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UNUSUAL SOPHISTICATED GIRL NAMES PLEASE!!!

159 replies

heyyyyyyyy · 12/06/2020 20:04

Hello

I want RARE girl name (doesn't have to be trendy) that sounds or looks

  • sophisticated
  • educated
  • relatively strong
  • a bit literary maybe
  • beautiful (I mean the spelling)
  • it's OK if it's a bit hard to pronounce (and spell)

please give me some name suggestions!

Here are some of my favorites

  1. Joyzelle (JOY-zelle)
  2. Aoife (EE-fa)
  3. Leontyne/Leontine (lay-ON-teen)
  • I'll call her Leo as a nickname
4) Faustina (FAU-s-TINA)
  • nickname - Tina
5) Louella/Luella (loo-WELL-la) 6) Rosalind (ROSE-a-lind) 7) Rosamond/Rosamund (ROSE-a-mond) 8) Amaryllis (am-muh-REEL-lis) 9) Cassiopeia (kass-ee-OH-pi-ah)
  • nickname Cassie
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merryhouse · 17/06/2020 19:28

Amaryllis is recognised as a name. It's used as a stock female character, often a shepherdess ("and sport with Amaryllis in the shade" - so definitely literary, but possibly not sophisticated...)

Priscilla is a strong character from the book of Acts. Probably rare enough nowadays to tick all your boxes.

Testtube78 · 17/06/2020 05:32

Millicent
Florence

SabrinaThwaite · 17/06/2020 05:07

Lucida
Charis
Geneva
Georgia
Korinna
Marigold
Kristen
Candida
Serifa
Perpetua
Alexandria
Dingbats

Immigrantsong · 17/06/2020 03:58

Melina
Olympia

octoberfarm · 17/06/2020 03:11

Marsali?

romillyoikawa · 17/06/2020 00:32

These are some beautiful names you might like Wink
Romilly
Miwa
Kiyoko
Yachi
Michimiya
Filippa
Effie
Seraphina

ToastyCrumpet · 15/06/2020 23:50

Ghislaine
Aude
Cecily
Iona

Carouselfish · 15/06/2020 23:43

Well if this thread proves anything it's that people have wildly different ideas about sophisticated.

How about

Cordelia
Carmen
Octavia
Anaïs
Ginevra

AragornsManlyStubble · 15/06/2020 21:34

Bob the Knob.

Any name has teasing potential if someone wants to find it, might as well find something you love no matter how unusual.

RachelFernsby1986 · 15/06/2020 20:08

give a child any of these names and they'll be bullied go with a nice normal name like bob

BerylSilverstone · 15/06/2020 13:35

Ariadne
Athena
Artemis
Bronwen
Beatrix
Cassandra
Clarice
Esther
Georgia
Genevieve
Hazel
Heather
Isolde
Josephine
Juliana
Juliet
Kendal
Kendra
Katya
Kristianna
Lowri
Magda
Marianna
Martha
Melinda
Ophelia
Olympia
Olive
Octavia
Penelope
Patsy
Paloma
Rita
Regina
Sybil
Serenity
Sylvie
Tamara
Tara
Tabitha
Tamsin
Talullah
Ursula
Una
Valentina
Valencia
Verity
Veronica
Viviana
Winona
Winnie
Yolanda
Yasmin
Zara
Zinnia

ThighThighofthigh · 14/06/2020 19:31

I adore Jocasta but - Oedipus's mother Confused

Zélie
Cressida
Verity
Felicity
Imogen
Clara

Bouncingbelle · 14/06/2020 14:29

@bubbleup yes rosamund would be a unique pronunciation of rosalind Grin

ttigerlilly · 14/06/2020 11:23

@inappropriateraspberry 😂😂

ViciousJackdaw · 14/06/2020 11:17

Some of these names are a complete tragedeigh. I suggest the following:

Jurgita
Trente
Millie
Allison
Firmina
Oxlada
Hendersonne
Mosalah

inappropriateraspberry · 14/06/2020 08:17

How about Corona or
Covidia?

GlamGiraffe · 14/06/2020 04:31

@heyyyyyyyy are you in the US? As Joyelle and louelle definitely fo not fit your criteria by Enhlish standards IMO. Personally not sure about Amaryllis either, I think flower names are fine as long as they are recognised as names, perhaps mythological origins etc.
Both I and especially one of my sisters have unusual names and it has always been a bit of a pain with people pronouncing them strangely so I would say if you go unusual, dont go too unusual that it's very unfamiliar as when your child becomes an adult it's just annoying!
Araminta is a lovely name,
Arabella
Blythe,
Ophelia
Ottilie
Odette
Estella
xanthe (zan-thee)

Let us know what you choose.

Of course "Catering" is by far the best option so far

CoffeeBeansGalore · 14/06/2020 01:27

Tamara
Georgina
Colette
Olivia
Naomi
Marianne
Victoria
Cassandra

947EliseChalotte · 14/06/2020 01:07

Florence ( quite nice at moment after nurse Florence Nightingale)
Penelope/ Penny
Felicity
Matilda
Rosemary ( Rose) 🌹

Userzzz · 14/06/2020 01:00

No suggestions but I think Rosalind has all the things you're looking for. It seems such a strong, sophisticated and proud name.

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 14/06/2020 00:56

Sorry! Fellatia!

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 14/06/2020 00:55

Apostrophe
Morella
Fallatia

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 14/06/2020 00:54

Joyzelle and Tina are hardly sophisticated Grin

Lozz22 · 14/06/2020 00:48

Taomi I know someone who named their little girl this. Think the pronunciation is Tay-O-Me rather then Ty-o-me and apparently the meaning is the apple of my eye. It's the name my OH have decided on for a girl when I finally fall Pregnant again.

whatausername · 14/06/2020 00:46

Balonza