Girls names

Of your list, I like Alice, (timeless, pretty) Francesca (strong, feminine) and Hazel (slightly more unusual and a pretty name that isn't too cutesy).

Not keen on Edith, which sounds harsh, or Nora (Batty). Valerie...hmmm, no... 'Val' jet doesn't have that 'granny chic' ring to it that Violet or Aa have. Emma is still about 10 girls in my year at school in the 80s.

Mary
Cora
Rosa
Lydia
Lucille
Lois
Lillian
Stella
Nina
Sylvia
Thora
Thelma

I love Margaret! Elegant on its own and so many fun nicknames (Molly, Meg, Peggy, Margo. ..) I also really like Emma, Edith, Martha and Frances.
I'm not keen on Nora or Valerie.

My name and both my DDs names are on your original shortlist.
Our other names on our shortlist were:
Cora
Claudia
Astrid
Imogen
Serafina

I love Celeste/Celestine too, but it clashes with our surname. Cressida is my fantasy girl name but wasnt brave enough to use it.

Emma
Valerie
Maria
Ruth
Suggest, Ida, Shirley or Laura.

And Emma. Nearly missed that. Emma is gorgeous.

I like Annabelle...

What about Anna? Clara? Lara? Lana? Eline? Anya? Rose? (I personally love Rose) Nola? Ann? Ida? Nina? Maya? (Just thinking of short names)

My favourites of your list are Alice, Rosa, Maria and Mae. I also really like Nora.

My favourites:

Emma - timeless, strong and quite unusual now
Frances - simple and sophisticated and I thinik Frankie is super-cute as a nn
Julia - beautiful and classy
Margaret - gorgeous classic name and you get a ton of nickname options to choose from: Maggie, Meg, Peggy, Margot, Daisy...
Martha - nice vintage name, very on-trend
Nora - ditto
Rosa - very understated but pretty
Ruth - strong and would be so adorbale on a little one!
Violet - quite trendy but I think it's a fab name, feminine but not too girly

Ada- beautiful
Alice- lovely
Edith- nope- too harsh
Elena- ok
Emma- nope too average
Frances- nope sounds dowdy
Francesca-lovely
Hazel- lovely
Julia- nope boring
Margaret-no dowdy
Maria- no just average
Martha- no
May- no
Nora- nice
Pearl- nice if brave enough
Rosa- no
Ruth- no way
Valerie- no
Violet- gorgeous (& only no.65 in this years names so hardly too popular!)

My favourites are:

Ada
Alice
Frances
Margaret
Martha
May
Nora

From your list I love Alice, Edith, Martha and Valerie.

Others you may like: Ivy, Mabel, Verity, Cara, Elizabeth.

I only like Francesca from your list. Don't mind Emma or Martha.

Really don't like names like Ada, Pearl or Edith or Margaret. Too old-fashioned.

Ada. - Nice
Alice - Bland
Edith - Love
Elena - Ok
Emma - too 60/70's for me, know loads
Frances - Ok
Francesca - Have never liked it
Hazel - Rabbit
Julia - Same as Emma
Margaret - Don't like
Maria - 60's attempt at exotic
Martha - Nice
May - Like
Nora - Like
Pearl - Like
Rosa - Same as Maria
Ruth - Same as Emma and Julia
Valerie - Don't like
Violet - too twee for me

From your list, I like Alice, Martha, Julia and Ruth

Prefer Helena or Ellen to Elena.

Ada - meh
Alice - pretty but a little dated?
Edith - a bit old lady-ish
Elena - will be misspelt
Emma - dated?
Frances - nn Fran?
Francesca - I prefer this to Frances
Hazel - love
Julia - a bit middle-aged?
Margaret - due a comeback in a decade I reckon
Maria - if you have Spanish/ Italian roots
Martha - love
May - like
Nora - no
Pearl - nice but quite fashionable
Rosa - love
Ruth - dated?
Valerie - no
Violet - ok

Ada - yes. Could have Adeline nn Ada
Alice - yes
Edith - yes
Elena - no. Eleanor, yes.
Emma - bit boring
Frances - yes
Francesca - yes
Hazel - ok
Julia - yes
Margaret - no way. Thatcher.
Maria - a bit catholic
Martha - ok
May - ok
Nora - i like this, but a bit marmite
Pearl - no
Rosa - yes, Rosanna/Rosamund/Rosalind
Ruth - no
Valerie - no
Violet - ok

How about Florence, Iris, Ivy, Elizabeth, Cora, Mabel, Vivienne?

I love the name Ada (biased as one of my DDs names), though something I only realised after my DD was born was that people will forever confuse it with the more popular "Ava" .

I also love Edith, Elena, Martha and Ruth. Rest of the names are nice, though I'm not keen on Valerie, Nora or Pearl.

From your list I like these a lot:

Alice
Edith
Emma
Francesca
Julia
Martha
Ruth
Violet

Have fun choosing!

I like these from your list:
Ada
Alice
Elena
Emma
Francesca
Hazel
Martha
May
Nora
Rosa
Violet

I also like:
Caitlyn
Elsie
Elsa
Eliza
Heidi
Lilia
Polly
Sophia
Tessa.

A lovely list of names, you can't go wrong. My favourites would be Elena, Emma or Maria.

Some other suggestions:
Flora
Vanessa
Olga
Tamsin

These are my favourites from your list:
Francesca
Margaret
Martha
Nora
Rosa (but prefer Rosanna)

how about Francesca. its classy and timeless name meaning freedom

I like these:

Ada
Emma
Frances
Julia
Maria
May
Pearl
Ruth
Valerie
Violet

How about:

Juliet
Vanessa
Grace
Emily
Harriet
Natasha
Melissa
Claire
Ivy
Lucy
Seren
Estella
Rowena
Christina
Rachel
Olivia
Susannah

Ada - Like this. It's a nice change from Ava and works well in a lot of countries.

Alice - Nice, but a bit overdone at the moment.

Edith - I like this with Edie as a nickname.

Elena - Like this one, but will have pronunciation issues, be warned! My husband is Scandinavian and where he is this is pronounced Eh-LEE-nah (similar to Alina), but I'd heard it pronounced Eh-LAY-nah and Eh-LEH-nah (like Eleanor) before.

Emma - Sweet, but overdone too.

Frances - Don't like.

Francesca - Don't like.

Hazel - Love this one.

Julia - Love this too.

Margaret - Don't like this.

Maria - Don't like this. It's outdated.

Martha - Love this, still trying to convince my husband to go for this one.

May - Like this.

Nora - Like this too.

Pearl - Very harsh sounding as a first name, IMO. But it makes a nice middle name.

Rosa - Don't like this.

Ruth - Quite nice.

Valerie - Don't like this.

Violet - Lovely, but very popular.

How do you feel about Olive?