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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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FairfaxAikman · 12/06/2020 21:32

Cecily

Disfordarkchocolate · 12/06/2020 21:32

Jocasta

Yika · 12/06/2020 21:31

Berenice
Leopoldine
Iphigenia
Tamara
Edwina

Teacher12345 · 12/06/2020 21:31

I wouldn't pick anything that you have had to point out the pronunciation of. Your child will spend their life explaining it

winterisstillcoming · 12/06/2020 21:28

Veda

Minniee · 12/06/2020 21:28

Some of your names to me are the exact opposite of elegant, educated and classy.

What about Felicity, Verity, Elsbeth, Andromeda, Leonora, Araminta, Faith?

Flippetydip · 12/06/2020 21:26

I love Persephone, Percy for short

mamasiz · 12/06/2020 21:25

Perdita is lovely but if you are keen on the meanings behind names it is Latin for ‘lost’ so this might not be what you had in mind.

Echobelly · 12/06/2020 21:24

Anastasia
Collette
Serena

Onekidnoclue · 12/06/2020 21:23

Also Ottilie and Evangeline

Samtsirch · 12/06/2020 21:23

@Onekidnoclue
I know, and imagine if the parents were in the catering business too 🤣

missmouse101 · 12/06/2020 21:23

Damaris, Iolanthe, Phaedra, Aithne, Cassia, Celeste.
Rosalind is definitely Roz-alind, not Rose-alind, which is an abomination.

Muchtoomuchtodo · 12/06/2020 21:18

Francesca
Juliette

mylittleavalon · 12/06/2020 21:17

Perdita and Allegra are beautiful!

Estella, Jonquil, Portia, Priscilla, Odette, Cosette, Pandora, Electra, Juniper, Sabina,

Onekidnoclue · 12/06/2020 21:15

@Samtsirch I’m glad you posted a correction. Was about to look up the pronounciation of Catering as a sophisticated girls name

WeakandWobbly · 12/06/2020 21:14

I love verity, darcy, Fiona and mary

LemonadePockets · 12/06/2020 21:08

I love
Allegra
Paloma
India
Blythe

Reading your list, your names are lovely but shortening to ‘Cassie’ or ‘Tina’ seems to defeat the purpose of finding a name to meet all your requirements.

Good luck :)

Samtsirch · 12/06/2020 21:00

Caterina
Not Catering

Samtsirch · 12/06/2020 20:59

Anais
Catering
Émeline
Gilda
Also I always think it’s nice if you can choose a name which has a special meaning for you or your family in some way.
Children often ask how their name was chosen, or why, and seem to feel special if it’s somehow linked to an important aspect of family history or some other relevance; a parent’s favourite flower or place or book etc.
This is just my opinion, don’t mean to interfere 😃

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 12/06/2020 20:40

Rosalind and Rosamund both have a ‘ros’ or ‘roz’ sound rather than ‘rose’. If you are particularly keen on the pronunciation that you mentioned then you might find this frustrating.

averylongtimeago · 12/06/2020 20:35

Zilpha - pronounced with a "f" sound .

Original poster
heyyyyyyyy · 12/06/2020 20:29

thank you all!
I'm new here so I'm not so familiar with how this forum works lol
but yeah!! you have given me some special ideas!

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mam0918 · 12/06/2020 20:26

a lot of them arent used much for a reason they dont come across as sophisticated at all, in fact several gave the opposit vibe but Rosalind and Rosemund are very nice

Calliope might fit your style

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 12/06/2020 20:26

Loveday.
Persephone.
Verity.

SapphosRock · 12/06/2020 20:24

I LOVE Luella

Also love:

Evangeline / Evangelina
Aurelia
Elodie