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Mystical/Edgy Baby Names?

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beardedirislover · 04/04/2026 21:10

Starting a random thread cos I am bored.

For boys and girls, what are some sort of mystical, fairylike names that aren't too "affected".

Im looking for cool baby names.

Don't want them to be "trad" and don't want them to be super "posh" rather a bit mystical but edgy.

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TheVeloursImgonnaChangeNsoul · 04/04/2026 21:25

Merlin.

Newtwopothouse · 04/04/2026 21:30

Gandalf. Moth. Cobweb. Mustardseed. Tinkerbell. Galadriel.

swingingbytheseat · 04/04/2026 21:31

Gabriel

GingerBeverage · 04/04/2026 21:33

Morgana

GrealishGoddess · 04/04/2026 21:34

Riven. Carrion. Gawain.

17caterpillars1mouse · 04/04/2026 21:36

I like pp suggestions of Merlin and Morgana.

A lecturer at my university had a daughter called Galadriel

I always think Effie has a bit of a mystical vibe

I came across a Caspian recently, has a vibe

ChocolateCinderToffee · 04/04/2026 21:36

Carrion??? That is roadkill.

Niniane
Vivien
Mara
Cormac
Elvira

ItalianChineseIndianMexican · 04/04/2026 21:37

Lysander
Amos
Cornelius
Oberon
Hansel
Cosmo

Arwen
Gretal
Titania
Giselle
Pixie
Christa

roundaboutsdontexist · 04/04/2026 21:37

Elvira
elora
elvia
evora
lucianna
mirabel
tallia
etta
Calliope
hera
Ezrae
Phaedra
aurelie
Meadow
Cassia
Eladia
Oriavella

boys
rael
avri
Rafae
tatum
Aturo
Shiloh
Joss
Alvaro
sampson

Steelworks · 04/04/2026 21:38

Crystal
Amber
Serephina

Griffin
Arthur
Cadfael

SickSeven · 04/04/2026 21:39

Lilith
Hecate
Elspeth
andromeda

Balthazar
Azazel
Lysander

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 04/04/2026 21:48

Gaia
Guinevere
Isolde
Olwyn

Eben
Rowan
Torin
Drystan

beardedirislover · 04/04/2026 21:54

Newtwopothouse · 04/04/2026 21:30

Gandalf. Moth. Cobweb. Mustardseed. Tinkerbell. Galadriel.

Love some of these, but also don't want film names and don't want it to be silly. Im not sure "gandalf" in a class full of kids would go down that well.

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beardedirislover · 04/04/2026 21:55

GrealishGoddess · 04/04/2026 21:34

Riven. Carrion. Gawain.

Stunning

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beardedirislover · 04/04/2026 21:55

SickSeven · 04/04/2026 21:39

Lilith
Hecate
Elspeth
andromeda

Balthazar
Azazel
Lysander

Azazel Im obsessed with

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beardedirislover · 04/04/2026 21:55

Steelworks · 04/04/2026 21:38

Crystal
Amber
Serephina

Griffin
Arthur
Cadfael

Love - but crystal is a bit naff no?

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Echobelly · 04/04/2026 21:56

I met a Merlin once and he really did not like his name. Kind of a shame, as I think it's actually rather a nice name.

Girls:
Lydia
Xanthe
Andromeda
Yvaine
Oriele
Juniper (I know someone with a Juniper)
Marigold

Boys:
Edmund
Eldred
Seth
Aethelstan
Emmett
Jethro
Mordechai

beardedirislover · 04/04/2026 21:56

17caterpillars1mouse · 04/04/2026 21:36

I like pp suggestions of Merlin and Morgana.

A lecturer at my university had a daughter called Galadriel

I always think Effie has a bit of a mystical vibe

I came across a Caspian recently, has a vibe

Caspian funnily enough is top of my list, it's strong but not like overpowering strong, it has book reference but also a good one, it's a bloody cool name. More Caspian's please!

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MorganaKate · 04/04/2026 21:57

Stella, Seren, Skyla, Cirius, Lyra, Helion.

beardedirislover · 04/04/2026 21:58

MorganaKate · 04/04/2026 21:57

Stella, Seren, Skyla, Cirius, Lyra, Helion.

Lyra is LUSH - helion sounds cornish and fun but who wants it shortened to Hel(l?!)... not me.

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beardedirislover · 04/04/2026 21:58

I love the names "Winter" "Grey" "Zorro" and "Axelle"

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ReinsOfBucephalus · 04/04/2026 22:01

I once met a Samphire, which I know is a sea vegetable, but it sounds pretty!

ChaToilLeam · 04/04/2026 22:03

Morgana, Elvira and Lilith are all
lovely.

Carrion alas not - look it up!

timoteigirl · 04/04/2026 22:07

No to Lilith and Elvira. Nothing mystic IMHO.

Avalon
Minea

Ulric
Ulf
Wolf
Dorian
Cyrus

I think mystical has the risk of becoming hippie type name rather than ethereal and mythological.

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 04/04/2026 22:10

Aurora, Titania and Oberon (Queen and king of the faries in a midsummer nights dream!), Maia (thumbelina’s name when she became a fairy), River, willow, meadow, summer, Estelle, Aurelia, Persephone (goddess of spring and the underworld), most other Greek gods, freya (Norse goddess I think), Iona, Marina, hazel, Heidi, saffron, heather