Unique Baby Girl Names

Baby Girl Names for Your Consideration Other Than "Madison"

It seems these days Madison is one of the most popular allegedly unique baby girls names in the U.S. I’m not sure why the capital of Wisconsin has become such a source of girl’s name unique-ness all of sudden, but there it is. Or maybe people naming their baby girls are just watching the movie Splash a lot. (Remember, Tom Hanks named Darryl Hannah the Mermaid Madison?)  Well, no offense to all the new baby Madisons out there,  trendy and unique are mutually exclusive. So, future parents looking for a unique baby girl name, I ask you to look deeper into the dictionary of baby names and don’t resign your baby girl to a life of her teachers looking at her name on a class list and saying “Oh, man, another Madison…” Give her and the world something new, or at least, different. Here are some suggestions truly unique baby girl names:

If you want to go with a state capital:
Instead of Madison, capital of Wisconsin, how about Augusta, the capital of Maine (also a city in Georgia among other places). It’s pretty, it’s strong, it connotes greatness. Same goes for Olympia, Washington. Go for the gold, Olympia. Or how bout Helena (the capital of Montana) which is elegant, can be shortened to Lena (though presumably not to Hel) and whether you want the Greek connection, there it is again, plus there’s the good-old western US connection, or the first name of Tim Burton’s love interest connection. It’s all there. Just please, no Cheyennes (capital of Wyoming). It’s almost as overused as Madison.