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Names like Henrietta or Harriet?

22 replies

stuckonnames · 18/11/2014 14:40

Hello, I've always loved these two names but sadly can't use them. I can't seem to find any alternatives in the same vein. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you!

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SurfsUp1 · 01/12/2014 07:10

Charlotte

Lucinda

Sophie

Camilla

Antonia

Caroline

Rosanna

Penelope

Clementine

Araminta

Felicity

MiddletonPink · 21/11/2014 15:36

Would it be really that bad with your surname?

Henrietta nn Hen is adorable and Harriet is as lovely.

Leonora?

EmilyGilmore · 20/11/2014 19:08

What about Clara? Has the same posh girl vibe I think you're looking for but softer and prettier somehow.

Medibeagle · 19/11/2014 21:02

Beatrice
Josephine
Euphemia

Leeds2 · 19/11/2014 15:51

Eleanor/a

Arabella

Camilla

Cecily

Stewedcoot · 19/11/2014 14:58

Beatrice
Maude
Miranda
Francesca

Medibeagle · 19/11/2014 14:56

Georgiana
Henriette
Georgette
Phillipa
Verity
Antonia
Alexandra
Eleanor
Aleanora
Frances

Tsarina1 · 19/11/2014 14:52

Matilda

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stuckonnames · 19/11/2014 11:27

Thanks all. Some great suggestions to consider there. Auntiestella, Bowlersarm - It is more a surname clash than anything else. Not keen on a H name specificially but a name with the same 'feel' as those two. Thank you!

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Belazu84 · 18/11/2014 23:06

I went to school with lots of Harriets and Henriettas. Names I'd connect with those- Georgina, Lucinda, Sophie, Emma, Emily, Francesca, Arabella, Caroline, Jemima, Catherine, Jessica.

Or maybe Eliza? Robyn? Marianna?

Icedfinger · 18/11/2014 20:41

Lovely!

Beatrice
Ivy
Olive
Tabitha
Jemima

jimmycrackcornbutidontcare · 18/11/2014 20:39

Erica

FrogsGoWaaa · 18/11/2014 20:34

Is Hetty too much of nickname?

Eliza
Josephine
Theodora

Sophronia · 18/11/2014 17:54

Helena
Juliet

hatsybatsy · 18/11/2014 15:23

Georgiana
Annabel
Sophia
Celia/Cecily
Florence
Claudia
Robyn
Sasha

Ludways · 18/11/2014 15:02

Edwina
Charlotte
Simone

Ludways · 18/11/2014 15:01

Hermione
Violet

baskingseals · 18/11/2014 14:52

Penelope

Jennifer

Constance

Diana

Margaret

Arabella

Bowlersarm · 18/11/2014 14:46

Is if the 'H' bit you like?

If not, I think Harriet and Henrietta's sisters might be Georgina, Jemima, Tabitha, Alexandra, Felicity, Francesca, Annabel, Lucinda, Charlotte, Eliza.

AuntieStella · 18/11/2014 14:46

Is it the initial that you like? Or the way of altering a boys name?

Georgette, Daniella, Paulette, Carlotta, Francine, Gabrielle, Justine?

VirginiaWoofs · 18/11/2014 14:45

Heather
Esther
Etta
Hester

tammytoby · 18/11/2014 14:44

Hertha
Hannah
Helena
Hermione