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I like Claudine best.

Clorinda is a bit cleaning-product to me as well, and Florinda is awful, sorry. Clarissa or Miranda, maybe.

Clorinda sounds like something you can get cream for. Claudine's OK.

Belinda?

Throat lozenges.

"Two I's, two E's, two N's, two V's" said in a sing-song voice = Vivienne. Lovely name, and by far the best spelling of it.

I don't like Fabienne (nickname Fab?) or Claudine (too cat-like) so much, Xanthe is cool.

Just take away the C and you get Lorinda, which isn't as chlorine-y.

Other names ending in "inda"... Belinda, Melinda, Lucinda.

Dorinda?

How about Clarissa then?

I think it sounds like medication, or medicated cream (possibly anti-fungal), sorry!

like Joy and Claudine though

Agree revthoughts of fungal cream.
How about - clarinda? Clarissa? Jacinta?

Before I opened the thread I also thought that Clorinda sounded like some kind of medicine for some nasty disease, or a cleaning product. Sorry!

How about a name ending in O? To get away from all the girls-names-ending-in-A. Eg Cleo. Or Chloe for another E name.

I'm outing myself here but may I suggest my name of Philippa Joy?

Think its rather nice

Thanks everyone for the sanity-restoring buckets of cold water, which have also given me a few chuckles. Bath-cleaning products and foot-fungus for my Precious Second Born indeed!

I'm now on Seraphina Joy. Please don't tell me you hate it (oh, go on then) because I think it might be "the one". Unless "the one" is actually Seraphine Joy..... But Seraphine: too much like the Maternity shop?

Whichever one it is ("ina" or "ine") I feel I'm onto something. It's the first name that has felt really right.

The only time I ever heard of Clorinda was at school, when we had a song in music lesson.One of the lines was ''Clorinda, the fairest of maidens is she''.
I hated that song.

Seraphina Joy is a lovely name!

Seraphine doesn't flow quite as well, I think.

Claudine is my favourite on your list I also love Odette which I think fits your criteria?
And as for hormonal name choices... I was convinced I was going to name DD Zombie for months the look of relief on my poor DH's face when I changed my mind was spectacular!

Glad you have ditched the mouthwash name.
I love serephina, it was on my list for dd2 and I really regret not using it.

Seraphina wouldn't be my first choice personally, but is much nicer than Clorinda/Florinda.

Seraphina Joy is lovely, it's unusual but not wierd. I think it's a fab name.

Vivienne is also very nice.