Pretty but currently unused names for a girl

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Anonymous wrote:We’re thinking about Meera/Mira. Anyone know one?

Yes we have met several but it’s not super common. We used it for the middle name but our DD is 13.

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I just browsed, but a few I didn't see-

Cecily
Bridget
May
Elsie

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My 13yo DC has a name that has hung out in the 200's on both the boys and girls SS names lists for years and we've met maybe 6 or 7 other kids who share the name.

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I know a Laura who is 6, and I swear I had another friend that used it, too

One of my friends has a girl named Linden (honoring a Linda). That might work for you

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Anonymous wrote:Sloan
Kathleen
Vivian
Margaret

This is extremely popular amongst the UMC on the East Coast. I don't expect it will make national U.S. traction, but it has hit peak in certain demographics. Vivian is right there as well.

I’m in Seattle suburbia and Sloan/Sloane is very common here too.

Sloane is SO popular among UMC preppy set. I think its a bit derivative of the whole Sloane Ranger thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloane_Ranger

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Anonymous wrote:Also, Gen X-er here: it’s funny listening to these names, which are all names of my peers or our parents. Guessing most of you here are in your 20s-30s, so it’s funny how trends shift.

I'm in my late 40s and suggested Jenny, even though there were always 3 Jennifers in my class at school-I think a nice name that was popular a generation ago is still a nice name.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, Gen X-er here: it’s funny listening to these names, which are all names of my peers or our parents. Guessing most of you here are in your 20s-30s, so it’s funny how trends shift.

I'm in my late 40s and suggested Jenny, even though there were always 3 Jennifers in my class at school-I think a nice name that was popular a generation ago is still a nice name.

My husband's great grandmother was named Jenny! or was it Jennie? Anyhoo, we thought about honoring her but, decided Jenny was a nn but, didn't want Jennifer.

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Anonymous wrote:Eva

Ava is ranked in the top 5 most used names... They sound the same.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of my favorites that I don't hear often are:
Juliette
Carly
Brooke
Clio
Elle
Paige
Bryony

How do you pronounce Bryony?

It's Bry-o-nee. That's actually my cats name because I liked it so much and didn't have a girl!

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Belinda

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Regina
Melissa
Bernadette

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Some of my favorites that I don't hear often are:
Juliette
Carly
Brooke
Clio
Elle
Paige
Bryony

How do you pronounce Bryony?

It's Bry-o-nee. That's actually my cats name because I liked it so much and didn't have a girl!

Isn't that the awful girl from Atonement, but she spelled it Briony.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of my favorites that I don't hear often are:
Juliette
Carly
Brooke
Clio
Elle
Paige
Bryony

How do you pronounce Bryony?

It's Bry-o-nee. That's actually my cats name because I liked it so much and didn't have a girl!

Which syllable gets emphasized? The first?

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Anonymous wrote:We’re thinking about Meera/Mira. Anyone know one?

Yes, she's in elementary now.

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Sylvia