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Original poster

Girls name needed - quite traditional, and preferably long!

68 replies

mumtobee · 17/02/2011 12:52

Looking for girls names, pretty, but not too dainty, can include Irish, but not too unusual, and preferably three syllabals as we have a short surname.
What do people think of these....
Juliet
Niamh
Genevieve
Imogen
Sophia
Madeleine
Orlaith
Any other suggestions?
(Only a few weeks into my pregnancy, so plenty of time to decide yet)
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JiltedJohnsJulie · 18/02/2011 18:11

The winner of the beautiful baby competition in our local paper was Dorothy.

BlackType · 18/02/2011 18:11

I'm getting very scared of Juliet. It is cropping up on MN all too often. I fear it might be the next Olivia.

BrigitBigKnickers · 18/02/2011 18:08

Eleanor
Nicolette
Regina
Georgina
Verity
Gabriellla
Annalise

JiltedJohnsJulie · 18/02/2011 18:06

Think if we ever had DD2, which is very unlikely, she would be Adelaide or Miranda. There again she could be Violetta.

TeacupTempest · 18/02/2011 18:00

Veronica?

TeacupTempest · 18/02/2011 17:56

Rosalind?

Meglet · 18/02/2011 14:26

Prudence.
Constance.

RatherBeOnThePiste · 18/02/2011 14:25

Catherine
Genevieve
Clementine
Madeline

wahwahwah · 18/02/2011 14:24

How do you know ita a girl?

I like Alexandra or Georgia.

MelinaM · 18/02/2011 14:22

Alessandra
Alexandria
Athena
Aurora
Briony
Calista
Camilla
Claudia
Esmerelda
Felicity
Francesca
Helena
Lavinia
Louisa
Maribel
Ophelia
Oralia
Paloma
Pandora
Saoirse
Tamara
Valentina

absolutmum · 18/02/2011 13:02

Miranda

absolutmum · 18/02/2011 13:01

Damaris
Araminta
Petronella

bellissima · 17/02/2011 21:55

I know it's incredibly 70s but I think Melanie is pretty. And actually, whilst in a retro mood I like 50s Pamela (but not Pam). Otherwise, and more classical, Caroline, Catherine, Eleanor and Marianne.

Umnitsa · 17/02/2011 21:41

Alexandra
Catherine
Claudia
Guinevere

bambiandthumper · 17/02/2011 17:06

Augusta
Clementine
Rosanna
Carolina
Beatrice
Delphinia
Claudia
Tatiana

KnitterNotTwitter · 17/02/2011 15:05

Rosamund
Charlotte
Annalese

Ephiny · 17/02/2011 15:03

Penelope? Antonia?

NoodlesMam · 17/02/2011 14:38

I love the names Hannah and Eleanor. My DD2's name is Hannah, we chose it because it apparently means 'gift from god' and also because it reminds us of Hannah Hauxwell who is a strong and determined, hardy and beautiful woman. To be fair though, she doesn't look much like a Hannah, more like a Tilly I would say but her personality is definately alot like a Hannah :-)

expectingno3 · 17/02/2011 14:27

Not 3 syllables, but what about Delphine?
Cecily
Roseanna
Mariella

munstersmum · 17/02/2011 14:24

Madeleine was one on our list had we had a girl.
Also a fan of Rosemary & Georgina.

CPtart · 17/02/2011 14:22

Elizabeth, Georgina, Louisa, Victoria, Catherine, Annabel, Alicia, Madeleine, Harriet, Samantha,

NormanTheForeman · 17/02/2011 14:09

Melanie
Stephanie
Melissa

LessNarkyPuffin · 17/02/2011 14:08

If you like three syllables why Niamh? It's a lovely name but very short.

stiflersmom · 17/02/2011 13:59

Francesca
Jacobina
Richenda
Melisande
Gabrielle
Simonetta
Susannah
Clarissa
Annabel
Claudia
Elodie
Dominy
Keziah

GlynistheGimmer · 17/02/2011 13:59

Geneva

i know a 'Geneva' whom I love very much Smile