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Dark and delicious names for girls please!

229 replies

Trytowin · 12/07/2017 03:18

Hi, my husband and I are expecting our first baby girl and are stuck for a name. We seem fixated on one but celebs knabbed it which means it's not out but a dampner iyswim. We are both alternative so would love a dark name that's beautiful. Surname is spelt differently but same as Kirstie from location.

So far we have

Luna Fae (fairy in French)
Luna Celeste
Serephina

Undecided on Tabitha (is it cats name?), Willow (what if they are not svelte? Like naming a weedy boy Thor iyswim).

Love but can't have Lily or Violet (already in use), Persephone (too close to mine by sound) and Wednesday is bit try too hard but could be a middle name if she's born on a Wednesday ;-)

All ears if anyone has any ideas. Don't mind more out there names/ spiritual/ natural or unisex names.

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MikeUniformMike · 12/07/2017 21:32

Eos

ilivebythesea · 12/07/2017 21:24

Morna, Fallon, Wenna, Kerensa, Hedra, Elowen, Derwa, Nuala, Quinn, Rowan and Duvessa, which means dark beauty, apparently!

snowdancer · 12/07/2017 20:46

Ophelia (Hamlet's tragic heroine) Grace

DearMrDilkington · 12/07/2017 20:34

mike ooo I love Gretchen, haven't heard that name in years. It's beautiful.

DearMrDilkington · 12/07/2017 20:33

Storm
Lorelei
Ursula
Coraline
Verity
Esmeralda
Alice

RickOShay · 12/07/2017 20:31

Odette

Soraya

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 12/07/2017 20:30

Cruella? surely not.. Grin

Synecdoche · 12/07/2017 20:27

dancemom I love October

MikeUniformMike · 12/07/2017 20:27

Nigella? Maybe not.
Cosima. Gretchen. Regan. Goneril.
Belladonna. Griselda. Samantha. Sabrina.
Maleficent.
Andromeda.

MikeUniformMike · 12/07/2017 20:23

Delilah. Jezebel. Cruella. Dahlia. Delia. Rebel.

Rainontheflowers · 12/07/2017 20:23

Nyree
Astrid
Ariella
Violet
Sofia
Evelina

And I know it's on your list, but I think Celeste is really pretty.

MikeUniformMike · 12/07/2017 20:21

Circe. Carmel (not dark but sounds a bit like caramel).
Melissa (I'm on to something sweet here)
Titania. Desdemona. Scheherezade.

dancemom · 12/07/2017 20:21

October

Synecdoche · 12/07/2017 20:16

Coraline
Eve
Lileth
Ursula
Circe
Alecto
Moirai
Fate
Nyx
Hel
Aradia
Diana
Adrestia
Breksta
Zorya
Artume
Bellatrix
Selene/Selena

Lambbone · 12/07/2017 20:08

Magenta?

Hepzibah?

Guinevere?

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 12/07/2017 20:07

Bournville is dark and delicious.

islandsandshores · 12/07/2017 20:02

Same hattie

Mine is along the lines of Morwenna which is why I reacted strongly to that there - I cannot begin to explain how miserable introducing myself is!

Hairq · 12/07/2017 19:54

Ismene (is-MAY-nee)

thegreylady · 12/07/2017 18:27

Tanith
Tallis

HattiesBackpack · 12/07/2017 18:20

Ok so I'm preparing for a flaming here BUT my given name is rather 'out there' and it can be a burden especially at school.

Why don't you choose the dark and delicious name for the middle name and you can call her it, and when she is old enough she can choose to keep it if she likes.

Bubblesoup · 12/07/2017 18:08

Dinah

Cornishmumofone · 12/07/2017 16:47

Thana

Cornishmumofone · 12/07/2017 16:46

@islandsandshores Why would anyone name a child Morwenna? My mother considered it when having me. It is a vile name. Mor is associated with death FFS!

It's a fairly common name in Cornwall. I've never known anyone associate it with death in this context as 'mor' is the he Cornish word for sea. It's in lots of Cornish/Celtic names: Morvah, Morveth, Morgelyn, Morgan, Morvoren etc.

MineKraftCheese · 12/07/2017 16:37

Storm is gorgeous.

ilivebythesea · 12/07/2017 16:27

I knew a girl called Rogue once. It was just a name to us, we didn't think it odd or different.