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Unique baby girl names please

62 replies

hellomummy1 · 22/09/2020 03:15

Hi lovely’s, can you help me with a baby girl names please?

We are having a girl. We already have a girl named Aspen so no more place names and no L names because we don’t like alliteration with our last name which is Lane.

For girls names we currently like Senna (but we just found out it’s a laxative… it was our top name), Alba (hubby doesn’t like it) Kova ( too close to Covid…) so stronger, unique girls names. Nothing pretty or long - two syllables if possible.

Thank you, I would appreciate some ideas

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S111n20 · 24/09/2020 13:56

sunkiss

Romee
Zara
Halle
Reeva
Nova
Arya
Vienna
Rosa

Romee and Vienna are stunning names.

mathanxiety · 23/09/2020 01:02

Zoe
Daphne
Dinah
Elspeth
Tessa
Zara
Eira

Garcellesaidwhaaat · 23/09/2020 00:35

Sanna
Briar
Xari
Leonie
Sila
Clare
Rowan
Dolly
Myrtle
Robyn
Asha
Seren
Jude
Sasha
Minerva
Etta
Nyx

Enough4me · 22/09/2020 23:31

Marla
Demi
Beau

Tillygetsit · 22/09/2020 23:21

Zadie
Dinah
Vera
Gaia

aToadOnTheWhole · 22/09/2020 21:21

Roya
Daria
Astrid
Xanthippe

Sarahandduck18 · 22/09/2020 20:21

Nova
Anais
Astrid
Atalanta
Oceane
Aphra
Adeer
Avril
April
August
Aubrey
Adria
Ariel
Ariadne
Bijou
Bryce
Bara
Ceilidh
Caiomhe
Caley
Chante
Dana
Estella
Fawn
Gaia
Harley
Imo
Juno
Kegan
Marina
Natalia
Octavia
Payton
Quinn
Rubyrose
Stacia
Tianna
Ursula
Vonny
Wanda
Xanthe
Yvette
Zaharia

Mags5Bia · 22/09/2020 20:01

Ronja
Vita
Vida
Shauneen
Malin
Anouk
Io

averylongtimeago · 22/09/2020 19:38

Zilpha

forgetthehousework · 22/09/2020 17:35

Far to many syllables for you but how about Artemisia?

Quizeerascal · 22/09/2020 17:23

Hard to come up a unique name but some unusual names could be

Oona
Etta
Clover
Dana
Saffron
Seren
Emer
Wren

I also really like Alba but not sure if it goes with Aspen

movingonup20 · 22/09/2020 17:21

@iloveyoubutilovememore

Nico is an Italian boys name though

AriesTheRam · 22/09/2020 17:07

Savannah.
Summer.
Eden.
Raine.
Elsie.
Erin.
Vayda.

florascotia2 · 22/09/2020 17:05

Namechange Thanks for your reply. As I said, I have no wish to be critical.

Aiste is clearly an example of what I suggested might be the case - different cultures/languages having, by chance, names that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Best wishes to your grand-daughter.

Maren - well, it's a Scandinavian name and the majority of Scandinavian cultures pronounce it as I suggested. But if an American singer chooses to be different, that is obviously her right.

I am sorry re Thaila; I assumed the more usual Thalia. According to Google, it means 'bag' or 'wheelbarrow'. But if a real child has that name, then of course we should be respectful.

La Brea - the name means 'tar pits' and I honestly could not imagine that anyone had named a child after that. But if they have, then we should of course respect the name. It's not the child's fault.

Aquamarine1029 · 22/09/2020 16:54

Camdyn Lane

Hushabyelullabye · 22/09/2020 16:52

I like names from around the world, these are I believe a mixture of Sanskrit, Hawaiian, Filipino, and Maori

Nala (pr Narla)
Rayna/Reyna
Kaya/Kya/Kaia (rhymes with higher)
Aine (On-ya)
Riva/Reeva
Naia (Pr Ny-a)
Asha
Priya (Pr Preeya)
Lani (Pr Larnee)
Tala (Pr Tarla)
Neela

Blingismything · 22/09/2020 16:51

Sennen
Xanic
Caro
Astrid
Etoile
Seren
Blaze
Aster
Hebe
Farrah
Cleo

timothytoes · 22/09/2020 16:50

Nova
Remj
Viola

NameChange84 · 22/09/2020 16:45

Sorry “the country singer Maren Morris”.

NameChange84 · 22/09/2020 16:44

@florascotia2

Maren - I was basing it on how the country singer pronounces her name.

Silke - I was basing this on a child I taught a few years back, so may be I’m wrong overall.

THAILA not THALIA. I know how Thalia is pronounced but it’s not that unique a name so I didn’t mention it.

Aiste - my Latvian god-daughter’s name. Pronounced as I wrote it.

Brea - American girl I went to school with, she didn’t have Gaelic roots. She was named after a place, “La Brea” and I always thought it was pretty.

Ruthietuthie · 22/09/2020 16:26

If you liked Senna, what about Siena? (You could spell it one N like the Italian place, or two nns like the color.

florascotia2 · 22/09/2020 16:25

Apologies. Don't mean to be critical. This might just be an issue of phonetic spelling or of words with similar spellings from different cultures, but surely...

Maren is usually MAHrrn (Norwegian)
Silke is usually ZIL-keh or ZIL-kuh (the one I know of is Danish)
Thalia is usually TAH-Lyah or TAH-lee-ah (in modern western Europe) but THA-lee-uh (very soft 'Th', as in 'thought') in Greek, where it originated.
Aiste is usually ASH-tuh (Irish Gaelic)
Brea- I don't know where your version originates, but in Irish/Scottish Gaelic, this would be a version of Brigh (pronounced Bree) or Breagha (Bree-ah). There would be a fada on the first version 'i'.

Mishmased · 22/09/2020 16:24

@WhoWouldHaveThoughtThat

I think finding a unique name is going to be difficult, many of the names suggest so far are not unique, so my suggestion is

Wheelbarrow nn Wheelie

I'm pretty certain she'll be the only one at school with that name.

But wheelbarrow isn't unique 🤣🤣🤣
MoreHairyThanScary · 22/09/2020 16:12

I know you have said no more place names but you could tweak it to - Sennen which is a lovely beach in Cornwall.

Standrewsschool · 22/09/2020 16:11

Sienna
Trinity
Savannah
Peyton
Blaise
Piper