- Allegra (ahl-LEG-rah, Italian)--"cheerful"
- Astrid (AHS-trid, Scandinavian)
- Berenice (behr-en-EYE-see, English; or behr-en-EE-chay, Italian)--ancient form of Veronica
- Blythe (BLITHE [long 'i' like in "like"; 'th' like in "the"], English)--"cheerful"
- Cecily (SES-il-ee, English)
- Coral (KOHR-ahl, English)
- Coralie (KOHR-ah-lee, French)
- Danae (dah-NAH-ee, Greek; dah-NAY, English)
- Davina (dah-VEE-nah, Scottish)--feminine form of David
- Dinah (DYE-nah, Hebrew)
- Evelina (ev-el-EE-nah, English)--form of Aveline
- Georgina (jor-JEE-nah, English)
- Imogen (IM-o-jen, English)
- Isadora (is-ah-DOH-rah, English)
- Linnea (LIN-ay-ah, Swedish)
- Mercy (MUR-see, English)
- Petra (PEH-trah, Greek)--feminine form of Peter
- Portia (POHR-shah, Latin)
- Renata (ren-AH-tah, Italian)
- Rosaline (ROZ-ah-line or ROZ-ah-leen, English)
- Seraphina (sehr-ah-FEE-nah, Latin)
- Thea (THEE-ah or THAY-ah, Greek)--a stand-alone nickname for Dorothea/Theodora or Althea, and a form of Theia.
- Theodora (thee-o-DOHR-ah, Greek)--feminine form of Theodore
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Perennially Unpopular (Girls)
I'd intended to only do one post on perpetually uncommon names, but the boys' list ran pretty long! So, in continuation, here are a selection of girls' names that just can't quite catch on. They're never popular, but are in consistent use, staying just on the edge of obscurity.
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