Only 3 girls in England & Wales named:

I picked these interesting choices from the top baby girl names in England & Wales in 2022 dataset (found here).

These names were given to 3 baby girls in 2022:

Allen
Aphrodite
Arabella-Bleu
Arrow
Atlantis
Balsam
Beauty
Benedetta
Biddy
Binkie
Bridey
Chance
Channel (I’m assuming this is pronounced like Chanel?)
Chrysanthi
Clarke
Clementina
Crimson
Daria-Ioana
Deimante
Delylah
Dot
Dovie
Eddi
Evin
Fifer
Frayah
Frenchie
Haze
Holland
Holy
Infinity
Jenesis
Klementyna
La’rosa
Lama
Legacy
Louisiana
Majesty
Memphis
Merry
Minnow
Monalisa
Nevada
Nile
Pagan
Pakhi (a Sikh name meaning “bird”, but unfortunately looks like a racial slur)
Paradise
Pessel
Pessy
Poet
Porter
Psalm
Reggie
Saga
Saxon
Selkie
Shine
Skylette
Soul
Success
Tokyo
Unique
Velvet

What do you think?

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Very interesting, thank you for this!

I guess some are a little unfortunate, but I do like [name_f]Benedetta[/name_f], [name_f]Clementina[/name_f], [name_f]Dovie[/name_f], [name_f]Selkie[/name_f] and [name_f]Velvet[/name_f]! Oh, and [name_f]Monalisa[/name_f] (as a guilty pleasure), too.

Do you have any favourites yourself, by the way?

The ones I really like are:
Arabella-Bleu, Arrow, Bridey, Chrysanthi, Clementina, Evin, Fifer, Louisiana, Merry, Saga, Minnow and Skylette.

I don’t know what to think about Allen. Alan is so dated here but I see the potential once associated with a loved little girl.

Lama: i had a bit of a search. It’s quite popular worldwide. I think it’s an Arabic name, PN more like Lamar than llama :blush: It’s possibly from a poetic phrase and often listed as meaning ‘bright, shining; radiant beauty’.

I really like [name_f]Saga[/name_f], [name_f]Soul[/name_f], [name_f]Minnow[/name_f] (a guilty pleasure!), [name_f]Merry[/name_f], [name_f]Klementyna[/name_f] (one of my favourites :yellow_heart:), [name_f]Clementina[/name_f], [name_f]Fifer[/name_f], Deimante, Chrysanthi, [name_f]Benedetta[/name_f] and [name_f]Aphrodite[/name_f]! Very cool lost. Some of these are definitely very wild by my standards :sweat_smile: (I mean, [name_m]Majesty[/name_m] and [name_m]Pagan[/name_m] are very daring!)

This is interesting! Especially with [name_f]Holland[/name_f], [name_m]Legacy[/name_m], and [name_f]Jenesis[/name_f] ranking highly in the US!

Living in the UK, I’ve met/encountered people called: [name_m]Saxon[/name_m] (x2), Deimante, [name_f]Merry[/name_f], [name_f]Klementyna[/name_f] (as a middle)

The ones I like: [name_m]Chance[/name_m], [name_f]Poet[/name_f], [name_f]Selkie[/name_f], [name_f]Merry[/name_f], [name_f]Soul[/name_f], [name_f]Fifer[/name_f], [name_f]Clarke[/name_f]

I like [name_f]Clementina[/name_f], [name_f]Benedetta[/name_f], [name_f]Dot[/name_f], [name_f]Merry[/name_f], Daria-Ioana, and [name_f]Bridey[/name_f] best (although I prefer the [name_f]Bridie[/name_f] spelling).

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I love [name_f]Fifer[/name_f], [name_f]Minnow[/name_f], [name_m]Reggie[/name_m] and [name_f]Selkie[/name_f]

I know a good handful of Pagans, all in their 20s/30s here in the UK. It was well-used in the 90s!

From the list, I really like [name_f]Aphrodite[/name_f], [name_m]Arrow[/name_m], [name_f]Atlantis[/name_f], [name_f]Bridey[/name_f] (I knew a few Bridies growing up), [name_f]Clarke[/name_f], [name_f]Dot[/name_f], [name_f]Fifer[/name_f], [name_f]Holland[/name_f] (reluctantly…), [name_m]Nevada[/name_m], [name_f]Poet[/name_f], [name_f]Saga[/name_f] and [name_f]Velvet[/name_f] is kinda cute!

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I like [name_f]Velvet[/name_f], [name_f]Selkie[/name_f], [name_f]Saga[/name_f] and [name_m]Balsam[/name_m].
I like [name_m]Psalm[/name_m] and [name_f]Holland[/name_f], but for boys, and I wouldn’t actually use them. I like [name_f]Poet[/name_f], but prefer [name_f]Poem[/name_f] by mile.

I like [name_f]Aphrodite[/name_f], [name_f]Benedetta[/name_f], [name_f]Biddy[/name_f], [name_f]Clementina[/name_f], [name_f]Crimson[/name_f], [name_f]Louisiana[/name_f], [name_f]Minnow[/name_f] and [name_f]Saga[/name_f]!
I’ve encountered a [name_m]Haze[/name_m], [name_f]Holland[/name_f] and [name_f]Unique[/name_f] before (none in the UK though)

I really like Binkie, [name_f]Clementina[/name_f], [name_f]Fifer[/name_f], Frenchie, [name_f]Louisiana[/name_f], [name_f]Minnow[/name_f], [name_f]Paradise[/name_f] and [name_m]Reggie[/name_m].

Interesting!! Yes to…

Frenchie
Holland
Louisiana
Minnow
Poet
Porter
Skylette
Velvet

Hey almost everyone likes [name_f]Minnow[/name_f]! :+1: :laughing:

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I like [name_f]Clementina[/name_f], although not as much as [name_f]Clementine[/name_f]. [name_f]Dot[/name_f], [name_f]Dovie[/name_f] and Frenchie are very sweet but not sure if I would want them as full names. I don’t mind [name_f]Fifer[/name_f] and I really love [name_f]Holland[/name_f]