Girls

Pomeline

French, related to "apple"

"apple"

A rarely heard--even in France--name, most prominent as the third name of Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi, the daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco and granddaughter of Grace Kelly.

Quenby

English

"queen's settlement"

Quirky and cute.

Quilla

English

"quill, hollow stalk"

A heroine in a Victorian novel written with a quill pen, has an unusual, offbeat charm.

Rhonwen

Welsh

"slender, fair"

The delicate and haunting Welsh Rhonwen is still a rarity in the U.S., where her English version Rowena is better known, but would be a lovely choice for any parent in search of a name that was both…

Severine

French, feminine variation of Severus; Latin

"stern"

This long-popular name in France sounds fresh, elegant and unusual here. Severine is the name of the most recent gorgeous James Bond Girl in the film Skyfall . Students of film history will associate…

Silence

Word name

The Puritans used it as a virtue name -- but today it would just be considered weird: silence is no longer golden.

Suren

Suren as a feminine name is relatively uncommon, as it is traditionally a masculine name in Armenian and Indian cultures. In Armenian, Suren means "powerful" or "majestic," derived from the Persian…