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favourite uncommon but recognisable name?

113 replies

JessicaBearx · 08/07/2017 17:18

( looking for inspiration as i just can't seem to find a girl's name i like)

I dont personally love any i have come across so far or popular ones such as Olivia or Isabelle so looking for some underused but still recognisable names that we might like? I don't think i explained this very well but oh well! What's your favourite girl namd that you think should be used moreSmile

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Yika · 08/07/2017 19:16

Livia
Simone
Frances

cushioncovers · 08/07/2017 19:11

Danya

buttercup54321 · 08/07/2017 19:10

Sarah
Elizabeth
Caitlin
Jenny
Joanne
Samantha
Sophie
Alexandra
Beverley
Kay
Michelle
Victoria
Eadie
Vanessa
Kate
Rosemary
Jacqueline
Patsy

PinkyPudding · 08/07/2017 19:10

Carys
Betsy
Violet
Olive
Lila

crumble82 · 08/07/2017 19:07

Felicity
Astrid
Marina
Cressida
Natalie
Jessica

Laladog · 08/07/2017 19:05

Martine is not too common but not strange either.

deuxmoulins · 08/07/2017 19:01

Hazel
Francesca (nn Fran, Frankie, Chessie, Cesca)
Alexandra/Alexa/Alexia
Natalia
Paigan
Ines
Petra

Patriciathestripper1 · 08/07/2017 18:59

Phillipa
Francesca
Victoria
Lucy
Margaretta

nancy75 · 08/07/2017 18:54

Elodie, I love it, dp hated itAngry

ABCFamily · 08/07/2017 18:51

Oh, and Cora (also on the upswing)

ABCFamily · 08/07/2017 18:49

Alana/Alanna
Celeste
Clarice
Corinne
Faith
Hazel
Helen
Hester
Imelda
Lorna
Marian/Marion
Meredith
Miranda
Myrtle
Rachel (popular among adults, but not babies)
Simone
Sylvia
Tamsin
Thalia/Talia

A couple of these are on the upswing (Hazel, Sylvia), but none were in the top 100 last year.

megletthesecond · 08/07/2017 18:06

Felicity.
Constance.

Ditsy1980 · 08/07/2017 18:06

Lydia
Although I now know 3 so it might be getting too popular but its beautiful

MelinaMercury · 08/07/2017 18:06

Alannah
Bethany
Cara
Erin
Eliza
Francesca
Gayle
Julianna
Trudy
Zoe

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 08/07/2017 18:04

I wouldn't say all of these were unpopular. I'm tripping over Sophies
Chloes. I'm from Liverpool, though. So, it could be a Regional thing
And you might be surprised to learn Julia Sarah and Leah and Emma are all in the top 100 girls names

CatchIt · 08/07/2017 18:02

Lyra

Tilapia · 08/07/2017 18:00

Tess

Pemba · 08/07/2017 17:58

Mara

Bubblesoup · 08/07/2017 17:57

@madameJosepine I meant to include Jennifer! I LOVE that name! We very nearly called DD1 Jennifer but my nsme is Gemma so decided it was too similar (Gem/Jen). Such a shame!

Bubblesoup · 08/07/2017 17:54

Marianne ❤
Caroline
Sian
Julia
Jane
Miriam
Nina
Leah
Sarah

numbmum83 · 08/07/2017 17:49

Chloe
Annabelle
Crystal
Sarah
Jemma
Nicola
Natalie
Emma
Katrina
Carly
I quite like Rebecca

Pemba · 08/07/2017 17:49

Estella
Dorothea
Roisin (think you might need to have Irish connections for that one)
Emmeline

Pemba · 08/07/2017 17:43

Jessamine / Jessamyn
Shoshana
Annika
Mirabel

Alittlepotofrosie · 08/07/2017 17:33

Claudia

JennyGreenteeth · 08/07/2017 17:33

Estelle
Thea
Lowenna
Elowen
Marina
Olive
Fenella
Cosima

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