Other names that have a Calla "feel"?

[aj3]

Calla is my favourite name at the moment that I would use. It has a classic, beautifully feminine feel to it. It is also common enough to be heard of but not enough to be trendy or overly popular. What other girl names has this "feel"?

Other favourites are Scarlett (which I just made a poll on) and Isla but those I'm afraid of being too trendy.

I'd love your suggestions to make my girl list longer! Thanks ladies.

[rosypoesy]

all three of those names (calla, scarlett and isla) are/were on our girl list at some point!! so i'll just list some of the other names we had, since we seem to have a similar style...

maisie
keely
violet
ruby
nola
georgia
delaney
adele
penelope (poppy)
gemma
holland/hollis
lila
acadia (cadi)
aurora (rory)
cora
ivy
fiona

good luck!

[irisrose]

Greta
Eloise
Stella
Lilia
Annika
Celeste
Hazel
Fiona
Juliet
Charlotte
Elspeth
Elodie
Isa
Delia

[cora]

I love Calla, too! :-)

Names that feels exotic to me like Calla:

Aurora
Anastasia
Arabella
Bianca
Briony
Camilla
Cassia
Dahlia (floral theme, though)
Daphne
Esme
Evelina
Elodie
Flora
Francesca
Gemma (unless you're in the UK, where Gemma is apparently dated)
Isla
Iris
Jessamine
Lilia
Lorelei
Linnea
Natalia
Simone
Talia
Viviana
Willa

Good luck! :-)

[minkajoy]

Lelia (Leel-ya)
Flora
Fleur
Florence
Norah
Noni
Leora
Leona
Tess
Mae
Maeve
Maude
Eula
Romy
Imogen

[cressida]

Coral
Clea
Celia
Camille
Cecile
Althea
Linnea
May
Esme
Zinnia
Louisa
Elsa
Etta
Alice
Nell
Eve
Irene
Flora
Moira
Adele
Ardith
Paloma
Petra
Iris
Elena
Emeline
Rilla
Esther
Sabrina
Elodie
Lilith
Alida
Noemie
Thea
Helena
Phoebe
Lydia
Sadie
Eloise
Nova
Sylvie
Rhea
June
Gemma
Luna
Janna
Delia
Lila
Nina
Gwen
Ida

[smorgan123]

very cute, I love Isla!
Gemma
Gianna

[indigo]

Willa
Ayla
Delia
Eve
Cora
Nora
Maya

[kellihope]

Other favourites are Scarlett (which I just made a poll on) and Isla but those I'm afraid of being too trendy.

I may be wrong, but I don't think it's quite fair to call Isla 'trendy'. Sure, it is talked about quite often on these naming boards, and yes it made a jump from not being in the top 1,000 to being in the 600's. . .but does that make it trendy? 600s are still pretty low on the popularity charts. The fact that Isla is so popular on these boards doesn't worry me all that much (my daughter's name is Isla by the way!) because I think a lot of people who consider Isla wont actually use it and also a lot of people that have the name on their favorite list aren't actually even pregnant - -just love names. Of course when the top 1000 of 2009 is released I may be proved wrong, if Isla is now in the 400's or something. I am no expert but I really don't see Isla ever making the top 100 and certainly not the top 20. At least I hope:)

I would love to hear other people's opinions on this!

So the point of this whole rant is that I LOVe Calla and I would name by second daughter that except I think it sounds a bit too close to Isla - and I think they both have quite the same "feel".

[triplicate]

Perceptions of popularity are a weird thing. There are still lots of girls being born named Jennifer and Nicole, far more than many trendy names. Even Linda is still around #500. Yes, they were more common once, but they are far more in use than you'd guess from these boards. Several people have mentioned Julia as a dated name, though it's never been uncommon.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Isla on the top 10 for 2020.