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 ☺️

Tora
Hulda
Snøfrid (Norsk pronounced sner freed, literal meaning snow joy)
Nike (Swedish pronounced neek eh)
Berit
Bodil

Ianthe is my favourite from your list.

Do you like Halcyon? It's unusual but easy to pronounce. I know of an old lady with that name.

What about Sierra? Similar to those names but more accessible for those who think the names you like wouldn't go down well in a comp

Ianthe is lovely and perfectly normal, I’d use that.

[quote Erindove]@VinterKvinna Well some off my relatives think they have the right to decide which name we’re gonna use, but I really don’t wanna disappoint anyone so I’m trying to find a name that at least is “tolerable” to everyone[/quote]
Don’t!!!

This is YOUR baby!

Do you honestly think they would do the same for you?!

Choose what you like!- it is none of their business and, believe me- they will get used to what you choose and it just won’t matter.

Blaze, Ginger, George, Billie.

@Twizbe

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

I used to work with a Timna @Twizbe - years ago now and I'd totally forgotten. It's lovely isn't it?

OP
Ianthe is beautiful but yes, if you're in Germany the 'th' will be tricky
Thea I like better than Thera
Calliope
Diana
Ursula
Grace, actually, is a very strong name
Cassandra
Gaia

You cannot call a child Clarion!

Hero/Hera

Ashley
Darcy
Emil

Herculisa

Thoretta

My favourite strong and rare girl names:

• Elspeth
• Bronwen
• Hester
• Hephzibah

I like Ianthe the best.

I also love Scheherazade (that's my 'wish I'd been bold enough to use it' name).
Amaranta
Kinvara
Anais
Ione
Phaedra
Bathsheba
Anouk
Saskia
Audina
Sybil
Guinevere
Morgan
Manon

Araminta
Hero
Anstis
Charity
Loveday
Agatha
Phaedra

I don’t like any from the first list I’m afraid.

Why do people on MN always suggest Phaedra It’s like naming your child Oedipus!

How about Amira? Great name!

Romilly
Meredith
Rosalind / Rosamund
Hester
Persephone
Minerva
Mildred
Augusta
Cymbeline

I like Andromache (with Greek pron an-dro-ma-khee, not the French pron an-dro-mash), and she was a wonderful strong character but she had an awful end after the fall of Troy when she was basically forcefully taken as a concubine, so I don't feel I could ever use it. Always best to check what happened to these mythical characters.

I like tragic mythical characters - Dido, Ophelia, Yseult, Electra, Delilah.

Sticky ends don’t put me off a good name.

Agape
Gaia

I love Ianthe from your list.

Innes
Farada
Nina
Uma
Sybil
Lena
Zeta
Magda
Riva

Avianna
Sibella
Cicely
Yasmina
Aretta/Arietta
Etnee
Reeva
Kianna
Amila
Abaya
Aera
Gianna
Vienna
Venetia
Adalaigh
Haniya
Niya

@PattyPan I don’t like any of the names I suggested, but am just trying to vibe with the OP

Cicera?

Striker