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Unusual but not wacky Girls names

93 replies

Sussex34 · 14/09/2022 14:21

Trying to think of some more girls names to add to my list as currently DP and I only agree on two names (Cleo and Jemima). For my first DD I feel as though I was quite successful in finding a name that was uncommon but not outlandish, but struggling more for this baby. Basically I don’t want anything where there’s going to be 5 of them in the class with the same name. Any ideas?

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Watchthesunrise · 14/09/2022 14:27

Nothing wrong with Cleo or Jemima. Why go wider?

goldfinchonthelawn · 14/09/2022 14:30

Jemima is a gorgeous name.
Tabitha
Meredith
Coraline

QuebecBagnet · 14/09/2022 14:30

Harriet
martha
nancy

Raul57 · 14/09/2022 14:34

Jemima sounds good.

How about, Emma?

Luredbyapomegranate · 14/09/2022 14:41

I like Cleo a lot, Jemima is sweet too.

Lois
Ines
Jocelyn
Stella
Thora
Honor
Adela
Claudia
Cassia
Fernanda
Marianne
Genevieve
Caroline

Batinthehouse · 14/09/2022 14:42

Merryn

CassandraBarrett · 14/09/2022 14:43

Lydia

Piffle11 · 14/09/2022 14:44

Myrtle. Bloody love it.

Sussex34 · 14/09/2022 14:49

I love all of these so much! Merryn I had never heard of, Tabitha is also on our list. 😊 Thank you all!

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MagnoliatheMagnificent · 14/09/2022 14:51

Aurelia, Lucia, Astrid,
I like Jemima but stick to the J. I saw an adult Gemima the other day and it just didn't seem right!

MissyB1 · 14/09/2022 14:51

Celine
Rhiannon
Kathleen
Mary
Marieanne
Phillipa

Purpleavocado · 14/09/2022 14:52

Romilly
Marina
Catriona

MichelleScarn · 14/09/2022 14:54

Prudence
Isadora
Verity

Happenchance · 14/09/2022 14:54

Celeste
Tallulah
Jocelyn

Emmyhm · 14/09/2022 14:55

My daughter is Delilah! Classic but still unusual :-)

BiscuitLover3678 · 14/09/2022 14:56

Beatrix?

beachsandseaicecream · 14/09/2022 14:57

Heidi
Lorelei
Henrietta
Christabel
Rosanna
Helena
Amy
Louisa
Lavinia
Francesca
Edith
Esther
Hester
Leonore
Naomi
Georgina
Josephine
Martha
Cara
Cora
Nancy
Audrey
Fearne
Heather
Chloe
Jessica
Beatrix
Verity
Natalie
Laura
Andrea

SilverOtter · 14/09/2022 14:58

If I had a baby girl right now, I would call her Clemency.

toastofthetown · 14/09/2022 14:59

Of your two names, I prefer Cleo. Jemima is very racially charged in the USA and names which travel well are important to me (wouldn't choose Pippa for this reason either).
Other classic but underused girls names are:
Adelaide
Cecily
Claudia
Frances
Gaia
Louisa
Odette
Pandora
Rowena
Vita

MsFizz · 14/09/2022 15:04

Hazel
Beatrix
Juno
Orla
Clementine
Hope
Selene
Celine
Celeste
Imogen
Greta

inmyslippers · 14/09/2022 15:09

Cleo is lovely

Stevie
Robyn
Olympia
Honor
Tegan
Marley
Frida
Zola

Miriam101 · 14/09/2022 15:10

Eleonora
Beatrice
Miranda

motherofawhirlwind · 14/09/2022 15:13

I have a Tabitha and there's quite a few of them around here, but we also liked Meredith, Merryn, Imogen, Willow and Rowena.

Wammawink · 14/09/2022 15:15

My two cats are Cleo and Jemima but I think they are lovely for human names too 😄

Yika · 14/09/2022 15:17

Zita
Sigrid
Leona