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Girls names - quirky yet classic but not too "try-hard"?

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southlondongirlie · 29/06/2013 21:56

Baby girl due in September. Initially I wanted names like Francesca, Tabitha, Theodora, Cecilia... I love them all but DH ruled them all out because they sound "too fussy".

Our shortlist now looks like this:

Etta, Nancy, Pearl - what else might I like?

Surname begins with R.

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Southeastdweller · 13/07/2013 08:38

For me it starts and ends with Zoe.

Angharad79 · 13/07/2013 08:32

Ayda
Jean
Elsa
Veda
Willow
Genie
Farrah
Everley
Aubrey
Ayda
Violet
Adalynn
Esme
Bonnie
Anya
Genie
Iris
Avery
Raya
Eden
Rose
Ava
Estella
Ananya
Reagan

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southlondongirlie · 07/07/2013 23:54

Thanks so much for all the suggestions and positive comments on the names we like!

OP posts:
raisah · 07/07/2013 20:59

Eliza
Zinnia
Eloise
Jeanne

sleepingbeautiful · 07/07/2013 16:48

Tamsin
Meredith
Lila
Zara
Mara
Cleo
Tess
Bess
Anna
Hannah
Naomi
Julia
Juliet
Amy
Zoe
Marnie
Marcie
Darcie
Dulcie
Sian
Sadie
Flora
Iris
Viola
Opal

fanjodisfunction · 07/07/2013 16:21

Erin
Rose
Marie
Bethan
Alana

Turniptwirl · 07/07/2013 15:09

Martha
Nina
Alicia
Georgina
Eliza
Harriet

GreenVespa · 07/07/2013 13:20

Love Etta + Pearl. Just beautiful. Classic.

Edie
Astrid
Lennox (Lenny). Someone I know called their baby girl Lennox Etta last year.
Mae
Isla
Anais

feetheart · 07/07/2013 08:24

Tessa - haven't found another child with the same name in over 10 years :)

threefeethighandrising · 07/07/2013 08:13

Ramona is a lovely name (might be slightly biased on this one!)

MoonHare · 06/07/2013 18:04

Can't be bothered reading all the lists, has anyone suggested:
Thea
Anita
Esme
Edith
Robyn

Of your list OP I like Pearl.

Maybe DH could be persuaded re Tabitha, mine was, it is such a fantastic name.

formicadinosaur · 06/07/2013 07:43

Meave, Maude,

formicadinosaur · 06/07/2013 07:43

Betty violet pearl

elQuintoConyo · 05/07/2013 23:48

Etta no, unless she grows up to be a Basque separatist, then it'll be quite handy.
My DM's name is Nancy, she's aaaaaaalways hated it.
Pearl is gorgeous.

I'm crap at suggesting names, just thought I'd chip in with my tuppence worth.

MortifiedAdams · 05/07/2013 23:39

Greta
Stella
Rose
Erin
Fearne
Jane
Olive
Pippa
Nell

Kaekae · 05/07/2013 23:34

Genevieve.

ExitPursuedByABear · 05/07/2013 23:08

My mum was Hazel

MrsFrederickWentworth · 05/07/2013 22:52

Audrey
Aurelia
Laurel
Hazel

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Rhubarbgarden · 03/07/2013 22:21

Naomi
Simone
Lorna
Ingrid

holmessweetholmes · 03/07/2013 21:12

Rosamund
Rosalind
Emmeline
Florence
Flora

Elquota · 03/07/2013 21:00

Lorna
Maya
Belinda
Ruby
Ivy
Juliet
Serena
Elspeth/Elsie
Rebecca
Cassia
Harriet
Susan
Lucy
Joanna
Miranda

Doilooklikeatourist · 03/07/2013 20:39

Claire
Laura
Astrid ^ pinched from up there ^
Mary Ann ( or Mary Jane )
Rosalind

Littlecherublegs · 03/07/2013 20:39

Nina
Rose / Rosa
Opal
Thea
Sadie
Orla
Cora
Iris
Edith
Dora
Annie
Mable
Greta
Heidi
Ivy
Lily / Lilian
May
Sylvie / Sylvia
Tess
Una
Vivienne