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I need an unusual, quirky, pretty, girl’s name, and quick.

318 replies

elliex1 · 08/09/2019 22:37

Baby girl due very soon. I already have 2 sons and choosing a girl’s name is so much harder!

I like more modern names mostly (with the exception of names like Hazel and Cassia) not a huge fan of say Eleanor for example.
Something that’s unusual, a bit quirky and has personality but is also pretty. I mean don’t we all want that? (For ex one of my friends has a Nova which I’ve always quite liked but not a fan of other astrological names) Don’t want anything too ridiculous though. I imagine myself saying to a teacher ‘hi my name is X’ and think whether I’d like saying that or not!

Please help! I’ll take any suggestions. Nothing is stupid, just help a struggling, overly fussy with names, mum. There are plenty of names I like but none that I just think yes, that’s my baby’s name.

Winner gets a mars bar. Unless you’re vegan. Okay I’ll stop talking now - I clearly need to go to bed.

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MostIneptThatEverStepped · 08/09/2019 23:21

Polly

singymummy · 08/09/2019 23:24

Amphora - amphi for short

Emmapeeler · 08/09/2019 23:24

Quirky but pretty - I’ve always liked Hebe and Meriel.

Oopsinamechangedagain2020 · 08/09/2019 23:26

Nicolette/Nicoletta

Azalea

Lorelei

Alanya

Sapphire

Leia

Phoenix76 · 08/09/2019 23:29

Saffron

PoppingOneOutIn2020 · 08/09/2019 23:29

@SomethingPhishy ... as in twilight?

bellainthemiddle · 08/09/2019 23:31

Andraste

Bookvan · 08/09/2019 23:32

Zara
Zoe
Xanthe
Elodie
Eloise
Janie
Saskia
Iona

Harvey3 · 08/09/2019 23:33

Lyra

SomethingPhishy · 08/09/2019 23:34

@PoppingOneOutIn2020
The spelling is different but perhaps inspired by that. A school mum with 4 children named her youngest child this, I think it's a really nice, unusual name.

Jux · 08/09/2019 23:39

Oublietta

Astronica · 08/09/2019 23:53

Autumn
Sylvie
Aphra
Flanna
Pippa
Juno
Kaia
Ingrid
Maeve
Anya
Zara

AutumnColours9 · 09/09/2019 00:08

Leoni
Leona
Adelaide
Annalise
Anoushka
Tia
Myla
Noelle
Joely
Imogen
Quinn
Serenity
Serena
Zoe
Bryony
Maisie
Luna
Maci
Maggie
Brooke
Skye

Sunflowers211 · 09/09/2019 00:16

Aurora
Estera
Eden
Adelaide
Vienna
Katarina
Saffron
Fleur

NaviSprite · 09/09/2019 00:17

Felicity

Tartyflette · 09/09/2019 00:21

Kitty
Dottie
Edie
Mara
Bette

GigiIdid · 09/09/2019 00:22

Alba
Luna
Devon
Avalon
Dana
Tiga
Vivi

SESthebrave · 09/09/2019 00:23

I love the name Bronte

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/09/2019 00:25

Margot
Esme

JudgeMeNot · 09/09/2019 01:13

Riva
Indiana
Suki
Mabel
Lola

chickenyhead · 09/09/2019 01:16

Phoebe

Hesionie

villainousbroodmare · 09/09/2019 01:19

Jean
Hester
Sylvia
Meredith
Lindsay
Kirsten

notangelinajolie · 09/09/2019 01:19

Currently binge watching the whole of Downton again ready for the movie and ....

Rose gets my vote.

Pinkarsedfly · 09/09/2019 01:24

Piper
Delaney
Wren
Juno
Hero
Bea
Elsie
Edie
Indie
Cate
Ottilie

Urskeks · 09/09/2019 01:25

OMG. Someone beat me to Kaia.

My daughter is called Kaya.

I wanted to spell it Kaia or Caia.

It has been spelt Kya or Kayah, or Kaiya.

We have only ever met one other Kaya, with an h, who was in my Kaya's sixth form last year when mine started year seven. My friend had Kaiya as her online username years ago too.

She was ecstatic. About the sixth forn one.

Only other know one is Kaya Scodelario from SKINS on TV.

She is Kai for short. Which someone recently said means food in another language. That made my Kai laugh because food is her favourite thing.

Kaya is also Scandinavian (I think) for the name of the original fairies, the fey folk.

Do on. Bring us another Kaya/ Kaiya/ Kaia/ Caia/ Kayah/ Cayah/ Caiya /Kya/ which ever spelling, into the world! Please! It's a beautiful name and it's so rare.