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Most beautiful, unique girl's name you know?

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EricaJ28 · 12/12/2014 03:42

Please help! Still on the hunt for a girls name and I love ones that are incredibly unique (perhaps only heard once or twice).

Would love your best suggestions! Needs to be incredibly feminine as the surname is very traditional English, long, clunky.

Names ending in 'A' sounds work well. Names with 'ella' sounds don't (So Aurelia, while I love it, won't work and is becoming too popular).

Names like Arietta, Aya, Elka, Allegra? I'm just not sure we love them enough. What is the most beautiful, unique girls name you have heard?

Middle name not settled, but will probably be something more well known (Juliette, Francesca, Cara, Amelie). Thanks for your help!

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MummyBeerest · 12/12/2014 03:51

Hmmm. Tough but I love a challenge!

Stellina-little star in Italian

Roisin-little rose, Irish

Moira-variant of Mary

Tarian-Welsh...think it means shield?

Cordelia-maybe not very unique but so beautiful.

EricaJ28 · 12/12/2014 03:55

Also, do let me know if Arietta, Aya or Elka strike a good or bad chord with you!

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BikeRunSki · 12/12/2014 03:56

I went to school with a
Jacinth
which I always though was lovely, and I have never come across another one.

burgatroyd · 12/12/2014 04:04

Ayanna, Yolanda, Atalanta, Beata, kerensa

WhatAHooHa · 12/12/2014 04:05

Seren, Ottilie, Willow. All strong but feminine. Not sure if they're obscure enough for you though!

EricaJ28 · 12/12/2014 04:20

All in the right direction and I love so many of them Ayanna, Yolanda, Willow... I acknowledge some may not be entirely unique... but that so often happens. One year you've never heard it, the next, it pops up everywhere! All are great ideas. Keep them coming!

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Cathycat · 12/12/2014 04:38

Not really little known but there are not many girls named Maria, Anna or Louisa - all beautiful names. Also Clara or Eliza?

StetsonsAreCool · 12/12/2014 05:26

Damn, was going to say Erica but then spotted your username! Xmas Grin

I love Anya, Clara and Eliza, but looking at your list I don't think they're quite the same style.

SunnaClausIsComingToTown · 12/12/2014 05:29

Isolde Giselle?

KoalaDownUnder · 12/12/2014 05:44

Inez
Calypso
Elita
Alette
Anouk
Sabine

bouncingbelle · 12/12/2014 05:52

Soraya
Saoirse
Sorcha
Daska

I like your names in your op, with the exception of Elka, it's just too much like 'elk' for my ears!

bouncingbelle · 12/12/2014 05:55

Also love the name Autumn, and only know of one person called this.

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SanityClause · 12/12/2014 06:00

Antigone
Sylvia
Xanthe

GiggleJuice · 12/12/2014 06:03

I really like Roya and Aria.

GwenStacy · 12/12/2014 06:10

Avyana?

Whowouldfardelsbear · 12/12/2014 06:10

Catriona

Asleeponasunbeam · 12/12/2014 06:11

We have three Summers, two Willows and one Autumn in the same class!

So you might not get 'unique', whatever you choose. Beautiful and interesting, yes.

I liked the names on the 'posh girls' names' thread the other day. Do any of them suit you?

Cordelia?

lolalotta · 12/12/2014 06:14

Yolanda is not that unusual...

ipsofacto73 · 12/12/2014 06:27

Joy, Esther, Agnes, Isadora, Coco

ipsofacto73 · 12/12/2014 06:28

Hera

Applejuice70 · 12/12/2014 06:29

Cleo
Autumn
Waveney
Pippa
Pheiffer
Mize
Vanya
Lara

Finola1step · 12/12/2014 06:34

Aralie

PrintScreen · 12/12/2014 06:35

Ariana
Isadora
Theodora
Nina
Juniper

Finola1step · 12/12/2014 06:38

Or Arelie (correct spelling). Pronounced Ah-reh-lee

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