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Original poster

Looking for traditional but unusual girl’s name

117 replies

karlak359 · 11/04/2025 07:40

Hi everyone!
Just looking for some help picking a name for a baby girl. We like traditional/classic yet unusual, don’t want anything that is too trendy/popular.
Names we like so far, but are just not 100% hitting the spot are:
Marianne
Leonora
Francine
Letitia
Helena
Vera
Antonia

Any suggestions welcome!

Thank you very much x

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Mudkipper · 14/04/2025 09:03

Cecily
Phoebe
Sabine
Selina
Matilda
Ondine
Hortensia

LilacPony · 13/04/2025 16:48

Ottilie?

LookingAtMyBhunas · 13/04/2025 16:36

Matilda
Polly

Calliopespa · 13/04/2025 13:32

Gabriella

Fartughtyred · 13/04/2025 13:14

Miranda
Carlotta
Damaris
Sally
Heidi
Pandora
Annaliese/a
Genevieve
Isadora
Susannah
Serena

YourOnMute · 13/04/2025 12:49

Mabel
Miriam
Esther

CrewOfTheRevenge · 13/04/2025 12:26

Astrid

GoldenPineapple15 · 13/04/2025 10:20

Celeste
Gweniviere

89redballoons · 12/04/2025 23:46

If you like Marianne and also Helena, Antonia etc, would you go for Marianna?

Alternatively I knew an Antonia with sisters Helen, Sandra and Victoria.

Calliopespa · 12/04/2025 21:50

Roberta
Phyllis
Eugenia
Beatrix
Winifred
Rosemary
Prudence
Millicent
Lavinia
Constantia
Gretchen

greatpotential · 12/04/2025 21:32

Leone
Miranda
Amy
Hannah
Hester
Petra
Tamsin
Marla
Una
Daphne

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 12/04/2025 08:35

Lavinia
Clementine
Isabella

Original poster
karlak359 · 11/04/2025 22:10

Amazing suggestions everyone - I’m
blown away! Thank you xxx

OP posts:
Abenny · 11/04/2025 20:10

Astrid

janie2 · 11/04/2025 20:04

I love all these names! I'm using my Mum's friends/family for inspiration with these...

Barbara
Anna
Mabel
Adelaide
Bernice
Margo
Kathleen
Catherine
Rosemary
Anne
Marie
Veronica
Lydia
Joy
Georgina
Judith
Bernadette

Happy name hunting!

Backhometothenorth · 11/04/2025 19:40

Annie
Olive
Esther
Edith
Rosalind
Imogen

Cornflowers35 · 11/04/2025 18:50

Primrose

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 18:46

Isadora

Littletreefrog · 11/04/2025 18:46

Eloise
Penelope
Verity
Bernice
Doreen
Marigold
Marjorie
Cynthia
Edna
Enid

Dogaredabomb · 11/04/2025 18:42

Loveday
Cecilia
Lucinda
Diana
Catherine
Amanda
Isolde
Jane

Mumofgirls2017 · 11/04/2025 18:32

Love Helena and Leonora

Vivienne
Tabitha
Frances
Felicity
Meredith
Genevieve
Cecilia
Theodora
Jemima
Enid
Esther
Philippa
Audrey
Annabel
Madeleine
Juliet
Josephine
Martha
Louisa
Francesca
Abigail

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 17:32

Cordelia
Quentina
Anneliese
Carlotta
Augusta
Frederica
Constantia

yikesanotherbooboo · 11/04/2025 17:19

Marina
Mary Ann
Christobel
Rosalind
Sylvie
Frances
Margaret

Minimalistmamaoftwo · 11/04/2025 17:18

Cecily
Emmeline
Claudia

Fishneedscycle · 11/04/2025 17:17

I like Cressida, Estella, Claudia, Frances, Cordelia, Fiona, Laura, Alexandra, Romilly