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Most beautiful, unique girl's name you know?

283 replies

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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SixToesLeft · 12/12/2014 10:33

Turnippa

nottheOP · 12/12/2014 10:36

Xanthe
Lana
Elora
Isadora

KittiesInsane · 12/12/2014 10:46

DD and DS between them have friends with the following -a names:

Carolina
Marcia
Atlanta
Julia
Cosima
Maria
Nina
Susanna
Selina (not sure of the spelling)
Rosanna
Leah
Bruna
Beulah
Morwenna
Aaliyah
Aria
Patricia (pronounced Pat-REES-ee-a, which sounds lovely in a slight Chinese-French accent)

...plus plenty of Rebeccas, Isabellas and Anyas.

myotherusernameisbetter · 12/12/2014 10:53

Amaris/Amarys
Tierney
Fallon

kisekae · 12/12/2014 11:01

Thinking of naming our twin girls Capucine and Miette (both names suit what you're after I think).

Other options I had were
Seraphina
Appoline
CambriaLavinia, Ophelie, Luella, Mauve, Etienne, Zola

myotherusernameisbetter · 12/12/2014 11:11

I've also come across the following only once:

Christabel
Antonia
Meadow
Hester
Kayla

Nocturne123 · 12/12/2014 11:14

Indie , if I have dc3 and it's a girl I will name her this ( if I'm brave enough)

IdespairIreallydo · 12/12/2014 11:16

I desperately wanted to call DD Demelza but DH vetoed it - called her Kathryn instead. And yes, I was/am a Poldark fan.

specialmagiclady · 12/12/2014 11:18

My mum wanted to call me Roshenda.

InvaderZim · 12/12/2014 11:21

Zilpha, I've only met one in my life.

dwinnol · 12/12/2014 11:32

It very much depends where you are, Ioana, Ioanna, and Morganna are increasingly popular here in Wales. It will be terribly difficult to find something unique across the UK but choosing a rather obscure Scottish name in living in Norfolk, for example, will make it unique in your child's school.

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Nocturne123 · 12/12/2014 11:41

So true dwinnol , I absolutely love the name Seren which would be so rare in NI but I imagine it's very popular in Wales

KittiesInsane · 12/12/2014 11:46

I forgot -- we also know a Kerenza. Any good?

youllshootyoureyeout · 12/12/2014 12:00

I called my daughter Emilia (Italian/Spanish version of Emily and her father is Spanish). Apart from the actress Emilia Fox, I very rarely come across it, my daughter goes to a primary school of around 400 kids and she is the only one with her name. Though it might be too close to the 'ella' sound you don't like.

SanityClause · 12/12/2014 12:01

Zarafa was a name given to a giraffe that was presented to Charles X of France in 1826.

I think it's a lovely name, but DH wouldn't go with it. Sad

burgatroyd · 12/12/2014 12:22

waves I like that! Tally's makes me think of Briony Tallis from Atonement

burgatroyd · 12/12/2014 12:25

Share are the YolanasrCoco?

dwinnol · 12/12/2014 12:29

Nocturne123 We trip over Serens here. And Ffions and Lowris. Less so over your end I guess?

Guin1 · 12/12/2014 13:05

Eira
Marissa
Morwenna

Sleepyhoglet · 12/12/2014 13:28

Keziah

MrsCaptainReynolds · 12/12/2014 13:32

Signe (pronounced Sig-nay)

Spellcheck · 12/12/2014 13:35

I used to really love Paloma, till I saw Paloma Faith on Never Mind the Buzzcocks! Ah well.

snice · 12/12/2014 13:35

The most unusual I have met recently was a Loveday. What about Seren or Serena?

snice · 12/12/2014 13:36

I also knew a lovely Hester many years ago and have never met another