Pretty but currently unused names for a girl

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Diana
Adrienne
Miriam
Camille (or Camilla)
Miranda
Veronica
Vanessa

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Anonymous wrote:Marie. It’s my daughter’s name but we have yet to meet another one in the 6 years since we started having kids/paying attention to kids’ names. It’s in the 600s in terms of popularity on the social security name list.

Marie is really beautiful

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Helen
Ellen
Heather
Laura
Lauren
Anne (Annie)
Julia
Rebecca
Marilyn

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Anonymous wrote:Daisy!!!!

I love, love, love the name Daisy!

Any of the flower names are fairly popular these days.

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Susan (nn Susie)
Lena
Rebecca
Kathleen
Rachel
Sarah
Margot
Hilary
Theresa (nn Tess)
Stephanie (nn Steffi)
Sloan

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Una
Meredith
Diana
Marigold

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Anonymous wrote:Helen
Ellen
Heather
Laura
Lauren
Anne (Annie)
Julia
Rebecca
Marilyn

I read this whole thread to find Ellen. I think is such a nice name. Simple formal classic but with options for nicknames.

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Anonymous wrote:Two syllable last name - plain but uncommon. We like traditional names. So far Laura is our first choice but someone here posted it was getting used a lot recently.

Thanks, guys!

Esme
Ella
Heaven
Winter
Rosie
Rosy
Posy
Alice

[Anonymous]

Emma.

[Anonymous]

Danielle
Jessica
Michelle
Paige
Rebecca

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Anonymous wrote:Ingrid

not OP but I love Ingrid!

How about Ruth?

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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.

I adore the name Jennifer! To me it still sounds so pretty. I think you're both lucky!

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

I know one. I really like it, but I am a Spanish speaker and kind of just think, "LOOK!!" when see it.

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Melissa

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Anonymous wrote:Two syllable last name - plain but uncommon. We like traditional names. So far Laura is our first choice but someone here posted it was getting used a lot recently.

Thanks, guys!

Laura is a great name and I dont think it is popular. Use it!