Girl's name challenge

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I've found so many fab names on these threads, hoping someone can help me find the right name for my first daughter. The challenge:

• Has to be fairly unusual (her brother's name is very rare but an old English name)
• No flower names
• No feminine versions of male names eg Philippa, Erica etc
• Nothing too girly (like Posy or Belle)
• Middle name will be Genevieve
• Surname begins with L, 3 syllables. So combined with the long middle name, it needs to be fairly short.

Suggestions please!

Ianthe (I know flower connotations but not sure everyone would think that)
Felicity
Verity
Harriet
Arabella
Florence
Beatrice
Nancy
Melody
Elodie
Eloise
Connie
Polly
Holly
Delilah
Enid
Lydia
June
Matilda
Cecily
Isolde
Mary
Lettice
Aria
Delphine
Isla
Leonie

Magdelen will almost certainly be nicknamed Maggie so I think it depends if you like that name too.

Thanks for coming back on and responding to posters with some thoughts on their suggestions, lots of these threads don't and I find it really interesting!

@ThatCurlyGirl No problem, I appreciate all the suggestions!

Too many to give individual feedback but it's a general 'no' to:

• Old lady names eg Florence, Nora, Enid, Harriet etc
• 'pretty' girl's names (like Meriel, sorry PP). Girls don't have to be pretty or have pretty names. Strong names better for me
• Female versions of men's names
• Names which I associate with weak women from history/ literature. Eg Lydia will always be that airhead from Pride & Prej.
• Nothing in top 300 or so for popularity

I am aware that makes my search hard!

We are now leaning towards Elowyn with a 'y' ...

From previous suggestions, I like Matilda but it's too popular, and Jocelyn but DH not keen.

Early 20th Centary girls' school stories are great for this sort of thing. I shall have to dig mine out - the favourites I can remember are Avelyn (I think it should be two syllables AVE-lin) and Althea.

These are the names of children I have met at playgroups which have struck me as a bit more unusual:

Sybilla with nn Billy
Olive
Cecily
Greta
Lavinia nn Livvy

Okay, here's some more:

Merle
Romola
Nesta
Winona
Hester
Adeline
Avis
Viola
Irma

Quinn?
I love that it's a strong name, easy to spell but not overly popular.

OP Jocelyn is s great name. Work on your DH!

Rohaise

Damaris

Callisto