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Beautiful Uncommon Girls Names

hippenstiele
By hippenstiele
Updated Sat May 20 2023
  1. Avalyn

    • Origin:

      Variation of Aveline or Avalon, combination of Ava and Lyn

    • Meaning:

      "desired; island of apples; life, water or bird + lake or beautiful"

    • Description:

      Part Ava, part Evelyn, this name made its first appearance in the US Top 1000 in 2013 when it was one of the fastest-rising names of the year. Joining Gracelyn, Raelynn, and Emmalyn in the charts, Avalyn followed the same pattern of smooshing together a popular name with the suffix -lynn.
  2. Blaire

    • Origin:

      Spelling variation of Blair, Scottish

    • Meaning:

      "dweller on the plain"

    • Description:

      Blair with a little something extra, which some parents may feel feminizes the name. The Blaire spelling was given to a surprising number of baby girls, with about a third of baby girls with the name given this spelling. The final e also is reminiscent of Claire.
  3. Temple

    • Origin:

      English

    • Meaning:

      "dweller near the temple"

    • Description:

      Rather formal word name that has been used occasionally over the years, most notably for the autism activist and animal expert Temple Grandin.