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Long girls name

58 replies

JoMalones · 06/08/2016 10:40

Now we've hit 24 weeks, I'm starting to think of names. I have a few boys names I like but not any girls names. Ideally, I would like....
A long name (8-10 letters ideally) - both my DC have long names
Something not too common but something that people will recognise and probably not need help spelling.
A pretty name
Apparently my DC have posh names so would need to fit.
Am I looking for the impossible?!

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VanillaLatteAndCake · 07/08/2016 18:04

Emmeline and Vivienne are lovely. How about Harriet, Hannah or Eleanor.

lastqueenofscotland · 07/08/2016 17:36

I love emmeline
Isolde
Eleanor
Isabella

Enkopkaffetak · 06/08/2016 20:54

dd3 insists I suggest Paulette

My suggestion
Juliette

winewolfhowls · 06/08/2016 19:13

Heloise

GoldPlatedBacon · 06/08/2016 18:00

Miranda
Cressida
Tabitha
Millicent
Cecelia
Vivienne
Emiliana

CodyKing · 06/08/2016 17:14

Orrianna was a fav - DH said no!

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JoMalones · 06/08/2016 17:09

Oh I love MN (sorry soppy pregnancy hormones). Some wonderful suggestions, thank you so much!

Helen, that's it, strong but still pretty names.

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Spottyladybird · 06/08/2016 16:04

Felicity
Madeleine
Katherine
Emmeline
Tabitha
Jemima
Henrietta

CancellyMcChequeface · 06/08/2016 15:58

Lots of great suggestions! Not already mentioned:

Sophronia
Liviana
Coraline
Aurelia
Cassiopeia
Antonia
Violetta
Adrianna
Liliana
Lucinda
Katarina
Adelaide

chocoLit · 06/08/2016 15:57

Calliope
Araminta

CakeRattleandRoll · 06/08/2016 15:54

Jacquetta
Guinevere
Corisande
Gabriella

queenoftheboys · 06/08/2016 14:46

Henrietta

MyNightWithMaud · 06/08/2016 14:45

Many of the above and

Artemisia
Clemency
Gabrielle

chocoLit · 06/08/2016 14:42

Arianne
Clementine

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 06/08/2016 14:39

Dominique
Dominica
Monique

Frazzled2207 · 06/08/2016 13:51

Mine was going to be Genevieve (Evie for short). (We had a boy!)

Chelsea26 · 06/08/2016 13:49

Felicity

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 06/08/2016 13:33

Antigone
Calliope
Persephone
Charlotte
Alexandra
Vivienne
Annabella
Catherine
Jeanette
Stephanie
Marianna
Penelope
Jennifer
Abigail
Heather
Bernadette
Michelle
Angelica
Amanda
Florence
Harriet
Genevive
Isabella
Lucinda
Lucille
Siobhan
Elizabeth
Francesca
Georgina
Philippa
Josephine
Winifred
Cassandra
Clarice
Claudia
Claudette
Victoria
Rosalind
Belinda
Simone
Marlena
Juliette
Samantha
Danielle
Jacqueline
Dionne
Aaliyah
Bethany
Caitlin
Leandra
Lindsey
Lynette
Luciana
Mikayla
Sabrina
Octavia
Annaliese
Anuncia
Jemima
Benedicta
Lorraine
Teresina
Thomasina
Margaret

babyblabber · 06/08/2016 11:37

Juliette (although I prefer Juliet)

sallyhasleftthebuilding · 06/08/2016 11:36

Clarissa
Tabitha
Catherine
Matilda
Veronica
Madeleine
Rebecca

roseteapot101 · 06/08/2016 10:55

i like Beatrice and Josephine those are nice or Jennifer

Helenluvsrob · 06/08/2016 10:52

Susanna
Clementine
Leonora ( or leonore)
Cecily ( I think of that as a long name somehow when you say it!)
Cecilia
Miriam
Theodora
Rosalind / rosamund/ Roseanna

Liking your taste in names. These, to me are strong names, without ready preconceptions attached ( eg " grace" should be a pretty . Delicate child for instance ) . But they also have a pretty, girly side too on a small person.

The only ones I can think that maybe aren't ideal are the thomasina / nigella " we wanted a boy and got a girl) sort of names , or the ultimate drippy name ( IMHO ) lettice !

Look at jane Austen. And similar books !

GiddyOnZackHunt · 06/08/2016 10:51

Angharad
Rhiannon
Christabel

Original poster
JoMalones · 06/08/2016 10:49

Oh X-post, loads of replies, thank you!!

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SortItAhhht · 06/08/2016 10:48

Evangelina
Valentina
Seraphina
Anastasia
Christiana
Georgiana
Antoinette
Persephone