Girls names you might not find in a baby names book

[LittleTipple]

After two DS's I was so excited to start looking for a girls name. However, after reading our baby names book and various online searches, there aren't many I'm liking!

So, which names might I have missed? Any girls names you don't often see on lists? I like a mix of names including classic, strong, bit quirky. Names you don't hear every day, but not so unique they will be teased or spend their lives spelling it out. Help!

There's some lovely name lists here categorised by theme / sound / time period / meaning.

www.britishbabynames.com/blog/name-lists.html

One name I learned from that site that I'd never heard before was Idony. Quite a common mediaeval English name apparently!

Celestia
Lyra
Delphine
Cossima
Emmeline
Estella
Martina

I've heard these recently:

Athena
Daria
Amira
Zena

Albertine,
Severine,
Mauve,
Patsy,
Claudette,
Ingrid,
June,
Gisele,
Mauve,
Manon,
Magali,
Wilma,
Frieda,
Josephine,
Ines.

Some of the out there names of women I know

Tuesday
Tyrion
Mali
Wallace

My name is Vada. Never met another one or seen it in any lists!

Aurelia
Aurora
Alaska
Athena
Betsy
Cora
Coral
Dora
Darci
Eleska
Effie
Etta
Elise
Georgie
Greta
Grey
Harlow
Harper
Iris
Imogen
Juniper
Juno
Jovie
Jolie
Joni
Juliet
Koda
Lennox
Leigh
Marley
Nella
Onyx
Opal
Quinn
Teryn
Thea
Willa
Xena
Yasmin
Zelda

Eliana
Myla
Lorienne
Shana
Janie
Serephina
Arwen
Talitha
Viola

VforVloody. I know a Vada (and I don't think it is you and she certainly is not on Mumsnet baby name threads!)

@corkandwood

Essex?

I told a lie anyway. Not actually ‘met’ in the sense but I remember when Facebook was young and fresh, and American woman messaged me just to say hello, because we both were called Vada with a quite similar surname

Allegra
Carmody
Vida
Mariam
Hero
Cordelia
Viola
(Last three are from Shakespeare- might be a place to look for inspiration)

Anastasia
Morwenna
Endellion
Adeline
Hildegard
Marcella
Alana
Greta

Wow, thank you for all the ideas. Really like Thea and Vada.

@BumbleDevon I'm going to have a good look through the link!

Hebe
Euphemia
Maitreyi
Ishbel
Constance
Mhairi

@orangeicecream Hebe is very sweet.

@VforVloodyHell do people know how to spell/ say your name? It makes me think of My Girl Loving it, but DH needs convincing!

@littletipple I was named after the main character! My mum was pregnant with me when it came out.

Can only think of one time it’s been mispronounced, my tutor called me Vadda a few times but it was easily corrected.

@VforVloodyHell Aah, that's a lovely story. Well, it's top of my list

Romy
Remi
Cressida
Loretta
Tia
Emmeline
Romily
Leonie

Oriana
Tegan
Thalia
Miachala
Lavinia

Coralie
Roxanna
Natalie
Scarlett
Cara
Angela
Saskia
Zara
Rowena
Marlena/Lena
Anoushka
Helen
Louisa
Cecilia

Ida
Elvia
Vesper

Lowenna
Elowen
Elfrieda
Aphra
Charis

Stella
Cleo
Eirene
Dinah
Leonora

Tess
Daphne
Cecily
Hazel
Beatrix

Love Vada

Merryn
Cassia
Romilly
Marnie
Rowena

Zilpha