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Ethereal or nature-inspired names for a girl

39 replies

PirateWeasel · 05/07/2020 19:58

DH and I have some boys names shortlisted, but we can't agree on the girls list. Everything I suggest is too off-the-wall for him. He wants something that sounds more traditional but not in the top 10. So far he'll accept:

Clementine
Florence/Flora
Olivia

I also love Juniper, Morgana and Eden but he's vetoed them all as being too 'out there'.

Any ideas welcome!

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PlanDeRaccordement · 16/07/2020 16:52

It’s also traditional.
Lady Rosamund Clifford daughter of a Welsh marcher Lord Clifford was famed for her beauty and became Henry IIs mistress. She died of cancer quite young in Godstow Abbey near Oxford. But there are many legends about “Fair Rosamund”

PlanDeRaccordement · 16/07/2020 16:48

Rosamund
Means “rose of the world”

flooredbored · 16/07/2020 16:44

Nerida
Nerissa
Myrtle
Iris
Rowena

Onestepup · 06/07/2020 22:10

Freya
Larissa/Lara
Melissa
Angelica
Delta
Rae
Holly
Serena
Xanthe
Esme
Violetta
Lucy
Gemma
Scarlett
Marina

Onestepup · 06/07/2020 22:09

Freya
Larissa/Lara
Melissa
Angelica
Delta
Rae
Holly
Serena
Xanthe
Esme
Violetta
Lucy
Gemma
Scarlett
Marina

Ellmau · 06/07/2020 21:47

Amaryllis

Betterversionofme · 06/07/2020 21:10

Dew
Ray
Sunray
Breeze
Luna
June
Dawn
Aurora
Vita (just because Life or Bios would be weird, don't like Eve/Eva )
Joy
If you care about 'internationality' of name then
Zora instead of Dawn (or maybe not because of R)
Nova as a star is good because it is very easy to pronounce and had 2 syllables consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel, no R, no L, no other 'hard' sounds is good.
Nobody seems to be able pronounce names of my children. And they are very easy, boring, traditional names where I am from.
Also boy/girl name varies across languages. My brother's rare but very male name, is extremely feminine name in a country where he moved as an adult.

BuzzingtheBee · 06/07/2020 17:46

Autumn

BuzzingtheBee · 06/07/2020 17:45

Astala

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 06/07/2020 17:43

Wren
Hazel
Willow
Heather
Isla
Rosemary
Sage
Summer
Rose
Violet / Viola
Bluebell
Iris
Jasmine
Clementine
Daisy
Fern
Luna
Brooke

And, if you want something 'out there'
Catkin
Lavender
Lark
Honeysuckle
Star

Heytheredelilah99 · 06/07/2020 17:25

I love all these names
Fern
Willow
Genevieve
Fallon
Flora
Hebe

Mascotte · 06/07/2020 15:43

Oh, or Hebe

Onceuponatimethen · 06/07/2020 15:21

I love the following:

Flower-related names

Flora
Camilla
Camille
Violet

Light-related names

Cressida
Clara

Star-related names

Stella
Estella

BigusBumus · 06/07/2020 15:17

Wren
Swan
Tansy
Jonquil

SunflowerProsecco · 06/07/2020 15:00

Olive
Enela
Isolde (Izz-ol-da)
Sorrel
Hazel
Joy
Bonita (Bonnie)
Ophelia
Tulah

coco2020 · 06/07/2020 14:55

Wren is lovely @kindkylie !

Mascotte · 06/07/2020 11:18

Tabitha
Iris

babynamelover · 06/07/2020 11:16

Neva
Rumi
Ngaio (nigh-oh)

pinkpinecone · 06/07/2020 10:19

Willow
Calla
Tansy
Rosemary

KindKylie · 06/07/2020 10:07

Wren?

Robyn
Sorrel
Tawny
Meadow

I really like Flora from your list

Orphlids · 06/07/2020 09:59

I LOVE Morgana! Even as a child, I thought this is what I’d name my daughter (I didn’t in the end). I’d be so excited to meet a baby Morgana. I did once meet a Morgana in the lavatories at bar in London. She was beautiful and cool. Her brother was called Arthur!

CaffiSaliMali · 06/07/2020 09:38

Any flower name - Daisy, Ivy, Iris, Rose and all the rose names - Rosalie, Rosalind etc.

Willow
Saffron
Sorrel
Laurel
Elowen (Cornish)
Coralie
Luna
Stella
Marina
Fern
Meadow
Cassia
Delta
Brooke
Faye
Acacia
Linden (I once worked with a lovely lady called Linden)
Hazel
Holly
Clementine
Ruby
Opal
Pearl

RedRumTheHorse · 05/07/2020 21:14

Summer, Autumn, Winter,

April, May, June,

Sky,

Zinnia, Leilani, Azalea, Alyssa, Marguerite, Erica, Nigella (also know as love-in-the-mist) , Dahlia,

Sage, Rosemary, Hazel

bridgetreilly · 05/07/2020 21:13

Linnet
Hebe
Angelica
Rosemary
Daphne
Lavender
Briar
Briony
Jasmine

IndieRo · 05/07/2020 21:05

Summer

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