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Most unusual girls names you've heard?

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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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DaisyWaldron · 22/07/2021 20:34

People I only know one of:
Yolande
Talitha
Kinvara
Eline
Xanthe
Eithne
Margarita
Tanith
Pieta

People I know more than one of, but suspect their names are still pretty unusual:
Elektra
Athene
Marina
Saffron

Randomgal28 · 22/07/2021 20:34

Tia

Slipperfairy · 22/07/2021 20:36

Beryl.

Lots of fairly normal names but with a oonicque spelling.

The only one I know is in her 70s.

Paivaa · 22/07/2021 20:37

My DD is Tula (too-la)

YourCakesAreShit · 22/07/2021 20:40

@hamsterchump

Loveday, Isolde, Athena, Demelza, Artemis, Morwenna, Lowenna, Senara.
Do you live in Cornwall, by any chance?
hamsterchump · 22/07/2021 20:41

@YourCakesAreShit Yep!

YesIReallyDoLikeRootBeer · 22/07/2021 20:42

My cousin named her daughter Bradleigh and a girl at the school I work at was named Atlanta

lenaperkins · 22/07/2021 20:42

I once knew a lady called Étrenne - (the meaning is NY gift), could be shortened to Etty.

Never met another Étrenne.

Cloverglens · 22/07/2021 20:46

Rowena

Yellowmoons · 22/07/2021 20:49

Ariadne
Kerensa / Kerenza
Sabrina

2tired2bewitty · 22/07/2021 20:49

Antigone (like Hermione) nn Tiggy
Xanthippe
Tsuru (silent T)
Dimienne

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 22/07/2021 20:50

Emmeline
Romy
Romola

sorryiasked · 22/07/2021 20:51

Went to school with a girl called Fuchsia

EducatingArti · 22/07/2021 20:52

Some Shakesperian ones:
Marina
Perdita
Hermione
Paulina
Rosalind

Some more unusual Biblical ones
Dorcas
Eunice
Priscilla
Junia
Jemima(h)
Leah
Martha
Talitha
Lois

Old English:
Elfswyth
Ethelfleda
Boudicca
Merwenna

TwatyKaty · 22/07/2021 20:55

Augusta
Valentina
Cecilia
Zeborah
Clarissa

I have a DD who has one of these names.

Martyitsyourkids · 22/07/2021 20:55

Blossom, Autumn, Meadow.

Bookaholic73 · 22/07/2021 20:57

I guess Tamar might be unusual, but not around here.

cortex10 · 22/07/2021 20:59

Coralie

littlepieces · 22/07/2021 21:00

Wren
Maya
Erith
Astrid
Xandie
Athena

BeeBobny · 22/07/2021 21:01

Elin
Edit
Helena
Azzurra
Ines
Rina
Alisa
Alma

SusannahSophia · 22/07/2021 21:03

I know a Honey, Storm, Summer, Thirza, Phaedra, Fallon, Teigan, Thalia, Blue, Delyth, Xanthe, Ramona, Meriel, and Jonquil.

Let us know what you decide.

the80sweregreat · 22/07/2021 21:03

@BillyIsMyBunny

Junia Memory Amala Oxana Cushla
Cushla? I'm Sure someone will channel Del Boy and call her ' cushty ' ! Poor soul .
BunnyRuddington · 22/07/2021 21:03

Autumn

I think that just shows how regional names are. There was a spate of Autumns and Summers around here at one time.

PrettyLittleFlies · 22/07/2021 21:03

@RandomCatGenerator

Unusual names of girls I’ve met

Minuet
Precious
Savannah
Blue
Mercedes

I have not met any Minuets but the others, yes. Precious is a popular name in some communities.
mum0fone · 22/07/2021 21:03

I once met a Tiannie, pronounced like “Tia-knee” and thought it was lovely