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OTT totally fabulous girls name

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littlepooch · 10/05/2018 11:27

We are expecting DD no 3 later this year and struggling to think of any names!

DH has declared since she is to be our last he wants to go out with a bang and come up with a completely over the top wonderful name.

So out of interest- what girls names can you think of that are a bit OTT. Or names that you would have loved to use but were too scared?

Disclaimer - I still want something pretty but simple so this is more to humour DH :)

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TroysMammy · 10/05/2018 20:39

Petula
Elfine
Vanessa
Belinda
Dolores
Ramona

84CharingCrossRoad · 10/05/2018 20:39

Hepsibah...

afrikat · 10/05/2018 20:35

Definitely Seraphina. Love that name

Also
Aurelia
Aurora
Octavia

Laquila · 10/05/2018 20:34

Ooh Eglantine - I'd forgotten that one. And Berengere! (I used to work with a LOT of French people...)

eggncress · 10/05/2018 20:30

@OrdinaryGirl
Sounds quite posh actually ... Barbie for short 😁

drspouse · 10/05/2018 20:30

Letitia nn Titty snigger

Emerald
Esmeralda (my mum's first name begins with E and she was a teacher so this is what she told all her pupils she was called)
Diamond
Sapphire
Saffira
Amethyst

DesertSky · 10/05/2018 20:29

Constantine, Evangeline or Jemima

AndromedaPerseus · 10/05/2018 20:28

Celestina, Georgiana, Horatia, Christabel, Desdemona, Xenia, Minerva, Lavinia, Jezebel (this is an actual name), Estella, Sapphire, Io ( pronounce literally ‘i’ ‘o’)

OrdinaryGirl · 10/05/2018 20:20

Eggncress Rhubarbia
Crying 😆

Dieu · 10/05/2018 20:15

Arabella.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 10/05/2018 20:13

My dc were at school with 4 sisters called Octavia , Clemency, Tatiana and Ianthe. They had a younger brother called Augustus.

I've heard the name Celeste a few times so don't think it's too OTT.

How about Bohemia? Or Eglantine?

QueenOfThorns · 10/05/2018 20:10

Has to be Titzilla, surely? Grin

Laquila · 10/05/2018 20:09

I always think I don't know many n people with out-there names but reading this thread has reminded me that I know:

Kerensa
Seraphina
Persephone
Ariadne
Athena
Lavender
Lux
Elodie (although I think this is pretty normal!)
Angelica (she's Spanish, so not unusual)
Segolene
Sidonie
Fanette
Xanthe (x 2)

So maybe not as run of the mill as I thought! If I'd had a girl us have called her Ines, which I think is unusual but not over the top.

BanoffeeCheesecake · 10/05/2018 20:09

I also love the name Mercedes

BanoffeeCheesecake · 10/05/2018 20:06

Evangeline
Savannah
Arabella

MrsBartlettforthewin · 10/05/2018 20:05

Persephone, Percy for short. I love it but didn't discover it until after DD was born and then had DS1 and 2 so never got to use it.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 10/05/2018 20:03

Anazella
Izetta
Calliope
Roxie
Lula
Starla
Storm

Petalflowers · 10/05/2018 19:58

Maribel
Marina
Marcel
Gretna
Fenella
Floella
Hyacinth
Delphinium
Purdy

applecatchers36 · 10/05/2018 19:57

Aurelia
Brigitte
Clematis
Aneira
Venetia
Natasha
Jude

grasspigeons · 10/05/2018 19:44

Hecate or Hepzibah or Sheherazade spring to mind

I like Cordelia which is more sensible or Giselle

DespicableMeh · 10/05/2018 19:43

Two out of my three DD's names have been mentioned a few times - I didn't really think they were "out there" (but maybe I'm weird!).

FWIW - I love Salomè (with or without the accent). I've only ever met one (who was lovely), and wished I'd incorporated it somewhere in my girls' names.

Monkeypuzzle32 · 10/05/2018 19:43

yes! Velvet is one I had on my list too-its beautiful!

Marioki · 10/05/2018 19:37

Tamarisk
Agapanthus
Ronia
Eustacia

Auntyirene · 10/05/2018 19:30

Balonzia Grin

Balonzetta
Balonzina
Balonzinnia
Balonzushka

ThisIsNotARealAvo · 10/05/2018 19:23

I love Paloma, Lorelai, Emerald and Persephone. DD came to us already named at the age of 5 by I was thinking today that if I had named her it would have been Paloma, or maybe Victoria if I had felt less brave.

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