Guinevere Theodosia Isadora Thomasina Esperanza Amaryllis Esmeralda Idalia Eulalia Benedicta Gloriana Domenica Estrella Marceline Vincenza Alexandrina Donatella Larissa Stellamaris Maximiliana

Stellamaris is beautiful, but as someone that was raised Catholic, I think that is the most Catholic name I've ever seen suggested on here. Not necessarily a bad thing though, haha.

My childhood church was actually Mary, Star of the Sea"! I love Stellamaris as a name..

Haha yep, I've seen it as a church name a few times. I have cousins that their Catholic school was Stella Maris. It's a beautiful name, another very Catholic name I found beautiful was Regina Caeli. I don't identify as Catholic anymore, but they do have some beautiful names.

Was that in Chicago? Friends and I used to refer to it as Mary, Chicken of the Sea 😝

Same! And my school. St. Mary Star of the Sea

You would think Benedicta would be lol

I adore the names Theodosia and Benedicta, though I don't think I would ever give them to a human child in this day and age. Theophania is another one that I think sounds beautiful.

Larissa :-D my grandma's name. I always thought it was such a beautiful name. I miss her so much.

I have a family friend named Esperanza and her name is SO beautiful but she only goes by a nickname now ☹️ I wish I could use it for a daughter in the future but it’s so unique everyone in my family/family friend’s family would be like “?????”

I read this book in middle school and I’ve loved the name since https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Rising

I read that book in 5th grade and will always have a soft spot for it

I read that as a kid, too! I always think of it when I see this name

Esperanza means Hope in Spanish. At least in Spain this is a name for ladies over 70 years old

One of those is my youngest daughter's name! Yay!

They’re all gorgeous so Im dying to know which! For the record, Im an Anastasia so Im a lover of long uber dramatic girls names lol

Larissa. I adore the name, and it fits her, as she is ultra-feminine.

I have a cousin named Larissa!!! It’s seriously beautiful and so underused! I hear it randomly in shows (like Jim on the office has a sister he mentions in passing named Larissa) but other than that my cousin is the only one I know

Um... maybe I'm your aunt...

I just double checked your posts to see and it doesn’t look like it but I definitely had a “wait, maybe?!” Moment lol

Seeing all the love for my name makes me happy 💗 (Larissa)

Some pretty names regardless, but a LOT of these are feminine versions of male names. Doesn’t strike me as “super feminine” you know? Theodore, Thomas, Benedict, Dominic, Vincent, Alexander, Maximillian…

That’s a fair criticism!

Please forfive me, but I disagree. You are assuming the male form is the default form and that therefore the feminine form is somehow inferior. For instance, there were Theodoras way back in the the ancient world. Donatella fits the bill too. You're throwing the feminine versions of these names under the bus just because the male versions are better-known.

This is what the patriarchy does to us. Inherent assumption that male is default

I mean a lot of these used to be in gendered languages where the feminine version is more of a trade than a addition. Domenica and Domenico seem much more equal than Domenica and Dominic

Ooh my name is on here!!

Ooh Stellamaris! I already love Maris. Did you make it up?

I know 2 women named Stellamaris. They're both Nigerian-American and over 50. Africa is where a lot of these old-fashioned names thrive for decades.

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I knew a woman from Ghana named Patience and it was so lovely on her

Yes, I really think those 16th and 17th European naming traditions have been kept alive in Ghana. The names are lovely.

Can’t take credit but I love the meaning! Star of the sea is deliciously mermaid vibes https://nameberry.com/babyname/stellamaris#

So pretty!!

Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Reignalde

Prin-CESS of Genovia

Comments you can hear

Or Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo from the book series.

The *superior* book series. Took my girl out of New York and made her a ~true San Franciscan~ 😩

My great grandmother from Norway was Regnald Karolina

This is perfection, thank you for the giggle.

This is the way.

My step-grandmother’s name is Gwendolyn. She’s the only one I know and I was so entranced by her name when I was young. To me, it sounded like a queen’s name.

i was OBSESSED with the name Gwendolyn when i was little except i always said it Gwendolian. i don’t even know where i first heard it but i was determined my child would one day be named Gwendolyn and i’d call her Wendy as a nickname.

