What names do you love that are rarely used, and you can’t understand why?
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A lot of my favourites are rarely used but I can understand why.
Here are some that fit the description:
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Avila[/name_f]
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f]
[name_f]Floriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Idalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
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[name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariella[/name_f]
[name_f]Idalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Safira[/name_f]
[name_f]Luana[/name_f] (despite the popularity of [name_f]Luna[/name_f] and -ana names, this one seems to be completely overlooked)
There’s a recent thread called Recommend a Girl Name that has a similar theme.
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Athena
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Fern[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Mina[/name_f]
[name_f]Corinne[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethany[/name_f]
[name_f]Selena[/name_f]
[name_f]Margo[/name_f]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
(Some of these aren’t “super rare” but I’ve either met 1 or 0 people ever with any of the above names)
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esme
indi
poppy
june
reese
morgan
ivy
bethany
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Mildred
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaida[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Aviana[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloisa[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]/Vivien
[name_f]Anneliese[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Karolina[/name_f]
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
[name_f]Meadow[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Brynn[/name_f]
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Isalie, Mariola, [name_u]Ashby[/name_u] and [name_m]Finneas[/name_m]
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Sarai!
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About five trillion. Where I live the people keep using the most boring names over and over for centuries.
I have taught two [name_f]Gladys[/name_f]’ though and one [name_f]Viridiana[/name_f] so it hasn’t all been boring.
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Sonia!!!
[name_f]Kiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Reverie[/name_f]
[name_f]Geneva[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_u]Shea[/name_u]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
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Astoria
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_u]Reese[/name_u]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
Avilla
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Harriet
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Parisa[/name_f]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Fern[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_u]Shiloh[/name_u]
[name_f]Anita[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Eira[/name_f]
[name_f]Bonnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Marceline[/name_f]
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I knew of 2 young ladies back when I was in high school with highly uncommon names. One was named “Tangular” & the other had a name that I couldn’t spell, but it sounded like “Nam-yu-ki”.
Then, not too long ago, I heard some people talking one day about a woman with a name that sounded like “[name_f]Ki[/name_f]-lem-boo-ka”. Yikes!!!
Soooo many! [name_f]Elodie[/name_f], [name_f]Alessia[/name_f], [name_f]Cressida[/name_f], [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], [name_f]Colette[/name_f], and [name_f]Vera[/name_f] are just a few that I love and don’t understand why they aren’t heard of more. They’re long, feminine, and aside from [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], end in -a or the long E sound that people love.
Nadia
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Jewel[/name_f]
[name_f]Olwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Arwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Blossom[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_u]Anne[/name_u]
[name_f]Wendy[/name_f]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Raquel[/name_f]
Personally I like my names to be unpopular so most of my favorite names are ranked below the top 500. However the 2 names I feel should be more popular than they are are [name_f]Dinah[/name_f] & [name_f]Susannah[/name_f]. With all the popularity of the ‘eye’ sound in names (like [name_f]Isla[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_u]Riley[/name_u]) and 2 syllable names ending in ‘ah’ (like [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Aria[/name_f]) and the popularity of ‘anna’ names with vintage names like [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] & [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] coming back the fact that these 2 don’t even rank on the popularity list is crazy to me
Awena ~ Breezy Welsh names which works in [name_f]English[/name_f]
[name_f]Elin[/name_f] ~ Sleek Welsh form of [name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
Wilmotine ~ [name_f]Darling[/name_f] cute feminisation ‘[name_f]Willa[/name_f]’ ‘[name_f]Wilma[/name_f]’
[name_f]Bridie[/name_f] ~ Cute ‘[name_f]Bree[/name_f]’
[name_u]Garnett[/name_u] ~ Pretty jewel ‘[name_f]Nettie[/name_f]’
Hildabeth ~ Endearing combo sort of cottagecore
[name_f]Opal[/name_f] ~ O names are popular… why not [name_f]Opal[/name_f]?
[name_f]Doris[/name_f] ~ Stylishly ugly
[name_f]Hildegarde[/name_f] ~ Elegant and imagine the nicknames [name_f]Hildi[/name_f] and Garden
[name_f]Freda[/name_f] ~ [name_u]Peace[/name_u], A shorter version of [name_f]Winifred[/name_f], which we all love
[name_f]Nigella[/name_f] ~ Striking name… maybe nn ‘[name_f]Nella[/name_f]’
[name_f]Leonarda[/name_f] ~ [name_m]Just[/name_m] pretty & on my list… a nice feminisation
Irenia ~ [name_f]Melodic[/name_f] form of [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
Sopatra ~ Same element as [name_f]Cleopatra[/name_f] but less cultural baggage