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

Callia/ Calla - Like it alot
Minerva - Reminds me of Harry Potter
Eulalie (you-lay-lee) - Meh
Mimosa - sounds like Samosa
Juno - People will just think you copied the film
Cerelia (se-ray-le-ah) - sounds like Celery
Azalea - Lile it
Lorelei - Not keen
Ginevra (gin-ev-ra)- sounds like a gum disease.

Callia/ Calla - Very pretty!
Minerva - Harry Potter
Eulalie (you-lay-lee) - Ukulele
Mimosa - isn't that also something from Harry Potter?
Juno - not keen
Cerelia (se-ray-le-ah) - quite pretty
Azalea - bit sci-fi sounding!
Lorelei - quite nice
Ginevra (gin-ev-ra) - sounds like Geneva, but doesn't sound like a person's name.

For me, Callia or Calla is the best by a long way.

Callia/ Calla: it is a bit unfinished.
Minerva: Love it, nice sounds, nice nickname.
Eulalie (you-lay-lee): looks pretty, sounds awful. All heavy and self inflated.
Mimosa: A bit daft.
Juno: godess, film, a bit too much...
Cerelia (se-ray-le-ah)= will be called Cereal.
Azalea: I love it, but I like the flowers and the flower name trend.
Lorelei: very sweet.
Ginevra (gin-ev-ra): lovely too.

I think CotedAzur has summed up very succinctly the reason why unusual names are are generally a bad idea.

I have a friend who has got the unique-name unique-child syndrome very badly indeed. In fact, she is so busy ensuring her children are unique that she completely forgets to cover the basics - think child who does Mandarin lessons but cannot ride a bicycle...

Sorry, but I don't like any of those names. I can just see the amused looks of other parents in the park when you're shouting 'Azalea and Eulalie, we're going home now'. They just sound pretentious and desperate to scream 'look how different and quirky we are'.

Only Juno

Try shouting them across a crowded supermarket or a carpark. That should narrow it down.

I have an unusual name [at least when I was a child, there seem to be more of them around now] and I was forever telling people how to spell/pronounce it. I didn't like it and wished I had been called Vicky, Emma or Sarah [of which there were several in my year]
If you desperately love the name then use it of course, or why not give it as a second name?

Callia/ Calla -- Calla is nice, Callia no
Minerva -- Very nice
Eulalie -- Eulalia is nicer, imo, but I prefer Mahalia if you want to go with Deep South old lady names
Mimosa -- a drink
Juno -- Very nice, the film is history
Cerelia -- makes me think of some cerebral problem
Azalea -- nice
Lorelei -- bad mythical associations
Ginevra -- nice

Only Callia.

I don't like Azalea or Juno. The rest are all lovely.

I like Juno and Lorelei.

we have a lorelei and a minerva at school. I'd go for azalea at a push. is this your short list or would you consider widening the search?

Still open to suggestions, eat your veg!

None of them

Talitha

Juno is hugely on the up, so if that matters to you (and judging by the rest of your list it does) might be worth bearing in mind.

I really like Minerva and Ginevra

Blimey, eatyourveg, what sort of area is that school in?

Mimosa is what Americans call bucks fizz I think

All absolutely ghastly

Dear God. You cannot seriously lumber your poor child with any of these names!

Think rationally woman!

Would you like to introduce yourself if you had any of those names?

She will forever be spelling it out and speaking slowly.

Love Callia, Ginevra, and (especiallly) JUNO

Thank you for the feedback- v interesting.

I was wondering where your school was too eatyourveg!

I don't like any of them! When there are so many lovely 'usual' names why go for weird 'unusual' ones?

harsh comments

some of them are beautiful - just not common - people soon learn to love different names

Eulalie is absolutely beautiful

Thank you Posy. I think you are right- most people don't like names that they are not familiar with and mnetters tend to be quite harsh in their comments. I'm not offended at all though!

Eulalie is my favourite too- I think it is so pretty