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Classic, underused girls name

MamaWren919MamaWren919 member
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We're set on boys names, but I'm having the hardest time finding something I love for a girl. I like classic, feminine names like Caroline, Charlotte, Audrey, Olivia, Ava, but since I'm a teacher and all of my friends had kids before me these all just seem too common/taken. Suggestions for something with the same feel, but that isn't overdone??
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    benmel31benmel31 member
    I love most of those names too.  If this little one was a girl, she was going to be Lydia.  

    Other suggestions: Cora, Danielle, Eliza, Elise, Iris, Jillian, Jocelyn, Victoria

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    MixedBerries88MixedBerries88 member
    How about:
    Alice
    Anna/Anne
    Victoria
    Louisa/Louise
    Laura
    Beatrice (nn Bea)
    Mary
    Marie
    Elizabeth with nn Eliza, Libby or Betsy




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    wassuphoeswassuphoes member
    Alice
    Corinne
    Leona
    Claire
    Eloise
    Cordelia
    Matilda
    Sybil
    Agatha
    Bernadette
    Cosima
    Diane
    Ethel
    Florence
    Astrid
    Harriet
    Ariadne
    Isadora
    Janet
    Mabel
    Marcella
    Minerva
    Phyllis
    Portia
    Roxanne
    Susannah
    Theodora
    Theresa
    Pilar

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    LNic5LNic5 member
    Clara
    Eloise
    Noelle
    Lillian/Lilliana
    Bianca
    Audra
    Celeste
    Carina
    Rosalie/Rosalind/Rosalinda
    Louisa
    Eliza
    Delilah
    Beatrice
    Vera
    Camilla/Camille
    Caroline
    Nora
    Julianne
    Cora/Coralie
    Colette/Cosette
    Diana
    Nina
    Juliet
    Margot
    Ruth
    Julie/Julia
    Lucille
    Helene/Helena
    Daphne
    Vivian
    Mira
    Sylvia/Sylvie
    Maeve
    Adele
    Vada
    Rosemary
    Matilda
    Meredith
    Hattie
    Martha
    Ellen
    Pearl
    Frances
    Corrine
    Joyce
    Renee
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    tdart14tdart14 member
    Elena
    Evelyn
    Dorothy
    Kathleen
    Mae
    Jeanette
    Joanna
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    koriemokoriemo member
    Claire, Elaine, and Louisa are all beautiful, classic, and underused!
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    holli0801holli0801 member
    Love love love Caroline! They are all nice though! :-)
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    BethPSUBethPSU member
    A current favorite of mine is Pearl.  I also love Maeve, Cecilia, Margaret, and Evelyn (although Evelyn is pretty popular)
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    saham07saham07 member
    Bridget, Maureen, Colette, Coleen, Vera, Pauline, Cecilia, Genevieve, Margaret
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    grlplzgrlplz member
    Victoria. It is my name so I am a bit biased but I love it and while my friends where Amanda A, B, and C or Heather 1, 2, and 3 I was the only one in my whole school.
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    queenwogqueenwog member
    Annelise
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    expressobean13expressobean13 member
    Anita
    Aurelia/Aurelie
    Bianca
    Camille, Carlotta, Cecilia/Celia, Cynthia
    Danielle, Deborah, Diana
    Edith, Ella, Emmeline
    Felicity
    Gabrielle, Geraldine





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    HulerHuler member
    We are going with Claire. A few other underused classics (I think?) that we liked were Cora, Pearl, and Ruby. Someone here mentioned Etta in one of my posts awhile back, I liked that one too!
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    MWoodsideMWoodside member
    My faves are: Claire, Eloise, Grace, Alice & Genevieve.

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    groovylocksgroovylocks member
    Speaking of overused, I'm going to regret this. Here is my shortlist of NOT overused names. Our final choices is the first on the list:

    - Polly
    - Alice
    - Meredith
    - Rose
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    4N6s4N6s member
    Clara. Carys. Noelle. Nicole. Penelope. Daphne. Fiona. Willa. Violet. Vanessa. Claire. Paige. Olivia. Zoe. Lillian. Mallory. Melody. Genevieve. Eden. Isla. Esme.
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    Kate0034Kate0034 member
    PP suggested everything I was going to say. My favorite choices are Alice, Eliza, Susannah, Audra, and Elizabeth w/ a less common nickname (so many to choose from!)

