Names like Cordelia

[EmilyRoo]

I like how it is unusual, with roots and sounds slightly fancy...but the sound is not exactly what I am looking for. Any suggestions?

Note: I would prefer to avoid names ending in -a, just a pet peeve of mine.) Other names I am fond of; Genevieve, Rosalind, Beatrix, Calypso. Also please don't suggest any more Shakespeare as I have been through all of them!

Thanks! :)

[Psammead]

Penelope?
Felicity?

[TittyWhistles]

Callista, should be pronounced with emphasis on the 'Cal' (a bit like Alistair) rather than like calISTa flockhart. I'm in love with this name.

[picnicbasketcase]

So not Ophelia then?

Helena
Camilla
Madeline
Genevieve
Julia

[MoonHare]

Meredith, Astrid, Clementine, Eloise.

Love Rosalind and Beatrix though.

[wem]

First thoughts: Buffy, Willow, Drusilla, Tar, Dawn, Harmony. Not helping, am I?

[baskingseals]

Marguerite

Margot

Annaliese

Giselle

Fabienne

Imogen

Vivienne

Harriet

are any of these on the right track?

[TittyWhistles]

Oops sorry, didn't see your Shakespeare comment! Suppose you don't want Hermione then either?

[picnicbasketcase]

I missed the bit about ending in A and you already said Genevieve. Sorry.

[wem]

Seriously though, how about Xanthe? I loved it when pregnant with DD2 but DH vetoed

[YouMayLogOut]

Emmeline
Coralie
Josephine
Jennifer
Florence
Florentine
Gabrielle
Tamsin
Abigail
Lucy
Lucianne
Candice
Elodie
Miriam
Georgianne
Naomi
Celeste
Willow
Harriet
Lauren
Madeline
Daphne
Bethany
Audrey
Colette
Cecily
Briony
Anneliese
Kirsten
Frances
Francine
Xanthe
Phoebe
Violet
Meredith
Mirabelle
Hermione
Clementine
Elspeth
Jasmine

[MothershipG]

What Wem said and IRL I actually asked the mother of a Cordelia if she was a Buffy fan, she wasn't!

[baskingseals]

just thought of Christabel.

[wem]

MothershipG :) I forgot Anya, how could I forget Anya? I couldn't remember Buffy's mum's name, or Giles' teacher girlfriends name. Worried there are other major characters I've forgotten now.

[LoveYouForeverMyBaby]

Wasn't buffy's mum's name Joyce?

[chickydoo]

Tomasin
Corrine
Evelyn
Claudette
Marielle
Charlotte
Simone

[Viviennemary]

I quite like Cordelia and a lot of the other names people have listed. Violet, Iris, Cecily, Corrine, Jasmine are all nice names. What about Veronica. I only know of one and she's nearly 90.

[baskingseals]

also Marianne and Ottilie.

[ChunkysMum]

Buffy's mum was Joyce. Giles' girlfriend was Jenny Calendar.

I am a big Buffy fan. Other Buffy name suggestions are Glory or Darla.

I LOVE the name Cordelia.

Other name suggestions:

Ariadne, Aurelia, Clara, Sylvie.

[wem]

Ah Joyce, yes. Thanks Chunkysmum and LoveYouForever. I'm not sure this line of thought is what OP was after though

[MothershipG]

All grist for the mill Wem I'm sure the OP won't mind. I rather like Darla but didn't really work with our surname, definitely not Fred though

[EmilyRoo]

These are lovely;

Clementine
Eloise
Margot
Harriet
Emmeline
Florence
Briony
Phoebe
Meredith (maybe too Grey's Anatomy?)
Christabel-like the poem but despise all "Kristy/Chris" names
Cecily
Aurelia

None are exactly "it", though! I am of the HP generation not of Buffy so I will have to watch a few episodes...maybe it will make me like the name Cordelia more?

[MoelFammau]

Raymonde?

[wem]

Way to make me feel old EmilyRoo . Definitely recommend watching Buffy, though it probably won't make you like the name Cordelia if you only watch a few episodes - you'll just have to get the whole box set!

[BlueChampagne]

Love Meredith (and Rhiannon). How about Vashti? And Bethan?

[SophySinclair]

Cordelia reminds me of Anne of Green Gables. Cordelia was the name she wanted to call herself.