Most beautiful, unique girl's name you know?

[EricaJ28]

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!

I've only heard of/met one Morgana in my lifetime.

I hate to break it to you, but I was browsing through baby naming trends this week as it just interests me (and I want to see how DS's name fits in with his potential school contemporaries)

Willow was reported as one of the biggest climbers in popularity according to another parenting site this week, and is listed as 'one to watch in 2015'. Another site has it tipped for a top 50 entry.

'a' endings are bang on trend and continuing to rise in popularity. Seven out of the top ten girls names end in an a.

18% of the top 50 girls names in 2013 started with E and that trend has continued this year too.

Etta (and names ending in Etta) are tipped to be the next big thing, in the same vein as Bella and names ending in Bella.

Ariana is looking like its going to be massively popular. I would avoid anything along the lines of Aurora, Ariana, Ariadne, Aurelia, Aria, Auria, Aurelie if you genuinely want to be unique.

But my suspicion is that actually you don't want to be as you unique as you think because of your preferences in your original post which are very much of the time.

If you want different, stay away from names starting with vowels and are floral in any way.

Thank you! Some beautiful names in there. With the surname, we really do need a vowel ending, which yes does meet the current trends but makes the full name vaguely able to be pronounced. I always remember just the more unique names really were worn by some wonderful people (names like Ceridwen, Sari...).

Ramona

Iona

How many Yolanda's do people know?

Unusual needs to take it every consideration. For instance there are lots of El names out there so there might be a class with Elizabeth, Elodie, Ellie, Ella, Elin, Ellen, Eliska...

In fact names that start with a vowel are incredibly popular, A being the most popular letter.

So beware of going for a name like Annaya as it will get lost amongst the amayas, Amy's and Amelias.

Also beware of unusual names that can be mistaken for their more common soundalike. Emmaline/Emily.

Names of babies I haven't met are Cassandra, Tamar, Bianca, Christabel.

Its also more unusual now to have a name that doesn't end in A or Y or IE.

Redtooth you beat me to it!

PS I'm a name nerd and both dcs names are different but contemporary. So think flower name but not Rose, Lily...

That way kids still fit in. There's nothing wrong with having name of our time as long as its not constantly misheard as another name.

A girl in DD's class is called Lyria, (rhyming with Syria, rather than Lie-ria) which I think is very pretty.

I love the names Tiggy and Eartha. DD is called neither but that was because DH vetoed them but I love them.

I always thought Silke was a beautiful name and I have only ever met one.

Was in school with a Tsering pronounced sering she had a sister Dolca always thought they were beautiful names .

Ariana
Adrianna
Giovanna

Louisa

Althea

Safina

Seraphine

Eliana

i know some whos daughter is called arianna if it hasnt already been mentioned. always think its lovely and unusual.

Zosia? (Pron Zosha)
Shosanna?
Hepzibah?
Thalia?

Alessandra

I am one of those who has a DD with a name that never appears in any of the baby names lists. It was inspired by the Welsh name "Taliesin", and a book I read years and years ago called Mythago Wood. Her name is Tallys-Faith (to rhyme with Alice) so it doesn't sound too "out there". People so often comment on what a beautiful and feminine name it is, and as it isn't listed anywhere (apart from on the baby name finder here because I added it)

Some absolutely beautiful names suggested

I love the name Miel (can also be spelt Miele but I fear would be pronounced as per the German white goods company ). Means 'honey' in French. Just think it sounds lovely and 'complete'.

Oh, just remembered another name I love which sounds classic and feminine, but is actually very unusual at the moment, is Julianna (pronounced Juli-arna). Oh yes, and Josephine.

I have twin girls Eve and Juliet. Despite their names not being particularly different neither of them are in the top 100.

I know a Zelia which I always think is a nice name. Zeh-lia, not rhyming with Delia.

If you want unique you are going to have to make it up or lift it from an unusual context.

I'd be wary of -anna names if you want to be really unique.

Like -etta I think its going to be massive with Anna gaining popularity and Ariana looking likely to be huge too.

Julianna would work if you want to be on trend but a little different. But it is unlikely to be unique.

Burgatroyd I think we are on the same page with our thinking.

I met a girl called Sommersby the other day which I thought was pretty and unusual.