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Classic feminine names

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Snowhite12 · 06/12/2017 08:35

Looking for classic but not overused names. We already have an Elizabeth, which I loved because it is traditional but not that popular these days. Happy to go a little less traditional this time.

I like Rosie, Evie and Millie. Evie is my favourite but worried it’s a bit popular. Any other ideas along those lines?

Thanks!

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WhiteHairReally · 14/01/2018 22:19

Antonia

villainousbroodmare · 14/01/2018 22:18

Millie, Rosie, Evie are like names for Elizabeth's battered rag doll. Some lovely suggestions above.

Funkyemzie · 14/01/2018 21:44

My DD is called Millie but we only call her Millicent, its more carrying on a family name. Both mine and my OH's grandmothers names were Millicent, it was just right. Her full name is Millicent Grace.

We like
Edith,
Elsie (although reminds me a bit of Elsa),
April,
Rose,
Isabella
Georgina
Florence
May

Ginandplatonic · 13/01/2018 17:58

Was also going to suggest Genevieve nn Evie.

WhiteHairReally · 13/01/2018 17:54

Celia
Cecilia
Frances
Helena
Caroline
Melissa

SwinginFromTheChandelier · 13/01/2018 17:43

Catherine
Susanne/Susannah

CharlotteC77 · 13/01/2018 16:43

Also love Emmeline nn Emmy, and Grace.

CharlotteC77 · 13/01/2018 16:38

I'm a Charlotte with a sister called Elizabeth - great, classic names with good nickname potential (love Lottie, wish I'd thought of using it when I was younger!). I also love Philippa and Josephine and think they go well with Elizabeth, with a good range of nicknames.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 13/01/2018 16:15

Elizabeth and Geirgina
Elizabeth and Harriet
Elizabeth and Adeline

BlackberryandNettle · 12/01/2018 23:44

I'd avoid Evie as it's so popular and not a match for Elizabeth. Maybe Amelia with an Millie? Matilda with no Millie or Tillie?

shsh3r · 07/01/2018 22:24

Don't like Lexi at all, sounds like a stripper name - all names with "x" sound a bit stripper-ish to me Confused

ruralmother · 07/01/2018 15:07

Genevieve, nn Evie?

Jedigirl29 · 07/01/2018 13:14

If you like Evie maybe you could have an Evelyn and for a nn Evie

Tuttytoffee · 07/12/2017 08:06

Evelyn 😍

SuburbanRhonda · 07/12/2017 08:04

Vivienne was second on my list.

SuburbanRhonda · 07/12/2017 08:03

Lexi is everywhere - with some pretty ... creative ... spellings out there, too. I wouldn’t.

Sophronia · 07/12/2017 07:59

Louisa
Jemima
Marianne
Anna
Georgina
Harriet
Julia
Tabitha

Loveache · 07/12/2017 00:57

Olivia
Lavinia
Rebecca
Alice
Anna
Lydia
Maria
Francesca
Helena
Rachel

HiggedyPiggedy · 07/12/2017 00:43

Millie could be a diminutive of Amelia or Emilia

LittleBlueFish · 06/12/2017 21:33

Elizabeth and...

Madeleine
Natalia
Amelia
Abigail
Susannah
Gabriella
Francesca
Harriet
Olivia
Imogen
Rosalie
Rosanna

Smoliver · 06/12/2017 20:35

How about...

Lily
Audrey
Grace
Eloise
Lucy
Darcy
Ruby
Molly
Emmeline (nickname Emmy? possibly Millie?)
Rosalie (Rosie could be her nickname with this)
Beatrix (Bee or Trixie?)
Dorothy
Felicity
Cecily
Imogen

peachypetite · 06/12/2017 18:56

Alice Beatrice Charlotte Rose Victoria

Whythesnoring · 06/12/2017 18:52

Helena

Yika · 06/12/2017 16:49

Cassandra! (Jane Austen theme - lovely name too)

ShowMeTheElf · 06/12/2017 16:01

You already have an Elizabeth Catherine?

Hmmm, What would Jane Austen do?

Lydia, Mary, Jane
Anne
Elinor, Mariane.
Charlotte
Frances
Georgiana
Emma
Caroline
Isabella
Harriet
Henrietta