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Unique baby girl names ?

42 replies

cushionstar · 15/06/2024 22:19

So far I love the names
Thea and mila, which I appreciate aren't very unique.
But I haven't fallen in love with anything else yet.
Thanks xx

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cushionstar · 17/06/2024 07:23

Thankyou everyone these names are beautiful

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Fontainebleau007 · 16/06/2024 15:25

Luna
Annalise
Aurelia
Brooke
Aleria
Odette
Vienna
Harmony
Amaya
Posey
Nova

ThunderQween · 16/06/2024 13:57

I'd ignore the unique factor and go for the name that makes your heart sing

miniaturepixieonacid · 16/06/2024 13:57

I like both. Prefer Thea.

Unique is almost impossible because, unless you make one up, you've got to know the name to think of the name.

The closest I've found to a unique name (ie I taught someone with this name, have never seen it before or since and it doesn't come up on Google as a name for anyone but her) is:
Chymme (pronounced Chime like a doorbell)
But I imagine her parents must have made it up.

Other children I've taught whose names I have never come across again in real life are:
Clea, Athene, Neriah, Dami, Fabia, Delphi, Sephora and Katinka
Also knew a woman called Tree once who said it was not short for anything.

Otherwise, I think these names are very unusual:
Aven, Aspen, Allegra, Ariadne, Aphra, Atlanta, Antigone
Bernadette, Belen
Celyn, Clarice, Charity, Calypso
Danica, Devora, Dulcie
Elara, Elowen, Eilidh, Evadne, Elisaveta, Eustacia
Frederica
Giselle, Glory, Griselda
Hebe, Honor, Hero, Hera
Imelda, Indiana, Isadora, Irma
Juniper, Joelle, Jacinta
Karensa, Kiki, Keltie, Keziah
Luana, Liora, Lettice, Leticia, Lavinia, Liandra, Lux
Mala, Mika, Melisande, Morwenna, Minerva, Mirella
Nyah, Nuala, Nyla, Nerilly, Nova
Ocean, Octavia, Odette
Pandora, Posy, Persephone, Pippi
Queenie
Rivkah, Rosina, Rowena, Rhiannnyd, Rafaela, Raine
Sorrel, Saffron, Samaris, Sapphire
Thalia, Tamara, Taryn, Tansy, Tora
Una, Ursula, Ulrika
Vashti, Veda, Vanessa
Winona, Winter
Xanthippe, Xanthe, Xenia
Ysanne
Zeryn, Zillah, Zelda, Zipporah, Zia, Zola

Or, there are names which were either common or at least well known in the past but would be very unusual for your baby's generation:
Avis, Alma, Arlene, Angela, Anita, Annalise, Annette, Alison
Beverley, Bryony, Bridget, Belinda, Bertha, Beryl, Brenda, Barbara
Caroline, Carol, Claire, Celia, Cynthia, Candice, Chantelle, Charmaine
Dawn, Donna, Deborah, Denise, Darrell
Eileen, Elaine, Enid, Ethel
Freda, Fiona
Geraldine, Gloria, Gertrude
Hilda, Hilary, Helen, Heather
Irene
Jean, Joan, June, Judy, Janice, Justine, Janine, Judith, Jeanette, Jennifer, Jane, Joyce, Joy, Jacqueline, Jodie
Kathleen, Kaye
Linda, Lynne, Louise, Lynette
Mandy, Maud, Mildred, Melissa, Melanie
Nadine, Natalie, Natasha
Olga
Pamela, Paula, Pauline, Patricia
Rita, Ruth, Rosemary, Rachel
Susan, Shirley, Sheila, Sandra, Sally, Suzanne
Tiffany, Theresa, Tammy, Terri, Toni, Thelma, Thora
Virginia, Veronica, Vera
Wendy, Wanda, Winifred
Yvette, Yvonne, Yolanda

Mumofgirls2017 · 16/06/2024 11:38

Not unique but unusual:

tallulah
thalia
etta
nola
lena
rosa
daphne
cleo
juno
alba
polly

MrJollyLivesNextDoor · 15/06/2024 23:36

Carenza

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 15/06/2024 23:25

Theia rather than Thea? Same roots but it’s pronounced as Thay- ah instead and really pretty imo. Or Thalia?

Mara or Marina rather than Mila? Or consider the full version of Mila - Milena.

Moreteaandchocolate · 15/06/2024 23:13

Thea and Mila are lovely :)

Nellie (short for Elena / Helena / Penelope)
June, nn “Junie”
Nia
Lena
Seren
Mali
Cora
Rhea
Nova
Della
Ida
Polly
Mara
Priya
Ciara
Elise

SkaneTos · 15/06/2024 23:02

Moa is a name that is kind of similar to the names you are mentioning.
Moa is a Swedish girl name, and it's probably quite unusual in the UK.

Peekachewy · 15/06/2024 23:01

love Una

KnittingKnewbie · 15/06/2024 22:59

Athena

cherryassam · 15/06/2024 22:58

Thea and Mila are both short names ending in -a, so here are some others which are maybe less common:

Alva
Asta
Bria
Clea
Della
Elva
Fenna
Fia
Leda
Lena
Lina
Lova
Lula
Mara
Mika
Mina
Mira
Mona
Nara
Nia
Nova
Nyla
Petra
Rika
Tova
Tula
Una
Vida
Vita
Ziva
Zora

CJ0374 · 15/06/2024 22:40

What do you like about those names? Anything in particular. Short and ending in A?
I don't like Mila, because its too close to Milia: a common skin condition that causes small white bumps (cysts) under the surface of your skin. 😬
Prefer Thea, but how are you pronouncing it? TH-ea or Tee-a?

FangsForTheMemory · 15/06/2024 22:25

Talia
Lysette
Rosina
Sabine

StormingNorman · 15/06/2024 22:24

Ever
Eden
Noa
Cosmo
Maia

Theo is my fave names for a girl ever. Shortened from Theodora.

Andthatwasthatshesaid · 15/06/2024 22:21

Thea is lovely . Mila too but I prefer the former .