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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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IdespairIreallydo · 12/12/2014 11:16

I desperately wanted to call DD Demelza but DH vetoed it - called her Kathryn instead. And yes, I was/am a Poldark fan.

Nocturne123 · 12/12/2014 11:14

Indie , if I have dc3 and it's a girl I will name her this ( if I'm brave enough)

myotherusernameisbetter · 12/12/2014 11:11

I've also come across the following only once:

Christabel
Antonia
Meadow
Hester
Kayla

kisekae · 12/12/2014 11:01

Thinking of naming our twin girls Capucine and Miette (both names suit what you're after I think).

Other options I had were
Seraphina
Appoline
CambriaLavinia, Ophelie, Luella, Mauve, Etienne, Zola

myotherusernameisbetter · 12/12/2014 10:53

Amaris/Amarys
Tierney
Fallon

KittiesInsane · 12/12/2014 10:46

DD and DS between them have friends with the following -a names:

Carolina
Marcia
Atlanta
Julia
Cosima
Maria
Nina
Susanna
Selina (not sure of the spelling)
Rosanna
Leah
Bruna
Beulah
Morwenna
Aaliyah
Aria
Patricia (pronounced Pat-REES-ee-a, which sounds lovely in a slight Chinese-French accent)

...plus plenty of Rebeccas, Isabellas and Anyas.

nottheOP · 12/12/2014 10:36

Xanthe
Lana
Elora
Isadora

SixToesLeft · 12/12/2014 10:33

Turnippa

foofooyeah · 12/12/2014 10:27

I met a girl called Sommersby the other day which I thought was pretty and unusual.

RedToothBrush · 12/12/2014 10:22

I'd be wary of -anna names if you want to be really unique.

Like -etta I think its going to be massive with Anna gaining popularity and Ariana looking likely to be huge too.

Julianna would work if you want to be on trend but a little different. But it is unlikely to be unique.

Burgatroyd I think we are on the same page with our thinking.

LineRunner · 12/12/2014 10:07

If you want unique you are going to have to make it up or lift it from an unusual context.

Boysclothes · 12/12/2014 09:59

I know a Zelia which I always think is a nice name. Zeh-lia, not rhyming with Delia.

TeapotDictator · 12/12/2014 09:57

Oh, just remembered another name I love which sounds classic and feminine, but is actually very unusual at the moment, is Julianna (pronounced Juli-arna). Oh yes, and Josephine.

I have twin girls Eve and Juliet. Despite their names not being particularly different neither of them are in the top 100.

TeapotDictator · 12/12/2014 09:53

I love the name Miel (can also be spelt Miele but I fear would be pronounced as per the German white goods company Grin ). Means 'honey' in French. Just think it sounds lovely and 'complete'.

wavesandsmiles · 12/12/2014 09:53

I am one of those who has a DD with a name that never appears in any of the baby names lists. It was inspired by the Welsh name "Taliesin", and a book I read years and years ago called Mythago Wood. Her name is Tallys-Faith (to rhyme with Alice) so it doesn't sound too "out there". People so often comment on what a beautiful and feminine name it is, and as it isn't listed anywhere (apart from on the baby name finder here because I added it)

Some absolutely beautiful names suggested

Sophronia · 12/12/2014 09:52

Alessandra

Boysclothes · 12/12/2014 09:50

Zosia? (Pron Zosha)
Shosanna?
Hepzibah?
Thalia?

gingerbreadmam · 12/12/2014 09:50

i know some whos daughter is called arianna if it hasnt already been mentioned. always think its lovely and unusual.

softlysoftly · 12/12/2014 09:48

Althea

Safina

Seraphine

Eliana

olaflikeswarmhugs · 12/12/2014 09:43

Louisa

olaflikeswarmhugs · 12/12/2014 09:42

Ariana
Adrianna
Giovanna

fattymammy · 12/12/2014 09:38

Was in school with a Tsering pronounced sering she had a sister Dolca always thought they were beautiful names .

tothesea · 12/12/2014 09:35

I always thought Silke was a beautiful name and I have only ever met one.

labelwriter · 12/12/2014 09:33

I love the names Tiggy and Eartha. DD is called neither but that was because DH vetoed them but I love them.

WhereTheWaldThingsAre · 12/12/2014 09:32

A girl in DD's class is called Lyria, (rhyming with Syria, rather than Lie-ria) which I think is very pretty.