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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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avocadoze · 12/06/2020 22:17

Check your pronunciation: it’s am—ah-RILL-iss and Cass-ee-oh-PEE-ah

babynamelover · 12/06/2020 22:14

Astrid fits the brief.
I also considered Winona, Gwyneth and Una.
I adore Ramona 😍.

DamnYankee · 12/06/2020 22:13

I'd avoid Electra, Phaedra, Persephone, Desdemona, Ophelia, and Catering. Smile
Perdita makes me think of the mother Dalmatian in 101 Dalmatians...
And never heard "Loveday" before...Is that a typo?

frumpety · 12/06/2020 22:12

Euphemia

Fivews · 12/06/2020 22:10

Eilidh

RUOKHon · 12/06/2020 22:09

Rohais. It’s old French for Rose.

Chilver · 12/06/2020 22:09

Antigone
Caliope
Phaedra
Ophelia

Itwasntme1 · 12/06/2020 22:07

Adeline
Cora

ttigerlilly · 12/06/2020 22:06

Jemima
Aurelie
Emmeline
Evangeline
Alexandra
Janneke
Wren
Clementine
Florence
Grace
Delilah
Josephine
Margot
Tabitha

Ejmorgan · 12/06/2020 22:05

Viera-jayne

helly29 · 12/06/2020 22:02

Cordelia

HainaultViaNewburyPark · 12/06/2020 21:59

Audrey
Belinda
Caroline
Deborah (shortened to Derah rather than Debbie)
Evadne
Freida
Gloria
Hortense
Ingrid
Jocelyn
K
Louisa
Marina
Penelope
Rebecca
Sandra
Thomasine
Ursula
Veronica
Wanda
Yvette
Zoe

IdblowJonSnow · 12/06/2020 21:57

Evelyn
Eleanor
Rebecca
Iris
Zoe
Alex

BikeRunSki · 12/06/2020 21:55

Giselle
Heloise
Portia
Xanthe
Pandora
Perdita
Constance
Leonora

SquirrelFan · 12/06/2020 21:54

If you're looking for classic, sophisticated, unusual and strong, I recommend Rowan, Linden, Althea, and Arden.

AdaColeman · 12/06/2020 21:52

Corinna
Dido

Thisbastardcomputer · 12/06/2020 21:52

Silvarna

tararabumdeay · 12/06/2020 21:48

Had a friend at tech called 'Fiamma' which was cool, ironically.

tararabumdeay · 12/06/2020 21:45

Clarissa.

AdaColeman · 12/06/2020 21:43

Aphra
Dulcie
Hester
Lucinda
Flavia

Musmerian · 12/06/2020 21:39

Rosalind and Rosamund are pronounced Ros- a lind/ mund not Rose.

Standrewsschool · 12/06/2020 21:38

Louella is the name of one of the two main characters in Shakespeare and Hathaway. I wouldn’t associate it with an actress daughters death at all (not sure who you are referring to).

Ophelia
Rowena
Cassandra
Clementine
Alexandrina (Queen Victoria name before she became Queen Vic)
Jacinta
Antoinette
Ramona
Rosette
Susannah
Geraldine

VinoOlive · 12/06/2020 21:38

Seraphina
Thomasina
Artemis
Ianthe
Valentina
Christabel
Verity
Jocasta
Lilith
Clementine
Lettice
Lavinia
Eloisa
Davina
Vivienne
Juliette
Georgiana (Georg-jay-na)
Hyacinth
Dahlia
Jenna
Isadora
Dorothea
Theodora
Carolina
Rosanna

LilaPad · 12/06/2020 21:36

Romy / Romlly
Esmeralda
Violet
Theresa
Hermione
Tamar
Sienna
Florence

MrJollyLivesNextDoor · 12/06/2020 21:34

Carenza
Camille