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What girls names would you consider to be ‘hipster’?

106 replies

Chocolateyescakeyes · 17/02/2018 21:49

Just wondering!

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Mrsknackered · 17/02/2018 23:39

cinnamon Grin

HolyShet · 17/02/2018 23:51

Gilda

or

Vivienne

or

Vita

uhhuhh · 18/02/2018 00:04

Juno, Indigo, Enid, Agnes, Mabel, Martha, Wren, Luna. All beautiful names right enough.

Jjpeston · 18/02/2018 00:14

Greta
Sybil
Pearl
Vita
Alba
Alma
Juno
Nora
Nola
Edith
Elspeth
Adeline
Audrey
Maude

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 18/02/2018 06:58

Yes, Isla's very mainstream. Clementine and Florence are, to my mind, more upper middle class than hipster.

Agree with ahead-of-the-curve granny chic (Sybil, Edith, Jean) and Nordic- or Scandi-sounding (Marit, Nora).

I think hipsters would be more likely to call a boy Indigo than a girl.

daisypond · 18/02/2018 10:26

I really don't think a lot of the names suggested are hipster at all. Martha, for example, I'd consider very mainstream - all the Marthas I know are 20-something, so hardly cutting edge. Anything that's popular or commonly mentioned on here is out. Hipster to me are names that are wannabe ahead of the curve. So not Victorian/Edwardian names like Clementine. Not granny chic names like Elsie. Not classics like William or Alexandra. Not biblical like Rebecca or Noah. Maybe uncommon Anglo-Saxon/medieval names like Wilfreda. Or names from the 30s like Joyce. Daphne is one I've heard recently from people I'd consider hipster.

Theclockstruck2 · 18/02/2018 13:53

Iris
Wren
Indie
Ivy
Frida

egginacup · 18/02/2018 13:55

I met a Dixie the other day, that struck me as very hipster

Theclockstruck2 · 18/02/2018 13:55

The kind of names you hear if you hang out at Nordic style bakeries in East Dulwich/Denmark Hill/Walthamstow Village Grin

Theclockstruck2 · 18/02/2018 13:57

Astrid with no Swedish connection! Agree it’s often ahead of the curve old lady revival or abit Scandi

daffodildelight · 18/02/2018 14:06

Olive
Tulah
Isolde

BellMcEnd · 18/02/2018 14:10

I met a 14 month old Barbara the other day. Her parents were achingly hipster. This was in an up and coming, slightly gritty part of SE London

FrancesHaHa · 18/02/2018 14:14

Shirley, Mabel, Ivy, Sparrow (although I think that's more a boys name).

Lots of names listed here are pretty mainstream middle class in North London.

joystir59 · 18/02/2018 14:26

Eleni

Alisvolatpropiis · 18/02/2018 14:36

Joan

Douglas

mikado1 · 18/02/2018 14:43

Really like Barbara! Tell us about the parents, I can't tell between hipster and wannabe!

daisypond · 18/02/2018 14:46

I know a few people with a toddler Barbara, so it's still rare but is present. I think Victoria Coren MItchell and David Mitchell have one.

Songofthesouth · 18/02/2018 14:50

The ‘hipsters’ I know have little girls called:
Flora
Sybil
Aura
Nara

WollstonecraftSpawn · 18/02/2018 15:02

Florrie
Capucine

joystir59 · 18/02/2018 15:35

Elefteria, Misha, Nora, Katrin, Katerina, Carole, Gerbien, Christiana, Rosa, Eloise,

joystir59 · 18/02/2018 15:36

Poppy

joystir59 · 18/02/2018 15:37

Freja

joystir59 · 18/02/2018 15:37

Frederica, Erica,

bringbackfonzi · 18/02/2018 19:49

The names I thought about calling my dds but which I decided were too hipster for me were Valerie and Pamela.

Threeandabit · 18/02/2018 21:51

Dorothy
Rona
Opal
Angela

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