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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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Charis1503 · 13/06/2020 07:01

Ooo love unusual names....

Not all to my taste.... But...

Ophelia
Ariadne (arry-ad-ne )
Halcyon (hal-see-on)
Octavia
Ottilie
Celestine
Kezia
Alba
Lucia
Sorcha
Seren/serenity
Noa (girls version)
Tatiana ( know one who is shortened to Tia)
Ashlyn
Arrietty

funmummy48 · 13/06/2020 06:05

Delores?

funmummy48 · 13/06/2020 06:04

Atlanta?

BikeRunSki · 13/06/2020 05:37

Solange
Ursula

soanco68 · 12/06/2020 23:58

Cassandra

joystir59 · 12/06/2020 23:58

Saugacia

JosephineDeBeauharnais · 12/06/2020 23:56

Vesper

Tavannach · 12/06/2020 23:55

Artemis
Juno
Delilah
Morven
Haydn

POP7777777 · 12/06/2020 23:51

Blythe

POP7777777 · 12/06/2020 23:50

Araminta

Ellmau · 12/06/2020 23:45

Damaris
Miranda

NetDesMamans1 · 12/06/2020 23:44

Cicely, Cecily, Bethia, Vega

Teacup34 · 12/06/2020 23:29

Constance, Connie for short
Lolita
Verity

AcrobaticCardigan · 12/06/2020 23:17

Also agreed on the Rosalind / Rosamund pronunciations! Sorry OP, but your pronunciations are completely incorrect & made up.

CaffiSaliMali · 12/06/2020 23:12

Louisa was the first name which came to mind, and Juliette.

Rosalie
Rosemary
Cecily
Georgiana
Josephine
Alexandria
Alexandrina
Phyllida
Cressida
Clarissa
Cassandra
Susanna
Jessamine
Evangeline/a

Agree with others that Rosalind is Roz-ah-lind, not Rosa-lind, and Rosamund is Roz-ah-mund, not Rosa-mund. They're lovely names though. If you want a longer name than Rosa, but also want the Rosa sound at the start, then Rosalie fits the bill.

PegasusReturns · 12/06/2020 22:58

Cordelia
Amaryllis

MintyCedric · 12/06/2020 22:57

Alba
Luna
Leda
Orlando
Claudia

I love Bathsheba and Yseult which have already been mentioned.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 12/06/2020 22:56

Isolde
Luciana
Athena
Marianne
Alessandra
Artemis

MrsSchadenfreude · 12/06/2020 22:52

Vita
Zamfira
Catalina

Poppyfields21 · 12/06/2020 22:49

Perdita is just 101 dalmatians to me
Also Cecily means blind which I just couldn’t use, also sounds a bit like cess pit

NetDesMamans1 · 12/06/2020 22:48

Carlotta, Edith, Clemency

ncforpilesadvice · 12/06/2020 22:47

Jocasta or Andromeda. Jesus. Nowt wrong with a good old Jane or Mary guys!!

LavenderLilacTree · 12/06/2020 22:46

Isolde
Tulah
Enela
Olive
Otillie
Violet

CatandtheFiddle · 12/06/2020 22:45

And actually, your pronunciations of Rosalind and Rosamund are wrong, if you want to sound "sophisticated" or "educated" - neither has the long "Rose" - both are pronounced with more of a "Rozz" sound (short o)

Wasail · 12/06/2020 22:43

Demelza
Ursula
Phylida