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Cressida and Ophelia

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amberdixie · 23/12/2017 13:11

..,what other names do you think would be our thing? Mainly girls names were looking for but could do with boys recommendations too if any spring to mind.
Love Cressida and Ophelia but neither can be used for one reason or the other and can't seem to find anything else we like Xmas Biscuit

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WildRosesGrow · 29/12/2017 15:07

Also

Phylida
Felicity
Rowena
Anastacia

WildRosesGrow · 29/12/2017 15:05

My suggestions:

Rosalind
Belinda
Marianne / Marianna
Geraldine
Letitia
Desdemona

NotAgainYoda · 29/12/2017 15:01

Hermione doesn't sound nice to my ears. There are some 'posh' names I like but Hermione just sounds a bit 'whiny'

Antheanna · 29/12/2017 12:53

I'm not posh-bashing Confused but those are two names that call attention to themselves. There are prettier names in Shakespeare's plays. Hermione is better than Ophelia or Cressida. Even if HP made Hermione popular she's a strong character. Ophelia, well, she drowned, although I do commend her for the speech she gave to Laertes calling him out on his hypocrisy about double standards for men/women! But it's a lot of baggage to give to somebody else to carry. I don't think you can just blithely say ''oh nonsense, it'll be fine''. Cressida is just no my taste but at least it's not Ophelia. Fia or Lia would be nicknames that could be extracted from given name Ophelia though

Alisvolatpropiis · 29/12/2017 12:46

I like Ophelia and Hermione. Not a fan of Cressida though Cressie is a really sweet nickname.

Re Hermione being too Harry Potter. Hermione has both Shakespearean and Greek mythological roots. It really irritates me that this name is singled out as “too Harry Potter”, when Luna, which nobody outside of Spanish speaking countries before Hp and also has slightly dodgy playground taunts, has got away Scott free!

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amberdixie · 28/12/2017 20:40

Thank-you so much! I adore Hermione - how do you think people will react? Too obviously HP?

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GreatDuckCookery6211 · 25/12/2017 17:02

Lettice.

Some amazing names on this thread!

Mrsknackered · 24/12/2017 20:14

I like Ophelia. I think Cressida is awful, sorry.

Lotte
Agathe
Liberty
Cleone
Valentina
Finella

stellarfox · 24/12/2017 16:35

Pandora
Seraphina
Ottilie
Penelope

Dixiestampsagain · 24/12/2017 08:21

PS that wasn’t me being rude or sarcastic- I’m genuinely an opera fan!!

Dixiestampsagain · 24/12/2017 08:18

It sounds like it should be the name of an opera!

pipilangstrumpf · 23/12/2017 22:48

Felicity
Antonia
Theodora

Caspar
Quentin
Sebastian

Smoliver · 23/12/2017 22:41

I love both names - wish I could use them!

How about:
Octavia
Helena
Marissa
Lavinia
Luciana
Veronica
Rosanna
Rowena
Cassiopeia
Cecilia
Juniper
Aurelia
Paloma
Nicoletta
Valentina
Clarissa

Lysander
Leonardo
Lorenzo
Demetrius
Apollo
Atticus
Thaddeus
Lazarus
Lucius
Crispin
Cassian/Cassius
Caspian
Raphael
Ezekiel
Fabian
Finnian
Julian
Isidore
Hector

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 23/12/2017 22:35

Bruno
Elwood
Franklin
Lorenzo
Mica
Percy
Melvin
Dermot

foxyariel · 23/12/2017 22:19

Prefer Hillary to Hilarious but don't think Poshbash will catch on...

Yika · 23/12/2017 21:52

Cassandra
Celia
Leonie

Piers
Balthasar

holidayqueriwifi · 23/12/2017 21:48

Selina
Fenella
Theodora

Richard
Patrick
Anthony

holidayqueriwifi · 23/12/2017 21:45

Some people are so hilarious. Let's posh bash yawn.

foxyariel · 23/12/2017 17:54

Araminta
Doublechocminta
Hortensia
Dementia
Brabantia

Grin
BikeRunSki · 23/12/2017 17:35

Augusta
Hermia
Hermione
Evangeline
Francesca
Mirabelle
Georgiana
Celestine
Portia
Perdita
Ophelia
Christabel

AlexaDoTheDishes · 23/12/2017 17:34

Isolde?

greatbigwho · 23/12/2017 17:33

I loved Calliope Star

OhBergine · 23/12/2017 17:29

@PaperdollCartoon you have basically reproduced my list for DC2! Grin

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 23/12/2017 17:27

Marielle/a
Seraphina
Alexandria
Prunella

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 23/12/2017 17:25

Catriona.
Catherina
Octavia
Adrienne
Isadora
Odette
Benedicta

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