Strong rare baby girl names (or gender neutral)

[Erindove]

My top 6 names at the moment are: Thera, Odera, Clarion, Amida, Ianthe and Raizel. I love these names, but got some backlash from friends and family, the only names they found tolerable were Odera with the suggestion to use Odie as a nickname and Clarion, what do you think? What’s your favourite name on that list, which one doesn’t work at all? Or perhaps other name suggestions? Thanks in advance ☺️

If you live in Germany are you applying the German pronunciation? Germans can’t pronounce the th sound so you’d have ee-an-tuh for Ianthe and terra for Thera.

Thera is probably the best one.
Clarion sounds like a credit card
Odera sounds like a medicine
Amida is meh
Raizel sounds like a fairy tale villain

What about Calliope?

Indira

Clarion is a stereo/car radio company. Sorry op not really a fan of any of your names as none really flow. They are stark and bitey.

I like

Reba
Remiah
Serendipity
Angharad
Constance
Atlanta
Ffion
Gaia
Willow

Really not keen sorry OP.

Going along the lines of your style...

Rivka
Hester
Gloria
Tanith
Elke
Marin
Leontine (I love it when it’s Lay-on-tyne emphasis on first syllable, Leo “layo” is a cute nickname)
Juniper
Hermia
Ramona
Rosalind
Esther
Sandrine
Honour

Thea
Hester
Ember
Ebba
Etta
Celyn (hard C)
Aster
Vida/Vita
Xanthe
Tawny

My 10yr old DD is Ianthe. So I love that name obviously!

Never had anyone sniggering about it or commenting on it, apart from positively. Perhaps it depends where you live. Ianthe is certainly not the most out there name there is around here and among her peer group. It's pretty tame but lovely!

Just adding a name I heard on location location location a few years ago, Timna. I just thought it was a beautiful girls name.

Avis

It needs to be a name that will work for every day life. A friends child has a very pretty but unusual name and she is now 12 and refuses point blank to use or answer to it and instead goes by her much more normal middle name as she hates that no one knows how to pronounce or spell her name.

Just something to consider.

By all means chooce a name you love but remember your child will have to use that name for her whole life.

@FlashBathroom like the car hire company?

jut stumbled across this.
What did you go with, and could people pronounce it - and spell it?!

@HandyHerPlumbing

jut stumbled across this. What did you go with, and could people pronounce it - and spell it?!

She only first posted 14ish hours ago...

I doubt baby is here and named already!

Isabeau

Isabeau of Bavaria was known as the she-wolf of Europe.

Tullia - daughter of Cicero

@PattyPan yup. It's also a name

@HandyHerPlumbing we definitely haven’t decided yet, but i found some new names I love, Laska (like Alaska without the A), Lilaia (Lih-LAY-ah) and Lowen, even some family members like those names which got my hopes a little up!

I heard an unusual one the other day - Clivea. I thought that was unusual and very elegant.

I thought of Clover for DD but wasn't brave enough to use!

@Erindove you can’t use Lowen if you live in Germany! Laska is also not good. Lilaia is ok

@FlashBathroom not a useable one though!

Would Elowen be an option? It’s a gorgeous name.

Laska sounds like a curry (Laksa).
Lilaia sounds like a knock off tampon, like a Lilet from Lidl.

Alaia is a nice Spanish name. Al-ay-a

Freya.

Ianthe is the only one I like on your list, OP.

What about:

Damaris
Rowan
Miranda
Rosalind
Livia

I absolutely love Ianthe. How about Isolde, Hebe, Adelaide? I have a Miranda so obviously love that too.

Old English, Alfreda

Ianthe is OK, dislike the rest. Odie reminds me of Odious and the Clarion used to be our local newsletter.