Not girly girl names

lifeonthehill

What are some girl names that don't seem girly? H and I have our #1 which is Annabel. It just feels too girly sometimes. I don't want unisex name like Alexandra NN Alex. Anyone have any suggestions?

==N==

So I'm going to assume you mean my definition of feminine but not frilly...

June
Miriam
Veronica
Tabitha
Eve
Gretchen
Liesel
Monica
Niamh
Hazel

MinnesotaMomma91

Felicity
Anne
Tara
Kayla
Katherine

Those are the only ones i can think of off the top of my head

Manderlin923

Bridget, Darcy, Elin, Arden, Neve,

mrs_tacos

Mila

Jocelyn

Gianna

Mya

Nora

Greta

Eliza

Hazel

Ramona 

Sylvia

Matilda

Magdalena

Bianca

Camilla

Louisa

Audra

Clara

Alice

Naomi

Joanna

sammy.k

Blake is a top contender on our list

nittanyllama

Some repeats and a mix of styles but I vote:

Bridget

Gretchen

Avery

Greta

Stella

Piper

Hadley

Margot

Ingrid

Vera

Zoe

Adele

Hazel

Simone

Ivy

Blythe

Sloan

Brynn

Maren

Olive

Nina

Thalia

Mila

Arden

Tessa

Eliza

Adding: Tamsin

Norah

Naomi

Esme

Alice

Ruby

Edith

noryang

What makes a name girly to you? Lots of soft sounds and vowels? The meaning of the name? The association? My daughter's name is Eowyn. To me the sound is soft, very feminine and pretty but the association is strong and powerful (awesome butt kciking character from literature) so the name is not that "girly" to me. But you could easily get ten people with ten different opinions on whether her name is girly or not. Without a little clarification what you ask is almost impossible - at least for me. 

BellaBlues777

Sydney
Morgan

Ineedmorecoffee

Ivy
Carys
Maeve
Vivian
Cecelia
Eve
Adrienne
Petra
Blythe
Kaia
Kate

Spin313

Tess/Tessa
April
Sydney
Avery
Erin
Lauren
Darcy
Natalie
Rachel
Brynn
Piper
Harper
Amanda
Quinn

CallaLily25

I'll give it a shot, but I think "girly" can be a bit subjective. These are names that I consider "not frilly" and in some cases, "spunky."

Harper

Piper

Wren

Brynn 

Hadley

Sage

Margot 

Zoe 

Paige 

Brooke

Maeve

Pepper6

Unless it's a unisex (or straight up boy) name, I don't see how any female names can be 'not girly'.  Since they are intended for girls, they are, by definition, girly.  

Now if you are talking overly frilly/flowery sounding names, then that's a different story, but it's still highly subjective, so you'll need to provide a few examples to your idea of frilly.  These are my idea of feminine, but not 'frilly' names:

Paige

Brooke

Harper

Piper

Claire

Ava

Eden

Helenahhandbasket

So-- a name that is obvioulsy a girl's name (not unisex), but not overly femme?  IMO-- that means less syllables, no "ana" "bella",

Sorry for any dups.  I do think this name style tends to have a lot of dated/ old fashioned names, becuase more modern names tend to be either aggresively female, or gender neutral.

Margaret

Ellen

Josephine

Diane

Irene

Colleen

Elise

Claire

Nora(h)

Jane

Joan

Patrice

Danielle

Alice

Helen

Mary

Kristen

Linda

Catherine

 

 

 

 

 

lifeonthehill

Joy2611 said:

I'm not sure I understand what you meant by "too girly."  To me, I'd say Liliana is waaaay too girly.  But Lily and Anna are fine.  But, you might think Lily is too girly.  I don't know.  I need more guidance :-)

As always you are spot on!

plus12012

Maren
Isla
Claire
Lena
Sophia
Nora

Kmommy91

Sorry for any repeats:
Maeve
Calla
Juniper
Hazel
Daphne
Phoebe
Matilda
Bryn
Bryony
Briar
Blythe
Esther
Zara
Maxine

BLPL101

I don't like super girly names either. I think that's why I don't really care for most names that end in "a". My DD is Caroline. I also had Claire, Katherine and Elizabeth on my list. 

brooksidebride

I like Annabelle a lot, but, yah, I think I know what you mean about it being very girly sounding.

Gretchen, Bridget, Rachel, Gabrielle, Lauren, Meredith, Marissa, Grace, Lila, Cara, Jocelyn

And... Ohh... pp mentions Hillary. I'm not saying I love it, but I don't think I have personally EVER seen that mentioned on BNB before. Very nice!

PB&J714

Sorry for any repeats!

Ruth

Ann

Julia

Carol

Lauren

Mary

Faye

Sarah

Bethany

Leah

Hannah

ArgyleBride

Cassidy?  I think it sounds very spunky.

JenLyn27

Blair
Blake
Fallon (I love this name for a girl)
Carys/Cerys
Delaney
Carly
Ember
Raelyn

EmilyAshford

Alexis

Jessa

Kyla

Anna

Jade

:-*