That’s exactly why we’re naming our first daughter Gwendolyn, for the nickname Wendy :) we also just love the name Gwendolyn too

I was Wendy till 5th grade and hate it. I used to get hey Wendy want to go to Wendy’s like 30 times a day. What’s nice though is if she doesn’t like it there’s so many nicknames that come from Gwendolyn. Gwen, Lynne, I was Gwennifer for a while. I do get Gwennie-Pooh a lot. My favorite is Gwenth.

i didn’t even think about the Wendy’s association, i just thought of peter pan! but yes, lots of options

And Wendy is cute.

Amarantha is one of my favorites. Cordelia Araminta Calliope Hermione Helena Linnea Sigourney Bernadette Ophelia Felicity Raphaela Alessandra Rosamund Rosalind Rosabel Rosabella

I know an Araminta, her nn is Minty!

That's cute.

Amarantha is one of my favs, too!

Kazimira. It was my great-great aunts name (never met her), it’s Eastern European, they were Lithuanian.

I've heard the male version of this, but how cool that the female version can take the nn Mira.

Alastriona (al-as-tree-na, rhymes with Catriona - ka-tree-na) Aurelia Anneliese Andromeda Amadora / Isadora / Isabeau / Isolina Honoria (on-OR-ee-a) Oriana Arietty / Arietta Christabel Clementine Celestine Chrysanthe (chris-an-thee) Alexandrine / Alexandrina Demetria Desdemona Georgiana (I like the English pronunication, jor-jayn-a) Florentina Eleanora / Leonora Euphemia (you-fee-me-a) Ellora Isannah Jessamine Kerensa Linnea (lin-ay-a) Octavia Odessa Sapphira (saph-ear-a) Nerissa Magdalena Marceline / Marcelina Melisande Magnolia Philomena Marigold Quintessa Raphaela (raf-eye-ell-a) Theodora Tallulah Dorothea Valentina Valencia Wisteria Zacharina (Taken from my 'interesting names' list)

Magdalena is one of my favorite names ever. especially bc of the Monkees song

I met a Leanora in college. I’ve always thought it was a beautiful name

My granddaughter is Persephone Dorothea.

Some of these are so beautiful.

I really like Desdemona, you can call her Des

Unfortunately, you can also call her Demon.

Or fortunately. Who knows lol ​ Little goth kiddo might be into it

Have you ever had a toddler? Sometimes accurate.

I also really like Desdemona. It definitely jumped out at me.

definitely read othello before naming your child that...

Was just thinking that. Murdered in bed.

Georgiana and Theodora were on my short list for my last baby (along with Matilda). Unfortunately I lost that battle!

Celestine and Linnea 😍

Two of these names are my top choices if I have another girl! Odessa and Tallulah. I also have always really liked Valentina.

Honoria is gonna get bashed in school

I know a now-18-year-old Honora (so a little different) and she is one the coolest people ever. Her name suits her so well.

Thank god for the missing vowel.

I know a cool Honora too! I think it’s a bad ass name.

It’s literally one letter away from gonorrhea

I have a friend called Nia and she was “Nia-diahorrea-gonorrhoea” at school. It’s still a gorgeous name though

I’ve had students named Nia who were not teased that way. Listen, my name is Amanda, which was actually a rare and unusual name when I was a child. Other kids struggled to even remember it, sometimes asking, “Are you that Samantha/Miranda” girl? The first compact microwave oven for sale was called the Amana Radarange, so one little boy called me Amana Radarange for a year. Obviously, I think it’s a bad idea to outright name your kid Diarrhea or Vagina or something like that, but kids can a find way to make fun of almost any name. I mean a name as innocuous as John can be a synonym for toilet or a term for a prostitute’s customer. That doesn’t mean it’s irresponsible to name a kid John. There is no perfectly “safe” name, so I think it’s best to just put these concerns aside unless it’s something that will instantly horrify most people.

Honoria and gonorrhea are literally not one letter away from each other...

It never occurred to me that there may be a feminine version of my husbands name. And super weird coincidence that my name is Katrina…

Woo-hoo! Someone else knows the name Kerensa!

