List of Obscure Names

I’ve been really fascinated with obscure names. To be an obscure name, it needs to be: not made up and not on nameberry.

Here are some:

Greek Charites:
Aglaea (Greek: beauty or splendor)
Euphrosyne (Greek:mirth, merriment)
[name]Thalia[/name] (Greek: good cheer)

[name]Cordula[/name] (Late Latin: heart)
[name]Crescentia[/name] (Latin: to grow)
Dietlinde ([name]German[/name]:tender people)
Gundula ([name]German[/name]: war)
Heilwig ([name]German[/name]: happy war)
[name]Primavera[/name] (Italian: first rose)
[name]Sidonia[/name] ([name]German[/name]: of Sidon)
[name]Swanhild[/name] ([name]German[/name]: swan battle)
Wiebke ([name]German[/name]: war)

[name]Feel[/name] free to add more.

Obscure you say? Then I’m going to bombard you with Cornish names ;D

Ebbet/Ibett - forms of [name]Elizabeth[/name]/[name]Isabelle[/name]
Enor - boundary/land
Eseld/Isett - forms of [name]Isolde[/name]
Jowanet - form of [name]Joanne[/name]/[name]John[/name]
Loer - moon
Loveday - historically given to children born on [name]Love[/name] [name]Day[/name]
Lowenna - joy
Meraud - sea-related
Morvoren - mermaid
Pasces - form of [name]Pascoe[/name]
Radegund/Radigan - war counsel, saint name
Sidwell - from a surname, also a saint
Wilmot - form of [name]William[/name]

Not all strictly Cornish- a few are English in origin but have had great use in Cornwall. Although there were some 16th/17th century parents who thought these were great, they wouldn’t all work so well today :stuck_out_tongue: