Original, but real

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I am looking for suggestions of girl names that are real names, but extremely uncommon/unpopular. My husband likes very original names-- as close as you can get to a made-up name without actually being a made-up name.

Help?

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[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

My favorite name is Karigan, which isn't very popular, especially with that spelling. It's more popular with the spelling Carrigan.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Kerrigan is also a nice spelling.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I like that.

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I completely forgot about that spelling lol.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

the lead character in a book I loved in highschool was Karigan, and I've loved the name since then. It's so much better than the Carrigan spelling.

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

Is it Green Rider? Because I freakin' LOVE that book lol.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

Yep. :-D

For a while I actually found Kristen Britain's web forum and would "talk" with her online.

There's a third book in the series that I haven't read yet - I'm going to re-read the first two then try and pick it up from the library.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Try looking at the bottom 500 (500-1000) of the SSA list (http://www.socialsecurity.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi). Honestly, unless you make the name up, it isn't really original. The names, especially further down the list, aren't all that popular. Emma (the #1) represents .9% of all female births. Elianna (#1000) represents .0127% of all female babies.

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/babynames/namesbystate.html -- This will tell you the popular names for your state. So while Emma might be the most popular in the nation, Olivia could be the most popular in your state.

Marina
Melina
Ingrid
Simone
Mila
Annika
Isla
Aliya
Greta
Catalina
Sonia
Giovanna
Adrienne
Paloma
Alma
Olive
India
Tamara
Gillian
Beatrice
Corinne
Meadow
Liliana
Lilith
Gemma
Frida
Mira
Carina
Marley
Karmindy
Marisol
Mariel
Lila
Maribel
Gretchen
Esperanza
Selena
Laurel
Eliana

Try looking up historical records from the 1700s and 1800s. Also look at other languages. You could use words from other languages (such as Jolie, which is "pretty" in French).

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Kenley
Rory
Marin
Araceli
Moira
Shiloh
Aspen
Kimber

Not really my style but there are some options.

[skudge.livejournal.com]

Not sure exactly how unpopular you want, but here's a list that's a combination of names I like and haven't seen a lot and names of people I know that seem uncommon.

Coralie
Bernadette
Margot
Elouise
Cecily
Claudette
Morag
Moran
Zola
Barisa

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

These are some of my favorites that aren't popular:

Louisa
Susannah
Harriet
Hazel
Eloise
Moira
Isla
Esme

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com

This site has a search by popularity.

Abeni
Abisola
Adalia
Albinia
Amina
Anisun
Aster
Astin
Badia
Berlin
Bianca
Briar
Bronia
Cloris
Constance
Dafina
Dorina
Drina
Edmonia
Edwige
Enora
Epona
Ercilia
Eudocia
Eufemia
Eugenie
Halina
Hesper
Idahlia
Iraina
Irmina
Nadira
Nerine
Noemi
Odelia
Oluremi
Pelunia
Rasana
Sabina
Sabira
Sibylla
Sita

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Noelia
Levana
Yaritza
Elettra
Odille
Odette
Marielle
Zinzi
Anouk
Freya
Ailin
Aviva
Briony
Thirza
Ilona/Iona
Helicia
Andra
Elodie
Ivanka
Noirin (pn.Noreen)
Nadine
Calandra
Amarante
Ariadne
Danae
Jamila
Philene
Melina
Phaedra
Zinara

Quite a few Greek, Hebrew and Serbian or Kroatian names are uncommon, without sounding completely crazy.

[kaoriz.livejournal.com]

If you're American, try some true Irish baby names - they look made up to the average American and they're pronounced totally different from how they're spelled!

Here (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/iri_f.php)

[so-there.livejournal.com]

but honestly, they are SO TRENDY right now that even if you pick one that no one else has used over here for the past 3 centuries, it'll sound trendy.

[lijago.livejournal.com]

Two friends of mine with uncommon names (I"m sure I know more but can't think of them):

Tennille (but don't name her brother Captain :P)
Sharlah

[ant5400.livejournal.com]

Greenley
lol my husband insists that this is what we are naming out daughter.
I have about a week to change his mind ;)

[soul-inside.livejournal.com]

my dh has an ex named Danilu. I really love that name, too bad she's an ex or I'd use it for any upcoming daughters of our own!

[orchidisis321.livejournal.com]

I really like the name Echo for a girl. Maybe a bit too odd though.

[indigorayne.livejournal.com]

Cordelia
Lavinia
Jonquil
Kestrel
Gianna
Shayna
Anya
Rhiannon
Zarina
Annika

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

You'll have to look these up to see their origin/meaning.

Aubriana
Aubrielle
Brinley
Bryleigh
Caprial "Kuh-pree-uhl"
Devanie
Elizabelle
Emlyn
Finola
Ghaliya
Glynwen
Harleen
Imogen/Imogene
Ione/Iony "eye-oh-knee"
Jenaya/Jineya
Karishma
Linnea
Mireya
Nerine
Raziya
Romilda
Saniya/Saniyah
Saskia
Supriya "Sue-pree-yuh"
Talitha

[so-there.livejournal.com]

Germaine, Esther, Greta, Ingrid, all names I've either used or considered using for daughters.

what you need if you want "real but uncommon" is to pull them out of history. I'll second the suggestion of using that social security name site to look up names from a century ago.