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Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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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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ZiggyZowie · 11/04/2025 17:15

Persephone

Pandora

Hermione

Imogen

Bronwyn

Mandarinaduck · 11/04/2025 17:12

Celia
Anthea
Victoria
Vanessa
Stephanie
Ellen
Claire

I love Antonia and Helena

Baninarama · 11/04/2025 15:52

Georgiana
Oriellle
Ysolde
Meriel
Airmyne (saw this at a country house last week in the ancestor list)
Marina
Constance
I do love Vera - it's veru popular with posh New Yorkers.

Muchtoomuchtodo · 11/04/2025 15:41

Polly. Such a lovely but underused name

user1492757084 · 11/04/2025 15:31

Angela
Angelica
Victoria
Susannah
Clare
Octavia
Bianca
Lorna
Jacqueline
Margaret

Mamofboys5972 · 11/04/2025 15:25

Loreli
Penelope
Ebony
Melody
Melanie
Lydia
Matilda
Audrey

mathanxiety · 11/04/2025 15:22

I love all your listed names except Francine.

Rebekah
Susannah
Heloise
Beatrix
Estelle
Caroline
Jane
Edith
Bridget
Harriet
Keziah
Dinah
Blythe
Rowena
Daphne
Agatha
Audrey
Frida
Tamara
Marceline
Ruth
Ingrid
Imogene
Margaret
Theodosia
Winifred
Cleo
Cecilia
Julianna

LittleLabrador · 11/04/2025 15:20

Valerie
Gwendolyn
Winnie
Natasha
Louisa
Irene
Josephine
Viola
Emmeline
Christiana
Posie
Nel
Georgina

muddyford · 11/04/2025 15:16

Clarissa
Parthenope
Ariadne
Hester (love Hester)
Christobel

PiastriThePastry · 11/04/2025 15:11

I absolutely love Marianne.
Vivienne, Hester, Esther for that matter, Freida, Natalie, Meredith, Josephine, Caroline, Rosalie, Lorna, Etta

Nsky62 · 11/04/2025 15:11

Elodie
lydia
paulette

wizzler · 11/04/2025 15:11

Genevieve
miriam
clementine
verity
Ellen

ScentOfAMoomin · 11/04/2025 15:09

Clementine
Lydia
Rosalind

SkaterGrrrrl · 11/04/2025 15:08

RhododendronFlowers · 11/04/2025 07:51

Philippa
Claudine
Helena
Rosalind
Angela
Lucinda
Marianne

Love these - gorgeous names!

fghjj · 11/04/2025 15:01

Susanna(h)

whatdidkatydo · 11/04/2025 14:59

Comayne

CoffeeBeansGalore · 11/04/2025 14:36

Adrienne
Alice
Alyssa
Mary

Jemima
Jessica
Catriona
Iona

Ladamesansmerci · 11/04/2025 14:21

Claudette
Lucille
Eloise
Harriet
Henrietta
Rosalind
Jenny
Beatrice

BeaAndBen · 11/04/2025 14:18

I’ve always had a soft spot for Dorcas.

Also Clover, Amy, Persephone, Penelope, Rosalind and Frederica

coatandwellies · 11/04/2025 14:11

Iris
Bridget
Violet
Clara
Nora
Annie
Alice
Flora
Mabel
Lydia
Ada
Lottie
Esther

LoudPlumDog · 11/04/2025 14:09

Cassandra
Verity
Nicolette
Nardia
Bernadette
Vivienne
Alyssa
Sylvia
Zelda
Erin
Samantha
Georgina
Irene
Ruth
Lucille
Melanie
Una
Josephine
Mariah
Lillian
Freda
Kimberley
Hilary
Philippa
Tara
Coral
Belinda
Yvette
Anthea
Lynaire
Ramona

mummysmagicmedicine · 11/04/2025 13:55

Verity
Viola
Meredith
Daphne
Delphine
Maude
Odette
Octavia
Tabitha
Clementine
Jennifer
Marnie
Mathilde
Cecilia
Marigold
Isadora

Thighdentitycrisis · 11/04/2025 11:27

Rebecca
Juliet (ta)
Tessa
christiana

Fi970 · 11/04/2025 11:21

I love Willa (can be a nickname for Wilhelmina but that’s not to my taste) - which means strong willed warrior apparently. V cool meaning for your daughter.

DuckieDodgyHedgyPiggy · 11/04/2025 11:14

Cordelia

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