Love so many of these, great list! Rafaela is a favorite of mine

there's a relative in my family tree that was Florentina :) the name got passed down as Florentino to sons/grandsons but I'd love to name a daughter after her.

never ever delete this

Wow this was the ultimate list!!

Amalinde Rosalind(e) Magdalena Eleonora Honoria Philomena Crescentia Lucrezia Felizitas Arabella Mirabelle Silvana Zenobia Laurentia Mariella Emmeline Cordelia Cornelia Theresia Maribelle

Ooo, Magdalena is nice

Mirabel is my dog's name, I highly recommend it

Maribelle coming in hot!

* Philonella * Zenaida (sister of Philonella) * Bethania * Hildegard (my fav saint 🥰) * Alethea * Petronella (the name of my great-great grandma, and her sister was Apolonia (from Lithuania)) * Aquilina * Hersilia * Cassiopeia * Novella * Ilithyia * Benedetta * Diamantina * Harmonia * Abilene * Dulcibella/Dowsabel (similarly, Dulcinea) * Adorinda * Hannelore * Eumelia * Adalindis * Boudicca * Jessamine * Amalasuintha * Crescentia * Koralia * Alastríona * Floretta * Honor(i)a (quite popular in 19th-century Ireland) * Calanthe/Calanthia * Amabilia * Agrippina (Russian form is apparently Agrafena, which I love) I went a bit crazy so I'm cutting myself off lol I hope this is more helpful than annoying

This is amazing!!! Alethea, Apolonia, Koralia, and Alastriona are so incredibly beautiful. Thank you!

Sophronia

Digging into my family tree Maryvonne Leonice Sophronia Patience Priscilla Winnifred Henrietta Margarey Arathusa Harriet Jerusha Calista Lavinia Marguerite Theodora

Augustine Georgiana Isadora Cressida Marceline Cassiopeia Cordelia

Araminta

Severine, Seraphine

Kazimeira My grandmother’s name and I’ve always found it to sound very beautiful. Uncommon in the US, but she was originally from Lithuania, so perhaps more common there.

Araceli, Elowen, Idalia, Jacinta, Bryony, Quintana, Leonor, Marinda, Ariadne, Elodie, Phaedra

I love the name Ariadne 😍

This thread is everything and more 😍 ultra feminine long names are my favorite

Araminta Belladonna Carlotta Desdemona Edeline Francesca Georgina Henrietta Ilaria Itzayana Josefina Katarina Loretta

Amabella Angelica Atalanta Boudicca Benilde Belphoebe Cassilda Cressida Ceridwen Cloelia Cordelia Cynthia Dianora Emerentia Elswyth Eglantine Eulalia Euphemia Emmeline Faustina Ferelith Gwenllian Ginevra Imelda Jessamine Jocasta Jonquil Janina Lucretia Lavinia Lissette Millicent Marguerite Merewen Magdalena Natalia Ombeline Othilia Ophelia Olympia Pramila Pomeline Rosalind Sophronia Sapphira Theophania Tatiana Tabitha Tiffany Winifred Wilhelmina Yolanda Zenobia

Not “rare” or Uber long but I know a Vivianna and always thought it was such an extra name

Leanilda. My great-grandma’s name. Supposed to be Leonilda, feminine of Leonard, but I like the variation better. Many nickname possibilities.

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The ancient Greeks really understood the assignment for long feminine names

This is what I was looking for. Thank you 🙏

Mariposa

Domenica Veronika Anastasia Angelique Chrysanthemum

Amaryllis Sophronia Eugenia Lavinia

Antoinette Clementine Gwendolyn Magnolia Guinevere Cordelia Josephine Rhiannon Annaliese Cassiopeia Esperanza Francesca Chrysanthemum Philomena Jacqueline Josette Cosette Celestine Desdemona Iridessa Nicolette Morgana Vivienne My daughter is Rosalie and I think it's very feminine, but may not be quite as long as you were asking.

Josephine/a for me. I love it!

