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Most unusual girls names you've heard?

339 replies

shuz1980 · 22/07/2021 18:01

Im really stuck on girls names, theres not a single name me and my partner can agree on. I want something unusual but something really pretty and girly. Whats the most unusual names you've heard?

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Pinchoftums · 22/07/2021 19:55

I know three Melodies!
Names I've only come across once
Xoana
Pebbles
Areta

elephantoverthehill · 22/07/2021 19:55

There was a woman on 'Uprising' last night called Velvetina, both Dd and I said what a lovely names we thought it was.

GingerAndTheBiscuits · 22/07/2021 19:58

I know a Queenie!

35andThriving · 22/07/2021 19:58

BunnyRuddington - There were 3 girls called Strawberry is 2012 too.

aprilshowers2015 · 22/07/2021 19:59

I used to work with a Fallon, love it!

Violinist64 · 22/07/2021 20:02

I have known a Rohais and an Odette. I was at school for a short time with a girl called Oenone; pronounced O no nee. I have never met anyone else with this name and I think it is quite attractive.

PingedAgain · 22/07/2021 20:04

@elephantoverthehill

There was a woman on 'Uprising' last night called Velvetina, both Dd and I said what a lovely names we thought it was.
I saw that, too, and said the same thing to DH. What a darling name.
Beetlewing · 22/07/2021 20:06

Velvet
Lilac
Serenity
Marceline
Cordelia
Elif

All in my daughters school. The days of every girl being called either Emma or Louise are long gone

ChilliChaos · 22/07/2021 20:09

Daphne
Muriel
Agnes-Louise
Selbie
Jacinta
Delphine
Dahlia (day-liya)
Magdalena

RainbowMumzy · 22/07/2021 20:10

Names I loved but husband vetoed:
Fawn
Posey
Primrose
Blossom
Noëlle
Beatrice
Wren

Fearless9286 · 22/07/2021 20:10

I once met a Beulah and it always struck me as a lovely name. Have never come across another

emlouwat · 22/07/2021 20:12

Jovie

OneMamaAndHerGirl · 22/07/2021 20:19

It’s not unusual as such but it is very pretty, I have an Esmé. It’s a french name which means “to love”

EleanorOlephantisjustfine · 22/07/2021 20:19

@Theoldcuriosityshop

I knew a Phaedra.
Is that not a boys name. Peace’s Geldolf named her boy Phaedra.
Terrazzo · 22/07/2021 20:20

Only ever met one Jera.

Terrazzo · 22/07/2021 20:21

@EleanorOlephantisjustfine Peaches named her son after a Greek princess.

Pogostemon · 22/07/2021 20:23

Is that not a boys name. Peace’s Geldolf named her boy Phaedra.

No, it’s a girl’s name. She was a princess in Greek mythology.

GiveMyHeadPeaceffs · 22/07/2021 20:23

I quite like Sybille (pronounced Sybilluh) I knew a German girl with that name, she was lovely so maybe that why I'm quite partial to it.

I once worked with a woman called Zephryn, never met anyone with the name before or since.

Terrazzo · 22/07/2021 20:24

Also only ever met one Pytsje but think might be quite common in Holland.

Romina
Clarissa

QueenAdreena · 22/07/2021 20:26

Not names that I personally love, but I’ve only ever met one Avocet and one Fenella.

PatchworkElmer · 22/07/2021 20:28

I know a Taryn, and a Bronwen.

Roselilly36 · 22/07/2021 20:28

Xanthe
Azalea
Bluebell
Angel

GreenWhiteViolet · 22/07/2021 20:28

Only met one:

Princess
Keturah
Privian
Thenila
Vania

hamsterchump · 22/07/2021 20:32

Loveday, Isolde, Athena, Demelza, Artemis, Morwenna, Lowenna, Senara.

SirGawain · 22/07/2021 20:34

@Disfordarkchocolate

Olwen is a name I've only heard once and always thought sounded lovely.
I had a lovely aunt called Olwen, once I knew someone called Alwin which i also liked.
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