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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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Onekidnoclue · 12/06/2020 20:21

Allegra
Venetia
Elspeth

I’d recommend reading Georgette Heyer books for inspiration.

MintyMurray17 · 12/06/2020 20:19

Marguerite
Perdita
Fenella
Ophelia
Allegra
Augusta
Hermione
Emmeline
Genevieve

Beekeeper1 · 12/06/2020 20:19

Hepzibah - love this name, had I had a daughter this is the name I would have chosen.

Bathsheba
Kezia/Kizzy
Batilda

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 12/06/2020 20:18

Daphne
Cassia
Elowen
Anoushka

toastofthetown · 12/06/2020 20:17

I love Rosalind. Here are some classic unusual names you might like

Antigone
Calliope
Cecily
Electra
Embla
Hebe
Isadora
Ophelia
Pandora
Persephone
Perdita
Seraphina
Xanthe

Aquamarine1029 · 12/06/2020 20:16

Jillian
Delphina
Phaedra

PeaceCheese · 12/06/2020 20:15

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NuffSaidSam · 12/06/2020 20:14

Aoife is really popular so I'd avoid that if you want a 'rare' name.

Louella is the name of an actor's daughter who died of a drug overdose in tragic circumstances a couple of years ago, so I'd avoid that as well.

Rosalind is nice.

How about:

Blythe
Maeve
Desdemona
Camille
Damita
Cecily
Vivienne
Coralie
Daphne

PeaceCheese · 12/06/2020 20:13

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