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Most beautiful, unique girl's name you know?

283 replies

EricaJ28 · 12/12/2014 03:42

Please help! Still on the hunt for a girls name and I love ones that are incredibly unique (perhaps only heard once or twice).

Would love your best suggestions! Needs to be incredibly feminine as the surname is very traditional English, long, clunky.

Names ending in 'A' sounds work well. Names with 'ella' sounds don't (So Aurelia, while I love it, won't work and is becoming too popular).

Names like Arietta, Aya, Elka, Allegra? I'm just not sure we love them enough. What is the most beautiful, unique girls name you have heard?

Middle name not settled, but will probably be something more well known (Juliette, Francesca, Cara, Amelie). Thanks for your help!

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wigglybeezer · 13/12/2014 22:26

Thallassa
Ysolda
Romilly
Dorothea
Rowena
dahlia

I have only met one each of the above.

Blanketontheground · 13/12/2014 22:20

Medina

birchwoods · 13/12/2014 22:17

Blaise (pr. Blaze)
Kenza (pr. Kinza)
Kelda
Sapphire

Tweediewalker · 13/12/2014 21:59

Genevieve- I wanted DD to be called this but DH said no :(

OfficerKaren · 13/12/2014 19:41

Talking of martyrs - Hypatia, a philosopher and astronomer of Alexandria killed by Christians.

KittiesInsane · 13/12/2014 19:18

I can offer you Julitta (a saint, martyred after a dispute about real estate...)

hoobypickypicky · 13/12/2014 18:39

Usilla
Carlotta
Fenella
Antonia
Clemency
Sylvia
Valeria
Veronica

starlightloz · 13/12/2014 18:29

If I had a daughter I would love to call her Talitha or Ariadne. My Nanny was called Elvina and I have never met or heard of another of those.Valerian is the name of a flower and quite unusual.

Ohanarama · 13/12/2014 18:04

I once read that the best start in life a girl can get is having a name ending in 'a' because on the whole they are classy and feminine:
Helena
Anastasia
Rosa
Georgina
Annabella
Estella

NakedFamilyFightClub · 13/12/2014 17:56

Bronagh - means sorrowful, but it's a pretty name, and ends in 'ah'.

Neela

Christelle2207 · 13/12/2014 17:47

Evangeline

thanksamillion · 13/12/2014 17:41

I've got an Adelina. It's an E European name but not that common there either. It has the advantage of being easy to pronounce/spell but unusual and people always comment how pretty it is.

minipie · 13/12/2014 17:35

Columbine
Marisa
Georgiana
Elfrida
Clarissa
Alessandra
Sidonia
Romola
Ferelith
Fenella
Oenone
Bryony
Lucinda
Belinda
Venetia

HaveTeaWillSurvive · 13/12/2014 17:18

I really like Calliandra (it's a flower) and I like Callie for short, never heard of it as a name but DH and I are very grey accountants so even if we have a DD we'll never have the guts to go for it Sad

MadameJosephine · 13/12/2014 16:37

Little girls i have recently met/heard of include Astrid, Isis, Ocean, Igraine and Cordelia

Pipbin · 13/12/2014 16:31

I know a Nokomis.
She is the only one I've ever heard of.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokomis

BlandandInsipid · 13/12/2014 16:27

Zepherina
Marchella
Araminta
Elepheba (pronounced El fa ba) Yes, I saw Wicked last weekend and loved this name!)

ChristmasEveSteve · 13/12/2014 16:26

Euphemia. Kezia. Zilla. Sorayah.

Canyouforgiveher · 13/12/2014 16:19

I met an Ardith recently - only time I have ever encountered the name. Thought it was lovely.

WheelbarrowWoman · 13/12/2014 16:12

Floriana
Cosima
Theodora
Casimira
Rosanna

Hedgehogging · 13/12/2014 16:03

I know this thread is already packed with suggestions but I'll throw mine in.
Avicen.
Gorgeous and I've only ever known one girl called it (and googling it seems to confirm its rarity).

StampyShortnose · 13/12/2014 15:54

Nyree
Merle
Manon
Celeste
Tess
Mariella
Seraphine/a
Aphra
Petra

DrTeethAndTheElectricMayhem · 13/12/2014 15:43

How about:

  • Fushia
  • Dominika
  • Arianwyn
  • briseis
Threeplus1 · 13/12/2014 15:32

Oooh I forgot, how about Rumi? Like the poet? I love that name! Beautiful and very unique

Inertia · 13/12/2014 15:24

Galena is a lead-bearing ore- not sure that it strikes the most feminine note.

Someone mentioned Silke earlier on the thread - I used to teach in a school which had 2 girls called Silke in the same class- never heard of it anywhere else ever. I wouldn't bother trying to be unique- just go for a name you really love.

Would Callista fit your criteria? Or Elenya ?

Bonanza- really ????

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