Seeing @Lula-Rose’s comment made me think about this.
What are some eccentric names with perhaps a British/Telegraph flair?
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[name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f]
[name_f]Ileana[/name_f]
[name_f]Thomasina[/name_f]
Bonibel
[name_f]Belphoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Alethea[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Lettice[/name_f]
[name_f]Christabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Thessaly[/name_f]
[name_f]Tulip[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottoline[/name_f]
Mithian
[name_u]Lemon[/name_u]
[name_f]Honora[/name_f] / [name_f]Honoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Edwina[/name_f]
Ethelberta
[name_f]Decima[/name_f]
[name_m]Somerset[/name_m]
[name_u]Carrington[/name_u]
Floribel
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f] ‘Minty’
[name_f]Boudicca[/name_f]
[name_f]Stellaria[/name_f]
[name_u]Hero[/name_u]
[name_f]Ondine[/name_f]
[name_u]Merlin[/name_u]
Satchell
[name_f]Bonita[/name_f]
[name_f]Tinuviel[/name_f]
[name_f]Vita[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lexine[/name_f]
[name_f]Fenella[/name_f]
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Benedicte[/name_f]
[name_u]Caro[/name_u]
[name_f]Tiggy[/name_f]
[name_f]Annunciata[/name_f]
[name_f]Mildred[/name_f]
[name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u]
Monamy
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
[name_f]Hebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Dominica[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Clemency[/name_f]
less weird now but [name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
…I think I once saw Clova?!
To add to what you already have (Lettice & Benedicte being new faves of mine!)
Hyacinth
Persephone
Phaedra
Theodosia
Ferelith
Hortencia
Temperance
Clothilde
Eudora
Celestine
Augusta
Berenice
Tuppence
Peaches
Cressida
Phryne (really like this name - but for its meaning!)
Bunny
Euphemia
Wilhelmina
Eunice
Plum
Rosamund
Knew a [name_f]Dominica[/name_f] and an [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] growing up - second was called Tigga/Tiggy for short. Actually, knew an [name_f]Andromeda[/name_f] too - that should be on my list too!
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[name_f]Berenice[/name_f], [name_f]Cressida[/name_f]! [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f], [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]!
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[name_f]Amabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Calpurnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Christabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Fenella[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Venetia[/name_f]
- a surname like Featherington
I’m thinking of…
[name_f]Acantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Alanis[/name_f]
[name_f]Alouette[/name_f]
[name_u]Ashby[/name_u]
[name_f]Atalanta[/name_f]
[name_u]Athaliah[/name_u]
[name_f]Belladonna[/name_f]
[name_f]Calandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Calantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_u]Celestine[/name_u]
[name_f]Cerelia[/name_f]
Corinthian
[name_f]Corisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Dulcinea[/name_f]
[name_f]Elettra[/name_f]
[name_u]Endellion[/name_u]
[name_f]Evadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Evanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Floria[/name_f]
[name_f]Gardenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevie[/name_f]
[name_f]Hosanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Iolanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Iridian[/name_f]
[name_f]Ismene[/name_f]
[name_u]January[/name_u]
[name_f]Kerensa[/name_f]
[name_f]Marilou[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_u]Nazareth[/name_u]
[name_f]Petronelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Saffron[/name_f]
[name_f]Season[/name_f]
[name_u]September[/name_u]
[name_u]Sequoia[/name_u]
[name_f]Sophronia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thalassa[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thessaly[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Zenaida[/name_f]
[name_u]Love[/name_u] this thread, and I love lots of these names. And some of them (while accurate) just bemuse me with their whimsy 
. Fun to read through 
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Thank you! 
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