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Old fashioned but unusual girls names, help!

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durhamgirl · 28/07/2015 00:15

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

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WankerDeAsalWipe · 03/08/2015 11:59

Nyree

ancientbuchanan · 07/08/2015 00:45

Clementina/ Clemency
Mercy
Priscilla
Perdita

Scissor · 07/08/2015 00:59

Vanessa or Lynn

If you're going to have a sibling for a Corin surely there's a lot of merit in going with what has worked so wonderfully before!!

ancientbuchanan · 08/08/2015 04:51

Op you've probably got bored with the issue or made up your mind, but here are a few more

Thea
Sybil/Sybilla
Thecla
Docia
Jemima
Minette
Jessamine
Charis
Chloe
Annis
Edina
Edna
Richenda
Blanche/Bianca
Cara
Carla
Eithne

mathanxiety · 08/08/2015 06:15

Elfrieda
Renata
Wilhelmina
Cosima
Casimira
Pernilla
Greta

Eirene
Theodosia

Dinah
Hephzibah
Mahalia

Dymphna

Marit

Philomene
Melisande
Regine
Sidonie

Esperanza
Constanza

Drusilla
Romola
Calista

durhamgirl · 08/08/2015 22:02

Still here but no further forward. Again, lots that I like but none that I love and time is running out! Thanks for all the input Flowers

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thegreylady · 08/08/2015 22:08

Elfrida is very old and pretty, I also love Harriet, Ruth and Naomi.

thegreylady · 08/08/2015 22:11

Daphne
Felicity
Constance
Sukey
Alice
Dorothy

ancientbuchanan · 09/08/2015 11:50

Lucy. Could be Lucinda or Lucilla as the formal name. Narnia related...

Why not do a google of Queen Victoria 's daughters? Lots of names there. Eg Maud. ( maeve and Corin? , magdalen and Corin ?) ditto Tennyson and Shakespeare.

Have a look at the Nordic names as they will go well with Corin.

CheeseBaguette · 09/08/2015 12:05

Agatha
Drusilla
Isolde
Meryl
Ursula
Marjorie
Nancy
Perpetua
Marigold
Clotilde
Gloria
Calvina
Clementine
Nesta
Maura
Salome
Winifred

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ancientbuchanan · 09/08/2015 12:11

Cressida
Celia
Nell
Cornelia
Cordelia
Cassandra
Frances
Fanny
Erica
Freda
Agatha
Agnes
Hilda
Ida
Marta
Thora
Ulrika
Gudrun
Ada
Adelaide
Heidi
Barbara
Beate
Belinda
Bertha, Roberta
Hedda
Juliana
Leonore
Sabine

CheeseBaguette · 09/08/2015 12:38

Amity
Nell
Eris
Amethyst
Nora
Decima
Serephine
Noreen
Desdemona
Sadie
Edwina
Coral
Pandora
Tertia
Evangeline
Prudence
Dinah
Opal/Opaline
Zanthe
Sally
Polly
Dorcas

Totality22 · 09/08/2015 13:05

Beatrice? Just in top 100 now.

featherandblack · 09/08/2015 13:47

Imogen

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