Beautiful and unusual girls names you like but wouldn't use...

[PooDogMillionaire]

I have quite a few but don't feel brace enough to use them.

Pandora
Keziah
Tallulah

[Havalina1]

Imogen

Maude

Constance

Edie

Scarlett

No more babies for me, I had one opportunity to name a girl and I called her the rarest name of her generation - we have yet to meet another one within a twenty year range - Mary :)

[Catphrase]

I wouldn't use these as I'm not having anymore but;
Sorrel
Ivy
Betty
Esme
Edith
Jasmine
Yasmin

[Buglife]

I wanted Liberty if I had a girl. I still love it. It would be Libby for short. But I think it's just a bit too Middle class wanky really. But I still might one day if I had a girl... It's been slightly ruined by DH deciding that middle name should be 'Belle' if we were going to use Liberty

[MadameJosephine]

I love Aurelia and Antigone but wouldn't be brave enough to use either

We considered Genevieve for DD but couldn't agree how to pronounce it so we called her Jennifer instead

[margaritasbythesea]

Farah
Elodie

DD does have an unusual name though. We thought we shouldn't because it is similar to a common name. People do confuse them sometime s but we love it and it suits her perfectly - down to her correcting those who get it wrong

[kelda]

Bathsheba. Dh vetoed.

[BiscuitMillionaire]

This is funny because about 9 years ago there was a similar thread, and it gave me the idea for my then soon-to-be-born DD's name. I can't believe I've been on MN that long!

[SmellyHead]

I like Astrid and Iris.

[BiscuitMillionaire]

I love Edith, it was my grandmother's name. DH vetoed it.

[Kraggle]

I love Juno and Vaida, not sure I could use them though.

[UmbongoUnchained]

Gabriella. Gabby for short!

[JennyOnAPlate]

havalina there's a Mary in my dds year 1 class

[JennyOnAPlate]

Oh and iris for me. Wanted it so badly for dd2 but dh just wouldn't be persuaded. Old lady name apparently.

[MyBreadIsEggy]

If we have another girl she will be called Rafaella love love love it

[poorbuthappy]

Cordelia.
Totally from Buffy but loved it. DH said no cos we have a 3 syllable surname so thought it was too much.

[poorbuthappy]

Even when I manage to convince him that apparently it's Welsh he still said no.

[manicinsomniac]

Xanthe
Olympia
Savannah

Oooh, I have both a Xanthe and a Savannah and I don't consider myself especially adventurous with names. I also have a 3rd daughter with a top 10 name.

I love, love, love but didn't dare use Araminta.

[mrsschu]

Iseult. I think it's beautiful. Wish I'd used it for DD's middle name at least. DC2 was a boy so it's not meant to be!

[Mclaren37]

Octavia
Magnolia
Astrid
Clementine
Camellia
Devon
Orla
Luella
Jemima
(Some are too OTT, others we just don't have enough girls to use them up!)

[Mclaren37]

Ooh and I love Cordelia and Araminta from the posts above! I know a 2 yr old Araminta, Minty for short. V cute!

[MsJuniper]

Names I love but couldn't have used:

Juno
Wren
Adelaide
Martha

I can't say why as the combination of reasons would be very identifying!

As I only have 1 DS the dilemma hasn't come up though.

[IoraRua]

Aphra. DP adores it, it is pretty... but every time I hear it I think aphrodisiac.
I also liked Allegra and Nova but they'd be hard to pull off in Dublin!

[RoseValleyRambles]

Esmeralda!
I think all these suggestions make perfect middle names if you don't think they suit as a first. Sets DD/DS up perfectly for 'guess what my initial stands for' games, and gives them a fun alternative if they want to switch. I have a number of friends who go by their middles.

[Gracey79]

Aurora - too much of a mouthful
Luna - worried nn loony!
Alice not unusual but worried about the song

[gonegrey56]

Violetta (La Traviata fan)....

Such a beautiful name, but Dh would not agree with me