Pretty but currently unused names for a girl

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June
Leah
Nadia
Martha

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Anonymous wrote:No idea if it’s trending or not (though I haven’t met any)- was going to use Lilah if I had a second girl.

Most of them spell it Lila but there are a huge number of them at DD’s preschool (also Leilas and Lolas)

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Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter if it's being used a lot? Don't you want your child to have a popular name?

Why would you want your kid to have a popular name?

Familiar, easy to spell, trendy. Why wouldn’t you? Never understood this “must find obscure name” thing — that sort of thinking begins the “precious little snowflake” mentality.

Neither of my kids have an “obscure” name, they are names that you’ve definitely heard before, but are not trendy and definitely not hard to spell. My youngest daughter’s name now is a little more popular, but my oldest isn’t and I’ve not once been asked how to spell it. Think of Marie, like a pp posted they named their child. Not obscure, not popular, not hard to spell. Sweet, lovely name.

I had a very common name growing up, was one of 6 in my class (six!) at one time. I hated it. Resented it. And although I don’t think of myself as a special little snowflake, I did feel like I was special enough to at least have a name that wasn’t shared with so many kids. So... that’s why.

+1. I hated being one of forty million Jennifers. My kids got “typical” names that were below 250. Names are a huge part of one’s identity and it’s hard to share it with so many others.

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Anne

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Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter if it's being used a lot? Don't you want your child to have a popular name?

Why would you want your kid to have a popular name?

Familiar, easy to spell, trendy. Why wouldn’t you? Never understood this “must find obscure name” thing — that sort of thinking begins the “precious little snowflake” mentality.

Stop with the trump-like “snowflake” crap. OP wants unpopular which is very different than unique or obscure. Like the name Susan or Laura.

And iI don’t doubt for a second that there are many, many things you don’t understand.

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Ingrid

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Anonymous wrote:Daisy!!!!

I love, love, love the name Daisy!

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Anonymous wrote:Lauren, not Laura.

I agree this is a classically beautiful name.

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Anonymous wrote:Daisy!!!!

I love, love, love the name Daisy!

Me too! Such a bubbly, happy name!

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Anonymous wrote:Why does it matter if it's being used a lot? Don't you want your child to have a popular name?

Why would you want your kid to have a popular name?

Familiar, easy to spell, trendy. Why wouldn’t you? Never understood this “must find obscure name” thing — that sort of thinking begins the “precious little snowflake” mentality.

Neither of my kids have an “obscure” name, they are names that you’ve definitely heard before, but are not trendy and definitely not hard to spell. My youngest daughter’s name now is a little more popular, but my oldest isn’t and I’ve not once been asked how to spell it. Think of Marie, like a pp posted they named their child. Not obscure, not popular, not hard to spell. Sweet, lovely name.

I had a very common name growing up, was one of 6 in my class (six!) at one time. I hated it. Resented it. And although I don’t think of myself as a special little snowflake, I did feel like I was special enough to at least have a name that wasn’t shared with so many kids. So... that’s why.

+1. I hated being one of forty million Jennifers. My kids got “typical” names that were below 250. Names are a huge part of one’s identity and it’s hard to share it with so many others.

+2. I still hate it. There are three other Jennifer’s in my department and will undoubtedly be several Jennifer’s in my old age home.

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I’ve always loved the name Tara.

Just remember though - just because you pick a name that isn’t popular doesn’t mean that your kid won’t have kids in her class with that name. My son is Matthew - it was top 5 in popularity at the time. He’s never had another kid in his class named Matthew. Never had another Matthew on any sports teams, either. But there are three kids named Spencer in his class, even though Spencer was not a popular name at all. You just never know.

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Noelle

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Jacqueline

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Daphne

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Anonymous wrote:Daisy!!!!

I love, love, love the name Daisy!

Me too! Such a bubbly, happy name!

Reminds me of a guinea pig