Unusual girls names?

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Need some help with name ideas, I'm 36 weeks so running out of time slowly... We agreed on Lux a while ago but my entire family seem against it so trying to keep an open mind :) thanks!

Please not Talia. A friend got called Jenny throughout school.

Jenny. Talia.

Lux is just hilariously awful (sorry!).

How about:
Arlette
Roxanne
Felicity
Penelope
Aurelia
June

I would never tell anyone in real life what our name choices/thoughts were for exactly that reason. Once the baby is here and you've announced her name then family and friends just have to lump it and get on with it!

If Lux is your favourite then go for it, it doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks.

Lux is lovely. I really don't see what's so 'hilariously awful' about it. So apparently it's the name of a (apparently ubiquitous) soap I've never heard of, in spite of living in the U.K. for the first 27 years of my life but who cares? How is that such a bad association?

It reminds me of The Virgin Suicides, which is a stunning book by a wonderful writer. I'm pretty sure he chose Lux because it's quite a sensual name that rhymes with, ahem, certain sexual slang words, but it's based on a Catholic shrine too.

I chose my DS's name even though my whole family were against it. It's a perfectly nice name that they just happened not to like. I won't be telling them the names next time.

Some other names I like:

Blaise
Cassia
Leda
Miri
Hesper
Valo

I think if you have your heart set on a name then you shouldn't change it because family doesn't like it.

Lais or Laís pronounced Lah-ees

Meadow
Ianthe
Isadora
Luna
Avery
Aria
Isolda
Angeline

Lux makes me think of soap, sorry.

Ooh Cassia is gorgeous.
Agree though any name is personal choice, as long as it's obviously not on the banned list

Maybe try a welsh or scottish name as (assuming you don't live in those places!) they are likely to be more unusual

ie

Arwen
Menna
Deryn
Aderyn
Enid (en-id not ee-nid)
Annis

p.s i like the name lux

Someone on the thread said Marley, I know a Marley very well and everyone assumes he was named after Bob Marley but he wasn't it was Jacob Marley ghost character from a Dickens novel

I've never heard of Lux before and it does sound unusual but don't be swayed by anyone's opinions

I also think of The Virgin Suicides first and the soap second... but I do like the name.

Other ideas:

Mhairi
Dawn
Inez
Sally
Helen
Hera
Janet
Rita
Lois
Maxine
Zilpah
Janine
Jean

I quite like Lux. How about mediaeval names if you want unusual?

Sanchia
Urith
Sexborough
Sidwell
Richemay
Protasia
Pascas
Naverin
Kenberry
Jacomine
Armigil
Collys
Damaris
Fine
Goditha
Hawise
Odierne
Ismene

All popular around the 16th century in England.

Valary is a lovely name.

My DD's middle name is Lux. Go for it! I love the name so much.

The only Lux I have ever heard of was Lux Interior from The Cramps.

Always loved the name Io ( one of the moons of Jupiter )

Thais (Tay iss)
Delphi
Adora
Zeyna

Eldest was at school with the most unusually named girl I've ever come across - Opus Dei...... it's quite something to live up to ..

Current rarest name in the friendship group is Jochabed if you are looking for serious Old Testament ness!

Lux us both an amazing and sniggery name at the same time... better than Camay If you want a family themed around doap😂

I have a strange liking for the name Magdaleena

Isadora? Juliette? Luna? Lyra? Aurelia? Ophelia? Xanthe?

Amarylis
Astrid
Gray
Juniper
Lilac
Marigold
Marlow
Paisley
Persephone

I know an arabella blue,and a mitzy black.

I know it's not unusual but Jolie is 1 I've not heard of much lately. I also like what Beyonce's done with colours and flowers. Lila (pronounced Lie-la, short for lilac) Rose, Violet Rose, Poppy Jade, Amber Rose, Emerald Grace, Indigo Bleu..... Could go on lol

I wasn't brave enough to go for it myself but do love the name Calypso!

It's a shame you've been put off Lux.
It's one thing to ask point blank on this section, "What do you reckon?" Fair game, then.
In RL it's risky to share because if it's not instantly familiar, then people will gleefully tell you it's a soap or a place you have never visited so how dare you or it's their dog's name.