Under-used nice names

[Dogmum20]

Hi All,
Would love some suggestions for under-used, nice, names. Not ‘oldies that have come back’ (Esme, Evelyn, Alba, Edith etc…) but those names that when you hear them you say ‘ah that’s a nice name, you don’t hear that often, I’ve never met a ** before’.
Any suggestions welcome! 😊

I work in a nursery, some lovely under used names I’ve come across recently are;

Sarah
Diana
Elizabeth
Anna
Celine

Joseph
Francis
Euan
Corey
Patrick

Meredith
Cecilia
Penelope
Ivo/Ivor

Laura
Emma
Mark
Matthew

I love Susan (Susie), June and Judith.

Sally

Here are some names that I like that I think would meet your brief. I've picked names which are out of the top 400 in 2020, and without a significant period of popularity recently. If popularity is important to you, I'd highly recommend checking out this website. It takes all of the ONS name data in England and Wales and graphs it out, so it's very easy to see if something is rising in popularity and is generally easier than opening up the spreadsheet.
names.darkgreener.com/#

Adelaide
Ariadne
Bryony
Cecilia
Gaia
Isadora
Junia
Louisa
Mirabelle
Ramona
Rosalind

Heidi

Sabrina/Sabina/Serena

Joy

Josephine

Cora

Oh yes Sally and Judith!

Pamela
Vanessa
Samantha
Veronica
Grace
Hannah
Rosemary
Jemima
Jessica
Imogen
Jocasta
Tamsin or Tamasin
Saskia
Tabitha
Irene or Irena
Esmeralda

And they're not for everyone but I love the names Beulah and Shiloh

Grace is definitely not an underused girl’s name. It’s everywhere, especially as a hyphenated middle name. Penelope is popular too.

Hannah and Jessica are getting a bit more popular these days and Grace is like one of the most popular names!

Catherine
Lovely, classic, understated; lots of flexibility with nicknames

Sadie
Hazel
Magnolia nn Maggie/Nola
Brie

Clara...I think it's lovely!

Emily

Sophia

Catherine

For boys..

Daniel (not Dan!)

Peter

Nicholas

Matthew

Jane

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Jane

I like Jayne even better for some reason

There are a few names I love that are well known but aren't used frequently these days like Rebecca, Jenny, Sarah, Claire and Catherine. I also love short simple names like Ann, May, Fay.

Lettice

Pronounced Le-tice (rhymes with crease).

It was very popular in 17th-19th centuries.

Christiana
Julianna
Marianne
Georgiana

Another vote for Julia. My final 2 names for DD were Joy and Julia. I chose Joy in the end.

Verity

Marion

Thanks everyone for the ideas!
I agree some of the names suggested are fairly popular around where I live (Grace, Jessica, Imogen…) but I have got some good suggestions which will be going on my list! Thank you!

Lois. Claudia. Delia. Moira. Elsa.

Nearly all of the Austen names:
Caroline
Elizabeth
Mary
Anne
Lydia
Katherine
Charlotte
Elinor
Marianne
Louisa
Etc