Give me some names...

[uniquenamelover]

Palasha
Thessaly
Jessamy
Vashti
Celestine
Jerusha
Mahala
Basia
Thalassa
Leontine
Delphine
Vesta
Renata
Mariposa
Sidonia
Anahi
Thais
Demelza
Lilias
Evadne
Calypso
Livana
Magali
Tirzah
Penina / Peninah
Nuria
Lucienne
Fairuza
Peridot
Livienne
Isabeau
Leto

I like Delphine and Mariposa (Butterfly!). Livienne is very interesting

[uniquenamelover]

Names i've rarely heard in real life and hardly ever see on this forum or any other:

Bellamy
Bellatrix
Celestina
Circe
Cornelia
Hester
Isolde
Tatiana
Astoria
Georgette
Bianca
Jocelyn
Evanthe -- ee-van-thee
Xanthe -- zan-thee
Forsythia
Antoinette
Sora
Lavinia
Valencia
Shae
Kimber
Kiona -- kee-oh-nah
Apollonia
Aquila
Ione -- ee-oh-nee
Samara
Elysia -- eh-lee-shiuh
Cymbeline
Artemisia
Yvaine
Alexane (just met a girl named this)
Constantina
Damiana
Faustina
Gloriana
Ursula
Soteria
Etain
Xiomara
Catori
Megara
Lysandra
Zephyrine

Friends and children of friends whose names I never hear anywhere:

LaRue
Alexakai
Fauna
Demetria
Morna
Vitani -- vih-tah-nee
Gitana
Luminitsa
Mircea
Endellion
Parthenia
Damali
Ashera

There's a bunch there. Do you like any?

Isolde has always be on my list! I love Cornelia, Ione, Artemisia, and Xiomara!

[jemama]

Yes, I agree with looking at the SSA list. I know one Cordeilia who is in her 20's (and was named after her grandmother)and no Persephone's, but both are cool names. I also think that once you really like a name, you see it *everywhere* (there is some sort of pyschologial theory on this...when you like/do/went through something this pops up all over the place). I know 2 of my kids do not have first names in the top 1000, but, they are familiar enough names (well, Linus is ) that they do sound common enough to most people if that makes sense.

[meso]

My great grandmothers name was Roxy, I've never heard it since other than the clothing line. I like Anais, I've definitely never met one!

[dearest]

Betony, Doveva, Everild, Gardenia, Joya, Ondine, Pieta, Thekla, Verbena, Zosime.
I'm mostly the only one who mentions these, Thekla I don't even mention.

[shellezbellez]

Here are a few more:

Thisbe
Anise
Esmeralda
Mahalia
Tosca
Zillah
Melora
Sonora
Shalom

[uniquenamelover]

Yes, I agree with looking at the SSA list. I know one Cordeilia who is in her 20's (and was named after her grandmother)and no Persephone's, but both are cool names. I also think that once you really like a name, you see it *everywhere* (there is some sort of pyschologial theory on this...when you like/do/went through something this pops up all over the place). I know 2 of my kids do not have first names in the top 1000, but, they are familiar enough names (well, Linus is ) that they do sound common enough to most people if that makes sense.

I'm seeing Cordelia and Persephone everywhere! It is nuts. I will probably use them though. I also like Isadora, Guinevere and Seraphina (I see Seraphina everywhere), as well as Hermione.

I LOVE Linus. Linus and Felix and Violet are awesome!

But I do think Persephone and Cordelia have gotten to be very popular via web.

[uniquenamelover]

Here are a few more:

Thisbe
Anise
Esmeralda
Mahalia
Tosca
Zillah
Melora
Sonora
Shalom

Esmeralda is on my list!

[valkyrie]

So nice to see other people's suggestions. I may add some of these intriguing names on my master list.

Been digging through a name list I have on another naming website, lots of 'em I forgot about. Enjoy!

Ambrosia
Amina
Antonia
Atalanta
Ayla
Aysu
Brigitte
Calypso
Camilla
Carmilla
Celeste
Coline
Danika
Eileen
Elisa
Elise
Elysia
Esther
Eurydice
Fawn
Fiera
Iseult/Yseult (a French variant of Isolde)
Janna
Joanna
Jolene
Katarina
Kathleen
Katinka
Marin
Marina
Maris
Mariska
Millaray
Mira
Myfanwy
Nadia
Natalya (this spelling)
Nina
Oceane (accent mark over the first E)
Odette
Raphaela
Rio
Rosalind
Rosanna
Rosetta
Sarai
Solene (accent mark on first E)
Sonya
Swanhilde
Sylvana
Tatyana (this spelling)
Ursula
Viola
Zelda
Zella
Zipporah/Sephora

Adlai
Adonai
Alastair
Alban
Aldo
Alejandro
Alessandro
Ambrose
Armas
Asa
Aslan
Aurelio
Blair (also for girls, but slightly prefer on boys)
Cecil
Cyril/Cyryl
Damien
Damon
Darius
Donovan
Elias
Emrys
Endymion
Erik
Faris
Firdaus
Flannery
Jarek (yah-rek)
Jareth (yes, from Labyrinth)
Juste (yoost)
Kent (my father's name)
Kieran
Lark (regardless of what others say, this is a boy's name to me!)
Massimo
Phineas
Phoenix (prefer on boys)
Raphael
Tino
Uriah
Uriel

[cristinamariane]

Dacia, Penna, Rialta, Coriander, Cordula, Columba, Coralia
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html