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Exoctic baby girls names please.

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LittleMissBliss · 26/01/2009 17:35

Not Mango or Princess Tiaami before anyone thinks they are being really witty!

I am mixed race dh is white, so our child would look olive skined (like ds) or very possibly like a pale black/mixed raced person. Just thought i'd get that in before anyone flames me! Telling me how awful it is to inflict such a name on a typical British looking child.

My name is arabic in origin. Ds has a very british biblical name and i would like a more unusual name if i were to have a girl.

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claireybrations · 26/01/2009 19:43

Oh and thanks
I do love her hair when it is just washed and combed and looking pretty but when she has slept on it or been out in the wind etc and it is a big matted mess I am not so keen!

claireybrations · 26/01/2009 19:41

Well we pronounce it Ky-Ella, it is apparently a derivative of Caia (to rejoice) so we kind of went with that pronunciation and stuck el in the middle iyswim. I have heard of it being pronounced Kyla though so not sure which is right! I prefer our way

LittleMissBliss · 26/01/2009 19:30

claireybrations how do you pronounce your daughters name?

She is gorgeous, what beautiful eyelashes. If i were to have a girl i'd love her to have hair like your daughters. I've come to terms with my curly hair which i hated as a child, its now past my shoulders but i have to relax it to tame it into ringlets.

Your son is also a sweetie!

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LunarSea · 26/01/2009 19:20

I cam across an Apollonia the other day - never heard of that before.

Yasmin is less common at the moment than Jasmine - and has Arabic origns too which might fit well with your background. Leila's Arabic too I think (and spelled differntly to the song if that's an issue).

RachieB · 26/01/2009 19:15

I like Tiana and Talia

claireybrations · 26/01/2009 19:08

DD is Caiela

Have friends with:
Leilani
Ellani (no they don't know each other!)
Noni
Tiane
Jada
Riva
Jaiya

um...I think that's about it for the more exotic names

MrsMattie · 26/01/2009 18:38

Ariana is adorable. Love it!

LittleMissBliss · 26/01/2009 18:25

Ariana
Marni

Are def contenders

Jasmine is pretty but know a few.
As is India but a close friends daughter is called India.

Just need to get ds into his pj's will be back.

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tittletat · 26/01/2009 18:24

Paola
Anoushka
Marianna

brimfull · 26/01/2009 18:10

Hasina

Jamilia

chancelloroftheexchequers · 26/01/2009 18:10

I was going to say Jasmine too.

LittleMissBliss · 26/01/2009 18:07

*remember

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brimfull · 26/01/2009 18:07

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LittleMissBliss · 26/01/2009 18:06

I have to say i liked Layla too but i remeber a thread a while back slating it because of a song or something (before my time possibly).

Talia is quite nice.

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MrsMattie · 26/01/2009 18:06

I know some very beautiful sisters called Amara, Alaia and Ariana.

Rindercella · 26/01/2009 18:02

My DD is also mixed race. Her name is India. Savannah is beautiful & quite exotic. I also love Clementine and Jasmine.

You have a very beautiful son & you are very beautiful too!!

MrsMattie · 26/01/2009 18:02

Seer-sha or Sare-sha depending on part of Ireland.

I also loved Giselle.

LittleMissBliss · 26/01/2009 18:02

Thank you scrummymummy. He is a sweetie too, but has his moments.

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lastboxoftampons · 26/01/2009 18:00

It's probably a bit more mainstream now but Layla?

Jacinda
Donya
Rosalinda
Odile
Nikiya
Felicia

LittleMissBliss · 26/01/2009 18:00

Mrs-Mattie- I also like Bella but i would have to have Sophia as the middle name which is too close to my name.

Oh gosh thank-you Riven I posted that pic a while ago because another mumsnetter was talking about braided hair. I am no longer that slim after ds ho-hum!

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ScummyMummy · 26/01/2009 17:57

Your son is so gorgeous, lmb.

sarah293 · 26/01/2009 17:56

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keels26 · 26/01/2009 17:55

India
Jasmine
Giselle
Are any of them exotic?

LadyArden · 26/01/2009 17:53

How about Talia- it's sort of exotic and neutral at the same time and might become trendy with Barack Obama having a little girl called Malia.

Sunshinesmith · 26/01/2009 17:53

marni you fashionista!!