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Edgy but traditional girl's names- do they exist?

80 replies

Laac · 16/10/2018 15:10

I'm really struggling to find a girl's name I like enough. We would like a traditional real name that's a big edgy or unusual. Any suggestions welcome!

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NeedSomeTimeInTheSunshiiine · 16/10/2018 15:13

Can you give examples of some you like but not enough?

Finfintytint · 16/10/2018 15:13

Maude.

GraceMarks · 16/10/2018 15:14

I had a great aunt Lavinia, born in the 1910s. I always thought that was a bit edgier than the Ediths and Marys from the same era.

ExpectingToFly · 16/10/2018 15:14

Eliza

DevonCherry · 16/10/2018 15:16

Edie, Pearl, Margot?

Laac · 16/10/2018 15:17

Everything mentioned so far are names we have liked and discarded as not being quite right so definitely along the right lines!

At one point we were going for Margot, I also like Pearl.

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MawkishTwaddle · 16/10/2018 15:18

Joan
Juno
Nancy
Edie
Loveday
Avril
Dorothy
Gertie

GraceMarks · 16/10/2018 15:19

Ada?

froufroufoxes · 16/10/2018 15:22

Ruby
Cora
Marnie
Coco

NoParticularPattern · 16/10/2018 15:22

My cousin has just named her daughter Posey. I think that’s a lovely name and old fashioned and a bit edgy at the same time. Really lovely

PinguDance · 16/10/2018 15:25

Lettice

NeedSomeTimeInTheSunshiiine · 16/10/2018 15:25

I like Margot...

Cora
Nancy
Sylvie
Nell
Ida
Ada
Mina
Frida
Mae
Juniper
Dinah

PinguDance · 16/10/2018 15:25

Ermingarde

PinguDance · 16/10/2018 15:26

I actually love Ermingard to be fair

IggyAce · 16/10/2018 15:27

One of my ancestors is called Thurza Lavinia I felt it was edgier than the other names in my family tree.

PinguDance · 16/10/2018 15:27

Araminta - minty for short

LeeMiller · 16/10/2018 15:27

Freida
Greta
Willa
Tess
Tansy
Bathsheba
Colette
Nora
Frances
Olive
Lisette
Tabitha
Hazel
June
Maud
Sylvia
Nell
Millicent

Stuckforthefourthtime · 16/10/2018 15:27

Evangeline
Ottilie
Adelaide / Ada
Cressida
This blog has some great ones through the ages, from Cicely to Hepzibah...
www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2017/05/top-200-most-popular-names-in-england-and-wales-in-1850.html

Sallylondon · 16/10/2018 15:28

Betty
Irene
Audrey
Iris
Olive
Daphne
Joan
They're all the names of my grandparents generation

MonsterSister · 16/10/2018 15:29

Dinah, Rosanna, Judith, Serena?

bringbackfonzi · 16/10/2018 15:29

Albertine.

OatsBeansBarley · 16/10/2018 15:30

Livia

haverhill · 16/10/2018 15:30

Coral
Patience
Emmeline
Thora
Livia
Demelza
Florence
Edith/Edyth
Merryn

GraceMarks · 16/10/2018 15:30

Sylvia
Rosalind
Jocelyn
Vera
Esther

These are all names that once belonged to famous female scientists (as is my earlier suggestion of Ada) so you can't go wrong!

Rainbowturkey · 16/10/2018 15:31

Juniper

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