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Uncommon but not unusual girls names?

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TableMirror · 14/09/2017 09:31

DS has an uncommon boys name, it's a name that you'll have heard but you probably won't know very many if any.

Now we need a girls name. We previously loved Imogen but it seems to be everywhere now.

We quite like short names.

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Mamabear4180 · 21/09/2017 21:26

I've got a baby Eliana and get lots of compliments on it. Also love Elora.

Smoliver · 21/09/2017 18:17

I love Etta and Beatrix. They're both on my names list.

I also like:
Cecily
Nova
Nora
Heather
Clarissa
Ingrid
Bridget
Hebe

Mamma2missEvie · 20/09/2017 13:26

We have a Cleo 😍 We also liked Thea and Heidi x

pigletpie29 · 20/09/2017 06:57

Ah sounds like you like the same sorts of names as me. Outing but my little girl is Anna Catherine. Anna's not unusual but it's pretty and won't date like a lot of the names around now (I love Evelyn but there are four in her nursery class so glad I avoided it!) I like flower names like Fleur but her surname is a flower name so had to avoid. She was nearly Alice but she just didn't look like an Alice! If I ever had another I like Georgia, Julia and Meredith.

codswallopandbalderdash · 19/09/2017 23:00

I just heard Clara and thought it was lovely

littlecabbages · 19/09/2017 22:50

Nina

Discotits · 19/09/2017 22:16

I have an Effie, short for Elspeth, never met another. I know two baby Ettas, one is just Etta and the other is short for Harriet. Like it a lot though.

ImADingleDangleScarecrow · 19/09/2017 22:07

Merryn
Marnie
Romilly

CanadaMoose91 · 19/09/2017 22:01

Ursula

OhTheRoses · 19/09/2017 21:48

Alice
Hannah

BikeRunSki · 19/09/2017 21:46

Tegan
Zillah
Keziah
Thomasin
Gaia
Demelza

flumpybear · 19/09/2017 21:44

We had Remy and Sorrel on our list as well, oh and Saskia

flumpybear · 19/09/2017 21:42

Iliana (illy-arna) is similar to Imogen and quite unusual

BikeRunSki · 19/09/2017 21:39

Esther
Marla
Meryl
Hope
Robyn
Bethan
India
Rosalind
Jody
Jacinth
Polly

SueGeneris · 19/09/2017 21:20

Cassia
Ramona
Astrid
Madora
Andrina

mummytwoh · 19/09/2017 21:14

I love Heidi at the moment.
It's well known but doesn't seem popular

Slightlydizzydaily · 19/09/2017 21:09

Julia
Clara
Jane
Mary

LovelyBranches · 19/09/2017 21:03

Thea

Bertsfriend · 18/09/2017 16:13

I had a great aunt called Etta, short for Harriett. I've never heard of any other Etta, it is lovely.

minimalist99 · 18/09/2017 15:57

Talia
Amber
Autumn
Summer

Twistmeandturnme · 18/09/2017 15:54

Esme

NinonDeLenclos · 18/09/2017 15:52

Beau for a female baby? Schön only has one n.

OurMiracle1106 · 16/09/2017 14:02

Gracie.
Mae
Aaliyah
Mia
Rene
Esme
Elouise

daisypond · 16/09/2017 13:55

I think there's a change in naming style and the fancier names of the Victorians/Edwardians are going to go out of fashion, if that bothers you. I now know people who are calling babies Barbara, Edith, Sheila, Ruth, Dorothy, Maud, Hilda, etc.

Mollie85 · 16/09/2017 12:37

Della Grin