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JoMalones · 06/08/2016 10:40

Now we've hit 24 weeks, I'm starting to think of names. I have a few boys names I like but not any girls names. Ideally, I would like....
A long name (8-10 letters ideally) - both my DC have long names
Something not too common but something that people will recognise and probably not need help spelling.
A pretty name
Apparently my DC have posh names so would need to fit.
Am I looking for the impossible?!

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kimlo · 06/08/2016 10:41

Elizabeth
Josephine
Philippa
Evangeline

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FaithAscending · 06/08/2016 10:41

How about Francesca?

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Wibblewobble100 · 06/08/2016 10:42

Emmeline

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EthelDurant123 · 06/08/2016 10:45

Genevieve. I wanted to name my DD that but DH vetoed it Sad

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trinitybleu · 06/08/2016 10:46

Arabella
Francesca
Jennifer
Cordelia
Marianne
Beatrice
Anastasia
Hermione

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gettingtherequickly · 06/08/2016 10:46

Victoria
Alexandra
Elizabeth
Constance

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CodyKing · 06/08/2016 10:48

Arabella
Charlotte
Christina
Kristanna
Danielle
Isabella
Mary-Ann
Florence
Clara-May

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JoMalones · 06/08/2016 10:48

Oh yes, those kinds of lines but
Elizabeth is grandmother
Dated a Joe and Phil
I hated a girl called Eve
Friend called Francesca (Cheskie)
Otherwise, exactly the sort of thing!
Will add Emmeline and Evangeline to list

Thank you!

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SortItAhhht · 06/08/2016 10:48

Evangelina
Valentina
Seraphina
Anastasia
Christiana
Georgiana
Antoinette
Persephone

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JoMalones · 06/08/2016 10:49

Oh X-post, loads of replies, thank you!!

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GiddyOnZackHunt · 06/08/2016 10:51

Angharad
Rhiannon
Christabel

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Helenluvsrob · 06/08/2016 10:52

Susanna
Clementine
Leonora ( or leonore)
Cecily ( I think of that as a long name somehow when you say it!)
Cecilia
Miriam
Theodora
Rosalind / rosamund/ Roseanna



Liking your taste in names. These, to me are strong names, without ready preconceptions attached ( eg " grace" should be a pretty . Delicate child for instance ) . But they also have a pretty, girly side too on a small person.

The only ones I can think that maybe aren't ideal are the thomasina / nigella " we wanted a boy and got a girl) sort of names , or the ultimate drippy name ( IMHO ) lettice !

Look at jane Austen. And similar books !

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roseteapot101 · 06/08/2016 10:55

i like Beatrice and Josephine those are nice or Jennifer

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sallyhasleftthebuilding · 06/08/2016 11:36

Clarissa
Tabitha
Catherine
Matilda
Veronica
Madeleine
Rebecca

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babyblabber · 06/08/2016 11:37

Juliette (although I prefer Juliet)

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 06/08/2016 13:33

Antigone
Calliope
Persephone
Charlotte
Alexandra
Vivienne
Annabella
Catherine
Jeanette
Stephanie
Marianna
Penelope
Jennifer
Abigail
Heather
Bernadette
Michelle
Angelica
Amanda
Florence
Harriet
Genevive
Isabella
Lucinda
Lucille
Siobhan
Elizabeth
Francesca
Georgina
Philippa
Josephine
Winifred
Cassandra
Clarice
Claudia
Claudette
Victoria
Rosalind
Belinda
Simone
Marlena
Juliette
Samantha
Danielle
Jacqueline
Dionne
Aaliyah
Bethany
Caitlin
Leandra
Lindsey
Lynette
Luciana
Mikayla
Sabrina
Octavia
Annaliese
Anuncia
Jemima
Benedicta
Lorraine
Teresina
Thomasina
Margaret

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Chelsea26 · 06/08/2016 13:49

Felicity

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Frazzled2207 · 06/08/2016 13:51

Mine was going to be Genevieve (Evie for short). (We had a boy!)

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 06/08/2016 14:39

Dominique
Dominica
Monique

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chocoLit · 06/08/2016 14:42

Arianne
Clementine

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MyNightWithMaud · 06/08/2016 14:45

Many of the above and

Artemisia
Clemency
Gabrielle

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queenoftheboys · 06/08/2016 14:46

Henrietta

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CakeRattleandRoll · 06/08/2016 15:54

Jacquetta
Guinevere
Corisande
Gabriella

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chocoLit · 06/08/2016 15:57

Calliope
Araminta

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CancellyMcChequeface · 06/08/2016 15:58

Lots of great suggestions! Not already mentioned:

Sophronia
Liviana
Coraline
Aurelia
Cassiopeia
Antonia
Violetta
Adrianna
Liliana
Lucinda
Katarina
Adelaide

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