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Unusual but not weird pretty girl names PLEASE!

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Thisistheway · 24/07/2012 12:52

Help me! Totally stuck on a name for our baby (we know she's a girl).

I'd like something unusual but not odd. Love pretty names for girls ending with a 'y' sound. If Lily or Millie were unusual names that's the kind of thing we'd go for.

We also have greek relatives so could use a Greek name but also no ideas here. Love flower names as well but can't find any unusual ones.

Can't have a 'r' sound though - i can say my 'rs' but never comfortable with them. So e.g. 'raphaela' would be out or 'primose' (not that I like primrose anyway but YKWIM).

If you're not already fed up of my list of requirements, can you please please give me some ideas?! Xxxxxxx

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DawnOfTheDee · 24/07/2012 12:53

Macy?

wishingonadream · 24/07/2012 12:54

I know it doesn't end in a y sound, but I love Thea. Not met many of them and I think it is Greek

AThingInYourLife · 24/07/2012 12:54

Juliet?

Aster?

wishingonadream · 24/07/2012 12:55

I know it doesn't end in a y sound, but I love Thea. Not met many of them and I think it is Greek

reddaisy · 24/07/2012 12:57

Annie
Stephanie
Jennifer (Jenny)
Penny
Kitty

But I love Orla at the moment.

jaggythistle · 24/07/2012 12:59

Lois
Heather

not especially meeting your criteria, but i like them. Blush

Twotumsellie · 24/07/2012 13:10

we are having a girl too and she is going to be called Libby.

Its not very common either from what i can see x

shimmy0 · 24/07/2012 13:14

Not y but similar sounding
Maisie
Julie

MadAboutHotChoc · 24/07/2012 13:16

Liberty? (Libby for short)

Tilly? (Matilda for long)

Jilly?

Poppy?

Daisy?

Rosie?

Thisistheway · 24/07/2012 13:18

Wow thanks for the quick replies and all your suggestions. Thea is the closest I think to what I'm after as is unusual and pretty so is my current fav.

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Thisistheway · 24/07/2012 13:19

Ooh Liberty is a good one too. Right that's 2 possibles!

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Thisistheway · 24/07/2012 13:21

I like Tilly and Maisie too but getting more popular I think?

Can't believe I like so many already, am pleased!!

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CrazyRandomHappenstance · 24/07/2012 13:21

Hebe? i loved this when i was pregnant but DH wasn't sure.

Mspontipine · 24/07/2012 13:23

I love Aster too. DS could have been an Aster. Smile

5madthings · 24/07/2012 13:23

Thea is a lovely name that we would have used for a girl, but ds1 is Theo and by the time we had a girl (no5) we then couldnt use it as having a theo and thea would have been odd, we also like thalia :)

befrazzled · 24/07/2012 13:24

Esme

Mintyy · 24/07/2012 13:24

Zinnia

OBface · 24/07/2012 13:25

We have an Ophelia which is Greek.

Or maybe Aurelia?

Mspontipine · 24/07/2012 13:25

Hedy? as in Single White Female?

ibbydibby · 24/07/2012 13:27

Cecily

Posy

Nellie (does it need to end "y" or just sound like it so could end "ie"?

Romilly

redrubyshoes · 24/07/2012 13:29

Bonnie

DontForgetTheLightAlesLawrence · 24/07/2012 13:29

Cassandra is Greek and often shortened to Cassie.

NarcolepsyQueen · 24/07/2012 13:30

Amelie

OBface · 24/07/2012 13:30

Cecily is on my list should I have dd2. Also like Romilly

hellymelly · 24/07/2012 13:33

I love Hebe too. Athena?

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