Unusual/rare girls names

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I have looked all over the baby name threads already on here and still can't find one we like. Almost 30 weeks pregnant with baby girl and we just cannot agree on a name.
We both like more unusual names but not so unusual that it would sound silly or be spelt ridiculous if that makes sense. I want a pretty name, something that sounds lovely and sweet but not something you would hear very often.
I really want to name her before shes here so please help us choose a name that we can agree on. Thanks in advance!

Perdita was my first thought.

I’m in exactly the same position as you (apart from baby due in 4 days!) but you have exactly the same criteria as us and we would love to name her before she’s here too! I’ll be keeping a close eye on this thread!

Mila, Seraphina, Estelle, Genevieve, Linden, Odette, Rosamund, Juliet, Antonia, Willa, Mika, Christabel, Elisa, Penelope, Tahlia, Elodie, Daphne, Mariela, Angelique, Lena, Elvina, Elowen, Marianne, Leonie, Christobel, Philippa, Asha, Cora, Simone, Winter, Ada, Camille, Dorothea, Bettina, Lyra, Bunny, Esme, Clementine, Octavia, Cleodie, Edie, Eriska, Allegra, Emmeline, Pernilla, Valentina, Alora, Astrid, Katja and Marlowe.

Patience

My daughter is Serena-everyone loves it but no one in her school had the same name!

What sort of names do you like - classic, trendy, flowery, literary, nature etc?
Have you got any ‘nearly but not quite’s?

Just to help narrow it down a bit.

The most unusual girls’ names I’ve seen at school are Amadea, Calliope, Marina, Honor, Lavinia

Lara
Zinnia
Phoebe
Marianne
Elspeth
Miriam
Fern
Catrina
Ocatavia
Greta
Demelza
Natalie

Verity
Hester
Clarissa
Cordelia
Eugenie
Laurel
Xanthe
Ianthe
Edwina
Veronica
Lorelei
Georgiana
Audrey
Fearne
Thomasina
Christabel
Henrietta
Jasmine
Aurora

Ada, Autumn, Bonnie, Maria, Stella,

Zinnia
Sorelle

Rowena
Lyra
Artemis

Calypso

Erica, Thandi, corri, Harriet, xanthe, Clara,

Autumn, Elodie, Madison, Constance, Honor, Rosalind, Seraphine, Verity, Eliza, Mabel, Primrose, Elsie, Ivy

Can I just say I had 3 names lined up for dd1, Charlotte, Chloe or Isabel, none were right once she arrived! She's Beatrice.

Anastasia
Lavinia
Petra
Athena

Valentina, Vivienne, Dora, Tahlia, Thea (pronounced Theya, like Freya), Cleo.

I have an Indie, Indigo was considered too.

Anastasia
Blake
Blair
Sadie
Sutton
Everly
Audrina
Martha
Magnolia
Mabel
Nova
Gianna
Brie
Fearne
Callista (Callie)
Bridget (Brie)
Quinn
Peyton
Evelynn
Fleur
Estelle
Celeste
Tabitha
Nia
Nola
Ottillie
Grey
Briar
Effie
Valentina

Do you like long/flowery or shorter names?

Alethea
Rowena
Leonie
Jean
Dulcie
Sadie
Alera
Jocelyn
Alannah
Clemency
Roberta
Adrienne/Adrianna
Lenora
Marissa

Arabella, Otillie, Octavia, Hetty, Elodie, Mhairi, Raven, Lilith, Edie, Lowri, Melia, Mila, Maia, Angelina, Bluebell, Athena

I have a Piper and a Harlow. I hated their names when their dad first suggested them but I'm so in love with them now.

Merren/Merryn/Merrin
Eden
Constance
Calista
Claudia

BeeandG I’m glad it’s not just me, I know two people who named their girls before they were even born and didn’t get it as I changed DD’s name as soon as first saw her!

The most unusual ones I’ve come across are probably Hebe, Ixia, Manon, Nonie, Oriel, Seville, Thomasine and Wanda.

My first thought was Christabel!