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For an unusual elegant timeless classic name?

155 replies

changeage · 08/06/2023 21:03

Bianca

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whatausername · 08/06/2023 21:28

Whenever I see Bianca my brain instantly hears Lubianca/Lubyanka prison and thinks of torture. Maybe a tad niche though 😂

AverageJoan · 08/06/2023 21:28

I do like Lydia
Also saw Cassidy on here a while ago and think that is very nice

changeage · 08/06/2023 21:29

@Bluebellsbells who in God's name watching Eastenders 🤣- especially anymore.
I think of it more from Shakespeare! A foreign name.

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Neongrun · 08/06/2023 21:29

Frances ticks every box

I always like Renee too

changeage · 08/06/2023 21:29

@whatausername I'm looking that up 🤣

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Justhereforaibu1 · 08/06/2023 21:30

I've always loved Christabel.

ConstantlyConfusedBird · 08/06/2023 21:35

Clementine
Marina
Violet
Annie
Kate
Eleanor
Leander
Mariella
Alexandria
Agatha
Tabitha
Emma
Natalia

changeage · 08/06/2023 21:35

@Justhereforaibu1 yes that's lovely.

I heard Talia the other day. I thought that had a nice ring to it!

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changeage · 08/06/2023 21:40

Jemima I thought nice too!

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MonumentalLentil · 08/06/2023 21:40

I always think of Bianca in Eastenders shouting Rickaaaayy!

Soulstirring · 08/06/2023 21:41

I’ve always liked Juliette

atthebottomofthehill · 08/06/2023 21:42

Laura

Josephine

Ingrid

Meredith

Primrose

MrsLilaAmes · 08/06/2023 21:42

If you want unusual as well as timeless elegant and classic- and Shakespearean- what about Inogen

Pritipoll · 08/06/2023 21:42

Genevieve

PickledScrump · 08/06/2023 21:43

I can’t stand eastenders, never watched it, never want to. Bianca screaming rickaaaaayyy is still the first thing that popped into my head. 😂😂 Everyone knows it. The problem with it being quite unusual is that most people won’t know of any others apart from that one terrible reference, so that’s what they will think of.

LorraineInSpain · 08/06/2023 21:44

MrsLilaAmes · 08/06/2023 21:42

If you want unusual as well as timeless elegant and classic- and Shakespearean- what about Inogen

Wouldn’t they have a lifetime of being called Imogen, though?

I like Bianca. Also Rosalind and Rosamund,

whatausername · 08/06/2023 21:45

I think @mambojambodothetango and whoever suggested Marina are on the money for timeless, elegant and unusual names!

bossybloss · 08/06/2023 21:46

MissCherryCakeyBun · 08/06/2023 21:11

And also on Eastenders Blush

Rickaaaayyyyy!!!

fishfingerSarnies · 08/06/2023 21:47

Caroline
Gwendoline
Genevieve
Roberta
Sylvia
Phylis

MrsLilaAmes · 08/06/2023 21:48

LorraineInSpain · 08/06/2023 21:44

Wouldn’t they have a lifetime of being called Imogen, though?

I like Bianca. Also Rosalind and Rosamund,

🤷‍♀️ Mispronunciation is a risk you take with unusual names. ‘Common’ names are no particular protection to be honest, from personal experience. Rosalind is quite likely to get Rosalyn…

changeage · 08/06/2023 21:49

It remind me more of Kanye West new wife, ex supermodel Bianca Jagger, that Romanian super model and Othello!
😆

I like names that are really unusual without being made up like Chardonnaynay-May etc

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Chewbecca · 08/06/2023 21:49

I haven't watched Enders for over 30 years but I hear Bianca and shout RICKY.

MrsLilaAmes · 08/06/2023 21:51

Really unusual, not made up: Etheldreda

nibblethekibble · 08/06/2023 21:51

I have an Allegra