Girl Names Are Hard

I cannot find a girl name I love. Boy names come easy. I’ve fallen in love with names like [name]Atlas[/name], [name]Warren[/name], [name]Eames[/name], [name]Shaw[/name], [name]Arkady[/name], Wake, and [name]Latham[/name]. No girl names give me that feeling. I think its because these boy names are not overdone. It seems though that people have been more daring with girl’s names. None of them seem fresh, and I guess that’s what I’m looking for. Any ideas?

You may want to look at foreign, non-European names.

[name]Indian[/name] names - Arshia, Atasi, Darika, [name]Devi[/name], Esha, Hansa, Jayanti,

Japanese names - Akiko, Emiko, Harumi, Kayo, Masami, [name]Reiko[/name], [name]Yoshie[/name]

I agree with you!
I found it really hard to find a medium when it comes to girls names. They’re either incredibly frilly or sometimes almost too unisex. But mainly they’re just too girly. I just can’t find anything that I could image on an actual little girl.

I don’t know if these are your style or not, but here’s some I like a lot:
[name]Cerelia[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Anya[/name]
[name]Oriana[/name]
[name]Lucia[/name]
Allira
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Senara[/name]
[name]Avani[/name]
[name]Xanthe[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name]
[name]Ariadne[/name]
[name]Melisande[/name]
[name]Acacia[/name]
[name]Callista[/name]
[name]Senna[/name]

[name]Atlas[/name], [name]Warren[/name], [name]Eames[/name], [name]Shaw[/name], [name]Arkady[/name], Wake, and [name]Latham[/name]

[name]Lake[/name]
[name]Laken[/name]
[name]Karen[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Wren[/name]
[name]Leith[/name]
[name]Lita[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]
[name]Taryn[/name]
[name]Tara[/name]
Attara
[name]Shae[/name]
[name]Shea[/name]
[name]Amy[/name]
[name]Maya[/name]
[name]Teal[/name]
[name]Fern[/name]
[name]Etta[/name]
[name]Bay[/name]
[name]Faye[/name]
[name]Calla[/name]
[name]Dove[/name]
[name]Gioia[/name]
[name]Hanna[/name]
[name]Ines[/name]
Merit
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Mila[/name]
[name]Opal[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Pamela[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]
Rya
[name]Raya[/name]
[name]Raina[/name]
[name]Rayna[/name]
[name]Rowen[/name]
[name]Rhoda[/name]
[name]Rita[/name]
[name]Susan[/name]
[name]Sula[/name]
[name]Samara[/name]
[name]Thais[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Zara[/name]
[name]Zora[/name]
[name]Zelda[/name]

I’m the opposite! lol And maybe it’s because we’ve named two girls already, but I’m having you me finding boy names that meet the balance I’m looking for.

This post strikes me as so funny because I am the 100% opposite! I have lists and lists of favorite girls names, never a shortage, but a boy’s name?? I barely have a top 3! They all strike me as so… dull and traditional? Or otherwise too modern and overdone. We are due in [name]December[/name] and don’t know what we’re having yet but my fingers and toes are crossed for a girl… otherwise the poor baby may just be “baby Boy” for the first few months of his life! :wink: