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'Important' sounding girls names?

53 replies

Turry · 15/06/2013 22:45

My favourite girls' name - Arabella - has been vetoed by DH, so I'm now starting from scratch.

I'd like DD to have a 'big' name, something strong but feminine, sounds important, but still quite pretty...

Also nothing too popular if possible.

Thoughts?

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User21276799 · 17/06/2013 14:48

Isadora

BlueChampagne · 17/06/2013 13:14

Constance

IwishIwasmoreorganised · 17/06/2013 12:31

Imogen, olive, Georgina, Madeleine, Elizabeth, Victoria.

I'd avoid anything ending in an 'ee' sound.

BlueChampagne · 17/06/2013 12:25

Athena

johnnycomelurky · 16/06/2013 08:55

I also think Madeleine is a strong, feminine name.

invicta · 16/06/2013 08:54

Veronica
Vivienne
Arabella
Tabitha
Tamara
Cordelia
Rosamund
Rosalind
Helena
Josephine
Clarissa
Felicity

GW297 · 16/06/2013 08:51

Araminta
Annabelle

Exhaustipated · 16/06/2013 08:50

Ooh and

Marina

Exhaustipated · 16/06/2013 08:49

Cordelia
Francesca
Rebecca
Leonora
Saskia
Octavia
Alexandra

squoosh · 16/06/2013 00:16

Madeleine Albright.

BlueStarsAtNight · 15/06/2013 23:51

Abigail
Selena
Constance
Katrina
Lydia

devonsmummy · 15/06/2013 23:37

Victoria
Henrietta
Josephine
Claudia

BuntyPenfold · 15/06/2013 23:27

Rowan

MaMattoo · 15/06/2013 23:26

I always felt that a name that ended on vowel sounds of e/i appear'soft'
So names like Eleanor, Megan, bromwen, Logan, Morgan, Harriet, alicia, Sarah, claudia etc sound more important than
Lily, Lucy, Anne, Katie, Sophie..
I think so...Smile

ReadytoOrderSir · 15/06/2013 23:19

Eleanor

(Roosevelt)
(of Aquitaine)

NOT Ellie!

orangepudding · 15/06/2013 23:19

Francesca
Matilda
Penelope
Stephanie

BikeRunSki · 15/06/2013 23:16

Veronica
Suzanne

DramaAlpaca · 15/06/2013 23:12

Marianne

ElBombero · 15/06/2013 23:07

Madeleine

Tommy · 15/06/2013 23:06

Clemency
Faith

FoundAChopinLizt · 15/06/2013 23:05

Phoebe
Xanthe
Charlotte

TheYamiOfYawn · 15/06/2013 23:03

Helena, Beatrice, Rosalind, Isobel.

Picoo · 15/06/2013 23:02

Verona, Sophia, Virginia, Hermione, Isabella, Pamela.

JoyMachine · 15/06/2013 22:58

Beatrix

meditrina · 15/06/2013 22:58

Boudicca?

More realistically: Artemis, Emmeline, Virginia, Charlotte, Ariadne, Hermia, Titania, Rosalind, Lucinda, Penelope, Constance, Willemina, Clementina?

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