One week till the registry office appointment: our girl's name shortlist

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RakeABedOfTyneFilth · 22/09/2013 10:40

Baby girl is two weeks old, and we have booked our slot at the registry office a week tomorrow... Need a name!

The brief is 1. to go with DS (George) but not in too matchy a way. 2. To be "euro-royal" or otherwise vaguely aristocratic. 3. Not too popular but not unspellable/have to be explained all the time. 4. Surnames for last two initials are C P, the P is one-syllable so given name has to be 2 or more beats. 5. Nothing ending in -ia, -ie, -y, much prefer strong consonant endings.

We started with a long list of more like 20 and are now down to these, just looking for last votes really, or if there are unfortunate nicknames.

Beatrix
Edith
Helena
Marguerite
Matilda
Rosalind

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NadiaWadia · 24/09/2013 17:44

Helena is lovely. Rosalind is nice. Dislike Beatrix and Edith.

fruitpastille · 24/09/2013 23:22

My Matilda not only has another in her class, but they go to the same childminder! So mine will forever be known by her nn. There is another in the year above. Ds name was top 3 the year we chose it but none in his class.

curlew · 24/09/2013 23:26

Edith.

leesam · 25/09/2013 00:18

My favourite is Helena from the list, Lena for short. Don,t know any helena 's .

kiwik · 25/09/2013 03:17

You've lots of names which are on my list for my DD:
Beatrix
Helena
Rosalind

I also like Damaris (although doesn't fit your euro-aristocracy vibe), Ingrid, Leonora and Felicity.

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RakeABedOfTyneFilth · 29/09/2013 17:17

We decided! Beatrix. We are happy with any of the nicknames (Bea, Betsy, Bibi, Trixie, Trix, even beastie as long as it's affectionate...!) but she'll probably still be "piglet" for a while longer at home I think.

Nearly went for Beatrix Rosalind and then the two surnames, but we thought that it was just a bit pointless (I have one of the standard 70s middle names - Jane), it would just show that we couldn't decide, and we should have the courage of our convictions and go with just Beatrix C P.

Registry office tomorrow and announcing all over email, Facebook etc etc after that. Thank you for all your comments, it really did help narrow things down!