Girls' Names

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Registered: 10-15-2005
Girls' Names
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Sat, 10-15-2005 - 12:39pm
I'm stuck for a girl's name for my unborn baby. I already have a three year old son called Devon and would like an equally unusual name for my daughter. I always wanted my children to be the only ones with their names in the school but I cannot find any I like in any of the baby name books I like.
Can anyone help?
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Registered: 10-13-2005
Sat, 10-15-2005 - 3:10pm

possible combos:


Devon & ...


Averianne Elise


Gwendolyn Rose


Celine Belle


Savannah Lily


Eliza Therese


Annisa Rose


Giesala

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sat, 10-15-2005 - 5:53pm

A few ideas:

Harper
Darcy
Neve
Blaire
Celia
Leah
Carys
Danica
Samara
Rayna
Brynn
Jade
Reese
Tawana
Kiana
Ivy
Brielle
Tanya
Ginger
Teirney

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Registered: 09-13-2005
Sat, 10-15-2005 - 6:06pm

Hi!

Girls' names with about the same popularity as Devon would be (and edited to the ones I like too, lol)

Sophie (Sophia's very popular, though)
Naomi
Alana
Giselle
Erika/Erica
Sadie
Lucy
Elise
Vivian
Miranda
Stella
Bianca
Charlotte
Ruby
Carly

Hope that might help you! You can find out the popularity of names (the top 1000 used, anyhow) at http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ Devon was #175 in 2004.

Devon and Erika
Devon and Stella (like this A LOT!!)
Devon and Sophie
Devon and Alanna (nn Allie?)

Names like Jane, Ellen, Helen, Anne,Alice, Ruth, Carrie, Norah etc- the classic names- are actually very unusual now. Much more common names are names like Mckenzie, Destiny, Madison, Riley and Sierra, so you could look at some of the "older" names in order to make sure your daughter doesn't become known by her last initial :P
Some of the most unusual names of 2004(lower than #700):
Robin/Robyn
Norah
Violet
Eve
Mara
Frances (nn Frankie is cute!)
Penelope (nn Penny or Pippi?)
Juliet
Greta
Rowan (I prefer this for boys, but that's just me)
Felicity
Maeve (I like this one very much)
Laurel
Kenna
Elsa
Annabel
Gwyneth

Another thing you could do is pick one of the popular girls' names in England, but one that isn't poular in the USA yet, because a lot of our popular names are cool there first...your daughter could be unique in her grade and ahead of the times :P
Examples:
Ella
Millie
Mollie
Mia
Ruby
Daisy
Freya
Alice
Poppy
Keira
Niamh (pronounced 'Neeve')
Maisie
Lucy

The top 100 UK girl's names are at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_girls.asp

Hope that helps you a bit!
-Sisi.

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Registered: 09-29-2005
Sat, 10-15-2005 - 7:34pm

Sierra
Acacia
Afton
Autumn
Bianca
Brenda
Clarissa
Constance
Coral
Deidre
Daphne
Dolphene
Francesca
Glory
Glenna
Harper
Hypatia
Jolene
Lorelei
Maeve
Monica
Nadine
Tangie
Raquel
Rayne
Doraine
Beverly
Starla
Vivien

Good luck!

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Registered: 10-11-2005
Sun, 10-16-2005 - 9:20am
I think Devon and Jade sound fabulous! Or even Devon and Lila Jade. Beautiful.
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Registered: 10-15-2005
Tue, 10-18-2005 - 5:13am
Thank you for that name but I canot use Jade as a first name as my niece is called Jade and I already have a middle name picked out. If you can help further, feel free
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Registered: 01-23-2005
Tue, 10-18-2005 - 6:01am

Here are some of the names I have found:

Orianna
Coral
Phoebe
Colleen
Miranda
Eden
Rochelle
Rita
Nora
Marissa
Lauren
Jacinda
Isabel

I also know 2 people with these unusual names:
Patience
Honee-lyn

Hope this helps

Tracy

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Registered: 10-18-2005
Tue, 10-18-2005 - 4:35pm
I had the same train of thought when I named my daughter born February 4,2005. Her father and I decided on Kendall Morgan Dies. Now I am finding out that there are several girls older than her that are named Kendall. The only unique thing about it now is the spelling. Others spell it Kendell or Kendayle. Oh and there is a 6 year old boy down the street whose name is Devon. There really aren't any unique names any more that don't sound ridiculous. Some of my ideas that my boyfriend wouldn't agree on are Athena, Micah, Scarlett, Emmalise, or Jayda. GOOD LUCK!!!