Old fashioned but unusual girls names, help!

[durhamgirl]

DD due in a few weeks and really struggling to find a name! Looking for something old, not common and not weird! Does such a name exist?!

My son has a name from the chronicles of narnia, a horse and his boy book and my daughter has an old English name that has been used more in the US in recent years.

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Psst - this thread is a little old. If you’re looking for old-fashioned baby names, these ones are due a comeback. MNHQ

Alix
Atarah
Avila
Beatrix
Damaris
Eloise
Isadora
Maxima
Nerene
Olga
Stella
Valentina

Olga & Isadora are my faves.

Claudia
Miriam
Eleanor
Rosalind
Susannah
Elizabeth

I like Florence and Imogen

Another alternative to Odile, that I personally love, is the name Ottilie.
Whether it fits the criteria of unusual or old fashioned enough though I'm not sure...

I know a couple of infant Ottilies... it is a lovely, lovely name though. I rather like Octavia as well.

Oh, and I agree on Lynette (sorry, anyone who likes it/has used it/is one) which would rule out Linnet for me, too. Boo.

I checked the actual stats, after reading comments earlier. My own child's conventional but fairly rare name when she was born... is now just outside the top 50 and climbing! This is exactly what happened with my son. Funny how fashion driven we all are, even when trying to be exactly the reverse.

Nice to see my Dd's name mentioned a couple of times in these lists, (despite being slatedast year )

My other favs inc;
Nancy
Slyvie
Iris
Evelyn
Flora
April
Marla

Terrible spelling please excuse me I'm using my phone!!!

Definitely some to think about, although my DH doesn't like any mentioned so far! I picked the first two and talked him into them though

Thanks to everyone who has commented, you're all 's

Marianne

Hepsibah
Bathsheba
Demelza
Kezia
Martha
Marianne

Odette
Sylvia or Sylvie
Vanessa
Romy
Romily

I have a N ancy, F lora and N ell.

How about 'Eve'?

Best name ever IMO

It's my daughter's name and surprisingly uncommon - lots of Eva and Evie's, but very few Eve. Works for a baby, girl and adult.

Olive
Iris
Euphemia
Penelope
Helena
Ivy

Evies, hate predictive apostrophes!

Alicia. (I know a remarkable one. Died in her 90s, still kind, elegant and erudite. Pronounced it Alyssia, not Alisha.)

Patricia
Bridget/Brigitte
Ailsa
Ailish
Elspeth
Thomasina
Joanna
Josephine

Peggy

A colleague just named her daughter Emmeline which I love. Aphra is on my 'doesn't fit our criteria but love it and all associations with it' list.

I love the name Edith.

Cordelia
Jessamay
Amaris
Mimosa
Tamar
Priscilla
Inneze
Ismay
Philomena
Andrina
Nigella

Hester
Esther
Clodagh
Ernestine
Carmen
Blanche
Camille
Aida
Vanessa