Whimsical Names

Hey berries!

I have always loved everything whimsical, fun and a little bit cooky. The same goes for names. Some of my absolute favorite names are a tad on the quirky side and I wouldn’t have it any other way. So, my question to you- what are your favorite “whimsical” names?

Personal Favs:
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Poppy[/name]
[name]Lulu[/name]
[name]Sunday[/name], [name]Tuesday[/name]
[name]April[/name], [name]May[/name], [name]June[/name], and even [name]July[/name]

xo
Quirk

there’s a great blog that features names that I think are pretty, unusual, and many whimsical

My favorite whimsical names (though admittedly, I probably wouldn’t use any of them):

Girls:
[name]Plum[/name]
[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Autumn[/name]
[name]Crystal[/name]
[name]Mirabella[/name]

Boys:
[name]Vermont[/name]
[name]Jove[/name]
[name]Author[/name]
[name]Wyoming[/name]
[name]Gray[/name]

@fay- Oh! Some of those are so pretty! This is right up my alley. Thank you so much!

@jlm-I have a love for [name]Juniper[/name] and [name]Plum[/name], as well.

I love whimsical names! I’ve got a heap of faves.

[name]Winslow[/name]
[name]Magnus[/name]
[name]Uriah[/name]
[name]Noam[/name]
[name]Sylvester[/name]
[name]Balthazar[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name]
[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Basil[/name]
[name]Penn[/name]
[name]Kip[/name]
[name]Rudi[/name]
[name]Taj[/name]
[name]Farley[/name]
[name]Quade[/name]
[name]Flint[/name]
[name]Zoltan[/name]
[name]Boaz[/name]
[name]Nilo[/name]
[name]Manu[/name]
[name]Quinlan[/name]
[name]Boyd[/name]
[name]Baxter[/name]
[name]Ike[/name]
[name]Desmond[/name]

[name]Twyla[/name]
[name]Brisa[/name]
[name]July[/name]
[name]Verity[/name]
[name]Esperance[/name]
[name]Astoria[/name]
[name]Patience[/name]
[name]Eulalia[/name]/[name]Eulalie[/name]
[name]Valencia[/name]
[name]Cerelia[/name]
[name]Bellamy[/name]
[name]Mariposa[/name]
[name]Persephone[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name]
[name]Prudence[/name]
[name]Azalia[/name]
[name]Araminta[/name]
[name]Cornelia[/name]
[name]Clio[/name]
[name]Scout[/name]
[name]Sari[/name]
[name]Zenobia[/name]
[name]Linnea[/name]
[name]Meadow[/name]
[name]Mahalia[/name]
[name]Gwendolyn[/name]

My definition of a whimsical name comes more from the image the name creates in my mind than from the actual content of the name, if that makes any sense. Thus, I see a fair number of “classic” names as whimsical, simply because of the characters they personify…

[name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Dolly[/name]
Evensong
[name]Faye[/name]
[name]Gypsy[/name]
[name]Harmony[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Luella[/name]
[name]Marigold[/name]
[name]Noemi[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Posy[/name]
[name]Quillan[/name]
[name]Roseanne[/name]
[name]Starling[/name]
[name]Tallulah[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Zinnia[/name]

[name]Lemon[/name] :slight_smile:

Following that alternative definition, I would add:

[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Jessamine[/name]
[name]Waverly[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Mira[/name]
[name]Joy[/name]