Don't love girls names...

[FaithHopeandGlory]

So, we have whittled our list for boys down to: Rupert, Felix, Jasper, Jago, Edward, Austen and I've snuck Quentin in there.

We are having so much trouble even liking girl names along a similar vein. We'd like them to be recognisable names but ideally not popular as like most, we'd like them to be the only one in their class. No names feel right to us at the moment and I already feel like I've read a million and one names sites, forums and lists but can't find the one.

I'm hoping you lovely lot can help?!

Iris
Ada
Violet
Ottilie
Mabel
Saskia
Valentina
Isobel/Isabelle
Matilda
Aurora

Cassandra, Cressida, Aubrey, Sawyer, Blair, Margot, Darcy, Arabella, Czar-Czar, Olivia

Love all your boys names (apart from Quentin)

Girls:

Greta
Willa
Sadie
Edith / Edie
Margaret /Maggie
Clementine/ Clemmie
Roxanne/Roxanna/Rosanne
Pearl
Delilah
Ottilie (Ottie)
Cora
Eliza
Liberty
River
Winter
Jemima
Holly
Cleo
Mabel
Peggy
Martha
Margot
Wren

Thank you for your suggestions so far, I'm not sure we like any thus far. I like Jemima but DH doesn't. Isobel is also lovely but too popular for us.

Don’t think Olivia counts as not popular.

Thea
Willow
Genevieve
Ariana
Isadora

I love clementine and isobel/isabelle. My all time favourite name is lowena. I also love Florence, Paige, Elsie, and Ada.

@EyeShipMiceElf I like Isadora and Genevieve, DH is on the fence. I think they are definitely along the right lines and have more of a similar feel to our boys list.

Ramona
Tallulah
Paloma
Christiana
Ophelia
Cordelia
Eliana
Madeleine
Dorothy/Dorothea
Devorah
Amelia
Matilda

Have never heard of Czar-Czar... Happy to be corrected, but does PP mean Zsa Zsa?

Cecilia
Also:

Verity
Meriel
Lavinia
Artemis
Eleonor
Violet
Imogen
Vivienne
Annika
Phoebe

If you like Isadora, what about Isolde? Antoinette
Anastasia
Seren
Aurelia
Rosalind
Elspeth
Cassia

You could choose the most obscure name in the world. There’s still no guarantee that she’d be the only one in her class.
There’s different types of unusual. You could opt for a 70 or 80s name which although dated. It’s unlikely you’ll get another in the class (then not impossible, either).

Thanks all. I love Imogen, Vivienne (but I don't like the shortening of Viv), Dorothy/Dorothea, will have to run those by DH too.

@Awwlookatmybabyspider yes I know what you mean, I'm not looking for something out there crazy unique, perhaps something less popular in our area is what is meant.

Petra
Hermione
Jacinta
Elizabeth
Alexandra
Harriet
Georgiana
Josephine
Amelia
Emmeline
Juliet

Emily
Bella
Imogen
Prudence
Harriet
Octavia

Re-discovering Jilly Cooper books

Nancy
Greta
Helena
Tamara
Jocelyn
Davinia

(Imogen is pretty popular around my way)

Rupert - Ruth, Rita, Robyn
Felix - Felicity, Elise, Beatrix
Jasper - Jocelyn, Juniper, Juliet
Edward - Esther, Ingrid, Evelyn
Austen - Audrey, Autumn, Athena
Quentin - Jasmine, Caroline, Valerie, Quinn
Jago - Juno, Luna, Nova

Juliet / Juliette
Evangeline
Rosa
Rosamund/Rosalind/Rosalie/Rosemary
Isolde
Iseult
Naomi

As Jago (love it) is Cornish, some other Brythonic celtic names:
Morwenna (Welsh and Cornish)
Elowen (Cornish)
Lowenna (Cornish)
Steren (Cornish)
Seren (Welsh)
Mari (Welsh)
Tesni (Welsh)
Eira (Welsh)

And a few gaelic ones, all Scottish:
Morven
Ishbel
Eilidh
Elspeth

Artemis, Henrietta, Ianthe, Cordelia, Athena, Hebe, Alice.

@CaffiSaliMali you'll have to help me with the pronunciation of some of those! They sound beautiful though!

Some gorgeous ones there, thank you. Love Juliette (I've put that on my list and if not first name it's definitely a middle name contender), Evangeline, Georgiana and Josephine (DH has already vetoed Josephine though, I adored the nn Sephie! :( )

@FaithHopeandGlory

Morwenna - Morr-wenna (rolled r, in practice most people will say More-wenna)
Elowen (Elle-oh-en)
Lowenna
Steren - same as below but with a T
Seren - Serr-en - en as in Pen and the first e has the same sound
Mari - Marry
Tesni - Tess-nee
Eira - Ey-ra (ey as in hey, ra as in rabbit. Eye-ra in some parts of Wales)

And a few gaelic ones, all Scottish:
Morven
Ishbel
Eilidh - ey-lee. I know one who describes it as Hayley without the H
Elspeth

www.bbc.co.uk/wales/livinginwales/sites/howdoisay/names/index.shtml?e - some of the Welsh ones are here.

I love Jasper!

Some nice but not overused (at the moment anyway) girls names;

Natalia
Gabriella
Francesca
Delphi (or Delphine)
Mary
Beatrice
Hannah (I don’t know of any little Hannah’s)
Eliza
Anastasia (lots of nice possible shortenings)

Alexandra
Rosalind
Miranda
Antonia
Arabella

Athena
Leila
Oriel
Augusta
Meriel
Michaela
Sabina
Harriet
Freya
Jocasta
Araminta
Kinvarra
Dorothea
Isadora
Christabel

We always wanted to use a less popular name for both our girls but also one that wasn’t too impossible to spell or pronounce. There is nothing more annoying than people getting your name wrong all the time as I know from bitter experience. I have not included their names above but I failed. Both have quite a list of incorrect versions of their names! Also their friends come up with nicknames that don’t originate from you. You might like a nickname but others use something totally different!