Search For A Traditional Or Unusual Name

Girl Names
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Hello everyone!
Okay so I am having a bit of trouble looking for names for a little girl. I love traditional names but am also a fan of more interesting names that are a little different (usually from mythology or books I have read). Names that are kind of lyrical and roll of the tongue are definitely favoured.

Here are some names I like so far;

  • [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Katerina[/name_f]
  • Lysandra
  • [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Lorelai[/name_f]

Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks for your help :slight_smile:

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[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Cynthia[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Gaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Maia[/name_f]
[name_f]Nessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Uma[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]

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I love:

[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]

Suggestions:

Gwendolyn
Genevieve
Sylvia
Estelle
Louisa

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I think you have the gist of collecting names and the above posters have given you good names already. I too have the same problem of loving traditional but also unusual names. You have a few options:

  1. Use one traditional and one unusual name so that you won’t be bound to one style if another sibling comes along eg. [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Lyra[/name_f].
  2. Use a traditional name that isn’t in the US top 1000 such as [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Susannah[/name_f] or [name_f]Polly[/name_f]. This way it fits into both categories.
  3. Use a traditional name with an unusual nickname or vice versa eg.
    [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] nn [name_u]Ezri[/name_u]
    [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] nn [name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
    Lysandra nn [name_f]Annie[/name_f]
    [name_f]Lorelai[/name_f] nn [name_f]Elle[/name_f]

Saying that, I actually think most of your suggestions with the exception of Lysandra are not that unusual. Although I am more familiar with the UK charts.

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[name_f]Lyra[/name_f] is magical! Also i suggest:

[name_u]Lyric[/name_u]
[name_f]Melisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Amoret[/name_f]
Evolet
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u]

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Most traditional to most unusual:

[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Katerina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelai[/name_f]
[name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
Lysandra

The middle ones - [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] and [name_f]Lorelai[/name_f] - are the ones I recommend the most because they best combine traditional and unusual elements. [name_f]Katerina[/name_f] is a traditional and common Russian name and although it’s unusual here I think most people think of it as a basic Russian name, so I don’t recommend.

[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] and [name_f]Lorelai[/name_f] are beautiful!

[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelai[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_u]Clare[/name_u]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalya[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Martina[/name_f]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f]

I also think some variations of [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] are beautiful and interesting, and not used enough:

[name_f]Elisabet[/name_f]
[name_f]Lisbeth[/name_f]
Lilabeth
[name_f]Alizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisabetta[/name_f]