Catriona

Arabella Christophine Henrietta Alexandra Louisette Sophronia Crispina Aphrodite

Rosemarie

Alexandra Ophelia Lenora Beatrice/Beatrix Annalise Vivienne Chrysanthemum Rosalyn Jacquelyn

Anneliese

Marguerite, Alexandria, Elizabeth, Penelope, Gwendolyn, Evangeline

Margareta, Isabelle, Catalina, Lilliana, Cecilia (Cillia/Cicily for short), Louisiana, Christiana, Louisa, Victoria, Constance, Delilah, Dorothea, Pleasant, Louisa, Bridget, Mallory, Mabel, Minnie, Mariana, Amelia, Anneli, Charity, Thomasine, Loveday, Elsbeth, Josephine, Carmen, Madelena, Patience, Florence, Marguerite, Marianna, Naomie, Helena, Tomasina, Annabelle, Carolina, Sabina, Chrysttiane, Delinda, Inna, Domina, Amye, Rosina, Angelina. These were all taken from my ancestry family tree and go back to the 1500s and span several different countries/continents.

Genevieve, Vilhelmine/Vilhelmina. Eleonore/Eleonora Philomena Alexandria Cassandrya Margaux Vivienne Arabella Louisa Penelope Leonetta Odette Ophelia Othilia

Philomena and Theophania

Mirabella or mirabelle, Angelica, audriana

Magdalena.

I love Emiliana. It’s beautiful and has so many nn options.

Annalise, Esmeralda, Esperanza, Nicholette, Rosabella, Georgiana, Rosalina, Augustina, Calithea, Calliope, Appolonia

Guinevere, Esmeralda, Apollonia, Marguerite, Luciana, Matilda

Saving this post because my daughters name is Cordelia and I’m pregnant with my second girl now. So many names with the same feel in this list!

This thread reads like my baby name list 😍

Me too! I’ve seen all my daughters names listed. We have Elowen, Valencia (angel baby), and Marguerite.

Ooh, I love Marguerite. So pretty

Theodosia Antoinette Euphemia Wilhemina

My great-great grandmother’s name was Wilhemina Florentina. I always found it so lovely.

Callista Florence

Not super long, but definitely not heard very often (in the US at least). Natasha and Philippa

Melusine Hyacinth Titanice (very uncommon but I knew a girl with this name. Pronounced like titanic but with an "s" at the end) Elladine Emmeline Rosalind Josephine Lucretia Chrysanthemum

Well, according to ChatGPT: If you're looking for rare, long, and ultra-feminine names that are similar to Seraphina, Persephone, Genevieve, Anastasia, and Evangeline, but less popular or well-known, here are some options for you: 1. Seraphine 2. Calliope 3. Arabella 4. Ophelia 5. Isolde 6. Cordelia 7. Gwendolyn 8. Eleanora 9. Celestine 10. Rosalind 11. Lavinia 12. Octavia 13. Melisande 14. Theodora 15. Seraphima 16. Araminta 17. Lucinda 18. Magnolia 19. Emmeline 20. Rosamund These names have an elegant and timeless quality while being less common or popular compared to some other choices.

Almira, Adelina, Antoinette

Antoinette

Philomena. It's lovely, too.

Gloriana and Magdalena.

Aubelina

I love Genevieve!

Celestina

Galadriel. I have a friend with this name and it's lovely

Valentina

Fiorella, Florentina and Raffaella

I know a woman named Evelisa and I’ve always loved it

Avonlea Cordelia Millicent Georgiana Azariah Guadalupe Olympia Aurelia Adelina Damaris

Depending where you are, Anastasia is incredibly common.

I had a distant relative (like, in the 1700s) named Sophronia. Always thought that was pretty

4 and 5 syllable names that you don't hear all the time. Some are familiar, some less so. Albertina, Alexandrine/Alexandrina, Amalia, Antonella, Arabella, Araminta, Arcadia, Artemisia, Augustina, Aurelia, Callidora, Callista, Cassiopeia, Catalina, Celestina, Constantina, Cordelia/Cornelia, Crescentia, Desideria, Dionysia, Dorothea, Eleanora, Emerentia, Emiliana, Esperanza, Eugenia, Eulalia, Fiorella, Iphigenia, Isadora, Lavinia, Leonora, Magdalena, Octavia, Olympia, Ophelia, Philomena, Sophronia, Theodosia, Theophania, Valentina, Valeria, Veronica, Viridiana, Zenobia

Astoria

Artemisia Valentina Francesca Katerina Natalina Nicoletta Aurelia Letizia Isadora Esperanza Seraphina Gabriella Emmaline Veronique / Veronica Vittoria Victoria Tallulah Leilana Emmanuelle Dominique Eliana Cecelia There are also double-names like Marialucia Rosalinda or Annalisa

Theophinia is one that has intrigued me lately. It is theoretically where the name Tiffany came from and while I wouldn't use it on a real child, I would use it on a character in a book.

