'normal' names that just don't appear on the baby name lists for some reason?

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I'm still on the hunt for the perfect name, any help would be appreciated! I've noticed during my online search that there are gaps in the obvious names lists and I'm sure this little girl's name is a really obvious name that I just haven't seen on a list, could you guys suggest some obvious names that you don't often see on the "top 100" lists? For example I've been through about 20,000 names and Danielle, Felicity, Jill etc didn't show up on any of them. I'm not a fan of these names but it feels like I'm just missing an obvious one because I have immense baby brain and all names have flown away! Thanks! X

Hello!

Sorry I haven't managed to reply to all of you. I've been down a rabbit hole of all the lists people suggested, which then spawned more lists, I somehow ended up on a top titan name list🤣 Thank you for all your suggestions so far!

Still haven't found "the one" so I've been staring at each of the names you suggested to try and be fair to them but something just isn't clicking. There's so many lovely names been suggested but then I try to apply it to her and it feels wrong?

We've ended up with Clara, Tabitha, Poppy, Sabrina & Lily on the "panic - a name is never going to feel right so maybe one of these will do" list X

How about Eve, Beatrice or Eden?

Samantha nn Sammy

All of the names on your list are lovely imo.

@Katieg27 , every other girl seems to be an Evie. Beatrice is in the top 100, as is Eden, which seems to be in the nature names lists for girls and boys.
I don't like Eden. Eve and Beatrice are ok, but I don't like the Eve type names like Eva, Ava, Ivy, Evelyn Everley, Evangeline etc

Just thought of Erin too. Not sure how popular it is though

Erin comes up on here quite often but seemed to have peaked ar #28 in 2006. It's been in the top 100 since 1996, according to Darkgreener (data for England & Wales since 1996)

Clara, Tabitha, Poppy, Sabrina & Lily are quite different in sound and vibe.

I'll suggest: Cara, Matilda, Jemima, Sabina, Dorcas, Martha, Annest, Jacinta, Jocasta, Diana, Clarissa, Rachel

More suggestions:
Lucinda
Freya
Esme
Dorothy or Dorothea
Sadie
Alexandra
Jasmine
Millicent, nn Millie

Love Sabrina. Always thought she was the coolest Angel from Charlie’s Angels.

It might just be a case of waiting and seeing - baby might just look like a name once she arrives.

But based on your list of possibles:

Hannah
Megan
Bea
Frances
Belle
Blythe
Dawn
Fawn
Fleur
Greer
Nell
Rae
Wynn
Alicia
Camille
Coralie
Melina
Simone
Vera
Bessie
Ida
Mattie
Viola
Selena
Amber
Blair
Carmel
Carmine
Ceres
Ginger
Opal
Rhea
Xanthe
Alexis
Amy
April
Briana
Carly
Chelsea
Deanna
Erica
Jasmine
Jessa
Kayla
Melanie
Melody
Savannah
Astra
Mira
Sage
Selena
Selene
Serena
Sybil
Zelda
Birdie
Kezia
Piper
Pippa
Roxy
Roxanne
Vida
Avis
Gwynne
Aviva
Chloe
Lilac
Reva
Verna
Ember

If I was pregnant now I’d be thinking about:

Carmen
Heidi
Hazel
Lorna
Flora
Caroline
Celeste
Pearl
Elizabeth
Katherine
Stephanie
Marion
Dorathea
Estelle
Esther
Kathleen

For boys I like New Testament and/or regal names 🙂

• Sorry, I meant Dorothea.

also Cassandra, Joanna.

I was a primary school in the 70’s and 80’s and can remember two sisters called Beth and Zoe which to my mind are both diminutives of Elizabeth. Always fascinated me that did.

Sally & Sadie are short for Sarah, well they are in the North West anyway.

Dorothy. Karen. Sybil. Angela.

Sabrina is lovely. I like the similar sounding Serena too (even more so) and there's Selena too which also sounds similar if either of those take your fancy.

I'm not keen on Tabitha and, although the other 3 are lovely, they are all quite popular which I get the impression you were trying to avoid?

I love Sage and Kayla but my OH didn't :(

Sage and Kayla both lean a bit American to me, so it might be worth looking at the American top 100 / 1000 as well?

I’ll have a look and see if anything stands out

It's not quite so much that I'm trying to avoid popular names, it's just that I felt like the lists that all pop up when you Google seemed to have some names missing off that seemed like obvious names to me, if that makes sense? Of course having been through the links people have linked I can see that all the baby name lists are just taking them from the top 100 used each year and that's why I'm seeing all the same names! But then if you Google unusual names to try and get a wider pool you end up with some quite odd ones, I felt like there was a middle elusive ground that I couldn't master! X

Joannie
Dorothy
Bianca

Vivienne - one of my favourite names.

Love this! OH has agreed to add to the maybe list!

Oo good idea!

There's definitely middle ground, I agree, but name trends change over the years so it's unsurprising most lists will either include current popular names or up and coming trendy names, or totally way out if you're searching for unusual.

The ones which don't appear in any tend to be those dated names which were popular when we or our parents were young, so definitely not unusual, but hardly anyone is using right now (for a good reason in some cases!).

Names from the 50s-80s will have their day again one day, probably when our own kids choose to honour us or their grandparents, but currently most of them seem very dated, baring certain timeless classics which never seem to go out of style (James, William, Emma, Elizabeth etc).

If it's classic you're after Lily probably feels the most classic on your list, if that helps, but with a Rose already (also very classic) you may wish to avoid another floral name. For what it's worth, I'd say Clara probably sounds the nicest with Rose and isn't as popular as Lily or Poppy (which feel a bit matchy with Rose, to me).

Based on Sage and Kayla being liked:

Kyra
Jada
Keira
Kyla
Caitlin
Kelsey
Shelby
Sierra
Adora
Ashlyn
Avalon
Brielle
Clea
Colette
Cosette
Gracelyn
Jayla
Nyla
Kayley
Lorna
Nia
Skyler / Skyla
Tiana
Ayla
Aida
Etta
Kenna
Lena
Mona
Nika
Mika
Tavia
Clover
Aspen
Alma
Della
Juniper
Sloane
Aria
Cadence
Charity
Doe
Ever
Haven
Hope
Liberty
Lux
Maven
Rue
Scout
Sky / Skye
Tawny
Winter
Alba
Amara
Billie
Callie
Dakota
Hadley
Livia
Lumi
Noa
Rio
Shea
Sunny
Tatum
Zia

Kirsty
Sabine/Sabina (seeing as you like Sabrina)
Carla (or Carola)
Rowan
Katy
Alison
Nina
Marguerite
Bryony
Liane/Liana
Stephanie

If you're not averse to "American" names that were popular in past decades, how about:
Kelsey
Addison
Alyssa
Kaylee/ Kayleigh
Taylor
Mariah
Sierra
Jordan
Madison
Ashley
Paige
Whitney
Megan/ Meghan
Dakota
Kelly
Kaitlyn
Morgan
Brooke
Brianna
Cheyenne
Amber
Casey
Jamie
Chelsea
Shauna
Sydney
Shelby

Also:
Liberty
Trinity

I like
Clementine
Calliope
Amity
Paloma
Clara
Lydia
Melody
Olive
Peony
Tandie

A mixture of names here really

If I was to have another girl I would call her Clementine