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Which girls name + why?

33 replies

alessandrae83 · 24/11/2018 21:30

Abigail
Lucinda
Charlotte
Elena(El-ay-na)
Gabriella
Eliana
Josephine
Marianne
Evangeline
Grace
Louisa
Aislinn(ash-leen)
Evalina(everleena)
Marcella
Mariella
Joanna
Lois
Ruth
Alisa
Frances
Erin
Amy
Nicole
Keziah
Nell
Margo
Matilda
Jennifer
Estelle
Esther
Emma
Orla
Keeva
Molly
Irene
Hannah
Aoife
Martina
Elin

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LegoPiecesEverywhere · 01/12/2018 07:39

Elena and Louisa. Both very pretty

RickOShay · 25/11/2018 23:10

Marianne. It’s strong, elegant and underused,it shines out in your list.

starkid · 25/11/2018 23:07

Mariella
Emma

Because I like them the most :) (sorry not good at giving reasons, it's subjective haha)

bridgetreilly · 25/11/2018 19:58

Keeva is truly awful. If you like the name, spell it properly.

ernjas · 25/11/2018 15:10

Frances is lovely!

MikeUniformMike · 25/11/2018 13:28

Abigail - yes
Lucinda - prefer Lucy
Charlotte - ok
Elena(El-ay-na) - ok
Gabriella - ok but not keen on Gaby
Eliana - No
Josephine - yes
Marianne - no
Evangeline - no
Grace - ok
Louisa - yes
Aislinn(ash-leen) -no
Evalina(everleena)- no, sounds like a diet product
Marcella - no
Mariella - too frilly
Joanna - yes
Lois - ok
Ruth - ok
Alisa - ok
Frances - yes
Erin - ok but too popular
Amy - dated
Nicole - dated
Keziah - no
Nell - ok
Margo - leadbetter
Matilda - so many
Jennifer - yes
Estelle - ok
Esther - nice
Emma - classic. love it
Orla - not keen
Keeva - no
Molly - yes, but dated
Irene - yes if said as Eye-reenee
Hannah - yes
Aoife - no
Martina- no
Elin - not sure

HerculesTheBercules · 25/11/2018 11:59

Josephine - two or my favourite aunts, both amazing women.

Orla - my middle name, though just spotted it auto corrects to oral!

Juliet - not in your list, but love it.

Jennifer - isn’t dates to any decade, beautiful.

TeaChocolateandPeonies · 25/11/2018 11:57

Evelina is my favourite (I dislike the evalina spelling though)

It’s actually our choice for our daughter. I love it because it’s underused, yet an old name, but it doesn’t feel old. It’s feminine, but not too sickly and I think it will suit every age of life. I have loved it since I was a little girl and first read the book. We have it paired with Alice at the moment.

I also really like Matilda, Josephine, Evangeline and Charlotte from your list (all were on our list) but Evelina is just so special to me.

Astronica · 25/11/2018 07:32

My favourites are
Abigail
Grace
Louisa
Joanna
Frances
Nell
Matilda
Elin
because they all sound like someone smart and interesting, and are names that I'd love in little ones and would work for any age.

Sosie91 · 25/11/2018 06:46

Orla , Matilda and Nel are my favourites.

I love Aoife too x

LipstickTraces · 25/11/2018 06:28

Marianne (I was going to have this as one of my twin names if we’d had two girls!)

Josephine
Esther
Emma

LipstickTraces · 25/11/2018 06:22

Marianne (I was going to have this as one of my twin names if we’d had two girls!)

Josephine
Esther
Emma

Sungura · 25/11/2018 04:26

Joanna (or Johanna) because it's mature and attractive, fit for all ages.
Orla because I like its meaning, Golden Princess.

Shadow1234 · 25/11/2018 01:28

Francesca with nn Frankie
Georgina with nn Georgie
Erin
Neve

moredoll · 25/11/2018 01:25

Frances because it's elegant.
nn Frankie because it's fun.

DramaAlpaca · 25/11/2018 01:19

That's a very long list!

My favourites are Marianne, Emma, Louisa & Josephine.

indigo13 · 25/11/2018 01:16

Mariella, its very pretty indeed

Shadow1234 · 25/11/2018 01:04

Love. Keeva, Erin, Elayna and Evangeline. (In that order).

Picknickers · 25/11/2018 00:35

Keziah (pronounced ee) Mariella or Marianne.

sophiec123 · 24/11/2018 22:59

Aoife!

RavenWings · 24/11/2018 22:58

Definitely not Keeva, it's an ugly spelling of a beautiful name.

I like Elin, Keziah, Mariella, Elena, Eliana, Estelle, Orla and Gabriella.

Summerfalls · 24/11/2018 22:54

Matilda/tilly and Aoife

AugustRose · 24/11/2018 22:47

Matilda, I would also shorted it to Tilly - it was the name we chose for last DC had he been a girl.

MsNowtyBach · 24/11/2018 22:35

Esther. It's lovely, classic and underused. Pretty and a sound choice for a serious adult too.

I like Essie as a pet name too.

TatianaLarina · 24/11/2018 21:56

Nell