Looking for unusual (but not weird!) girls names!

[Naetha]

Currently 36 weeks with a 90% certain girl...

DS is called Benjamin, although we only ever call him Ben.

We wouldn't mind going a little bit more off-piste with DD's name though.

So far the only name we both really like is Keira / Kyra, but we feel we'd like to explore the full availability of what's out there!

Definitely don't want a Grace / Evie / Lily / Madison type name, and not at all keen on the retro olde-worlde names like Margaret / Esme / Bridget.

I'd love to be cheeky enough to take names from fantasy books I like, but not sure I could get away with it... Names like Danyal (would always end up being called Daniel though...) Arya, Raven, etc, but it needs to be a really good one!

Any ideas?

[Cluttergump]

how about Zora?

[womblemeister]

Morwenna
Ramona

[ShinyAndNew]

Thalia
Romany
Xannie

Rowen and Romilly are both very pretty.

[luciemule]

Guenevere

Ophelie (grave accent over first e)/Ophelia

Morgana (are you getting the King Arthur theme here?!!!)

Aurelia

Luna

Cressida

[slug]

Tatiana
Anoushka
Anastasia (Must stop reading Tolstoy!!)
Soraya
Christabelle
Rowan

[HappyBump]

Dulcie

[MmeFrouFrou]

Elissa
Ilona
Maelys
Shana/Shahana
Nahema (a guerlain perfume but I like it as a name)

[daisyj]

Seren
Lyra
Maya/Maia
Kezia

[Purplebuns]

I always liked Claidi - Claidissa, She was one of my favourite characters as a young teen.
Fiery, strong and really tries and travels far in a totally unknown place.

Ezra
Kasia
Kasuma
Melli- Melliandra
Jame

[Poohbearsmom]

Dannin, Dania, Carrie, Zara, Cassie, Wefa, Layla, Akela and i second Cora its lovely

[chocolatemunchies]

Claudia ( cloudder)

[henryhuggins]

Ramona
Lois ( I love!)
Clementine (dd currently reading book called this, v cute)

[Hullygully]

Dragonaria, Wizardetta, Sorcerilla

[FishInMyHair]

Ramona
Imelda
Xanthe
Sylvie
Morwenna (absolutely love this)

[lal123]

Kasia

[mathanxiety]

Arden (also a perfume, but I know a 6 yo). And anything Cornish.

[ArrghnBoooeee]

love some of these...

[posieparksherbroom]

Love Romilly (will be milly which is very popular) and I love love love Posy.... that would have been dc4 had he not been ds3!!!!

[sweetkitty]

Love Romilly too but R surname

[Naetha]

Love the suggestions - thanks for all your help!!

I like Anya, but DH not so keen.

We both like both Kiah and Xia.

I like Arwyn, but it's generally a boy's name in Welsh, and Rowan will always be a boy's name to me!

Seren we also love, but that's pretty much reserved as a middle name! I'm Welsh, so we like our children to have Welsh middle names

I may have to have a trawl through some of my fantasy books and find some of the less obvious names. Names like Eowyn and Arwen are gorgeous, BUT do scream "I'm a hippie!"

[AngryPixie]

I have an Arden, which is gorgeous. I also like;
Tansy
Eliza
Sylvia

[mathanxiety]

Angharad (Welsh) and also very unusual.

[Angelsus]

Inez
Cora
Xanthe