Avery?

redrubyindigo · 26/02/2014 21:36

Elowen?

I know a girl called Alaska. She is amazing. Cool by name and cool by nature.

curiousgeorgie · 26/02/2014 21:17

My DD's name is here Grin (which is nice because most people hate it!)

I think Tigerlily is very cool, I wish I had the guts.

ClancyC · 26/02/2014 21:04

Indie
Cleo
Claudia
Portia
Lux
Tansy
Clementine

Clargo55 · 26/02/2014 20:49

Would you consider some Cornish names?

Lamorna
Lowenna/ Lowena
Kerenza
Demelza
Tamara
Morwenna
Tamsyn

nilbyname · 26/02/2014 20:40

Luna
Pearl
Lissy
Flick
Beau
Sissy
Magda

manicinsomniac · 26/02/2014 20:36

Apparently my name is 'classy faux original middle class cool' hmm

Why is that a bad thing? Grin
There's certainly nothing wrong with being classy or middle class or cool. And faux original isn't that bad, it just means that the names are actually not as unique as people think they are because they're really lovely names!

And I don't know about the buggies mrsdean. Not that I know of but I'm not very up on designer buggies, mine came from Tesco!

scarlettsmummy2 · 26/02/2014 20:30

I know a Vinnie, short for Lavinia.

RonaldMcDonald · 26/02/2014 20:20

Cassiopeia

SoftSheen · 26/02/2014 20:14

Iris
Annick
Anouk
Beatrix
Raine
Arianne
Sapphira
Allegra
Adelaide
Meriel

Bowlersarm · 26/02/2014 20:07

Scout
Marnie
Calypso
Spring
Flora

Unusual, and really cool.

HolidayArmadillo · 26/02/2014 20:04

Joely.

MrsDeanAmbrose · 26/02/2014 19:45

'alternative cool':
Cherry, Enya, Elfie, Gypsy, Jupiter, Kiki, Keltie, Misty, Mika, Ocean, Phoenix, Raine, Romy, Storm, Star, Zia

At least half of those are makes of buggy aren't they?

Spottybra · 26/02/2014 18:48

I wanted my dd to be a Casey, Storm, Saxon or Anastacia (nn stassy) as a teen.

None featured on my list when pregnant.

I know an Ocean, a Skye, a Willow, loads of colour names such as scarlet, ruby, indigo, teal, ebony.

HandragsNGladbags · 26/02/2014 18:46

I know a very elderly lady called Diamond which I think is a fab name if you have the balls to pull it off. She does Smile

littlebluedog12 · 26/02/2014 18:45

I love the name Noa for a girl- just so pretty. Wasn't allowed to use it though.

I met a little girl called Judith recently, shortened to Jude. She was very cool.

But glad to see my actual DD's name is thought of as cool, ha!

susiedaisy · 26/02/2014 18:45

Darla

MyNameIsKenAdams · 26/02/2014 18:43

Ooh I know an Ember. Its a very cool name

ThatBloodyWoman · 26/02/2014 18:42

Ember.

But I love Wren and Starling too.

BitOutOfPractice · 26/02/2014 18:41

I used to know an Ophelia. We used to call her Ophelia Bott Blush

Felix90 · 26/02/2014 18:40

Astrid not astride!!

Felix90 · 26/02/2014 18:40

I wanted to call dd Birdie but DP was having none of it. He wanted to call her Hunter.

I also like Cherry, Astride and Luna.

Felix90 · 26/02/2014 18:39

Apparently my name is 'classy faux original middle class cool' Hmm

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AprilS · 26/02/2014 18:36

Thats the thing its what we're used to isn't it. I want to make sure its a name we love not just something because we're trying to be cool or different. Its just those are the names we prefer if it was a boy so it makes sense we'd like those types of names with a girl.

So many good ones. Thanks folks. Will have to see what the OH thinks when he gets home. I love the name Hero too. I met a surfer from Korea when I lived in Newquay and always thought it was a fascinating name.

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BeattieBow · 26/02/2014 17:44

Teddy could be short for Theodora.

it's good to see that Alix is cool - my dd (13) has just decided that she wants to be called this - her first name is Alexandra, but she's been known by her middle name so far.

I really like Polly, Nancy, Iris, Hebe and Hero. But actually what we think is cool, the children themselves don't - my dds all think that Izzy is a really cool name.