Girls name - help!

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We are expecting a baby any day and do not know the gender. We feel a bit more certain about boys' names, which has surprised us, but could do with your help for girls' names.

We would like our child to have a name that is known, but not used frequently (so certainly something that is not in the top 100, but ideally as far outside of that as possible) and ideally something with good shortening potential. Names we like include Hermione (but mildly concerned about Harry Potter references) and Beatrix (but if you put the data together with that for Beatrice it ranks about 68th in 2017).

If we like these two names, what else might we like? Thanks for your help and ideas!

What about Dulcie? Feels quite modern & fresh but only a handful of them a year. 0.01% of babies so should be safe!

Other rare names:
Vivienne
Juliet
Cecilia
Sylvia
Camille
Persephone
Jemima

Tabitha
Cassandra
Rosetta
Meredith
Emmeline
Pandora
Aurelia
Aurora
Ophelia
Octavia
Letitia
Tatiana
Helena
Saffron
Adelaide
Raphaella
Genevieve
Clemency

I really like both Hermione and Beatrix, though slightly prefer the latter.

Verity
Persephone
Bryony
Bridget
Clementine
Romilly
Xanthe
Cressida
Andromeda
Abigail
Calliope
Pippin
Juniper
Clover
Guinevere
Primrose
Tamasin

I'd go with hermione, I only know one 3yo hermione she is lovely and her parents have never met or heard of another. I've taught for 8 years and not had any in our school/preschool. Beatrix is becoming slightly more popular on the forums and I've met two baby Beatrix' in the past 6 months.

Rosalind
Juliet
Dorothea
Winifred (nn Freddy)
Arabella
Cassandra
Cressida
Clementine

Thanks for your replies, you guys are good!

I like Jemima, but not sure about the shortening 'Jem', which would be unavoidable at times I'm sure. Otherwise I like Cecilia, Persephone and Ophelia (but are those two a little try hard?), Genevieve (though not into the shortenings), Theodora (but DP says no ). Winifred nn Freddy is inspired (and I really like the unisex nickname), but just not sure about Winifred as a whole name...

Jocelyn, Seraphina?

Polly
Elspeth (Elsie)
Rowena
Henrietta (Henry, Etta)
Cecily (Cece)
Louisa (Lou, Lulu)

Valentina
Delphine
Esmeralda
Clemency
Pandora
Jenna
Olive
Ottilie
Esther
Lucia
Thomasina
Christabel
Erica
Georgina
Lillian
Mabel
Rowenna
Rosanna
Meredith
Artemis
Juliet
Helena
Constance
Lettice
Marilyn
Marianne
Felicity
Eugenie
Victoria
Sandrine
Millicent
Alexandra
Cassandra
Hazel
Jeanie
Joanna
Philippa
Marina
Caroline
Laura
Elspeth
Susannah
Hannah
Sylvie
Francesca

Tabitha
Joelle
Tianna
Seren
Genevieve
Savannah
Betsy
Brianna
Beau
Briella
Britney
Bethany
Brooke
Cassey
Celia
Della
Delilah
Delilah
Esme
Feodora
Frankie
Hallie
Hettie
Imogen
Ottillie
Penelope
Quinn
Rae
Blair
Talia
Thea
Willow
Eden
Fern
Ocean
Summer
Autumn
Jezebel
Cleo
Clarabelle
Clara
Cara
Lowri
Lorna
Laura
Daisy
Clover
Hazel
Heidi
Heather
Matilda
Leah
Victoria
Donna
Dulcie
Lucy
Jasmine
Orla
Nia
Tia
Ayla

Fredrica or Fredricka with nn Freddie
Alfreda nn Freddie

Roberta
Alberta
nn Bertie

I liked both of those names. We also considered:
Dahlia
Lila
Ariadne
Isolde
Coraline

And used Elodie.

I liked both names (would have had a Beatrix had my husband not vetoed it..) and we chose Evangeline in the end

Love Beatrix dh didn't. Sorry if any repeats but
Zelda
Zadie
Xanthe
Clarissa
Freida
Fenella
have a similar vibe to me.

Vivienne
Antonia
Alexandrinna
Tabitha
Jessica
Jodie
Hayley
Juliette
Rosanna
Rosamund
Penelope
Francesca
Phillipa
Gwendolyn
Marianne
Julia

Vivienne

Hermione is a bit too 'Harry Potter' for me and I'd be spending my life explaining that she wasn't named after the one in the book.

Beatrix is nice. Is it likely to be confused spelling-wise with Beatrice/Beatriz?

We went through the same thought process as you with DD1. I wanted something where people had heard of the name & could spell it; but didn't already know 7 other kids with the same name. She's Claudia.

Hermione is beautiful- love! I think Beatrix/ Beatrice is quite popular now. I also love the suggestions of Persephone and Vivienne. There's also Antigone and Giselle which I think have a similar kind of vibe.

I love the nn Bertie! Not as keen on Alberta / Roberta, but figured it could be used for Beatrix, at a push! Also quite like Frederica nn Freddie, but DH doesn't sadly. Claudia is lovely too, but I have a good friend with the name..
Also wondered about Artemis, nn Art/Artie - what do you think? Love Florence, but it just seems too popular at the moment.

I think I quite like Persephone and I also know an Ariadne. My brother teaches a little girl called Winifred whose nn is Fred.

Verity
Helena
Camille
Laurel
Celeste
Meredith
Olive
Georgiana
Tallulah
Danica
Rachel
Petra
Madeline

Winnie would be short for Winifred surly?

What about Elaina with lainey as a nn

Aurora nn Rory
Antigone nn Tiggy
Calliope nn Callie
Veronica nn Ronny
Valerie
Aurelia