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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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crankypants · 12/12/2014 14:05

Emilia as suggested above is so lovely but perhaps too popular for your taste.

Annoushka. Macushla.

Katinka.

Kizmet.

Lucinda, Anya. Allegra is lovely, strong but sweet.

Romany?

Lulabellarama · 12/12/2014 13:53

kisekai Please don't name your daughter after a monkey. Capuchine is not a good choice.

Pasithea · 12/12/2014 13:53

Ailsa

Eilidh

Loran
Flora
Mirren

CaulkheadUpNorth · 12/12/2014 13:51

Seren and Atalyah.

TweeAintMee · 12/12/2014 13:50

Arama ?
Ciara ?
Carmela ?

Theas18 · 12/12/2014 13:50

Just watch your myths if you go with God/ goddess/ nymph type names. They are almost universally tragic / evil!

From me you can have hephzibah soshanna and thirza.

You don't get many to a class of thoses!

HRH008isback · 12/12/2014 13:43

Electra and Nikita

TweeAintMee · 12/12/2014 13:43

I've only ever known one of these:

Valda
Vena

Have you considered?:

Astra
Coralie
Bice (pronounced Beachy)
Danya
Elfie

And here is one I just made up:

Moza

snice · 12/12/2014 13:36

I also knew a lovely Hester many years ago and have never met another

snice · 12/12/2014 13:35

The most unusual I have met recently was a Loveday. What about Seren or Serena?

Spellcheck · 12/12/2014 13:35

I used to really love Paloma, till I saw Paloma Faith on Never Mind the Buzzcocks! Ah well.

MrsCaptainReynolds · 12/12/2014 13:32

Signe (pronounced Sig-nay)

Sleepyhoglet · 12/12/2014 13:28

Keziah

Guin1 · 12/12/2014 13:05

Eira
Marissa
Morwenna

dwinnol · 12/12/2014 12:29

Nocturne123 We trip over Serens here. And Ffions and Lowris. Less so over your end I guess?

burgatroyd · 12/12/2014 12:25

Share are the YolanasrCoco?

burgatroyd · 12/12/2014 12:22

waves I like that! Tally's makes me think of Briony Tallis from Atonement

SanityClause · 12/12/2014 12:01

Zarafa was a name given to a giraffe that was presented to Charles X of France in 1826.

I think it's a lovely name, but DH wouldn't go with it. Sad

youllshootyoureyeout · 12/12/2014 12:00

I called my daughter Emilia (Italian/Spanish version of Emily and her father is Spanish). Apart from the actress Emilia Fox, I very rarely come across it, my daughter goes to a primary school of around 400 kids and she is the only one with her name. Though it might be too close to the 'ella' sound you don't like.

KittiesInsane · 12/12/2014 11:46

I forgot -- we also know a Kerenza. Any good?

Nocturne123 · 12/12/2014 11:41

So true dwinnol , I absolutely love the name Seren which would be so rare in NI but I imagine it's very popular in Wales

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dwinnol · 12/12/2014 11:32

It very much depends where you are, Ioana, Ioanna, and Morganna are increasingly popular here in Wales. It will be terribly difficult to find something unique across the UK but choosing a rather obscure Scottish name in living in Norfolk, for example, will make it unique in your child's school.

InvaderZim · 12/12/2014 11:21

Zilpha, I've only met one in my life.

specialmagiclady · 12/12/2014 11:18

My mum wanted to call me Roshenda.