Help me find an uncommon but not weird name!

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DH has vetoed nearly all of my suggestions, eg:

Cara
Fern
Flora
Clara
Serena
Annabel
Clover

We like, but can't have as friends do, Alice and Amelie. At the moment the compromise name is Emily, which we both like but I would rather have something a bit less popular.

Please help me because DH can't think of any but just keeps vetoing all mine!!

Rowena
Esme
Lara
Elspeth
Cosima
Dorinda
Dulcima
Thomasina
Bell
Adrianne

Romilly?

Amara
Emilia
Cora
Delilah

Have you looked at the thread high up in baby names: 'useable names outside the top 1000'?
Some good ideas there.

I like Cara.

How about Ciara?
Keeley?

Came across an Elva today.
Elenor
Elly

and randomly a baby Audrey - which actually is quite nice and suits her.

Cora
Anna
Emma
Laura

Blythe

My daughter is Imogen
Others I love;
Ruby
Celeste
Iris
Annabelle
Isobelle
Lily
Amber

I found once my daughter was born, there was only one name which suited her

Sienna
Elia

Freya
Faye

Is that you Zara?

Jane, Pamela, Susan, Joanna, Belinda, Nicola?

Josephine (Josie)
Orli
Iona

Sylvie, Cecily, Selina, Jemima, Francesca, Ellen, Sonya, Venitia, Florence, Colette, Zena, Katerina, Anastasia, Ruth, Helena

I have a Bess?

I adore Astrid but DH wouldn't even consider it :(

I like Audrey too, and have a friend whose daughter is Audrey Jane (sometimes gets Audrey Jane, other times just Jane)

Also like Ada.

Hate Elva though - knew an older woman who was called Elva and she was horrid - put me off for life

Kathleen
Josephine
Rosemary
Monica
Jane
Juliette
Bridget
Susan
Nicola
Marcella
Andrea

Agatha

I ame on to say Romilly - your criteria were the same as ours and that's what we chose.

We also considered Seren, Aurelia, Genevieve and Harper. Well, I considered Harper. DH did not (and this was pre-Beckham). He also liked Bronwyn and I liked Heidi.

Lauren, Minnie, Josie. I take it you wanted girl names!

I think Ruth is simple but strong and understated.

There are a lot that I like here, thanks. Yes we've decided on a boy's name

DH looked through the entire list on the useable names outside the top 1000 and declared he didn't like any of them!! Grrr. He seems to think that anything outside of the 'normal' list of names that were popular while we were growing up - Laura, Sarah, Katy, Hannah, Rebecca etc - is either 'weird and made up' or 'really old'.

Still wonder if I can get him to come round to Flora...

If you both like Emily, we have an Emmeline? :)