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Under used girl names?

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woodywoody · 24/04/2017 23:24

what are some of your favourite non popular girl names / underused girl names? I love elegant but simple names such as Violet and Harper but they are too popular for me :(

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Donttakemeout · 25/04/2017 22:36

Margot
Daphne
Cecelia
Faye
Joy
Avril
Ingrid
Erica

baconandmushrooms · 25/04/2017 22:31

Ingrid
Queenie
Margot
Joan
Pamela

Cristiane · 25/04/2017 22:29

Hester is gorgeous, or Esther
Mary
Astrid
Ishbel
Martha
Sylvie
Olive
Abigail

buttercup54321 · 25/04/2017 22:28

Maureen
Margery
Georgina
Jean
Joanna
Kay
Vanessa
Cynthea
Barbara
Pamela
Mary
Maria
Marcelle
Lorraine
Heather

BathshebaKnickerStickers · 25/04/2017 19:31

I know 2 Merediths - Merediths in my life are do numerous that we have to refer to Big Merry and Little Meredith

BrucesTooth · 25/04/2017 17:15

Honeysucklejasmine, My DD is Natasha Rosalyn, don't know any other child Natasha's.

SenseiWoo · 25/04/2017 15:30

Celia
Merle
Vivian/Vivien/Vivienne
Julie
Constance
Glynis
Muriel
Helen
Kay
Phyllis

RTKangaMummy · 25/04/2017 15:18

Anna/Anne/Ann

RTKangaMummy · 25/04/2017 15:16

names of girls I was at school with ......

Jo/Joanne
Helen
Nicola
Deborah/Debbie
Christine
Julia/Julie
Caroline
Sarah/Sara
Catherine/Katherine/Kathryn

Then other names Sharon and Tracey but not sure when these will come back again

theredjellybean · 25/04/2017 15:10

another lover of meredith here....love the idea of merry as a nickname, how could a child fail to be anyhting but lovely if called merry...

honeysucklejasmine · 25/04/2017 15:04

I have two Ivy's in my Brownie unit. Their names are all quite varied tbh, no clear trends.

I quite like Natasha for dc#2.

thereareworsethingsicoulddo · 25/04/2017 15:03

Agree with a PP who said 70s/80s names. There are lots of pretty names that were popular around 30 years ago, much less so now. E.g. Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Amanda, Melanie, Sally, Stephanie, Joanne etc etc

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 25/04/2017 14:53

I love Natalie. You hardly ever meet a little Natalie nowadays. I wanted it for DD but DH wouldn't agree Hmm.

I also love Ivy. I believe (mainly from MN) that it is getting more popular again, but I've never met one under the age of 75 personally.

I also love;

Iris
Delphi
Melissa
Saskia
Sorrel

Mrsknackered · 25/04/2017 13:47

Ok lumberjack I absolutely love Manon, completely forgot about that name

CoffeeWithMyOxygen · 25/04/2017 13:13

Another Daphne vote. I love it but DH has vetoed.

If Harper is too popular what about Hester?

Sighsofthetimes · 25/04/2017 12:49

Agree with WhereThe and BlondeGinger about Meredith.

Had a school friend called this, she was nicknamed Merry, and I always envied her name (and her lovely hair) Smile

Autumnsweater · 25/04/2017 12:44

I loved Eleanor but having a boy.

SuburbanRhonda · 25/04/2017 12:40

Pearl is a beautiful name.

As long as you don't have a DS called Dean Grin

SuburbanRhonda · 25/04/2017 12:39

This is the only thread where I've seen both DD's first name and her middle name Smile

Crunchymum · 25/04/2017 12:32

Cecelia
Rosemary
Ellen
Anya
Tara
Francesca
Luchia
Meredith
Cassandra

oklumberjack · 25/04/2017 11:38

Marigold (Shortened to Mari)

Pearl (this is my dd's name and as a quirky tween she's quite proud it).

Manon.

Hazel.

Clementine.

Eloise.

My dd is 12 now though so I may be way out of the loop with trendy baby names.

BlondeGinger · 25/04/2017 11:33

Meredith
Daphne
Margot
Tansie

flibberdy · 25/04/2017 11:14

Natasha
Nina

RockyBird · 25/04/2017 09:58

Claudine
Claudia
Justine
Maxine
Susan
Suzanne
Fiona
Melanie

ILookedintheWater · 25/04/2017 09:54

Fenella
Jane
Mary
Elspeth
Claire
Ruth
Rosemary
Ann

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