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Under-used nice names

127 replies

Dogmum20 · 14/11/2021 07:57

Hi All,
Would love some suggestions for under-used, nice, names. Not ‘oldies that have come back’ (Esme, Evelyn, Alba, Edith etc…) but those names that when you hear them you say ‘ah that’s a nice name, you don’t hear that often, I’ve never met a ** before’.
Any suggestions welcome! 😊

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ActonBell · 14/11/2021 09:07

Meredith
Cecilia
Penelope
Ivo/Ivor

MissyB1 · 14/11/2021 08:56

I work in a nursery, some lovely under used names I’ve come across recently are;

Sarah
Diana
Elizabeth
Anna
Celine

Joseph
Francis
Euan
Corey
Patrick

FoggySpecs · 14/11/2021 08:56

Wilhelmina and Zipporah are best avoided for good reason in my experience Grin

SleafordSods · 14/11/2021 08:52

Juliet and Celeste or if you want more unusual we have an ancient cousin called Venice in the family.

LozMarieFielder · 14/11/2021 08:52

Adriana
Arlette
Artemis
Evelina
Guinevere
Jada
Lois
Magdalena
Odessa
Wilhelmina
Zipporah

MrsFoxyplease · 14/11/2021 08:49

Jessica
Carrie

OnTheHillNotOverIt · 14/11/2021 08:49

Verity
Sarah
Millicent

DukkaDukka · 14/11/2021 08:47

Leah
Alicia (Alice-ee-ah, not Alisha)
Thora
Laura

WhatonEarth1 · 14/11/2021 08:46

Fleur
Cecily
Fern
Saskia
Adelaide
India
Colette
Lois
Merle
Lucinda
Helena

AviciaJones · 14/11/2021 08:32

Estelle
Bryony
Muriel

SethWho · 14/11/2021 08:21

Another vote for Julia. My daughter is a diminutive of Yulia and I always wish I had but Julia or Yulia on her birth certificate.

Peaseblossum22 · 14/11/2021 08:20

Meredith
Judith
Susannah
Helen
Marianne
Dulcie
Christobel

triplechoc · 14/11/2021 08:20

Juliette
Josie
Louise
Hannah
Matthew - people seem to reject it as too popular, but working in a range of primary/nursery settings over the past 20 years, I’ve very rarely come across it.

17caterpillars1mouse · 14/11/2021 08:14

Talitha

KingofQueens · 14/11/2021 08:12

Elspeth
Viola
Vivienne
Anna

Gohugatree · 14/11/2021 08:11

Helen
Claire
Audrey
Emma
Louisa
Joanna

Fozzleyplum · 14/11/2021 08:10

Sylvia
Honor
Julia
Judith

LivingLaVidaBabyShower · 14/11/2021 08:10

Camilla, Claire, Rachel and another vote for Miriam.

Notglam · 14/11/2021 08:08

Lucy

HunterHearstHelmsley · 14/11/2021 08:08

Julia

cowburp · 14/11/2021 08:08

@HappyPumpkin81

Miriam
Ooh yes this is nice
cowburp · 14/11/2021 08:07

Theresa
Tracy
Mandy

HappyPumpkin81 · 14/11/2021 08:07

Miriam

peoniesandpastels · 14/11/2021 08:06

I love Felicity, I would've used it for my daughter but it sounds really odd and singsongy with our surname.

I think Josephine is lovely and underused.

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Dogmum20 · 14/11/2021 08:05

Love Felicity but can’t use it as a friends name :(

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