Pretty but currently unused names for a girl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher. Last year I had a student called Mary, and the name really few on me.

This is the only Mary I encountered among students in 14 years, so really is underused now.

DD is a 14 year old Mary and the only Mary in her entire school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher. Last year I had a student called Mary, and the name really few on me.

This is the only Mary I encountered among students in 14 years, so really is underused now.

DD is a 14 year old Mary and the only Mary in her entire school.

It's a great name. And very unusual and refreshing to encounter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is there such an obsession with finding “unused names”? Who cares?

I do. I have the most common name of my generation and it’s awful.

+2. I care too. Another here with a very popular name of my generation. I have never been in a class, a party, a family, or a work environment where there aren’t at least two other women with my first name. When I go into a hospice at the end of my days, I guarantee there will be at least one other woman with my name dying next to me.

[Anonymous]

has anyone suggested the name Joan? I have two aunts with that name, both are in their 80s. I don't know any younger people with that name.

[Anonymous]

Muriel
Mabel
Églantine
Eunice

[Anonymous]

I was just about to post Muriel. Florence also a classic.

[Anonymous]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it yet but I love the name Tabitha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is there such an obsession with finding “unused names”? Who cares?

I do. I have the most common name of my generation and it’s awful.

+2. I care too. Another here with a very popular name of my generation. I have never been in a class, a party, a family, or a work environment where there aren’t at least two other women with my first name. When I go into a hospice at the end of my days, I guarantee there will be at least one other woman with my name dying next to me.

Yes. Certain names tell your age. Like Jennifer is 40-something

[Anonymous]

Lucy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cassandra
Serena
Samantha
Veronica
Vanessa
Sasha
Bianca
Sabrina
Carissa
Katrina
Cecilia
Claudia
Tabitha

OP specified two-syllables.

You were a hall monitor in 5th grade, weren’t you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is there such an obsession with finding “unused names”? Who cares?

I do. I have the most common name of my generation and it’s awful.

+2. I care too. Another here with a very popular name of my generation. I have never been in a class, a party, a family, or a work environment where there aren’t at least two other women with my first name. When I go into a hospice at the end of my days, I guarantee there will be at least one other woman with my name dying next to me.

While I don’t care too much about having an extremely rare name, I do want to avoid names that are overused. At our preschool there were 3 Nathaniels in one class! It was a bit much to have to be Nathaniel A, B and C at age 3.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Ada/Adah

My daughter has had an Addie in her class every year. Addison, Adelynn and variations are quite popular.

Ada/Adah is a standalone name, very popular in the end of the 19th century.

Yes, that’s true, but it won’t feel that way when you’re one of 5 moms calling out for Ada/Addie at the playground...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is there such an obsession with finding “unused names”? Who cares?

I do. I have the most common name of my generation and it’s awful.

+2. I care too. Another here with a very popular name of my generation. I have never been in a class, a party, a family, or a work environment where there aren’t at least two other women with my first name. When I go into a hospice at the end of my days, I guarantee there will be at least one other woman with my name dying next to me.

Yes. Certain names tell your age. Like Jennifer is 40-something

I’m 60, and there were 3 Jennifers in my small high school class. Second only to Catherine/Katherine/Cathy/Kathy/Kate/Katy/Katie/Kit/Kitty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Ada/Adah

My daughter has had an Addie in her class every year. Addison, Adelynn and variations are quite popular.

Ada/Adah is a standalone name, very popular in the end of the 19th century.

Yes, that’s true, but it won’t feel that way when you’re one of 5 moms calling out for Ada/Addie at the playground...

These are two different names that sound different. Ada/Adah is pronounced with a long A. I'm not getting the confusion about this classic name, in this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You were a hall monitor in 5th grade, weren’t you?

And again, not even correct. The OP said their last name was 2 syllables, not that the traditional but not overused names need to be 2 syllables.