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It's actually a girl, unusual girl names please

158 replies

Girlsnamesarealsohard · 21/09/2022 07:47

Hi,
I posted on here a while back because I'd done nub theory and had all the symptoms of a boy pregnancy. Someone ended up suggesting a lovely name, Tristan, which I really liked and managed to convince husband of.

Turns out I was wrong and it's a girl.

Seeing as I managed to have success with suggestions last time I thought I'd try and set the impossible task again, so...

I need a girl's name that:

Is not top 200 and more unusual to go with my son's name.
Is Celtic or Roman (possibly Greek)
Has a longer and shorter version.
Is a bit more modern sounding than old fashioned.
Is less common so I am unlikely to have taught or met one (long in the tooth teacher so meet a lot of children)

My husband has suggested a few names that I like but have taught before, so I feel they belong to that child if that makes sense. Husband thinks once you use a name it becomes yours and you forget prior associations, but I'm not so sure. It's not about negative or positive associations, taught some lovely children with lovely names, but after knowing them really well for a year I can't help but associate that name with them.

Has anyone else had similar and used a familiar name that became their own?

Thanks again!

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Magissa · 21/09/2022 11:20

Myrsini
Selini
Fotini
Effimia
Agapi
Christofora
Agni
Marina

urbanbuddha · 21/09/2022 11:20

Artemis
Athené
Marina
Ishbel
Shona

Jessbow · 21/09/2022 11:31

Melissa Not to off the wall, but far from comon

Lisa/Lis / Mel /Melly

EducatingArti · 21/09/2022 11:58

Marina is nice, Shakespearian as well as Latin but it won't work if your last name is Morris ( joke for those over a certain age!)

cuminpotato · 21/09/2022 12:02

Anneliese
Annelie

sofap · 21/09/2022 12:19

Cant you still use tristan for a girl? I know 2 girl Tristan's they are beautiful

Fraaahnces · 21/09/2022 12:28

Hero
Hera
Hestia
Trista
Calliope
Lyssa
Nix

ElizaSkye · 21/09/2022 12:33

hesper or calliope

FetlocksBlowingInTheWind · 21/09/2022 12:37

Athena?

RebeccaCloud9 · 21/09/2022 12:38

Araya, could use Ari as a shortened version.

Dogsandbabies · 21/09/2022 12:41

I love Nefeli - you can shorten to Efi

Nsky62 · 21/09/2022 12:42

Lydia
elia

MissCrowley · 21/09/2022 12:44

Persephone
Athena

Snog · 21/09/2022 12:47

Aphra

SophiaLarsen · 21/09/2022 12:48

Bronwen
Seren
Niamh
Iona
Fiona

wellhelloitsme · 21/09/2022 12:48

Isolde
Ariadne
Ariette

Dreamingcats · 21/09/2022 12:56

Sephryn

AleynEivlys · 21/09/2022 13:14

Thora

NotABeliever · 21/09/2022 13:19

Aurelia
Olimpia
Both Roman names

CovertImage · 21/09/2022 13:30

Vitalite, pronounced “Veet-al-eet-ay”

Roman goddess of sunflowers

pinkunicorns54 · 21/09/2022 13:31

No name suggestions, but I do a similar job and worked with a child, who was actually quite challenging to work with, for a period of a year.

I had my heart set on their name from before we conceived, but was put off when I was pregnant because I was working with them (only one I've ever worked with in my 10yr career).

I actually talked it through with my line manager, who convinced me to use it. I did, and now our DC is all I think of when I hear their name!

SleepingStandingUp · 21/09/2022 13:31

Persephone

YeOldeTrout · 21/09/2022 13:45

Make something up. Why wouldn't you?

Witch708 · 21/09/2022 13:50

Morgan

Works for both sexes

FlamingoSocks · 21/09/2022 13:51

I knew a Brynja, she was lovely. (Pron. Brinn-ya, think it’s Icelandic). She was often Brin for short.