So, quarantine got me so bored that I ended up going through every single girls’ name on nameberry, A-Z. All 800something pages. Here are some interesting ones I found that I don’t ever see mentioned! What do you think?
[name_f]Amaranth[/name_f]
[name_u]Aletris[/name_u]
[name_f]Annelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Bruna[/name_f]
[name_f]Calendula[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Elswyth[/name_f]
[name_f]Gardenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Isaura[/name_f]
[name_f]Isannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilione[/name_f]
[name_f]Katrin[/name_f]
[name_f]Luneth[/name_f]
[name_u]Lumen[/name_u]
[name_f]Louisetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Laurenza[/name_f]
[name_f]Leandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Mattea[/name_f]
[name_f]Marsailidh[/name_f]
[name_f]Maiwenn[/name_f]
[name_f]Maelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabry[/name_f]
[name_f]Ozella[/name_f]
[name_f]Oriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Palmira[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosenwyn[/name_f]
[name_u]Sinclair[/name_u]
[name_f]Svea[/name_f]
[name_f]Sukey[/name_f]
[name_u]Solstice[/name_u]
[name_f]Sigrun[/name_f]
[name_f]Safira[/name_f]
[name_f]Sable[/name_f]
[name_f]Tippi[/name_f]
[name_u]Tempest[/name_u]
[name_f]Taura[/name_f]
[name_f]Tauria[/name_f]
[name_f]Tauriel[/name_f]
[name_f]Tangerine[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivica[/name_f]
[name_f]Victorine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]
[name_f]Zetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Zuzanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelie[/name_f]
Yay! [name_f]Maelle[/name_f] is on your list! I LOVE her (in my user card I have [name_f]Maelle[/name_f] Sunflower [name_f]Joy[/name_f] ‘[name_f]Mae[/name_f]’)
Zett, [name_f]Oriana[/name_f](I have loved this for a long time),[name_f]Zelie[/name_f], [name_f]Mabry[/name_f]([name_f]Maelle[/name_f] was originally Maebry), [name_f]Leandra[/name_f](on my elven names list new thread), [name_f]Luneth[/name_f], [name_f]Gardenia[/name_f](quirky and cool!), [name_f]Emilienne[/name_f], and [name_f]Amarantha[/name_f] are my favorites.
I love these:
[name_f]Elswyth[/name_f]
[name_f]Luneth[/name_f]
[name_u]Lumen[/name_u]
[name_f]Marsailidh[/name_f] (original spelling: [name_f]Marsaili[/name_f] )
[name_f]Maiwenn[/name_f]
[name_f]Svea[/name_f]
[name_f]Sukey[/name_f]/[name_f]Suki[/name_f]
[name_f]Sable[/name_f]
[name_u]Tempest[/name_u]
[name_f]Vivica[/name_f]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]
What a mammoth project!
Such a lovely list!
[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are
[name_f]Bruna[/name_f]
[name_f]Isannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabry[/name_f]
[name_f]Sukey[/name_f]
[name_f]Tauriel[/name_f]
[name_f]Tangerine[/name_f] (if [name_f]Apple[/name_f] can work, why not [name_f]Tangerine[/name_f]?)
[name_f]Zuzanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelie[/name_f]
Wow! I love these:
[name_f]Emilienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivica[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelie[/name_f]
Names used where I live:
[name_f]Bruna[/name_f] - popular
[name_f]Isaura[/name_f] - “old lady name”
[name_f]Leandra[/name_f] - The masculine version, [name_m]Leandro[/name_m], is quite popular
[name_f]Palmira[/name_f] - “old lady name”
[name_f]Oriana[/name_f] - not common
[name_f]Safira[/name_f] - not common
[name_u]Love[/name_u]:
[name_f]Gardenia[/name_f]
[name_u]Solstice[/name_u]
[name_f]Emilienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Katrin[/name_f]
Interesting:
[name_u]Aletris[/name_u]
[name_f]Annelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Laurenza[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosenwyn[/name_f]
[name_u]Sinclair[/name_u]
[name_u]Tempest[/name_u]
[name_f]Tangerine[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivica[/name_f]
[name_f]Victorine[/name_f]
[name_f]Zuzanna[/name_f]
Thanks for posting!
Many of these I recognise as European names that aren’t really well-known in [name_f]English[/name_f]-speaking countries. [name_f]Zuzanna[/name_f] is very popular in Poland for example.
[name_f]Emilienne[/name_f], [name_f]Vivica[/name_f], [name_f]Mattea[/name_f] and [name_f]Leandra[/name_f] are lovely. I don’t know why they get so little attention. I also like [name_f]Zelie[/name_f], though prefer Azelie. [name_f]Rosenwyn[/name_f] and [name_f]Victorine[/name_f] are intriguing.
Great collection
I’m liking [name_f]Bruna[/name_f], [name_f]Elswyth[/name_f] (so intriguing), [name_f]Gardenia[/name_f], [name_f]Leandra[/name_f], Marsailid, [name_f]Maiwenn[/name_f], [name_f]Mabry[/name_f], [name_f]Palmira[/name_f], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] and [name_f]Zetta[/name_f]!!
