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Unusual or traditional girl names with 3 or more syllables

92 replies

Ruthshaw1980 · 17/04/2018 20:32

Hi all

Would very much appreciate ideas for beautiful girls names with at least 3 syllables that could be described as unusual or traditional/vintage. So far our most up to date list following some ins and outs is:

Annabelle
Arabella
Emmeline (but waiting for DH to veto this)
Elodie
Romilly
Harriet

Be as unusual as you like, I would love to hear as many suggestions as you wish to give Smile

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DazzlingMilton · 17/04/2018 21:50

Mariella comes up a lot on these kind of threads and isn’t on your list yet, gorgeous name

I also like
Jessica
Elizabeth
Emily
Serena
Cameron

missmouse101 · 17/04/2018 21:50

Romilly is lovely. How about Emerald, Lowenna, Fenella?

LoveInTokyo · 17/04/2018 21:48

Did someone really suggest Coriander? I really hope that was an autocorrect!

educatingarti · 17/04/2018 21:43

Alison
Elizabeth
Agatha
Augusta
Elfreda
Honoria
Georgina
Sophia
Rosemary
Gloria
Catherine
Catarina
Lucia
Magdalena
Emilia
Josephine
Jemima
Dorothea
Margaret
Carlotta

FinnegansCake · 17/04/2018 21:42

Meredith Shaw
Melissa Shaw
Miranda Shaw
Augusta Shaw
Felicity Shaw

FinnegansCake · 17/04/2018 21:38

Cornelia
Clemency
Celestine
Fenella
Francesca
Lucinda

Goldmonday · 17/04/2018 21:36

Cassandra

BathTangle · 17/04/2018 21:34

Corinne / Corinna
Coriander

BathTangle · 17/04/2018 21:33

Imogen?

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 17/04/2018 21:30

Rosemary

DarkLikeVader · 17/04/2018 21:28

Love Romilly! How about Veryan if you lie verity? It’s a Cornish name.

Greenandcabbagelooking · 17/04/2018 21:26

Elizabeth
Amanda
Rebecca
Genevieve
Ginevra
Alexandra
Isabella
Emmeline
Tierney

IggyAce · 17/04/2018 21:26

I like Romilly, it was on my list for DD but DH vetoed it.

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Ruthshaw1980 · 17/04/2018 21:26

Forgot to add in last post. Both Felicity and Gabriella taken by my sisters for their 3 year and 6 month olds. Both really lovely names.

Ottilie - very marmite my previous poll showed this so has put me off.

I do like Cecily, Cecelia and Celia but my surname is Shaw. Don’t think that would work Sad

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 17/04/2018 21:26

Dorothy.
Jacqueline
Diana
Suzannah

BathTangle · 17/04/2018 21:26

Anastasia
Leonora
Olympia
Ilaria (Italian for Hilary)
Sabrina
Stefania
Helena (pronounced either Helen-a or Helayna)

Potcallingkettle · 17/04/2018 21:25

Felicity
Vanessa
Philippa
Thalia
Imogen

shirleyschmidt1 · 17/04/2018 21:24

Matilda
Melanie
Clarissa

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 17/04/2018 21:24

Marina
Albany
Stephanie
Victoria
Adelaide.
Marcia
Elspeth
Leona
Abigail
Rosabelle
Helena
Claudia
Bethany
Natalia
Virginia
Vivienne
Josephine
Madeleine
Catherine
Bryony
Marlena
Alexandra
Felicity
Florabelle
Alicia
Antonıa
Elizabeth
Jennifer
Joanna.
Merriall
Miriam
Marilyn
Delia
Maria
Teresa
Evelina
Aveline
Rowana
Alannah
Lucinda
Rosalie
Anastasia
Tallia
Christina
Melanie
Melissa
Nicola
Courtney
Georgina
Josephine
Elizabeth
Valerie
Gabrielle
Augusta
Winifred
Patricia
Amanda
Marcella
Marceline
Mirabel
Estelle

IggyAce · 17/04/2018 21:24

Rebecca
Seraphina
Barbara
Stephanie

mondler · 17/04/2018 21:23

Verity
Melody
Bethany
Kristina

Mybabystolemysanity · 17/04/2018 21:22

Bigfish (waves!)

I have a Felicity too! Was the only name for her

SoftSheen · 17/04/2018 21:19

Dorothea
Talitha (Tally)
Araminta
Aphrodite
Allegra
Antigone
Magdalene
Marguerite
Cecilia
Rosamund
Callista
Ottoline
Marianne
Cordelia
Violetta
Isolde
Oriana
Aletheia

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Ruthshaw1980 · 17/04/2018 21:19

Some beautiful suggestions but many already previously discussed and vetoed by DH. These include:

Rosalie
Verity (perhaps my absolute fave)
Penelope
Evelyn
Rosalind
Jemima
Hermione
Francesca
Eleanora
Beatrix

New ones from this thread that I like and will suggest to DH:

Ellethea - very pretty but is Alethea more common? Either way like both these.
Alicia
Athena
Lucia

Please keep them coming no matter how unusual, all suggestions gratefully recieved. Also what do people think of Romilly from my original list. Is it a marmite name?

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Elmo303 · 17/04/2018 21:16

Ottilie
Cecily
Dorothy
Tabitha
Angeline

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