Baby Name Poll Results

Lena
Annalise
Ada
Estella
Faye
Meredith
Louisa
Felicity
Cecilia
Bridget
Camille
Nina
Susannah
Fiona
Sylvia
Helena
Miriam
Lana
Elsie
Rosa
Tabitha
Tessa
Leona

Dove
Roisin(ro-sheen)
Aracela
Araceli
Annika
Honora
Abilene
Caitriona/Catriona
Corisande
Alara
Claudine
Stacia
Troian
Galadriel
Hestia
Thessaly
Theodosia
Gwyneira
Adelia
Phaedra
Shoshana
Signe/Signy
Madeira
Drusilla
Desdemona
Flannery
Jovana
Arien
Mairen
Danique
Enid(ee-nid)
Aveline/Avaline
Amalia
Chenoa

Alma
Genevieve
Leanna
Iris
Eve
Etta
Margot
Irene
Daphne
Opal
Cleo
Mara
Odette
Corinne/Corinna
Ophelia

Pretty names that most people haven’t heard of/names that have never been popular before? Here are some (sorry for any repeats)...let us know when you see names that you like so that we can suggest others in a similar style:

Alba
Alaia (uh-LYE-uh)
Althea/Anthea
Amaia
Annora
Apolena/Apolline
Aracelia
Asha
Ashara

Delphina/Delfina

Eira
Eirlys
Elvira (nn Ella or Vera?)
Evadne
Evanthe (nn Thea?)

Finola

Gwyneira (gwyn-ay-rah or gwyn-eye-rah)

Hera

Jessamy
Jocasta (nn Jo, Cas/Cassie?)

Kasimira/Casimir
Kerensa/Kerenza

Leontina
Leocadia (nn Lea or Cadie?)
Leora/Liora
Lumina
Lysandra (nn Lyra, Sandra, Andie?)

Marjolaine (mar-zho-lain or mar-zho-lehn)
Marlena
Marlies (mar-lees)
Mireia/Mireya (mee-ray-ah)
Morrigan

Naiara/Nayara (Basque/Spanish)
Nerea (ne-reh-uh: Basque)

Odessa

Romina (nn Romy or Mina?)

Sabine/Sabina
Soraya
Sylvaine

Theona
Thera

Veda (vay-duh)
Vega

Yvette
Yvaine

Xaviera (feminine form of Xavier)
Xavia

Zosia

Claudia

Buried treasures (= history and meaning, but never overly used):

Cassia, Nolwenn, Mitzi, Leda, Solange, Jonquil, Annora, Malin ("mah-LIN," var. of Madeleine), Unity, Saskia, Marguerite, Thora, Gervaise, Sabrina, Eirwen ("EHR-wen"), Eirlys, Nessa, Montserrat, Zélie, Veronique, Jerusha, Anaïs, Sabine, Melora, Evaine, Marna, Lilias, Vesta, Baila, Shayna, Zaida, Marjolaine, Florimel, Ruxandra, Leandra, Adina, Alida, Jocosa, Elva (Elvy), Loïs, Marta, Lucasta, Elfriede / Elfreda (Elvy), Ines / Inez, Ariadne, Mairéad, Janet / Sinéad / Jeanette, Paloma, Clemence, Georgette, Antigone, Polaire, Avital, Ornella, Tamar, Acacia, Emmanuelle, Kaïa, Gaïa, Portia, Cara / Carina, Nina, Antonia, Viveca, Leilani, Pascale, Carlotta, Rhona, Benedicte, Mariah, Sian ("shahn"), Demetria, Morgana, Astrid, Maxine, Angelica, Sandrine, Delphine, Léontine, Gilda, Tabitha, Raquel, Magda, Yvonne, Olympia, Xanthe, Elvira ("el-VEER-uh"), Corisande, Philomena, Lenore, Artemis / Artemisia, Marcelline, Dionysia / Sidonie, Hendrika, Celeste / Celestine, Natalia, Selma / Anselma, Lucine, Samara, Beryl, Maud, Isolde, Letitia, Miriam, Rhiannon, Aviva, Deirdre, Irene, Averill ("AV-ur-il"), Paulina, Marisol, Glynis, Egidia.

Most of these can be found at http://www.behindthename.com for more details. Good luck! :0)

Andelyn

Commenter 4, i love Hera, Finola, Marlies and Morrigan! How is Eirlys pronounced?

I love alot of them from FredaCat! Does Finola Maud sound nice?

Alethea
Janessa/Jenessa
Carlita
Nyssa
Brietta
Akyra

Marina
Alida
Meredith
Lacey

What do you think of Tasia?

Finola Maud is wonderful. It makes me think of Maud Gonne and the Celtic Revival. :0)