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Oolala hmm ok

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TurkishTealight · 23/02/2021 11:51

Hi! Serious question. I'd like to compile a list of girls names that are a little unusual and uncommon. If they are made up names they have to have a long traceable history as with Vanessa.

My list so far:
Nerissa
Meriel
Marina

Thank youSmile

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Sheila
Winifred

pinkpinecone · 25/02/2021 12:49

Reya
Romy
Delphine
Sabina
Iona
Petra

bridgetreilly · 24/02/2021 13:32

Aethelflaed.

TurnStone · 24/02/2021 10:31

Valmai
Cortina
Melita
Louvaine
Manon
Inigo

(Names of real people I have met)

Squeakerfoot · 23/02/2021 22:32

Mahalia
Saskia
Ines
Oona
Leonie
Romy
Ianthe
Adelia
Lucienne
Zélie
Paloma

primrosenose · 23/02/2021 19:47

Sorry. Lolling at the back and forth ' Confused ' pettiness.

primrosenose · 23/02/2021 19:44

Lol

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 23/02/2021 18:16

Theia
Gaia
Selene
Xanthe
Ianthe
Thalia
Cassiopeia
Dahlia
Athenais
Corisande
Mireia
Nereida

CaffiSaliMali · 23/02/2021 15:06

My first though was Marisa (mah-ree-sa). Also:
Larissa
Cassia
Cressida
Phyllida
Sabrina
Iseult
Cordelia
Evangeline
Cassandra
Miranda
Viola
Jessamine
Alexandria
Alexandrina

pallisers · 23/02/2021 14:58

Cordiana

I knew a girl whose name first name was Athena and her middle name Sunflower - I liked that.

Ellmau · 23/02/2021 14:57

Jessamine
Calista
Hero
Juno
Berengaria
Felicia
Minerva
Sybilla
Drusilla
Briony/Bryony
Richenda
Apollonia
Sapphira
Phyllida
Clementine/Clementina/Clemency
Valentina
Ginevra
Jonquil
Perdita
Annunciata
Lucasta
Lucretia
Verity

Ellmau · 23/02/2021 14:43

Damaris
Iseult
Amaryllis
Livia
Melora
Rowena
Verena
Astraea
Alethea
Evelina
Loveday
Rosalba
Corinna
Andromeda
Galatea
Artemis/Artemisia
Venetia
Sylvestra
Ismene

JackieWeaverIsTheAuthority · 23/02/2021 14:35

So you want a long traceable history for new fangled spandangled names like “joshlina”?

Confused
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TurkishTealight · 23/02/2021 14:27
Confused
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TurkishTealight · 23/02/2021 14:27

Oh you know what I mean! All words are made up too. New fangled spandangled names like Joshlina.

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ememem84 · 23/02/2021 13:45

Grizabella

Ptarmigan

Arrietty

JackieWeaverIsTheAuthority · 23/02/2021 13:43

If they are made up names they have to have a long traceable history as with Vanessa.

Confused all names are made up names.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 23/02/2021 13:38

Augustine.
Marisela.
Isolde
Indiana.

aweegc · 23/02/2021 13:31

Mariel

Look at some Scandi names lists - or Dutch ones - if you want really unusual!

TurnStone · 23/02/2021 13:17

Huguette

medebourne · 23/02/2021 13:16

Balonzarella

TurnStone · 23/02/2021 13:16

Thirza

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TurkishTealight · 23/02/2021 13:16

Thank you everyone.

Her first and last name are quite ordinary. We want something a little less so for middle name and have o family members etc we wish to honour so keep the ideas coming.

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steppemum · 23/02/2021 13:14

Zillah
Hepzibah