Hello all! My list has been feeling so dry and uninspired today and I’ve been crossing off many names that just don’t work for various reasons, mostly because they would be mispronounced in my native language or people here have different associations with them here. So I’m looking for some new inspiration.
thank you! I really like [name_f]Mirabel[/name_f], I constantly go back between that and [name_f]Mira[/name_f], and thank you for reminding me of my love for [name_f]Elisa[/name_f], I’d almost forgotten it. I like [name_f]Lisette[/name_f] and [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] as well but sadly they’re rather dated in my country, the kind of name you’d find on a woman in her 30’s or 40’s and not on a baby… such a shame because they’re lovely!
Those are all very lovely.
Perhaps you would like:
[name_f]Este[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]/[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Lena[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Anya[/name_f]
[name_f]Amara[/name_f]
[name_f]Cara[/name_f]/[name_f]Kara[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Nerissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
Odeya
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
Thank you all! [name_f]Elodie[/name_f], [name_f]Aveline[/name_f], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], [name_f]Athena[/name_f], [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f], [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f], [name_f]Isadora[/name_f], [name_f]Selene[/name_f], [name_f]Thalia[/name_f], [name_f]Milena[/name_f], [name_f]Nadia[/name_f], [name_f]Amara[/name_f] & [name_f]Faye[/name_f] are on my list now. There’s lots more I like, but sadly they wouldn’t work so well in my language.
And some of the names reminded me of other names I had forgotten I loved ([name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] reminded me of [name_f]Delia[/name_f] and [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] of [name_f]Noemi[/name_f], for example).
@ lawsonhaley: ooh I’ve never really thought of my style as “exotic”, the majority of my names wouldn’t really raise eyebrows where I live, not even [name_f]Phaedra[/name_f] or Nimue to some extent… then again names like [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Isla[/name_f] etc are virtually unknown here haha.
From your list I love:
[name_f]Arielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] (prefer spelling [name_f]Juliette[/name_f])
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosaline[/name_f]