I really like:
[name_f]Bruna[/name_f] (I knew a [name_f]Bruna[/name_f] once who was from [name_u]Brazil[/name_u])
[name_f]Elswyth[/name_f]
[name_f]Luneth[/name_f]
[name_f]Mattea[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabry[/name_f] (prefer Maebry though)
[name_f]Oriana[/name_f]
[name_u]Sinclair[/name_u]
[name_f]Svea[/name_f] (Savea is on my long list)
[name_u]Solstice[/name_u]
[name_f]Sable[/name_f]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelie[/name_f]
Cool idea! Here are my favorites:
[name_f]Amaranth[/name_f]
[name_f]Annelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Bruna[/name_f]
[name_f]Elswyth[/name_f]
[name_f]Gardenia[/name_f] (This is on my list as an honor name for a family member named [name_m]Gar[/name_m])
[name_f]Isaura[/name_f]
[name_f]Maiwenn[/name_f]
[name_f]Oriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f]
[name_f]Svea[/name_f]
[name_u]Solstice[/name_u]
[name_f]Sigrun[/name_f]
[name_f]Sable[/name_f]
[name_u]Tempest[/name_u]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelie[/name_f] (I prefer Zélie or Azélie though)
I love these:
[name_f]Amaranth[/name_f]
[name_f]Isaura[/name_f]
[name_f]Luneth[/name_f]
[name_f]Maiwenn[/name_f]
[name_f]Mattea[/name_f]
[name_f]Palmira[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosenwyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Safira[/name_f]
[name_f]Sable[/name_f]
[name_u]Tempest[/name_u]
And I especially love [name_f]Ziva[/name_f]! I’ve had her on my list for ages, first heard the name on NCIS (the character’s super cool) and I completely fell in love! I’ve been seriously considering adding her to my ideal, would actually use sibset, even though she’s significantly shorter than the rest. It’s just that everything about her is so perfect (even a great meaning). Anyway, great list.
I like [name_f]Annelie[/name_f], but I have a close friend named [name_f]Annalee[/name_f] so that’s the spelling I prefer. Similarly, I think I like Maebry better than [name_f]Mabry[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] favorite from this list is [name_f]Zelie[/name_f]. I like it on its own, or as a nickname for Azelie or [name_f]Hazel[/name_f].
Thanks for sharing this!! I like a lot of these! I have strongly considered: [name_f]Annalie[/name_f] (this spelling), [name_f]Maelle[/name_f], [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u], [name_f]Svea[/name_f], [name_f]Sable[/name_f], and [name_f]Zelie[/name_f]!
I like [name_u]Aletris[/name_u], [name_f]Leandra[/name_f], [name_f]Mattea[/name_f], [name_f]Rosenwyn[/name_f], [name_u]Lumen[/name_u] and [name_f]Zetta[/name_f]
Wow, that’s dedication! I think all of these should definitely get more love on here. [name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are [name_f]Leandra[/name_f], [name_f]Vivica[/name_f], [name_f]Ziva[/name_f], [name_f]Zuzanna[/name_f] and [name_f]Zelie[/name_f].
You deserve some sort of medal, what a project! Well done in pulling it off.
[name_f]My[/name_f] personal favorites are [name_f]Amaranth[/name_f], [name_f]Emilienne[/name_f], [name_f]Elswyth[/name_f](!), [name_f]Gardenia[/name_f], [name_f]Mattea[/name_f], [name_f]Oriana[/name_f], [name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f], [name_u]Solstice[/name_u], [name_f]Safira[/name_f], [name_f]Tauriel[/name_f], [name_f]Vivica[/name_f] and [name_f]Ziva[/name_f].
I love that you mentioned [name_f]Gardenia[/name_f]! It’s one of my guilty pleasure names. I adore it but even with my penchant for frilly/clu my old names it feels just outside of the realm of a name I would actually give a child.
I’m actually shocked that [name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f] doesn’t get mentioned more. It’s a lovely name with that populat -wen ending and isn’t wholly unfamiliar.
[name_f]Sigrun[/name_f] is another one I’m surprised doesn’t get more love from people looking for scandi/nordic options. Like [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f] it’s far sweeping across enough cultures to not feel like it would be an overstep to use (compared to really culturally specific names like Icelandic Valkyrja, for example.) And especially among pagan parents on this site, given it’s meaning.
And [name_u]Tempest[/name_u] is a much more appealing option for those considering names like [name_f]Stormy[/name_f]/[name_f]Stormi[/name_f].
[name_f]Bruna[/name_f], [name_f]Luneth[/name_f], [name_f]Safira[/name_f], [name_f]Viveca[/name_f], [name_f]Zetta[/name_f] and [name_f]Zuzanna[/name_f] are all pretty cool names too!
I like [name_f]Annelie[/name_f], [name_f]Elswyth[/name_f], [name_f]Leandra[/name_f], [name_f]Maiwenn[/name_f], [name_f]Oriana[/name_f], [name_f]Rhoswen[/name_f], [name_u]Solstice[/name_u], [name_f]Sable[/name_f], and and [name_f]Ziva[/name_f].
Not a fan of [name_u]Lumen[/name_u], [name_f]Mabry[/name_f], [name_f]Rosenwyn[/name_f], [name_u]Solstice[/name_u] or [name_f]Tangerine[/name_f]. [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u] works better for boys. Like the rest though. I particularly like [name_f]Svea[/name_f] as it was the name of my celebrity crush’s grandmother.
[name_f]My[/name_f] fave o the whole list is … [name_u]Solstice[/name_u]!