Rare but real names for girl

mb0112 · August 2015

We have a common, one-syllable "B" last name so would like a longer, rare first name that is still recognizable as a "real name". Other suggestions are welcome, but avoiding "B" as the first initial.

erinnlou · August 2015

I like all of them except for Thomasina. Helena is my favorite.

mattandlora · August 2015

Cordelia / Cora is my favorite, but it's becoming popular in my area. If you're going for rare, I couldn't recommend it and vote for it. I voted Helena because it is my favorite of the names I don't see

letyourheartbeyourguide · August 2015

I voted Helena. I also like Helen.

I see Cora on these boards a lot lately. I think it's pretty but if you're looking for less common I might reconsider. Cordelia is nms because I only think of Buffy.

dramaphile · August 2015

Felicity is one of my favorites! i love that it means "happiness".

I wonder if we have the same last name, mine is also common, one-syllable, starts with "B". It's harder naming with a common last name!

Thomasina is the only one that sticks out for me as a "no", mostly because there was a disney movie in the 70s called "The Three Lives of Thomasina" about a cat that keeps coming back from the dead. and so Thomasina will always be a cat's name to me.... Would you consider just Tamsin? It's technically a nickname, but it doesn't sound like a nickname. It's not used very often, and I think it's a really neat name.

wassuphoes · August 2015

Ranks last year of all the names you mentioned

Felicity - 497

Helena - 502

Cordelia - 993

Theodora - 2246

Thomasina - not recorded, less then 5 girls named Thomasina.

I like all of them but Thomasina, it's just a bit of an awkward name.

Recommend Heloise and Adamina

Mamabeagle · August 2015

letyourheartbeyourguide said:
I voted Helena. I also like Helen.

I see Cora on these boards a lot lately. I think it's pretty but if you're looking for less common I might reconsider. Cordelia is nms because I only think of Buffy.

You would like her better if you watched the Angel spinoff.

fiorip · August 2015

My favorite from your list is Helena. A few other choices

Cornelia
Carminia
Isadora
Ashland

kmkrushi · August 2015

I voted Cordelia. I love the name but it was out for us since it rhymes with DD's name. I think it'd a beautiful, elegant name. You can always use Delia as a less common nn if Cora is more popular in your area.

DutchLucyLu · August 2015

Mamabeagle said:

I voted Helena. I also like Helen. I see Cora on these boards a lot lately. I think it's pretty but if you're looking for less common I might reconsider. Cordelia is nms because I only think of Buffy.
You would like her better if you watched the Angel spinoff.

This. Plus, Cordelia is also a character from Shakespeare, so that's mega high brow.

I voted Felicity, but I also like Cordelia and Helena.

satuttle1014 · August 2015

I love the name Felicity because it means "good fortune, happiness" which I love and Theodora is pretty good too, can nickname her Thea

Karenin · August 2015

Felicity is my favorite but you can't go wrong with any of these- great choices! (I also LOVE Tamsin, so using it as a nn for Thomasina is lovely!)

dancingmatilda · August 2015

I voted for Helena. Also would suggest Winifred.

mb0112 · August 2015

Thanks all! Helena was actually my least favorite to start with but it is growing on me and getting a lot of love from you all!

I'm not crazy about Cordelia, something about the D sound... Loved Cora for a while til I saw it is on the rise... #78 in my state, so with the common last name I wouldn't want my kid to have a common first and last. But with Cordelia or maybe Coraline, Cora could be a nickname.

Other suggestions very welcome!

eileenmcgoo · August 2015

Wilhelmina

eliztheforrizz · August 2015

Love Cordelia, Felicity, and Theodora! I voted Felicity since it is probably what I would be most likely to use. All are great tho!

MamaWren919 · August 2015

I like Felicity best. I like Thea better as a stand alone name. If it were listed without Theodora, that would have gotten my vote.

janelleashu · August 2015

I like Tamsin! It's not three syllables, but it's rare and cool. A few more for the pile:
Dahlia
Persephone
Isolde
Magdalena

somewhereinafrica · August 2015

I like Felicity and Thea!

Other suggestions

Jemima
Camilla
Anthea
Georgina
Matilda
Freya

schnookee · August 2015

My daughter's name is Tallulah. If our last was a girl we were going to name her Maisie.

LNic5 · August 2015

I like Helena and Cordelia nn Cora

kerismatic · August 2015

Please, do not name your child Thomasina! Even the nn (which doesn't make sense tO me) is terrible.

I love Cora, but do not like Cordelia at all.

I voted Felicity kind of by default. I think we just have very different tastes in names.

PaniaO · August 2015

LOVE Helena so very much, but my DH won't go for it because it's the same as Helen and he doesn't dig that name, apparently.

janelleashu · August 2015

Oooh, Freya's a cool name! Where's that from?

Linsbins · August 2015

I like Felicity and Cora. I thought Tamsin was a name, not a nn. Although my only point of reference is Tamsin Sursok from Pretty Little Liars, so I could definitely be wrong.

DutchLucyLu · August 2015

janelleashu said:

Oooh, Freya's a cool name! Where's that from?

Pretty sure it's from Norse mythology. It's awesome.

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