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Timeless elegant names help!

78 replies

Donkeydoodles · 22/04/2018 21:34

DD2 will be here in 10 days and I’m completely freaking out about names.

We have an Elizabeth (nn Lizzie) which I think is timeless and classic with lots of cute nickname possibilities. Can’t seem to find another name that’s in the same league.

Thought we had decided on Georgina/ Georgia but now having real doubts, plus DH wants Georgia and I prefer Georgina.

Other names I’m considering:
Katherine - love Kitty but would rather not use Katherine as I have lots of close friends with the name.
Emily - love but too popular
Emilia - too much like Amelia, which is too popular
Annabel - not convinced by Anna, Annie or Bella
Jemima - worried it’s a bit ‘out there’, not in love with Jem or Mimi either.
Rose/ Rosalind (nn Rosie) - love Rosie but our surname starts with R and DH thinks it sounds like a stripper name!
Francesca - DH has vetoed
Matilda - DH isn’t keen
Alice - seems a bit ‘plain’ somehow.

Not keen on Victoria or Beatrice and Juliet doesn’t work with our surname
I like Margaret, Charlotte and Alexandra but can’t use because family members have taken them.

Any thoughts on the above?

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user1498549192 · 22/04/2018 21:49

I love most of the named on your list! Would you consider Alicia if you think Alice is a little plain?

Other suggestions:

Lydia
Harriet
Florence
Cecily
Clementine
Emma
Anna
Cora
Genevieve

Carolwithane · 22/04/2018 21:47

Clara or Anna?

SimonNeilshair · 22/04/2018 21:38

How about Helena, Miriam, Evangeline, Clara, Ruth, Louisa ?

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