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Cool/tom boy/no frills - girls names

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Pippathenippa · 20/02/2019 12:01

Appreciate this style isn’t to everyone’s taste & ‘you won’t know what she’ll be like’ has been thrown around but then you don’t know if she’ll be sickly sweet when you call a little girl daisy? You may recognise me from the Connie or Frankie thread! Grin I still feel like I’m looking for that perfect cool name for our second little girl! Please give me all your amazing suggestions, you’ve all been so helpful so far!

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Pigwitch · 20/02/2019 12:05

Sydney/ Sidney
Sabre
Stevie

PetuniaPetunia · 20/02/2019 12:06

Charlie

Stinkytoe · 20/02/2019 12:07

“Sickly sweet” Hmm

Wellmeetontheledge · 20/02/2019 12:11

Cameron

BertrandRussell · 20/02/2019 12:12

Cool names don’t have to be boy’s names.

drspouse · 20/02/2019 12:14

Do you actively want a name that could be for a boy or a girl?
Or do you just not want a name that refers to flowers, gems, or feminine characteristics?
If the latter then many of the traditional girls' names will fit the bill.
E.g. Elizabeth, Mary, Katherine, Anne etc.

FoggyDay58 · 20/02/2019 12:14

Juno?

drspouse · 20/02/2019 12:15

(They don't have to be Tudor names!)

RiverTam · 20/02/2019 12:17

I'm sure you think you're bucking gender stereotyping but your mindset clearly buys straight into it.

Threenanger · 20/02/2019 12:17

Lara...like Lara Croft?
Anne
Margot
Noa
Norah
Zara
Cora
Alex...short for Alexandra . Or Alexa feels quite tough.
Roma
Raya
Raye
Arya

AdaColeman · 20/02/2019 12:18

Hester
Astrid
Saskia
Aphra

HappyDinosaur · 20/02/2019 12:18

George, short for Georgie or Georgina?

BlueMerchant · 20/02/2019 12:22

Coco
Piper
Syd
Reagan

Threenanger · 20/02/2019 12:22

Or perhaps feminine versions of boys names:

Thomasina
Phillipa
Roberta
Carla
Josephine
Henrietta nn hettie
Harriet nn harry
Alison
Andrea
Adrienne
Theodora..nn Theo?
Antonia nn tony
Aurora nn Rory

villainousbroodmare · 20/02/2019 12:23

Jean
Maeve
Emer
Anya
Lyra
Elinor
Dara

Theyhaveallbeenused2 · 20/02/2019 12:23

Drew, Sydney, Cameron,

namechangeforschooling · 20/02/2019 12:24

Thora
Hero
Sasha

TigerQuoll · 20/02/2019 12:24

Rowan
Vera
Victoria
Millicent
Norma
Leslie
Lindsay
Linden (it is a town in the Blue Mountains, and I know a 50 year old or so woman of that name and she is pretty tough)
Laurel
Bexley (a suburb of Sydney)
Ruth
Nelly
Janet
Gertrude
Josephine
Quentin
Quinn

longestlurkerever · 20/02/2019 12:24

I think short names for your brief better than longer names which can end up being frilly. eg Kate, Rae, Amy, Aoife, Lisa, I would avoid names more common for men through Alex is good and genuinely unisex. Beatrix is longer but feisty imo

Daysofpearlyspencer · 20/02/2019 12:25

Jamie
Robyn

LegoPiecesEverywhere · 20/02/2019 12:26

Darrell

NabooThatsWho · 20/02/2019 12:26

Sam
Zoe
Alex
Quinn
There’s a girl in DD2s playgroup called Elliot, I thought that was a cool name and I’ve never known a girl with that name before.

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Pippathenippa · 20/02/2019 12:27

Thanks for the suggestions so far! I like Cameron & Charlie, do like Sydney as well but it’s quite common within people I know including family
Members unfortunately. Coco is cool @BlueMerchant not sure I’m brave enough!

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Yika · 20/02/2019 12:27

Leigh

Jenniferturkington · 20/02/2019 12:28

Connie
Zara
Jojo/jo /Josephine
Mabel
Alex
Juno
Scout
Nell