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Looking for traditional but unusual girl’s name

113 replies

karlak359 · 11/04/2025 07:40

Hi everyone!
Just looking for some help picking a name for a baby girl. We like traditional/classic yet unusual, don’t want anything that is too trendy/popular.
Names we like so far, but are just not 100% hitting the spot are:
Marianne
Leonora
Francine
Letitia
Helena
Vera
Antonia

Any suggestions welcome!

Thank you very much x

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CoffeeBeansGalore · 11/04/2025 14:36

Adrienne
Alice
Alyssa
Mary

Jemima
Jessica
Catriona
Iona

whatdidkatydo · 11/04/2025 14:59

Comayne

fghjj · 11/04/2025 15:01

Susanna(h)

SkaterGrrrrl · 11/04/2025 15:08

RhododendronFlowers · 11/04/2025 07:51

Philippa
Claudine
Helena
Rosalind
Angela
Lucinda
Marianne

Love these - gorgeous names!

ScentOfAMoomin · 11/04/2025 15:09

Clementine
Lydia
Rosalind

wizzler · 11/04/2025 15:11

Genevieve
miriam
clementine
verity
Ellen

Nsky62 · 11/04/2025 15:11

Elodie
lydia
paulette

PiastriThePastry · 11/04/2025 15:11

I absolutely love Marianne.
Vivienne, Hester, Esther for that matter, Freida, Natalie, Meredith, Josephine, Caroline, Rosalie, Lorna, Etta

muddyford · 11/04/2025 15:16

Clarissa
Parthenope
Ariadne
Hester (love Hester)
Christobel

LittleLabrador · 11/04/2025 15:20

Valerie
Gwendolyn
Winnie
Natasha
Louisa
Irene
Josephine
Viola
Emmeline
Christiana
Posie
Nel
Georgina

mathanxiety · 11/04/2025 15:22

I love all your listed names except Francine.

Rebekah
Susannah
Heloise
Beatrix
Estelle
Caroline
Jane
Edith
Bridget
Harriet
Keziah
Dinah
Blythe
Rowena
Daphne
Agatha
Audrey
Frida
Tamara
Marceline
Ruth
Ingrid
Imogene
Margaret
Theodosia
Winifred
Cleo
Cecilia
Julianna

Mamofboys5972 · 11/04/2025 15:25

Loreli
Penelope
Ebony
Melody
Melanie
Lydia
Matilda
Audrey

user1492757084 · 11/04/2025 15:31

Angela
Angelica
Victoria
Susannah
Clare
Octavia
Bianca
Lorna
Jacqueline
Margaret

Muchtoomuchtodo · 11/04/2025 15:41

Polly. Such a lovely but underused name

Baninarama · 11/04/2025 15:52

Georgiana
Oriellle
Ysolde
Meriel
Airmyne (saw this at a country house last week in the ancestor list)
Marina
Constance
I do love Vera - it's veru popular with posh New Yorkers.

Mandarinaduck · 11/04/2025 17:12

Celia
Anthea
Victoria
Vanessa
Stephanie
Ellen
Claire

I love Antonia and Helena

ZiggyZowie · 11/04/2025 17:15

Persephone

Pandora

Hermione

Imogen

Bronwyn

Fishneedscycle · 11/04/2025 17:17

I like Cressida, Estella, Claudia, Frances, Cordelia, Fiona, Laura, Alexandra, Romilly

Minimalistmamaoftwo · 11/04/2025 17:18

Cecily
Emmeline
Claudia

yikesanotherbooboo · 11/04/2025 17:19

Marina
Mary Ann
Christobel
Rosalind
Sylvie
Frances
Margaret

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 17:32

Cordelia
Quentina
Anneliese
Carlotta
Augusta
Frederica
Constantia

Mumofgirls2017 · 11/04/2025 18:32

Love Helena and Leonora

Vivienne
Tabitha
Frances
Felicity
Meredith
Genevieve
Cecilia
Theodora
Jemima
Enid
Esther
Philippa
Audrey
Annabel
Madeleine
Juliet
Josephine
Martha
Louisa
Francesca
Abigail

Dogaredabomb · 11/04/2025 18:42

Loveday
Cecilia
Lucinda
Diana
Catherine
Amanda
Isolde
Jane

Littletreefrog · 11/04/2025 18:46

Eloise
Penelope
Verity
Bernice
Doreen
Marigold
Marjorie
Cynthia
Edna
Enid

Calliopespa · 11/04/2025 18:46

Isadora

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