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Unusual/rare girls names

115 replies

cantthinkofanything1 · 07/10/2021 19:31

I have looked all over the baby name threads already on here and still can't find one we like. Almost 30 weeks pregnant with baby girl and we just cannot agree on a name.
We both like more unusual names but not so unusual that it would sound silly or be spelt ridiculous if that makes sense. I want a pretty name, something that sounds lovely and sweet but not something you would hear very often.
I really want to name her before shes here so please help us choose a name that we can agree on. Thanks in advance!

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BeeandG · 07/10/2021 20:17

Autumn, Elodie, Madison, Constance, Honor, Rosalind, Seraphine, Verity, Eliza, Mabel, Primrose, Elsie, Ivy

Can I just say I had 3 names lined up for dd1, Charlotte, Chloe or Isabel, none were right once she arrived! She's Beatrice.

satci · 07/10/2021 20:16

Erica, Thandi, corri, Harriet, xanthe, Clara,

Flowiththego · 07/10/2021 20:11

Calypso

Flowiththego · 07/10/2021 20:10

Rowena
Lyra
Artemis

wizzler · 07/10/2021 20:09

Zinnia
Sorelle

satci · 07/10/2021 20:09

Ada, Autumn, Bonnie, Maria, Stella,

INeedtobealone · 07/10/2021 20:07

Verity
Hester
Clarissa
Cordelia
Eugenie
Laurel
Xanthe
Ianthe
Edwina
Veronica
Lorelei
Georgiana
Audrey
Fearne
Thomasina
Christabel
Henrietta
Jasmine
Aurora

Chicchicchicchiclana · 07/10/2021 20:06

Lara
Zinnia
Phoebe
Marianne
Elspeth
Miriam
Fern
Catrina
Ocatavia
Greta
Demelza
Natalie

TillyDevon · 07/10/2021 20:05

The most unusual girls’ names I’ve seen at school are Amadea, Calliope, Marina, Honor, Lavinia

Ozberry · 07/10/2021 20:03

What sort of names do you like - classic, trendy, flowery, literary, nature etc?
Have you got any ‘nearly but not quite’s?

Just to help narrow it down a bit.

Subbaxeo · 07/10/2021 20:00

My daughter is Serena-everyone loves it but no one in her school had the same name!

17caterpillars1mouse · 07/10/2021 19:59

Patience

Mouk · 07/10/2021 19:52

Mila, Seraphina, Estelle, Genevieve, Linden, Odette, Rosamund, Juliet, Antonia, Willa, Mika, Christabel, Elisa, Penelope, Tahlia, Elodie, Daphne, Mariela, Angelique, Lena, Elvina, Elowen, Marianne, Leonie, Christobel, Philippa, Asha, Cora, Simone, Winter, Ada, Camille, Dorothea, Bettina, Lyra, Bunny, Esme, Clementine, Octavia, Cleodie, Edie, Eriska, Allegra, Emmeline, Pernilla, Valentina, Alora, Astrid, Katja and Marlowe.

BeKindBeYou · 07/10/2021 19:34

I’m in exactly the same position as you (apart from baby due in 4 days!) but you have exactly the same criteria as us and we would love to name her before she’s here too! I’ll be keeping a close eye on this thread!

Whitechocpizza · 07/10/2021 19:34

Perdita was my first thought.