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

Melody,

when I suggested it DH thought I was joking and started laughing manically.

Fuck wit.

I really like

Galadriel
Inanna
Anahata
Boedicaa
Freya

And when I was little, I thought that Gazette was the most beautiful name in the world.

Persephone.
Clemency
Rainbow

Guinevere
Imelza

I really like Lorellei, but the Lorellei of German mythology were horrible creatures, which is largely wa

.... Largely what put me off.

Came on just to add Jezebel, and can see lots of people agree!! Beautiful name.

And Lucifer...

Also Sherezada

I see Adelaide has been mentioned a couple of times, but I much prefer the germanic version Adelheide, shorted to Heidi.

Loads of beautiful names here that I like and would consider using if I was ever to have another.

The name I love but couldn't use is Columbine as it just reminds me of the Columbine High School massacre.

Guinevere, Xanthe, Sheherezade. I am considering Persephone and Seraphina for this one though.

How do you pronounce Sheherezade? I keep saying Shezzarade, like lemonade when I read it here.

I'd pronounce Sheherezade like its written - She-her-a-zade. Is that not correct?

with the her part pronounced like hair

Remedios

Whoops, spelled it wrong. Sheherezade. I'd pronounce it She-hair-ez-ah-da.

Funnily enough I was thinking of adding Sheherazade to this thread earlier on. Just gorgeous but a bit daft with DS's very Scottish name.

Dolly

MrWriter - Melody is the only name that DP and I have actually agreed on (for our not yet conceived baby)! The only thing that bothers me slightly is the nn 'mellie' which I love and I know I would call her, but it definitely rhymes with smelly. And if anyone here watches Scandal, unfortunately 'Smelly Mellie' was a thing and now I can't stop thinking about it.

And then there's that Ariel from the Little Mermaid's daughter is called Melody and would people associate the two? I'm not sure how I feel about naming my DD after a disney princess...I think part of me loves it though...

But all that said, I still love the name a lot.

I've always loved Estelle, but Friends put me off for life. Now I just hear, 'Joey, it's Estelle.'
Also love Adelaine but it's the name of DH's dippy cousin, so didn't even bother suggesting it.

3luckystars 5madthings my daughter is called Indianna my other 3 girls also have unusual names but I can't say what they are as it will out me, everyone always comments how lovely they are, my dc9 if a called maybe Scarlett which is more common than the others

If a girl then maybe called* sorry awful typos

Heidi. I love it. DH less so. As it turns out we're having a boy so it will remain unused I also like Imogen.

Also very pleased to see DDs name on this list. We thought we were having a boy so a girl was a bit of a surprise! I named her after one of my favourite British actresses.

Hepzibah
Arriety