Another girls shortlist, with heavy emphasis on Audrey

[Tortoiseonthehalfshell]

Right, so, Audrey? We don't have Coronation Street over in Australia, so my associations are Hepburn and Tatou. And it's not as common here as in the US, but not nearly as unusual as DD1. Are there a lot of little English Audreys running about?

Surname 4 syllable, starts with A. DD1 Edith Clare.

This is current shortlist. I can't have Constance as a first name otherwise it'd be frontrunner, probably.

Audrey Constance
Audrey Isolde
Audrey Helena
Felicity Isolde
Isolde Constance

[randomimposter]

I only know one Audrey - a feisty woman in her 40s.
Goes well with Edith I think.

Audrey Constance is the best I think.

My only reservation is there seems no NN potential, do you always call DD1 Edith or is she ever Edie. If she gets shortened not sure what Audrey could be shortened to.

[MelinaM]

Love Audrey

Audrey Constance is my favourite too.

[meditrina]

There aren't many British little Audreys running around precisely because of the Corrie association it immediately provokes here. The UK will never be a good comparator for this name, nor are there likely to be many until some years after the character leaves the soap.

That said, I do know one (prob about 18mth old, parents here for a while during international careers). People do like the name, but struggle to disassociate the soap. Really wouldn't work here - probably fine elsewhere.

[Lancelottie]

I too know a 40-ish Audrey, usually known as Aude. Lovely woman, so I tend to think it's a lovely name.

[Lancelottie]

Audrey Constance is the best combo of that lot, I'd say.

[VeraNofftopic]

It's great, like Audrey Constance & Audrey Helena

[FriggFRIGG]

I LOVE IT!

BTW i have never seen 'corrie' and i have no idea who the character is
so my associations are the same as yours really,ive never thought of the name before though.i really want to use it !!

...now all i need is a baby

i like audrey constance..but how do you pron' Isolde?

[cumbria81]

It's dire.

[Tortoiseonthehalfshell]

I wouldn't have known about the Corrie thing if I hadn't searched Baby Names before posting, tbh.

Isolde - pretty much phonetically: "I sold 'er". Can also be spelt Isolda.

Audrey Constance is the frontrunner, so glad you all agree with that. I preferred Audrey Violet but that got vetoed as "too many granny names in one place", which, fair enough.

[pilates]

Audrey is awful, much prefer Constance.

Why can't you have this name?

[no1childminder]

My gran is Audrey and her sister is Constance. I love them both!

[LemoryMane]

Lovely names.

Audrey Constance is probably my favourite, but they are honestly all utterly lovely, and I don't say that lightly as I am usually a sniping witch on Baby Names

[mathanxiety]

Audrey Constance is lovely, and Edith and Audrey is a nice combination.

[squeak2392]

I don't know any Audrey's.
I think Audrey Constance is lovely - Constance is my own first choice for a middle name, and Audrey's really grown on me recently.

Audrey or Felicity with Helena or Constance.

[mrswoodentop]

I know an Audrey who has just turned one ,I would choose Helena as a second name

[5DollarShake]

I think Audrey is on the up - get in quick before it becomes very popular!

People associate it with Corrie, but the others Audreys, i.e. the ones you mention in your OP, are so elegant and chic. Beautiful name. :)

[5DollarShake]

I also totally think of Audrey as a brunette's name, because of those associations.

[nooka]

dd has a friend called Audrey (she's 10) and dh has a cousin called that too (she's in her 40s). I think the only downside is that "Aud" is a likely and not very nice nn.

[saffronwblue]

I'm sure here in Australia she will be called Aud. Lovely name but I am still voting for felicity Isolde per your previous thread!

[GwendolineMaryLacey]

I know an Audrey in her 30's and it's a rotten middle aged name on her so goodness knows how bad it would be on a child. Helena is utterly beautiful though.

[IvyAndGold]

i LOVE audrey. wanted it for DD as a middle name as it's my DGM's name, who i'm very close to. but DP said no no no the only other i have ever heard of is audrey hepburn, who was beautiful!

[saltyseadog]

It's my grAndmothers name. Her middle name is Iris. Lovely.

[YouremindmeoftheBFP]

Mixed bag of responses here. It seems a bit marmite-y. Fwiw, I LOVE it. Audrey Imogen? Or Audrey Helena.

It will probably get shortened to Auds or Aud though, neither of which are particularly pretty.

[Cattleprod]

I don't watch Corrie, so the name doesn't have that association for me. However, I also don't think of the more glamorous Hepburn and Tautou. To me, Audrey is a 50 year old farmers wife from the 1930s, stout with a ruddy complexion, in a long gingham dress with a pinny and bonnet, hand feeding chickens with grain from a basket.