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84 replies

Idoitforthelove · 26/03/2016 12:24

Yes, I'm looking for the Holy Grail of girls names.
I don't want anything popular, nor do I want a frilly, girly unusual name (Seraphina, Elodie, Primrose...) or a way out there OTT name (Honeysuckle, Temperance, Jacintha...)
It has to be classic and strong, but still a name that a little girl would be proud of.
Does it exist?
So far, I'm going along the lines of Miranda, Juliet, Helena...but I don't really love any of them. Any ideas mumsnetters?

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Sophronia · 26/03/2016 16:21

Esther
Cecilia
Audrey
Beatrice
Catherine
Emma
Frances
Ellen
Frida
Georgina
Harriet
Julia
Laura
Margot
Ruth
Jennifer
Abigail
Louisa
Marianne
Naomi
Susanna/h
Judith
Philippa
Martha
Natalie
Rebekah
Penelope
Sarah
Rosalind
Tamsin
Ramona
Vivienne
Anna
Caroline
Diana
Emmeline
Hannah
Isobel
Josephine
Kezia
Irene
Margaret
Sophie
Christina
Sylvia
Marina
Jane

BlueEyeshadow · 26/03/2016 15:37

Naomi, Elizabeth, Abigail, Esther, Eleanor, Margaret

septembersunshine · 26/03/2016 15:36

Annabel/Annabelle (nickname Annie/Anna/Belle)
Charlotte (Lottie)
Eleanor (nn - Ella/Elle/ Nell (Nell - cute!!))
Lucia/Lucy
Sadie
Mabel
Florence (Florrie)
Meredith (Merry)
Scarlett
Ivy
Rosanna (Rosie)

magpie17 · 26/03/2016 15:32

Nancy, Caitlin, Madeleine

magpie17 · 26/03/2016 15:31

Those were some of my favourites when I was pg (turned out to be a boy)

Stars1 · 26/03/2016 15:31

Isabella
Gabriella

EllenTheEgret · 26/03/2016 15:31

Laura
Elizabeth
Ellen (n.b. this is not my actual name!)
Alice
Sarah
Althea

magpie17 · 26/03/2016 15:31

Monica, Louisa, Abigail, Eleanor

magpie17 · 26/03/2016 15:30

Rosalind, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Daphne, Josephine...

GoldPlatedBacon · 26/03/2016 15:21

Lucinda
Phoebe
Helena

WhiteHairReally · 26/03/2016 15:17

Celia
Frances
Ursula
Maud

UntilTheCowsComeHome · 26/03/2016 14:37

Elizabeth
Catherine
Francesca
Laura
Jane
Victoria
Anne/anna

Summ3r · 26/03/2016 14:35

Freya
Nora
Laura
Charlotte
Emily

madmotherof2 · 26/03/2016 14:29

Josephine
Theodora
Jemima
Esme
Juliet

evenoldergregg · 26/03/2016 14:23

Muriel,
Meryl,
Dorothy,
Agatha,
Sylvia,
June,
Vanessa,
Frieda,
Josephine,
Ines.

iseenodust · 26/03/2016 14:21

I like Alexandra too.
Rosemary
Dorothy nn Dottie

BertrandRussell · 26/03/2016 14:19

Harriet
Helen (shortened to Nell)
Jane
Miriam
Ruth

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 26/03/2016 14:18

Julia
Josephine
Hannah
Marie
Francesca
Samantha

Only1scoop · 26/03/2016 14:17

Sorry 'Celestia'

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 26/03/2016 14:16

How can a girls name, be poncey.Confused. But I think. I know what you mean something classical.
Elizabeth
Charlotte
Georgina
Jennifer
Mary
C/Katherine
Helena
Louise
Megan
Ana
Rosa

Only1scoop · 26/03/2016 14:16

Celestial

CosimaSmile

Only1scoop · 26/03/2016 14:15

Enid

Claudia

Tabitha

thereareworsethingsicoulddo · 26/03/2016 14:09

I second Margaret. Maggie is sweet for a baby but still strong and classic.

thatstoast · 26/03/2016 14:07

Cordelia
Ramona
Edith
Margaret

HairySubject · 26/03/2016 14:05

Charlotte
Elizabeth
Francesca
Harriet
Alice
Alexandra

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