If You Like Amanda, You Might Love...
Baby girl name you love but fear is overused? Here are some possible substitutes.
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Amabel
Amabel is an older name than Annabel and a lot more distinctive. It's worth consideration, even though your child will have to explain that no, her name is not Annabel. Amabel was a very common n... Read More
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Amanda
After a long run as the prettiest senior in class, this romantic name has lost some of its glossy sheen, though it's still quite lovely and well used. Amanda was one of the romantic-sounding names... Read More
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Amandine
This fragrant, almond-scented name had hardly been heard in this country, which is a pity--we've loved it since John Malkovich used it for his now grown daughter. A French diminutive of Amanda, it... Read More
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Amity
Amity--what nicer gift to give your little girl than a name that signifies friendship and harmony? This virtue name is also more rhythmic and feminine than the single-syllable Hope, Faith, and Grac... Read More
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Araminta
Araminta is an enchanting eighteenth-century playwright's invention familiar in Britain and just beginning to be discovered here. It was created by the versatile Sir John Vanbrugh, architect of Ble... Read More
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Aurora
Aurora, the poetic name of the Roman goddess of sunrise whose tears turned into the morning dew, and of Sleeping Beauty, would be sure to make any little girl feel like a princess. The radiant Au... Read More
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Camilla
The Spanish Camila, pronounced ka-MEE-la, is the fastest rising version of this ancient Roman name, now in the Top 50, but recent royal Camilla may have helped promote the British brand. In Roman m... Read More
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Electra
Though the tragedies, of the Greeks and Eugene O'Neill, that used this name are filled with incest and murder, Electra is still a brilliant choice. Read More
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Evangeline
Evangeline is an old name on the brink of a major comeback, thanks to its religious overtones, Eva's popularity, and the hot star of the TV megahit Lost, Evangeline Lilly. Evangelica and Evangelina... Read More
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Miranda
Miranda is a shimmeringly lovely Shakespearean name that's still a recommended choice even though its popularity peaked in the 1990s, perhaps as an antidote to Amanda. But while Amanda now sounds d... Read More
You might also like these lists:
- Roman Names for Girls Includes: Camilla
- Baby Names with Uplifting Meanings Includes: Amity
- Romantic Baby Names for Girls Includes: Aurora, Sabrina
- Best Cool Unusual Girls' Names Includes: Amabel, Electra
- If You Like Eva, You Might Love... Includes: Evangeline
- Roman Names Includes: Camilla
- Steampunk Baby Names Includes: Araminta
- Halloween Baby Names Includes: Sabrina
- Disney Baby Names Includes: Aurora
- New Year's Baby Names Includes: Aurora
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