Suggestion of whimsical names

[GoldenRosebee]

Looking for acceptable and established, but unusual whimsical names. Unusual, as in outside top 100, not unique. Would prefer if origin is of mythology or literature or history, but they also should be magical. Looking at European names mostly.

Names that I consider whimsical, but looking for more suggestions, especially according to first paragraph criteria
Aurora
Thisbe
Nimue
Juliet
Eluned
Amoret
Olwen
Freya
Cecily
Twyla
etc...

Ondine

Oh I liked this theme too, we ended up using one as a middle name :) Mine are mostly boys' names though, so apologies if you only want girls' names, although I suppose you could call some of them gender neutral.

Orion
Astrid
Aethelfred
Elfred
Elfie
Merlin
Idris
Galileo
Seren
Robin
Arwyn

Maris (as a nod to Frasier. So ethereal she's never seen)

Story

Felicity, shortened to Fliss.

Meadow
Blossom
Tallulah
Delphine
Evangeline
Darli
Honey
Melody
Gwenllian
Calliope
Clementine
Polly

Fallon
Fleur
Felicity
Savannah
Ember
Rhea
Winona

In truth, you can’t beat the Puritans for names:

Chastity,
Fight the Good Fight
Flee-Fornication
Hallelujah
Jesus Christ
Lament
Obedience
Repentance
Wrestling

Serena
Lilith
Rosa
Fern
Melody

Maris would be excellent if the middle name is Piper

Bryher or Tean (tee-an)

Tansy
Zelda
Sorrel
Selina
Saskia
Rosalia
Maple
Pandora
Marsha
Leonie
Isolde
Georgette
Elva
Eleri
Elowen
Arwen
Seren
Cordelia
Carys
Apolline

Coralie
Lyra
Cecelia
Gaia

Fleur
Callista
Scheherazade
Emerald
Brontë
Miranda
Araminta
Theodora
Nancy
Suki
Tabitha

Stella
Damask
Damaris
Elbereth

Blythe
Eira
Fairlie
Gaia
Halcyon
Winter
Phaedra
Story
Poesy
Celeste
Emerald
Lilac
Briar
Melisande
Rowena
Elfin
Pippin
Elvie
Arden
Anwen
Aerin
Pixie
Amaryllis
Vaila

Wendy. JM Barrie made it up to sound like fwend and you can't get more whimsical than that.

I am with Dorothy Parker on this sort of thing.

My favourite is Philadelphia. Cool name for a cool girl, but not whimsical.

What did Dorothy Parker say? All I know is “what fresh hell is this?” But that’s about a telephone call. I’ve been Googling but nothing relevant comes up

Or Stella Maris

Aradia
Ariadne
Brígh
Cassandra
Ceridwen
Circe
Clio
Dalia
Danica
Étaín
Erinna
Evadne
Gwendolen
Ianthe
Isabeau
Ligeia
Pomona
Merope
Rhiannon
Selene
Tiamet
Vesna

Though in the novel (which is brilliant), she’s not a dazzlingly beautiful brunette but a buck-toothed, plain, skinny blonde child who’s described as looking like ‘a fairy wolf gone blonde’ and is always being nagged to keep her brace in.

I feel really weird about the labelling names of certain cultures/languages as whimsical. It's patronising and minimises the very real meanings and cultural context behind these names. So many Cornish and Welsh names on here, and there's a certain tone of "they sound whimsical in those funny little languages!"

Yes, this. Irish names aren’t at all ‘whimsical’ unless you’re a foreigner with a particularly weird, othering attitude towards another culture and language.

I think that Stella Maris might in fact be rather lovely.

Maris Piper, Maris Bard and Maris Peer, though… I do wish someone would!

Peasbottom!😂

I think it might actually be Peasebottom, but that's still nearly as bad!