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!

Merryn

Hazel
Pippa
Billie
Nancy
Etta
Amalia

Letitia

Daphne
Sylvie
Agatha
Clarice
Camille
Jocelyn
Hecate
Romula

I like the name Lillia/Lilia. Pretty but uncommon.

We have an Anouk, and get a lot of comments about how pretty her name is. Some others that are unusual but not out there:

Emmeline
Naya
Saskia
Noemi
Linnéa
Agnes

Good luck!

Elowen
Eleri
Esther
Jenna
Claire
Iris
Lois
Mollie

@TillyDevon

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!

I think I'd have put money on dd1 being Chloe or Charlotte but it just didn't suit her. We were more decided with dd2 but partly because we knew she was a girl.

We do seem to lean more towards shorter names. Usually names that are just two syllables. Theres a few names that have been suggested so far that we've already discussed but not agreed on. Think we're being so fussy but want to get it right. I don't want to regret her name in the future.
A few names that i like are: Mabel, Maeve, Rosa, Nova, Willow, Maya, Marcie, Joni, Nola.

Keturah
Theda
Callisto
Shiloh
Bethesda

Were all on my list, but she didn't look like them, except one of them is her middle name!

Jane
Susan
Nicola
Judith
Frances
Janet
Mary
Linda
Carol
Deborah

If i have another DD she will be Audrina
Also love Judy

I've got Marcy, Fiona and Sadie on my girl's list x

Aphra
Alba
Cara
Gaia
Ianthe
Merryn
Orla
Pia
Rowan
Zara
Thea
Thora
Vita
Xanthe

Bethan
Clara
Mistral
Florette

Celeste
Marnie
Manon
Layla
Anthea
Jasmine
Stella
Maisie
Naomi
Rowan
April
Josie
Carys
Lena

Of your list, I like Willow, Maya and Nola best.

Shorter more classic names include Helen, Alice, Alix, Lena, Rose, Brooke, Lynn, Neve, Ruth, Tess or Tessa, Wren, Nessie, Clara, Elspeth, Elise, Laura, Margot, Esther, Giselle and Penny.

The two most unusual names I have come across in real life are:

Meroë (pronounced Merroway)
Rowana

Georgia

Salome

Other suggestions based on your list

Nina
Dulcie
Molly
Elise
Merryn
Bethan
Niamh
Chloe
Daphne
Lila

Willow definitely isn’t a rare name at the moment, I have a one year old and there are lots of Willow’s in baby groups. A couple of Nova’s too.

Katinka
Lavender
Xanthe/Ianthe
Calypso
Miriam

Isolde
Tulah
Enela
Joy

@HarryLimeFoxtrot

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

Oriel is my favourite girls’ name (spelled Oriol though, as in Lady Oriol Bowden).