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Unusual girls names.

110 replies

Yourshakraishangingout · 07/09/2017 17:52

What is the most unusual/some of the most unusual names you know for little girls IRL (whether they are your cup of tea or not)

Looking for inspiration... don't mind if they are nicknames, nature, 'made up', from a different culture...I'm interested in hearing them all. Thank you.

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ABCFamily · 08/09/2017 09:11

Ainsley
Allegra
Amara
Amani
Brigid (not a particularly unusual name, but it was unexpected on a baby)
Elodie (I see this one mentioned here all the time, but this is the only one I've met in the flesh)
Emory
Esra
Isolde
Kinsey
Lorna
Marin
Marlowe
Noa
Pearl
Riley (I think this is fairly common for boys, but I've only met one girl with this name)
Sabina
Sylvie
Thadie

joolspoon · 08/09/2017 01:01

Tallulah isn't unusual I know 3

IckyPop · 08/09/2017 00:31

Vega
Summer
Bluebell
Indigo
Carissa
Ebony
Betsy
Star
Shylo/Shiloh (sp?)

Buntysoven · 07/09/2017 23:47

Zinnia
Tuppence Hmm
Hepzibah (now 14 and known as Zi Zi)
Blake
Jonquil

Pottytoes · 07/09/2017 23:46

Jolene
Annandale Halfpenny
Cressida
California
Tennessee

MadameJosephine · 07/09/2017 23:38

*the plane that dropped the bomb

MadameJosephine · 07/09/2017 23:38

I love temperance!

cushioncovers it just makes me think of the plans that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and I wouldn't want my child associated with that

Sogrowjo · 07/09/2017 22:59

Butterfly
Meadow
Roly

stopbeingadramallama · 07/09/2017 22:37

La-a, pronounced 'ladasha'!!

Huh? I'm sorry but how?😂

BroomstickOfLove · 07/09/2017 22:24

Of the ones on my list, around half are adults and they've all kept their names.

flumpybear · 07/09/2017 22:13

Ladybird!!! FfsShock whatever next .... dung beetle!

Mulch · 07/09/2017 22:04

Some interesting names, I wonder how many kept them into adulthood

TallulahBetty · 07/09/2017 22:02

Echo
Roella
Seymour
Delaney

velocitygir1 · 07/09/2017 21:50

My 13 yr old dd is called Meredith. Merry for short-I don't personally know any others and there's none in her school.

AngeliqueDePeyrac · 07/09/2017 21:32

Demelza
Keturah
Pixie
Storm
Rhona
Luna

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 07/09/2017 21:30

Blossom
Bailey
Bunny
Bunty
Clemency
Torah
Evangeline
Angel
Florianne
Bronte

Wafflenose · 07/09/2017 21:30

Zazelle
Peta-Ann
Butterfly
Ezra
Tasanee
Amalia
Eleri
Sparkle

MaggieSimpson44 · 07/09/2017 21:24

I know twinkle!! The first time I heard it I was ConfusedHmm
She's adorable though so it kind of grew on me.... A bit anyway.

I also know
Magdalena
Hanya
Shay
Evanthe

Which I like much better.

twinklestar2 · 07/09/2017 21:13

Maudie-Mae is awful

eggsbenedict89 · 07/09/2017 21:10

Keir (kee-ER)

MollyHuaCha · 07/09/2017 21:09

Rainbow
Ocean
Matisse
S'ali
Icy

sidonie1 · 07/09/2017 21:06

Love Wilder - what an awesome name!

Aayliah
Araminta
Nisha
Meena
Talitha
Dorcas
Keturah

Sparrowlegs248 · 07/09/2017 21:04

Clementine.

Snow.
Pretty girl.
Skallet.

Schmaeya

SirNiallDementia · 07/09/2017 21:01

Ladybird?

You have to be kidding?! 🐞

OpalIridescence · 07/09/2017 21:00

Ha! Is it ner?

I met a young one recently and was quite taken with it!