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Best of the bottom pt.2 (Girls)

Continuing from the last post, here are beautiful and rare names from the very bottom of the SSA extended list in 2015. I do try to make sure they are all "real" names that have been used before. Not sure how many more of these posts will be written or if I will get to the boys, so enjoy, and tell me which ones you like!

6 times used in 2015

Abela, Abelina, Aleska, Alexine, Amabelle, Anthem, Aradia, Aricia, Arlena, Athaliah
Bess, Bettina, Bibianna, Blakesley, Branwen, Briceyda, Brizeida, Brynja, Bryony
Callalily, Caralena, Castella, Catherina, Cecille, Charlena, Cherith, Christiane, Christmas, Cicilia, Cipriana, Circe, Clemence, Cloris, Corrinne, Cristabel
Dariona, Deidre, Delphia, Denisa, Devlin, Dhara, Diona, Dione, Drusilla, Dyna
Edina, Elvina, Elvy, Emanuelle, Emelda, Enza, Eponine, Erendira, Ernestina, Eula, Evanora
Faria, Fauna, Fayza, Felicitas, Feyza, Fiorela, Florina, Fox
Gal, Galadriel, Galena, Gavrielle, Ghita, Gloriann, Gracianna, Griselle
Heloisa, Hildana, Hildegard
Ilma, Ilya, Isadore
Jessamyn, Joaquina, Josefa
Kalypso, Katarzyna, Keirstin, Kiki, Kohana
Lauriana, Layden, Lazara, Leandra, Lelaina, Leontine, Lilijana, Lima, Lin, Livinia, Loki, Lolana, Luann, Lucilia, Luvina, Lydiana, Lyn, Lysandra
Magdalina, Magdaline, Maiden, Mandolin, Marcianna, Marine, Marquetta, Marquita, Mayana, Melita, Micheline, Momina, Mythili
Natividad, Nazarene, Nimue, Ninfa
Olivet, Otilia, Ottilia
Pace, Pasqualina, Pax, Pelagia, Petal, Pristine, Prairie
Quetzal, Quianna
Romana, Romelia, Romilly, Roosevelt, Rosalva
Sabrine, Saga, Sandrine, Saraphina, Sophronia
Tansy, Tarya, Theophilia, Trillian, Tristine, Tzippora
Valor, Valora, Velvet, Veronique, Victoriana
Xanthe
Yazmina
Zephyra, Zetta, Zsazsa (might be ZsaZsa or Zsa Zsa in practice), Zsofia, Zuleima, Zuzana
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  1. AnonymousJuly 25, 2016 at 9:06 AM

    So many pretty names! Hildegard is one of my absolute favorites, and Zephyra is stunning. Delphia and Deirde are both family names on my husbands side, and if I liked using family names I'd be all over them. Sandrine is really different, I like it, it reminds me of a Tamora Pierce character (Sandrilene, nn Sandry).

    I always love reading your blog posts, you find some of the best and most interesting names!

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  2. Once Upon a Time Baby NamesJuly 26, 2016 at 9:05 PM

    Thank you so much!

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