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UNUSUAL SOPHISTICATED GIRL NAMES PLEASE!!!

159 replies

heyyyyyyyy · 12/06/2020 20:04

Hello

I want RARE girl name (doesn't have to be trendy) that sounds or looks

  • sophisticated
  • educated
  • relatively strong
  • a bit literary maybe
  • beautiful (I mean the spelling)
  • it's OK if it's a bit hard to pronounce (and spell)

please give me some name suggestions!

Here are some of my favorites

  1. Joyzelle (JOY-zelle)
  2. Aoife (EE-fa)
  3. Leontyne/Leontine (lay-ON-teen)
  • I'll call her Leo as a nickname
4) Faustina (FAU-s-TINA)
  • nickname - Tina
5) Louella/Luella (loo-WELL-la) 6) Rosalind (ROSE-a-lind) 7) Rosamond/Rosamund (ROSE-a-mond) 8) Amaryllis (am-muh-REEL-lis) 9) Cassiopeia (kass-ee-OH-pi-ah)
  • nickname Cassie
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Echobelly · 12/06/2020 21:24

Anastasia
Collette
Serena

mamasiz · 12/06/2020 21:25

Perdita is lovely but if you are keen on the meanings behind names it is Latin for ‘lost’ so this might not be what you had in mind.

Flippetydip · 12/06/2020 21:26

I love Persephone, Percy for short

Minniee · 12/06/2020 21:28

Some of your names to me are the exact opposite of elegant, educated and classy.

What about Felicity, Verity, Elsbeth, Andromeda, Leonora, Araminta, Faith?

winterisstillcoming · 12/06/2020 21:28

Veda

Teacher12345 · 12/06/2020 21:31

I wouldn't pick anything that you have had to point out the pronunciation of. Your child will spend their life explaining it

Yika · 12/06/2020 21:31

Berenice
Leopoldine
Iphigenia
Tamara
Edwina

Disfordarkchocolate · 12/06/2020 21:32

Jocasta

FairfaxAikman · 12/06/2020 21:32

Cecily

MrJollyLivesNextDoor · 12/06/2020 21:34

Carenza
Camille

LilaPad · 12/06/2020 21:36

Romy / Romlly
Esmeralda
Violet
Theresa
Hermione
Tamar
Sienna
Florence

Standrewsschool · 12/06/2020 21:38

Louella is the name of one of the two main characters in Shakespeare and Hathaway. I wouldn’t associate it with an actress daughters death at all (not sure who you are referring to).

Ophelia
Rowena
Cassandra
Clementine
Alexandrina (Queen Victoria name before she became Queen Vic)
Jacinta
Antoinette
Ramona
Rosette
Susannah
Geraldine

VinoOlive · 12/06/2020 21:38

Seraphina
Thomasina
Artemis
Ianthe
Valentina
Christabel
Verity
Jocasta
Lilith
Clementine
Lettice
Lavinia
Eloisa
Davina
Vivienne
Juliette
Georgiana (Georg-jay-na)
Hyacinth
Dahlia
Jenna
Isadora
Dorothea
Theodora
Carolina
Rosanna

Musmerian · 12/06/2020 21:39

Rosalind and Rosamund are pronounced Ros- a lind/ mund not Rose.

AdaColeman · 12/06/2020 21:43

Aphra
Dulcie
Hester
Lucinda
Flavia

tararabumdeay · 12/06/2020 21:45

Clarissa.

tararabumdeay · 12/06/2020 21:48

Had a friend at tech called 'Fiamma' which was cool, ironically.

Thisbastardcomputer · 12/06/2020 21:52

Silvarna

AdaColeman · 12/06/2020 21:52

Corinna
Dido

SquirrelFan · 12/06/2020 21:54

If you're looking for classic, sophisticated, unusual and strong, I recommend Rowan, Linden, Althea, and Arden.

BikeRunSki · 12/06/2020 21:55

Giselle
Heloise
Portia
Xanthe
Pandora
Perdita
Constance
Leonora

IdblowJonSnow · 12/06/2020 21:57

Evelyn
Eleanor
Rebecca
Iris
Zoe
Alex

HainaultViaNewburyPark · 12/06/2020 21:59

Audrey
Belinda
Caroline
Deborah (shortened to Derah rather than Debbie)
Evadne
Freida
Gloria
Hortense
Ingrid
Jocelyn
K
Louisa
Marina
Penelope
Rebecca
Sandra
Thomasine
Ursula
Veronica
Wanda
Yvette
Zoe

helly29 · 12/06/2020 22:02

Cordelia

Ejmorgan · 12/06/2020 22:05

Viera-jayne

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