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419158 tn?1316571604

Uncommon name for a special girl:)

Ok so now that we know that we are having a girl, DH and I have been trying to think of names, not much luck:( I want to name her ASAP so when im talking to her(belly) or about her I can call her by name, I hate waiting untill the last minute to deside. Well we have made a list of a few names that we think are ok, but nothing is really jumping out at me:( DH also wants her to have my middle name (Marie) which I hate because its so common. We are looking for somethink uncommon and unique. But not too hard to say.
A few names we have thought of are Keira and Peyton. I also like Samantha and Aubrey, but they just seem to common now days. DH also likes Cassandra, its ok I guess if I call her Cassie.
If anyone has any good uncommon names for me PLEASE post them:) Im going to start a list at home for DH to look at so we can name her soon. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated:)
Thanks,
*Tabitha*
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487124 tn?1256654549
well  hmm my  two  girls  have  different name  my  oldest is  Shayla Melissa  and my newest is  McKenna Madison  i tend to  pair  different names with  common middle names.

  i alway  like Cheyenne   and  Aubrey
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439903 tn?1380137882
i heard of a name last night that i really liked....Kenley or Kinley, it was on TV dont remember on what or where but i heard it and was like OOHHHH i like that.....
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664732 tn?1296823050
i am TTC for a girl :) and i am looking for unusual names as well, i go about it by the meaning, i dont like my name and ever since i found out what my name mean and those of my sister i am a bit angry with my parents, however, my favorites sooo far are:

ophelia
laila
kira (or at least it used to be, so many i see wrote it down :)
trinity
luna

dont just make it a pretty name, make it a meaningful name :)
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798944 tn?1237517207
My best friend, god rest her soul, was named Kylie Michelle. i also love the name Kylie Rae. just a couple suggestions...
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724112 tn?1292919407
Congrats on your little girl!!

(And congrats on finally liking the name "Tabitha"--it's taken me about 20 years to like having it as well. :-)

Kiera is a beautiful name, and not heard too much this side of the Atlantic.

If I end up pregnant with a little girl (and I hope I do), we're calling her either Shiloh, Shalom, or Medora.

Medora comes from Lord Byron's poem "The Corsair".

One of the best suggestions I've heard about finding an unusual name was to look through your favorite novels/poems, and browse the character names.

19th Century novelists & poets are especially great for interesting & unique names.

Before we narrowed it down, here were some others from our list:

Arabella
Blair
Briony
Cecile
Cecily
Christabel
Clarice
Cordelia
Estella
Gatsby
Honoria
Larissa
Leighton
Octavia
Ophelia
Magdelena
Marlowe
Maia
Natalia
Pomona
Portia
Regan
Serena
Sonora
Tatiana
Tourvell
Wilhemina
Viola
Zelda


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551454 tn?1276782284
Keira Grace is my niece and when they have another child it will be Payton. We are naming our daughter Zephyr and still trying to pick the middle name we are thinking about Phoenix, Channing, Stormy, Isla, Aubrey, Avery, Seang(sang), or even Junior because how often do you ever hear of a girl being a junior we have never.

well hope you have fun picking we are.
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419158 tn?1316571604
Thank you ladies!! You guys are awesome!! I never expected so many responses!! This is way better then then a baby book! The names that you have listed are great. Im hoping to corner DH soon and show him this post. Maybe we'll have a name soon........
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432737 tn?1358549432
if I had a girl I was going to name her Wren.  It means Little Bird in Olde English. I think it's really unique and pretty.
i'm having a boy though, so we're going with Jack! Good luck w/your name search!
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118225 tn?1278654940
My DH's daughter(my step-daughter) is named McKemma....with M's instead of N's.....her mom wanted to name her something different and I have NEVER heard that name anywhere else.  Not sure it is my fave name in the world, but hey its different.
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377012 tn?1283965435
makenna, macayden (2 lil kids i know girl & boy)
my nieces name is diamond capri, nephews is jagger
i have picked out khloe delayne-or-korrah lynn
other names:
willow
karigan (pronounced k-air-i-gan)
tanyell (like danielle with a t)
taryn
staysha
cilia
realynn (pronounced ray-lynn)
rayanne
maygen (like megan but may instead of me)
molliah
kianna
nitalia
falynn
illianna
corissa
cerra (pronounced seir ah)
christalynn
charish
ariella
amberly/amberlee
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159063 tn?1247272817
rhiannon
cheyanna
christa
avianna
ayla ( thats one of my girls names)
Myleigh (thats my other babies name)
Macie
vivanna
antionette
lacy
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435139 tn?1255460391
Personally I like names that are almost boy names for girls but dh won't agree to any but I figured I'd share...

