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Suggestion of whimsical names

111 replies

GoldenRosebee · 10/12/2025 15:32

Looking for acceptable and established, but unusual whimsical names. Unusual, as in outside top 100, not unique. Would prefer if origin is of mythology or literature or history, but they also should be magical. Looking at European names mostly.

Names that I consider whimsical, but looking for more suggestions, especially according to first paragraph criteria
Aurora
Thisbe
Nimue
Juliet
Eluned
Amoret
Olwen
Freya
Cecily
Twyla
etc...

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SwirlyShirly · 10/12/2025 19:57

Merrily is quite pretty and whimsical I think?

Myoldbear · 10/12/2025 19:10

Ember

Mydadsbirthday · 10/12/2025 19:00

Some of these are bonkers 😂 come on, Peasbottom, Hatshepsut?

Hairylegs202S · 10/12/2025 18:58

Be careful not to go full 'boy named Sue' with it - she'll be her own person, and you can't make her fey by calling her Peasbottom, to use one of the suggestions above.

User74939590 · 10/12/2025 18:56

Ovary
Fallopian
Metatarsal
Syndrome

Newsenmum · 10/12/2025 18:54

Daria
elvita
dido

Newsenmum · 10/12/2025 18:53

I think
elowen
elodia
anwen
hebe
lorelei

Onefortheroad25 · 10/12/2025 18:51

Birdy

Cotswoldmama · 10/12/2025 18:44

Tigerbalmshark · 10/12/2025 17:43

Wasn’t that the horse?

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No it was the main character played by Elizabeth Taylor in the film

PInkyStarfish · 10/12/2025 18:12

Rowan.

Jonathon Ross and his wife called their children alternative names and they do not suit them now they are adults. Be mindful that the wispy haired elfin child called Mimsy might grow up and be a great big butch woman.

mayflowers9 · 10/12/2025 17:52

Penelope
Syrena
Hazel
Daphne
Persephone
Rowan
Arcadia
Helen

what is the birth month/season meant to be?

Silverbirchleaf · 10/12/2025 17:45

Bryony
Bethany
Crystal
Seraphina
Melody
Trinity
Fleur
Joy
Rowena
Amber

Tigerbalmshark · 10/12/2025 17:43

Cotswoldmama · 10/12/2025 16:16

I love Velvet from the book & film national velvet

Wasn’t that the horse?

gucciandscandal · 10/12/2025 17:41

Celeste
Evangeline
Aurelia
Ariana
Melody
Fable
Estelle

tarheelbaby · 10/12/2025 17:41

Gossamer
Thistledown
Peasbottom
Phyllida
Apollonia
Delphina (Delphie/Delphine)
Aurélie
Yseult
Tamsin
Tessa
Titania (queen of the faeries!)
Talia/Thalia
Calliope

roshi42 · 10/12/2025 17:32

I went to school with a girl called Whimsy. It’s a lovely sound tbh.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 10/12/2025 17:32

Nerissa
Perdita
Tamara
Venetia
Laetitia
Guinevere
Marina
Amaryllis
Charis
Sidonie
Oriana

Mumofgirls2017 · 10/12/2025 17:28

Dunno if these fit bur

aurelia
clover
juniper
flora
rosalie
thessaly
daphne
luella
tallulah
romy
willa
wren
autumn
winter
honey
elva
maple
clementine
marigold
primrose
magnolia
leonie

PInkyStarfish · 10/12/2025 16:36

Rowan.

Jugendstiel · 10/12/2025 16:17

Elvira
Seraphina/Serafina
Perdita
Bathsheba
Aurelie
Aurora
Celestine

Cotswoldmama · 10/12/2025 16:16

I love Velvet from the book & film national velvet

HoppityBun · 10/12/2025 16:13

WildCherryBlossom · 10/12/2025 16:06

Galadriel
Arwen
Guinevere

Elrond
Eowyn
Inanna
Hatshepsut
Brenda

CurlewKate · 10/12/2025 16:07

Think about whether the child will like it. You’re naming a baby, a teenager, a professional woman and an old lady.

WildCherryBlossom · 10/12/2025 16:06

Galadriel
Arwen
Guinevere

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 10/12/2025 16:03

Willow.
Rowan.

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