Girls Names - Unusual but not dated or whacky?

[PitterPatter3]

Looking for a girl’s name which people will know but has never been in the top 100 or so and isn’t really whacky either (e.g. I wouldn’t go for Indigo or River).

My shortlist so far is:

Eloise
Anastasia
Gabriella
Clementine
Tabitha
Jemima
Camelia
Tatiana
Christabel

Any other suggestions?

Gwendolyn
Jocelyn
Analise
Emmeline
Tamara
Genevieve
Sabrina
Antonia
Celeste
Marianne
Nadia
Adrienne
Katrina
Leonie
Helena
Miriam
Natasha
Estelle

Aurelia
annabelle
ottilie
rosalie
tallulah
vivienne
marigold
beatrix
josephine
juliet
henrietta
seraphina
ophelia
luella
serena
emmeline
theodora
valentina
cecilia
meredith

Marina
Tabitha
Saskia
Imogen
Lucienne
Luciana
Cordelia
Cornelia
Corisande
Melusine
Ottilie
Sabina
Gabriella
Cecily
Eloise
Paola
Polina
Helena
Frederica

Erica
Dyani
Rhiannon
Katya
Genevieve
Mahalia
Demelza
Antoinette
Nardia
Francine
Thomasina
Jilena
Kristelle
Electra
Alfreda
Jordana
Lilliana
Magdalene
Marissa
Carissa
Azalea
Adrienne
Saffron
Telissa
Melisse
Bernadette
Saskia
Laurel
Yasmin
Matisse
Juanita
Roberta
Amity
Melia
Amali
Lana
Xanthe
Zelda
Pearl
Miriam
Birdie
Narelle
Neroli
Arlia
Haidee
Glenda
Kristin
Kirsten
Sheree
Anthea
Azaria
Maggie
Adeline
Roma
Kyla
Sydney
Yvette
Dana
Greta
Gretchen
Vera
Marguerite
Catriona
Katrine
Patrice
Nerissa
Bronwyn
Hermione
Giselle
Celeste
Estelle
Nerida

Tabitha
Saskia
Tiffany
Vivica
Remy
Reeva
Paloma
Genevieve

Many of the Ancient Roman/Latinate girls names are well known, not wacky but have never been in the top 100 so aren’t dated. Think Claudia, Antonia, Serena, Marina or Mariana, Cecilia or Celia etc .

Also lesser used “British” or Shakespearean names - Verity, Jessamine, Bryony, Rosamund or Rosalind, Juliet, Miranda etc

These are brilliant. Thank you.

Gabriella is gorgeous.

Juliet
Rose/Rosalie
Harriet
April
Josephine
Maria

I love this thinking! Many thanks.

I really like Anastasia. I know several young Gabriella's so that doesn't fit your criteria in my experience.

Have you considered...

Elspeth
Jocelyn
Meredith
Adeline
Natasha
Laurel
Coralie / Coraline
Bridget
Fleur
Emmeline
Claudia
Constance
Octavia
Tamsin
Talitha
Keturah
Simone
Farrah
Isolde
Iona

Cassandra
Saskia
Alma
Annabelle
Antoinette
Lavinia
Lucinda
Miriam
Rosamund
Silvianne
Ursula
Winnifrid
Henrietta

Athena, Dahlia, Alena, Cassia, Anya, Millicent, Ophelia, Verity, Augusta, Claudia, Marigold, Genevieve, Evangeline

@PitterPatter3 You’re welcome ☺️
I meant to add that I like many of the names on your list like Tabitha, Gabriella and Camellia - but especially love Christabel.

I’ve never understood why Christabel isn’t more popular - it’s not that different to popular Isabelle in style/sound but has a huge choice of nn’s (Kit(ty)/Chris(sie)/Christy/Tab(by)/Bel(la)) and well as wonderful namesakes in British culture (Suffragette Pankhurst and the eponymous Coleridge poem). It would have been an obvious one on my underused “British” names list!

Btw - if you like “l” heavy names and/or Slavic style ones like Anastasia and Tatiana - have you also considered lovely Lilia or Larissa/Lara? While Lily is popular, Lilia is more elegant imo yet underused and Lara (not Larissa) has only occasionally crept into the lower top 100. Yet they are well recognised and used internationally and not wacky.

Primrose
penelope
persephone
seraphina
Valentina

Merryn

Antonia
Claudia

Love Persephone!

I think Clementine and Constance are beautiful. Also love Cicely and Polly.

I have a baby Olive. It’s the perfect name for her and I love it but when stating my pre birth naming intentions people were a bit rude about it! Bet they are wondering if I remember…I DO!

I live the Latinate names ending in '-ia'. But as a word of caution, they often have a direct meaning you wouldn't intend. My own name translates as ' lame' or 'limp' for example. Another lovely sounding Latin name is 'envious'. These aren't generally recognised but worth checking whether you or your DD would mind...

This is a good point about Christabel. I only know of one.

I think we have a front runner and it’s in this thread!

Thirza
Esmeralda
Opal
Lettice
Sorrel

I really like Christabel but it will get shortened - Chris and Chrissie are very dated, Bella way overdone, and Kit very popular for boys right now, so I wouldn’t.

Eloise and Clementine are pretty popular so I’d get rid of those - especially Eloise because she’ll inevitably end up as yet another Ellie

Anastasia will likely end up Annie or Ana of which there are loads

Gabriella - only if you like Gaby

Tabitha and Jemima I like in a Beatrix Potter sort of way.

I know a feisty Tatiana but it’s slightly odd without Slavic inheritance, Camellia is a bit fussy - but they are both nice

Maybe

Allegra
Constancia
Adela
Cassia
Yolanda
Saskia
Diana
Sabrina
Serena
Fernanda
Miranda
Viola
Selina / Selene
Iona / Ione
Ianthe
Verity
Estella
Genevieve
Cecile

Jocelyn
Meredith
Raphaelle
Lucienne

Penelope
Felicity
Vanessa

Lavinia

Thanks all. I can’t believe I’m posting this for real and that I’m actually pregnant with a baby girl, unlike hypothetical threads I’ve started over the years.