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TedsaidFred · 2022-01-31T19:11:42+00:00

Subjective I know, but what girls names make you think, that's a cool name.

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CatsArePeople · 01/02/2022 22:10

Amanda

Buddhabowl · 01/02/2022 22:02

Wren
Ripley
Juno
Cassia
Astrid
Margot
Noa
Piper

collieresponder88 · 01/02/2022 20:39

Summer

TheVanguardSix · 01/02/2022 20:35

Tallulah
Pearl
Samantha
Anouk
Carmen
Joud
Anais

Bluemamma · 01/02/2022 20:29

Zara!

AutomaticMoon · 01/02/2022 17:17

Lila
Leeila

AutomaticMoon · 01/02/2022 17:17

Fern
Magdalena
Sasha (diminutive for Alex/Aleksandra in Russia)

BasiliskStare · 01/02/2022 16:18

I'm with some others - I think Stella is a fabulous name - unfortunately I could not have baby no. 2 but if a girl I reckon I could have chosen Stella

BrunoNoNoNo · 01/02/2022 16:02

@bloodywind

The coolest women I know are called Leanne, Astrid and Claire. Besides maybe Astrid you've never say "wow, cool name". I know an Olive - may be a cool name but she definitely isn't cool.

I think a baby Claire would actually be quite cool now. I always thought Karen from Outnumbered stood out as a cool name, simply because it is unexpected. Although I would swerve using Karen now, for obvious reasons

bloodywind · 01/02/2022 13:26

The coolest women I know are called Leanne, Astrid and Claire. Besides maybe Astrid you've never say "wow, cool name". I know an Olive - may be a cool name but she definitely isn't cool.

TopsieGreenwood · 01/02/2022 13:10

I've never had the old lady association with Ida as I've never known any with that name. I have with Ada though.
I had a story book with Little Ida's Flowers by HC Anderson as a small child, so I've always had that association

TempsPerdu · 01/02/2022 12:58

I am always a little pleased to see the 'frumpy' comments as that slight hint of Marmite is what makes it a slightly edgy choice and therefore... cool!

I agree with this - DD has a ‘marmite name’ too (albeit generally described as ‘harsh’ rather than ‘frumpy’) and, as long as the dislike isn’t universal, I’m secretly quite content with it being a bit divisive. Once all the replies on MN turn positive you know a name is definitely heading for the top 50!

Ida, mentioned above, in an interesting one; it would have been dismissed as frumpy and old ladyish a few years ago but I keep seeing positive posts about it recently because of the Ava/Ada effect - reckon it’s the next similar sounding name to be picked up.

My own ‘cool names’ have mostly already been mentioned but a few that spring to mind are:

Clio
Gaia
Aphra
Frida
Aster
Vita
Joni
Isolde
Astrid

Also agree with Stevie (would use as nn for Stephanie), but oddly not Saskia, which where I live is actually a bit more ‘aspirational posh’ than cool.

TopsieGreenwood · 01/02/2022 12:45

I love Ida. I prefer the eye da pronunciation

KedgeIsland · 01/02/2022 12:45

@PlumsInTheIcebox

I have a Martha and I can assure you she is no frump. I am always a little pleased to see the 'frumpy' comments as that slight hint of Marmite is what makes it a slightly edgy choice and therefore... cool!

My middle name is Martha, and while my mother let a nun choose it (don't ask) because of Martha and Mary the sisters of Lazarus in whichever gospel it is I think the associations were with virtuous housekeeping for Jesus I've always rather liked it.

The Biblical Martha doesn't simmer in silence when her sister Mary sits listening to Jesus and leaves her with all the catering for Jesus and his followers who've rocked up for a spot of food and preaching, she complains to Jesus in one of the few shows of female assertiveness in the New Testament. (Unfortunately, Jesus's reply is pretty disappointing, but you have to like a woman for saying 'Fuck this! Why am I stuck doing all the cooking again, while my sister gets all the Brownie points for sitting at Jesus's feet?' )

OpheliaTrousersnake · 01/02/2022 12:44

Why, thank you @LittleMrsMama There weren't many of us around in the 70s, but we are quite common now (and, therefore, definitely not cool ).

My DC have names which would struggle to make it into the top 1,000 (they are "posh names", according to MN and also 'ridiculous', according to MN), but I think the likes of Martha and Maude and Gertrude are quite cool.

Blubells · 01/02/2022 12:29

the names that have been top 50ish for the last 5 years or so kind of lose their appeal by being overused, like you don't meet a baby Olivia or Ella and think, oh cool name!

Exactly. Nothing that is overused is 'cool'

There's lots of beautiful underused 'cool' names outside the top 100!

ladycarlotta · 01/02/2022 12:20

@AutomaticMoon

Maud! That’s on par with Ida (which is coincidentally my name, but not the English pronunciation which has caused no end of grief with certain coworkers who would insist on their own pronounciation)

I’m cool but it’s in spite of my name hehe
It was my grandmother’s name though.

Imola is a cool hungarian name but I’m biased cause it’s my mother’s name.

I really like Maud AND Ida! Pronounced Eye-da or Ee-da, I don't mind.

I'm also really keen on Jane. Other cool names in my opinion:
Willa
Aphra
Cary
Loveday
Thomasin
Cora

PlumsInTheIcebox · 01/02/2022 10:25

I have a Martha and I can assure you she is no frump. I am always a little pleased to see the 'frumpy' comments as that slight hint of Marmite is what makes it a slightly edgy choice and therefore... cool!

KedgeIsland · 01/02/2022 10:14

@Marvellousmadness

Saskia is a very common name in holland. And def not a cool one haha.

How about Winter
That's literally cool

What are the associations of Saskia in the Netherlands? My only one is Saskia van Uylenbergh, Rembrandt's wife.

Luredbyapomegranate · 01/02/2022 10:11

@Marvellousmadness

Saskia is a very common name in holland. And def not a cool one haha.

How about Winter
That's literally cool

Aye, but the OP isn’t in Holland

Winter 🥶 is heading rapidly into Leanne/Lola-Mai territory, definitely not the right kind of coo.

Marvellousmadness · 01/02/2022 09:47

Saskia is a very common name in holland. And def not a cool one haha.

How about Winter
That's literally cool

Glitterazzi · 01/02/2022 09:33

Mhairi
Saskia

booplefloof · 01/02/2022 09:26

I love
Bracken
Ivy
Stella
Emily
Ottilie

Mumofgirls2017 · 01/02/2022 09:07

Kaia
Lily
Sadie
Callie
Savannah
Sienna
Lilah
Lexi
Anya
Sasha
Darcy
Joni
Maya

LittleMrsMama · 01/02/2022 09:06

[quote OpheliaTrousersnake]@LittleMrsMama

I don't know why everyone's ignoring Doreen.

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Me too! I have to say, I love your name though - Ophelia was on our list of girls names but doesn't go well with our surname