Raegan
Taylor
Madison
Kennedy

Good luck!
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439903 tn?1380137882
if we have a girl we are going to name her Kindyl (like a fire kindles) just a little different then Kendall...
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439903 tn?1380137882
My Name is Amberlee, i very rarely hear it, just a suggestion =)
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689265 tn?1251130087
i think keira conlin is lovely
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419158 tn?1316571604
Ohhh, like gone with the wind!! I have always loved here name!! I will have to run that by DH:)
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392430 tn?1382904781
Scarlet Marie....I like it.
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419158 tn?1316571604
I suppose I could make this easy and just name her after me , lol. I do like my name, it took about 20 years but I like it now, hehe.
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419158 tn?1316571604
The last name is Conlin. Very irish. Maybe I should be looking for an irish name, lol, IDK:(  
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Avatar universal
Yes, I am from way up north (NH) and DH grew up and most of his family is from Baton Rouge LA (deep south). DH still has a hard time with words like 'pen' or 'den'-it sounds as if he is saying 'pin' or 'din'...no offense! I just wanted a name that everyone one could say properly! :)

LOL-Sydney was another girls name we had picked out like 10 years ago when we were dating! I still like that name too :)
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368785 tn?1270432283
Well, my name is Samantha. But I was born in 1990, and I haven't seen too many little girls with that name nowadays.
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690039 tn?1277472422
Yeah---there's just a difference between a southern short e sound and a northern one, lol.  To a northerner it sounds like a short i.  It doesn't bother me since we are both originally from Alabama (we grew up an hour apart and didn't know it!).

I can't even fully commit to Kendall though... I don't know what I want to do, I'm so darned indecisive!

I really like Cicely too, it's so pretty like Sydney but much more rare.  
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Avatar universal
We had considered Kendall for our oldest-but my dh is from the south, so his family pronounces it 'Kindill"-It drove me nuts, so I figured it would never work if they could not pronounce it properly!! But I still love the name :)
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I wanted to go a little more uncommon the second time around, because my oldest, Madelyn, is not uncommon at ALL ( I go into stores all the time and hear people calling for their 'Maddie's"), and people hear her called Maddy and assume her name is Madison, which is also very popular.

SO, I heard Jordana on a tv show, and wasn't sure if I liked it, because I had never heard it before-but the name grew on me so much! I love it, and I cannot imagine dd with another name, it is so her (originally, she was going to be Makenna, which is also growing in popularity).

Also, DD's middle names are Rylyn and Sage. My oldest's middle name's are Ava and Rose(my girls have 2 middle names)(also very popular 4 years ago, when she was named)

I was also going to suggest Cassidy, but I can see that has already been suggested. A friend named her dd that. I also like Delany, I think that is cute. (Can you tell I love irish names??)

DH and I had the name Hayden Blake picked out if we were to have a boy, we had that picked out in like 2000, when we were dating. Now all the 'ayden'/aiden' names top the lists for boys AND girls(Caiden, Aiden, Jayden, Hayden, Brayden, etc)....what a difference 9 years makes! Whoever said in this post that any uncommon name now, will become popular, is absolutely right. My aunt named her boys Ethan and Logan 18 and 13 years ago, and we in the family had not really heard them much-she felt she had given them unique names. Now all these years later, they also top the lists' for boys names. And that was 18 YEARS ago...time and names preferences can over time....I am waiting for Jordana to jump onto the top 100 girls name list at some point within the next few years....

But classic names, are always beautiful too, and you can never go wrong. I love names like Olivia, Elizabeth (my middle name), and Sophie.

I do hope you are able to find a beautiful name that you love and fits your special little girl to a T. That is how I feel about the names I chose for my girls. Best wishes.
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