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Serena, Apolline, Celestina, Cressida and Iris

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SpunkyMummy · 12/11/2016 11:13

Could you please rate these names?

thank you :)!

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pericat · 12/11/2016 11:55

I also like Serena (a lot) and Iris (not as much).

Know a Cressida that I don't like much so may be biased.

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SpunkyMummy · 12/11/2016 11:51

Serena and Iris seem to be the most popular... interesting :)

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KlingybunFistelvase · 12/11/2016 11:49
  1. Iris
  2. Serena
  3. Appoline
  4. Cressida
  5. Celestina
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SpunkyMummy · 12/11/2016 11:46

purples

Molly Weasley is the one that likes Celestina Warbeck, right? Grin

It isn't meant to be a Harry Potter tribute, tbh. I think it sounds lovely, the meaning is nice, it isn't too common but still a 'real' name. And I know a really lovely Celestine.

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notagiraffe · 12/11/2016 11:44

Serena is lovely. The rest aren't to my taste. Iris is popular these days and I can imagine the appeal but link it in my mind to a very uptight woman I knew for years, so can't find it appealing.

ScarletForYa · 12/11/2016 11:43

Celestina, this is the best, I like the meaning and the sound.

Appoline, seems like trying to make a masculine name feminine. I don't think you can feminise such a masculine name!

Cressida, to me sounds fussy and prim.

Serena seems kind of dated and boring.

Iris I dislike, the sound is too hard and the name is geriatric.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 12/11/2016 11:42

Aside from Appoline. They're all dreadful.

AntiHop · 12/11/2016 11:41

I like them a lot except for celestina and apolline. Especially not apolline. My favourites are Serena and Cressida.

purplepebbles · 12/11/2016 11:40

Iris
Apolline
Celestina
Cressida
Serena

I like them all, though they are not in my usual naming style.
Celestina reminds me of Celestina Warbeck in Harry Potter and I would be a proud Potter geek having a child named after an extremely minor and incidental character Grin

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SpunkyMummy · 12/11/2016 11:37

chinlo

Names seem to be like wedding dresses. There are so many different styles, tastes etc. Finding a name is like wedding dress shopping (imo). Complicated but also rather exciting...

Thank you for commenting :)!

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Chinlo · 12/11/2016 11:31

These aren't my style of names AT ALL, so I really don't like any of them, but the better two of the bunch, in my opinion, are Serena and Iris.

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SpunkyMummy · 12/11/2016 11:29

hopper

one of my best friends is called Cressida. Maybe that's why I like it.
I know a Portia. She's simply horrible...

Olenna: thank you :)

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PoldarksBreeches · 12/11/2016 11:26

Serena and iris ✅
The other 3 are a bit much for me

OlennasWimple · 12/11/2016 11:25

In order of preference:

Serena
Cressida
Iris
Celestina (though prefer Celestine)
Apolline

HopperBusTicket · 12/11/2016 11:25

What about Portia or Imogen if you like those kinds of names.

HopperBusTicket · 12/11/2016 11:24

I like Cressida and Iris. I don't like Serana. Appoline and Celestine sound a bit try hard to me. Then again I've only known one Cressida (twin of a Miranda) so maybe that's a bit try hard too.

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SpunkyMummy · 12/11/2016 11:23

I really wouldn't say that. No.

These are just the names we like.

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Heratnumber7 · 12/11/2016 11:15

Blimey! Are you v posh?Blush