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

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

Pandora
Keziah
Tallulah

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 :)

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

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

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

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

Bathsheba. Dh vetoed.

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!

I like Astrid and Iris.

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

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

Gabriella. Gabby for short!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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!)

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

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.

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!

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.

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

Violetta (La Traviata fan)....

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