Rare girls names that aren't too 'crazy'

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Just as the title says really...looking for an unusual/rare girls name that isn't too unusual if that makes sense!

Only name we like and can agree on is Jessica/Jessie. I quite like names like Bethany, Ebony, Emma and Hannah that I think of as recognisable but aren't that commonly used. DP prefers top 10 names but I would prefer something not as common. DS is Elliott so would like it to sound nice when said with his name.

I wouldn't use Ebony unless you're black/Asian/dark med complexion and thus can be sure of very dark hair. If she turns out to be fair/red haired, it will seem strange.

Hannah is def more unusual these days.

Amelie
Millie
Eden
Thea
Bea
Ada

Celeste
Rosalind
Amy
Gemma
Leanne

I always think of these names as one a stranger would be able to spell, without having come across someone with the same name before.

Hester

Carina

Anthea

Amaryllis

Sybilla

Rosalind

Christina or Christiana

Jocelyn

Elsa
Alice
Ella
Lily
Olivia
Ebba
Wilma
Agnes
Freja/Freya
Molly
Alva
Klara/Clara
Elise
Emilia
Edith
Ida
Nora
Matilda

Elsie
Ida

I love Ebony.

Ebonee Ray has ruined Ebony for me.

Sarah
Karen
Jennifer
Melanie
Marla
Claire
Julia
Josephine
Kiera
Petrina
Portia
Verity
Cecily
Patricia
Cordelia
Cressida
Viola
Leonora
Prudence
Hazel

Elsie, Edith, Alice, Amy, Matilda, Molly and Freya are not unusual! Not in the under 5s of South Yorkshire anyway.

Abigail
Anna
Alexandra
Angela
Amy
Catherine
Caroline
Cecilia
Claudia
Dinah
Delilah
Esther
Ellen
Frances
Georgina
Genevieve
Harriet
Hope
Julia
Juliana
Josephine
Jane
Juliet
Jennifer
Jemima
Joy
Joanna
Judith
Katherine
Lucy
Laura
Lydia
Leah
Lois
Miriam
Martha
Mary
Margaret
Natalie
Naomi
Nicole
Rebecca
Rachel
Ruth
Rosanna
Sarah
Susanna/h
Tabitha
Tamsin
Tamara
Vivienne
Victoria
Zoe

Louisa
Christina
Adelaide
Dorothy
Constance
Selina/Selena
Serena
Marianne
Norah
Magdalene
Clarissa
Rose
Gemma
Claire
Samantha
Lauren
Stephanie
Natasha
Amanda
Maria
Holly
Melissa
Carla
Daniella
Jenna
Elise
Gabriella

As we chose the name Bethany 20 years ago, I thought I'd give you the other names that were on our list:
Jessica
Hannah
Alana/Alanah
Emily
Jenna
Georgia
Alice
Alexandra
Scarlett

I called mine Carmen with the rare but not crazy and is spellable in mind. I also liked Jessie.

If it was common in your parent's generation or your own you are probably onto a winner.

Mabel
Edna
Ruby

I have an Ebony and I know of nobody else who has one!

I like Evonie/Evony as an alternative to Ebony

Cora
Heather
Paige
Lindsay
Shannon
Gabrielle

Meredith
Heather
Briony
Zoe

Zillah
Thomasin
Xanthe
Lorellei

Sarah, Ruth, Susan, Pamela, Karen, Valerie, Helen, Alison, Jennifer, Alexandra, Joanna, Marjorie, Caroline, Francesca, Gillian, Lisa, Rachael, Ursula.

Currently we're torn between Nina and Iris. Both mainstream but not top 20 etc. Though slight curve ball last night when I discovered the name Catalina, which I love.

Jessamine and Jerica are beautiful alternatives to Jessica.

Marina
Laurel
Veronica
Caroline
Mary
Rosemary
Rebecca
Anna
Nicole
Zoe
Niomi

Raven
Amarys
Carla
Megan
Caroline
Lucy
Natalie
Julia
Jean
Angela
Hazel
Jenna
Claire
Gwen
Susan/Suzanne/Suzanna
Heidi
Wendy
Nicola