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Baby names

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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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DuckieDodgyHedgyPiggy · 11/04/2025 11:10

Seraphina
Adela
Sarah
Abigail
Melissa
Miranda

Snazzysausage · 11/04/2025 11:08

Serena
Fleur
Jordanna
Joanna

UndertheMapleTree · 11/04/2025 11:05

The one I wanted to use (but had a DS) was Linnet.

AnnaBalfour · 11/04/2025 09:44

Ottilie “Ottie”

MiddleAgedDread · 11/04/2025 09:39

Go back a a few decades to names that were well used then but less so now......
Rachel
Catherine / Katherine
Victoria
Sarah
Claire
Helen
Emma
Lindsey
Gillian
Wendy
Alison
Jennifer
Elizabeth
Angela
Laura
Fiona
Mary
Joanne / Joanna
Ruth
Lorna
Louise
Samantha
Katie / Katy
Kirsty
Susan
Natalie
Diane / Diana
Lisa
Caroline
Rebecca

Airwaterfire · 11/04/2025 09:35

Christabel
Rosamond
Lucinda

PrincessHoneysuckle · 11/04/2025 09:33

Sadie
Amy
Lucy

Gemstonebeach · 11/04/2025 09:14

Mariella
Georgiana

Burpcloth · 11/04/2025 09:13

Given we nearly chose Francine, I can suggest others from our list:

Josephine
Delphine
Erica
Cosima
Ramona
Hebe
Naomi
Sally

ImpunityJane · 11/04/2025 09:12

Catherine
Laura
Lydia
Anne
Diana
Louise
Louisa
Cynthia
Josephine
Muriel
Victoria
Caroline
Augusta
Roberta
Margaret
Frederica
Cassandra
Adelia
Marion
Anthea

pimplebum · 11/04/2025 08:53

Clara
Annette
Paulette
Vivienne
Elvira
enoura

RosesAndHellebores · 11/04/2025 08:52

I really like:

Leonora
Verity
Mirabel

Adding Hebe and Naomi

Songlines · 11/04/2025 08:48

Try looking back in your family tree. I've found some lovely names that have been re-used across the generations.
Elizabeth
Rosemary
Anne/Annie
Edith
Jane
Florence
Beatrice

SlagPit · 11/04/2025 08:41

Perdita

GenerousGardener · 11/04/2025 08:41

Thurza

jellyfishperiwinkle · 11/04/2025 08:40

Josephine
Mavis
Rosalind
Aurora

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WayneEyre · 11/04/2025 08:38

Adelaide
Jennifer
Rosemary
Patricia
Veronica
Erica
Althea

Needspaceforlego · 11/04/2025 08:33

Louisa
Laura
Linda
Elaine

FeelingLessTired · 11/04/2025 08:31

My friend in Austraoi8a has just had an Elowyn. I love it.

BeckyWithTheGoodBear · 11/04/2025 08:29

Lorena
Lorna
Cordelia
Constance

Offtobuttonmoontovisitmrspoon · 11/04/2025 08:28

June
Edith
Patsy

SquigglePigs · 11/04/2025 08:25

Tabitha
Elspeth
Martha
Margot
Penelope
Aubrey
Harriet
Marianne
Katerina
Elspeth
Xanthe
Juliet/Juliette
Eliza
Henrietta

Moreteaandchocolate · 11/04/2025 08:19

Lovely list!

How about

Theresa nn Tessa
Nicole
Josephine nn Joni
Natasha
Rosemary nn Romy
Audrey
Claudia
Estelle
Adeline
Corinne
Selena
Polly
Gwendolyn
Eveline

MumChp · 11/04/2025 08:00

Sylvie
Celeste
Helena
Margot
Ingrid
Leonora
Beatrix
Winifred
Anneliese
Isadora
Rosalind
Vera
Marigold
Adelaide
Clementine
Georgiana
Evangeline
Maude
Flora
Millicent
Abigail
Hilary

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