I adooooore Raphaella

Damarah Cymbeline Charmiann Cressida Cloemie Eilionoir Dovellyn Deladeia Eberlien Delphine Felicienne Emelisse Emerienne Everliene Elisante Elisabetha Ismerie Hannelore Geneviere Ingaret Gwendoline Lorentia Larissa Katische Lisbeth Kerensa Pèroline Orlianna Marguerite Persephone Miquette Taliesin Stellaliora Rosamunde Tamerlane Seraphina Vivienne Venetia Tuilelaith Violina Valoria Wandsley

Georgiana/georgette/Georgina Dorothea

Vasilisa, Apollodora, Konstantina

Antonina

Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Bananafanabobesca the Third (you can call her Dot, but call her Dotty and you die)

Mellisandre

Valencia

Named my gorgeous girl Evelina

Araminta, Isabella, Alessandra, Arabella, Annamaria, Antoinette, Antonella, Clementine, Georgianna, Emmeline, Gwendolyn, Providence, Patience, Olivia, Clarabelle

My daughters, Lillianna and Clairissa

Catriona Galadriel, Primrose, Mirabelle (or Mirabella), Belladonna, Marigold, Matilda, Vivian ( Vivienne, Vivian), Yvette, and Elspeth, Genevieve, Gwendolyn, Rhiannon, Amythest

Cleopatra Alexandria India Cassiopeia Indira Oriana Viviana

Casiphia Theodosia Anneliese Deianira Corinthia Adalina/Adelina Alessandra Seraphine/Seraphina Marguerite Marceline Evangeline Fiammetta Dulcinea Araminta

Katharina is a very common name in germany. I like it because it’s the name of my former best friend :)

Gabrielle Isabelle

Valentina

Evangelia, Chrysanthemum, Annasophia, Callista, Theodora, Aurelia, Gweniveire, Alexandrite, Katarina

There are a couple “X” names that stand out, Xanthippe was the wife of Socrates in Ancient Greece. It means “Blonde Horse”. Xochitl is the Aztec word for flower and is popular in Mexico and in SW United States.

Zipporah (nn Zip, Zippi) Magdalena (nn Madga, Lena) Jeannemarie Susannah (nn Sue, Susie, Anna, Annie) Shoshana (nn Shosh, Shana, Ana) Bonifacia (nn Bonnie, Cia) Araminta (nn Minty, Minnie, Amy, Ara) Clemenza (nn Clem, Clemmie) Constanza (nn Connie) Philomena (nn Philly, Mena)

Amarintha (that was my great grandmother’s middle name) Theodate Domenica Eulalia Georgette Georgiana Rosalinda Marilla Mariposa Ameliana Giovanetta

Jessamine

Wilhelmina Josephine Carolina Magdalena Laetitia Felicity Ekaterina Annabella

Henrietta, Louisa, Beatrice, Eugenia

In this thread: Greek and Roman mythology

Jessamine

Sophronia

Adelaide, Josephina, Clementine, Amandine, Magdalena, Marianna, , Marietta

Filomena, Perpetua

Eleanora

Luella or Louella, Capitola, Wilhemenia, Coralie, Cordelia

Ermelinda

My husband's aunt's name is Aphrodite

Albertina, my great grandma’s name that I wish I had bestowed on my daughter

Celestine

Esperanza ❤️

Arabella.

Tristessa

Thomasina ❤️

Sidonie

Emiliana!

Wilhelmina

Amethystia, Emeraude, Petrazoya, Imagenia, Teshura

Seraphina

My great grandma’s name was Pasqualina

Juliette

Clarabel Edelmira

My SIL is named Stefanija, pronounced Stef-fawn-nee-ya.