Long awaited 1st child, girls names rare and unusual

[frances00]

Hi,
Im new to mums net but would really appreciate a bit of thought as to mine and my DHs name ideas for our daughter due at christmas, I'm an arty type looking for something a bit rare unusual but without being silly, the surname is Stone so far our favs our- (first then middle)
Scarlett Grace
Willow Grace
Lucelia Willow
Lucelia Niah

Many thanks Fran

Its pronounced n-eye-a, I like Ivy and Clover but worry about the butter jokes with that one

Is it Pink who's named her daughter Willow?

My worry about Willow Grace (which is my face from your original list) is that she may be neither willowy nor graceful :)

fave not face. Damn autocorrect!

If I am ever blessed with another daughter she may well be Eleanor. I copied this from wiki, thought you might like it as all it's meanings are so positive. Especially 'to heal' as a long awaited child is fills such a place in our lives

Eleanor (pronounced /ˈɛlɛnər/, except in North America where it is usually /ˈɛlənɔr/; also spelled as Elinor, Elenor, Eleanore, or Elynor) is a female given name.

The first verified bearer of the name was Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was called Aliénor, which became "Eléanor" in the northern Langue d'oïl and in English. The meaning of the name Aliénor is not surely known, maybe coming from Latin lenire ("to heal"), or the Germanic name Aldenor, which could mean "old north".[1][unreliable source?] In English the name is sometimes connected to Elena, Ellen or Elaine (Helen, Helene) as well. It could be connected to the Greek eleos ("compassion") as well.

There may be an earlier Eleanor on record. Eleanor of Normandy lived a century earlier than Eleanor of Aquitaine. However, primary sources that identify her name as Eleanor have not been found.[2]

Cognates of the name in different languages include Leonor (Portuguese pronunciation: [le.o.ˈnoɾ])(Spanish and Portuguese), Eléonore (French), Eleonora (Italian), Leonora or Leonore (German), and Lenore. The similar Hebrew name Elior means "God is light".[3] The similar-sounding Arabic Allahu Nuri also means "God is my light"; the modern version is Nurullah (Noorullah) ("light of God").

Hi there Thumbwitch! I've had a mn break. Back now though DD2 is waaaay better and just dairy limited mow. She can nearly eat anything in any quantity. Hope all well?

Sorry op

What about Merrily? It means joyful. Its usually been heard of but very unlikely to be more than one in a class.

If you follow the link, Merrily is a girl's name is a variant of Merry (Old English), and the meaning of Merrily is "joyful, lighthearted".

Love Willow; Grace not too keen on.

But I am a BtVS geek, and also loved Anya :o

What about Willow May?

I know a Cordelia, a Rosalind, and an Isolde - all really quite unusual I think, but nice, not too girly names!

Niah is lovely and unusual.

May isn't such a good name for a Christmas baby, IMO.

Natalia?
Paloma?

Paloma?

Roberta?

Iseult
Anastasia
Elodie
Phaedra
Pasquale
Kalista

Talia
Clemence
Luella
Cecily
Cecilia

do like willow

Eulalia

Lillian
Laryssa

Soupdragon beat me to it... it could be hard on a girl being called Willow Grace if she doesn't live up to either name.
Also like Eleanor... and I love Angharad, which apparently means 'first dear child' so might be appropriate for you!

I think Willow is the worst one on your list and is the opposite of what you say you're looking for (a strong name), it sounds like a name you'd give a cat.

Totally agree about every middle name being either Grace or May, so boring.

This is a little out there, but perfect for an usual girls name. When I worked in my first ever nursery, there was a gorgeous, cute, smiley little girl there named Neveah (pronounced nev-A-ahh). After speaking to her about what a beautiful name she has, she turned to me and told me "when i was born, my mummy told me it was like heaven." when speaking to her mum later in the day, she agreed"yes, and that is exactly why we called her that, its Heaven spelt backwards!) unusually beautiful, and what a gorgeous story behind it!

Freya
Finola
Jacinta
Leonie
Tansy
Ever
Allegra
Lark
Margot
Ottillie
Jemima
Ariadne

Lucretia ?

I know of 3 Willow's so not that uncomman (at least in Brighton )

Niah isn't unusual round here. Loads of 'em, with varying (and often 'kreativ') spellings. I even know a Nia-Mia.

Clothilde?

Melisande?

You know, it doesn't fit with your requirements, but as someone upthread already mentioned, I think Meredith is lovely. I heard someone call out to their wee Meredith, and I thought It was great. I don't think it's common.

Meredith Willow Stone

Hesper?

It's the name of a star -I think-and I've never met one except in a novel.

Winter? ditto above