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Names like Ottoline, Ophelia, Clementine....

56 replies

Tiffanylwright1 · 15/05/2019 16:04

We are due with our little girl in 4 weeks and desperately want to choose a name. We want something that sounds “elegant and kind” and isn’t that popular. We already have a little boy called Rupert.

Names we are considering (but would welcome other similar suggestions are):
Ottilie
Ottoline
Tabitha (any good nicknames for Tabitha that aren’t tabby?)
Ophelia
Aurelia (any nickname suggestions?)
Violet

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Sophronia · 15/05/2019 21:35

Felicity
Arabella
Juliet
Araminta
Marina
Atalanta
Lucinda
Amalia
Octavia
Apolline
Apollonia
Ariadne
Jemima
Athena
Beatrice
Cordelia
Jacinta
Calliope
Ottilia
Clemency
Cecily
Adelaide
Cecilia
Callista
Cressida
Persephone
Camilla
Daphne
Marianne
Dorothea
Emmeline
Francesca
Genevieve
Henrietta
Imogene
Romilly
Isadora/Isidora
Jessamine
Mariana
Philippa
Cassia
Rosamond
Talitha
Rosalind
Matilda
Susannah
Vivienne
Saskia
Lavinia
Theodora
Verity
Georgiana
Violetta

MaLittleBubbas · 15/05/2019 19:01

Tabitha Tabitha Tabitha! I absolutely love it, and nickname Tabby too, but if you don't like it you could go Tibby, Tabs, Bee, even Kitty if you are brave enough, although you don't really need a nn anyway. Tabitha is a lovely underused name!

practicallyperfectmummy · 15/05/2019 18:53

Penelope
Talulah

Snog · 15/05/2019 18:25

Talitha, Tali

Waterandlemonjuice · 15/05/2019 18:25

pmsl at Ophelia Cox

HoppityChicken · 15/05/2019 18:24

Ottilie is one of my favourite names ever, along with, Dulcie and Sidonie. You'll end up with a girl called Sid with the last one but I also think that's cute.

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 15/05/2019 18:24

I love Clementine- so pretty

I also like Lavinia, Cecelia, Aurelia, Violet and Eleanora

Congrats on your darling baby girl Flowers

BesselVanDerKolk · 15/05/2019 18:16

Adeline?

GlamGiraffe · 15/05/2019 18:12

I wanted aurelia violet, I've always liked the name, long before they became names which became more fashionable.my parents friends granddaughter was born 6 month before my daughter and called aurora violet. I felt i had to change my plan. I like Ophelia but it always reminds me of the drowned lady in the lake!
Clementine is very pretty.

EspressoPatronum · 15/05/2019 18:10

Lavinia
Seraphina

Toopoorforlife · 15/05/2019 18:09

I like the name Ophelia, as long as your surname isn’t Cox or similar.

Waterandlemonjuice · 15/05/2019 18:08

I love these names! Has anyone said Imogen? I love that and Martha and Maud, dd was nearly one of those.

paintwater · 15/05/2019 18:07

I love all of them! And Clementine is one of my favourites. I also like
Seraphina
Seren
Odette
Miriam
Marianne
Paloma

FenellaMaxwell · 15/05/2019 18:06

Hildegarde
Araminta
Rowena
Lettice
Ophelia

Peachbubble · 15/05/2019 18:03

I know a Tabitha (my favourite name), who goes by Tibby and sometimes Beth. How about
Arabella
Araminta
Elodie
Edith
Romilly
Sabrina
Tamara
Jemima

FawnDrench · 15/05/2019 18:00

Loretta
Melissa
Delphine
Cassandra
Odette
Colette
Clarissa
Magenta
Juliana

MumUnderTheMoon · 15/05/2019 17:51

Temperance
Athena
Constance
Verity
Felicity
Phillipa nn Pip
Clarissa
Clara

Calixtine · 15/05/2019 17:38

I love this type of name! Ottoline, Tabitha and Violet are my faves.

Apolline
Cecily/Cecilia
Athena
Ianthe
Romilly
Vivienne
Marianne
Claudia
Cordelia
Beatrix
Elspeth
Guinevere
Genevieve
Leonore
Paloma
Dorothea
Susannah
Fenella
Annika
Josephine
Seraphine
Louisa
Jessamy
Rosemary
Rosamund
Amabel
Juliet

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 15/05/2019 17:36

Ottolie, Ophelia & Violet
Are all quite common round these parts.

Ricekrispie22 · 15/05/2019 17:35

Octavia
Aurora
Ariel
Adelaide
Meredith
Viola
Cassandra
Cordelia
Jemima
Helena
Valentina
Clemency
Delphine
Lydia
Tatiana
Letitia
Venetia
Cressida
Clarissa
Lavinia
Seraphina
Pandora
Coraline
Madeline
Cassia

Lydia55y · 15/05/2019 17:21

I love love Ophelia but wasn’t brave enough to use it due to risk of ‘a feel of your bum’ etc teasing at school.

We’re currently torn between India and Thea. Also love clementine (just not the nickname Clemmie) and Delilah.

User11011 · 15/05/2019 17:20

Elodie

FaffyFaffington · 15/05/2019 17:18

Aurora
Romilly
Verity
Abigail
Felicity
Rosalie
Gwendoline
Marguerite
Cecilia or Cecily

LarkDescending · 15/05/2019 17:16

Alicia
Athena
Jessamine
Venetia

LarkDescending · 15/05/2019 17:11

Corinna
Fenella
Lucinda
Miranda
Ornella