List of rather unusual girl's names-can I have your feedback?

[tweedledumdum]

A few rather unusual names for you to give feedback on. I appreciate that they may not be to everyone's taste.....

Callia/ Calla
Minerva
Eulalie (you-lay-lee)
Mimosa
Juno
Cerelia (se-ray-le-ah)
Azalea
Lorelei
Ginevra (gin-ev-ra)

TIA

i think the fact that you have to give us a guide to the correct pronunciation shoudl tell you soemthing...........

Minerva is the name of the back page of the British Medical Journal which has a picture of an interesting medical condition every week. Just a heads up in case you go for this and wonder why the doctor is smirking.

Don't like Tia at all-sorry!

Juno Juno Juno

Juno.

I like Minerva and Lorelei, but only because they were characters in Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love".

You might like to consider that Lorelei was the siren who sat upon a rock and lured sailors to their doom with her song.

You are trying too hard, in general, imho. Whatever you do, please don't name your baby "Eulalie".

Not too gone on them at all, sorry.
What about Ginevieve? (sp) Much nicer than Ginevra, imo.

don't tell OP she is trying too hard - what does that even mean? Choosing a baby name is FUN, and exciting

I dragged it out for months before I chose mine

I like Juno, personally.

Lorelei is ok, but will be spelled wrong most of the time.

Callia/ Calla- Cala is a regional Welsh world for testicles, so...
Minerva- Quite like it, even though I see Maggie Smith in Stern Mode... There's a town in NorthEast Wales called Minera, always thought that was pretty.
Eulalie (you-lay-lee)- OK
Mimosa- Nonononononono. Name of a ship.
Juno- Very cool.
Cerelia (se-ray-le-ah)- sounds made up.
Azalea- Ooooh I like.
Lorelei- Wasn't that a siren that lured sailors to their death??
Ginevra (gin-ev-ra)- Don't like but love Ginny...

Sorry if I've been a bit negative... I think it's great you want something a bit different for your DD...

Do you like Joni? I know a little girl called Joni and it suits her so well

"Trying too hard" in this context means OP is obviously trying to bestow uniqueness on her baby by bracing her with a very rare name that everyone will oooh and aaah at. The kind of name that will, when she is rich and famous, shine on magazine covers a la Beyonce, and her admirers will know who she is just from her first name, no last name needed.

I'm guessing

CoteDAzur, you make me laugh!

If you like the 'other wordly' names how about Persephone (Per - seff - onie) the Goddess who ate 9 pomegrante in Hades and brings spring to the world

I think is is very pretty

Ginevra is beautiful.

I don't like any of the others at all. Lorelei in particular is to be avoided at all costs.

I like Calla.

But Anna everyone will assume she was named for Ginny in Harry Potter, because of the timimg.

Juno

Ginevre and Mimosa are both alcoholic drinks.

Cerelia is beautiful. Not keen on the others.

Callia/ Calla - I like this.

Minerva - Not wild because she would be Min which I'm not keen on personally.

Eulalie - OK sorry, LOL at this one, which is not ideal really - although there's a certain style about naming your daughter after one of the best jokes in the world. Are you looking to pay tribute to P g Wodehouse generally??

Mimosa - Pretty. Good choice IMO.

Juno - Like, but it will date her in age very precisely, does that bother you?

Cerelia (se-ray-le-ah) - TBH there's something I don't like about this.

Azalea - NO. There's a difference between a garden catalogue and a baby names book for a reason.

Lorelei - I like it but it's not very classy IMO.

Ginevra (gin-ev-ra) - Like, except for Gin as a nickname. Do you have another child you could call Tonicka?

I'm not sure that's true and, even if it were, why does it matter?

Juno is a great name.

Lorelei is a bit Beverley Hill Billies for me.

i remembered why i didn't like Juno as a name...'Juno-esque' = fat.