    I also love Claire, which feels common to me, but I don't think it really is among little kids anymore.
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    MrsCFBMrsCFB member

    Camille

    Claire

    Audrey

    Elaina

    Lauren

    Meredith

    Frances

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    BeachBride1216BeachBride1216 member
    So glad I don't see ours!  We like Claudia.  It's feminine but you don't hear it often.  Plus, I really like that there isn't a common nickname for it since I dislike most nicknames.  Pair it with a single syllable middle name like Jane or Reed.
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    LuvLoveXoLuvLoveXo member
    I love Eliza and Colette
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    swickham7swickham7 member
    We are choosing Phoebe Mae as our little girls name, I love how old fashioned it is.
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    saham07saham07 member
    swickham7 said:

    We are choosing Phoebe Mae as our little girls name, I love how old fashioned it is.


    it is lovely!
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    balderasmamabalderasmama member
    My favorite from PP lists are Victoria and Eliza/Elizabeth.
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    Katherine
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    malisaannmalisaann member
    DD is Violet and we're considering Eloise or Genevieve if this one is a girl! There are so many adorable, not overused girl names to choose from! 
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    BulgariHeartBulgariHeart member
    Virginia
    Arabella
    Isabelle
    Lorelei
    Margaret
    Samantha
    Desiree
    Daphne
    Melanie
    Valentina
    Veronica
    Angelica
    Livia
    Michelle
    Stephanie
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    theglitteredpterodactyltheglitteredpterodactyl member
    Our girl names are Marlene, Rebekah and Sigourney, they all have an old fashioned / classic feel I think.
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    mgrulkemgrulke member

    This is my list for classic girl names

    Molly

    Lucy

    Maggie

    Lydia

    Leona

    Gretta

     

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    HeavenBlessedMomHeavenBlessedMom member
    Margaret


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    HeavenBlessedMomHeavenBlessedMom member
    Gretchen nn greta if you like


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    No periods due to 17 years of ballet and distance running after college.  Zero response to 2 months of Clomid, little response to Letrozole.  IUI left with 9 cysts = too many viable eggs due to age.  On to IVF.  Low dose of all meds still produced 37 mature eggs 12.6.11.  Froze due to overstimulation.  

    FET #1.1 1.22.12 BFN.   FET #1.2 2.22.12=GRACE! (and a vanishing twin).  

    Grace Katherine born 10.25.12 @ 36w6w 6#14oz 19.5".
    FET #1.3 3.2013 BFN FET#1.4 4.2013 BFN. Never tried a fresh transfer.  Let's try, despite 10 still frozen.  
    ER 6.26.13 27 mature eggs, slight overstim. ET   7.1.13 ectopic, FET 2.1  9.10.14   TRIPLETS!!  

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    on_the_moveon_the_move member

    We are also considering Caroline and Charlotte so I feel like we have similar taste in names.  Some of the other ones I've considered were:

    Laura

    Katherine

    Meredith

    Julia

    Mary

    Elizabeth (DD's name)

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    djluschendjluschen member
    some of these are repeats but I love:
    Eloise
    Evelyn
    Cecilia
    Delilah
    Margaret
    Josephine
    Margot
    Vivian
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    sunkiss177sunkiss177 member
    I wanted Bonnie is I was having a girl. I don't know that is felt the same as any of your other names, but it is a classic and not used much.  I also liked Lorine .
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    HoosOnFirstHoosOnFirst member
    Our short list was
    Evelyn (the likely winner)
    Elyse
    Ramona
    Nina
    Tabitha
    Vera
    Pearl
    June
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    hailee8706hailee8706 member
    We liked Amelia and Coraline but settled on Scarlett
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    balderasmamabalderasmama member
    edited May 2015
    So many good names on this thread! I will say, Vivian/Vivienne and Evelyn are very popular right now. As I'm sure Charlotte will be in honor of the baby princess. I am now stuck on the possibility of Juliet, Elizabeth (nn Birdie), Lucy, Lola and Chloe.
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    AmberLiz99AmberLiz99 member
    My daughter is Elise Allison. We also liked:
    Natalie
    Emma
    Daphne
    Jane
    Abbigail
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    VexyMommyVexyMommy member
    on_the_move said:

    We are also considering Caroline and Charlotte so I feel like we have similar taste in names.  Some of the other ones I've considered were:

    Laura

    Katherine

    Meredith

    Julia

    Mary

    Elizabeth (DD's name)

    lol.  My name is Laura Catherine.  I love all the names on your list too. 
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