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Veto my extremely long shortlist

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Edenember · 06/05/2020 16:56

Agnes
Alyse

Arrietty
Aurora
Beatrice
Betsey
Cecily
Clara
Daisy
Eliza
Eloisa
Erika
Eve
Flora
Florence
Francesca
Freyja
Harriet
Heidi
Honor
Indiana (Indie)
Ingrid
Iona
Isla / Eila
Isolde
Isotta
Louisa
Lucinda
Luna
Mary
Nancy
Nell
Ottilia
Pippa
Poppy
Romilly
Rowena / Rowenna
Sarah
Thebe
Theia
Tilda
Xanthie

Names that have already been knocked off- Aphra, Astrid, Autumn, Eleonora, Eseld, Iris, Ivy, Imogen, Norah, Tabitha, Evelyne, Zorah.

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TommyShelby · 07/05/2020 15:35

I like:

Eve
Freyja
Heidi
Honor
Indiana (Indie)
Iona
Isla
Isolde
Rowena / Rowenna
Sarah

The others all sound a bit frilly for my tastes

IndiaMay · 07/05/2020 15:14

Agnes- not keen
Alyse- too popular in the Alice form
Arrietty- like
Aurora- too girly
Beatrice- like
Betsey- like
Cecily - love (so long as your last name doesnt start with an 'S'
Clara- love but getting popular
Daisy - too girly
Eliza - too popular
Eloisa- like
Erika - like
Eve- too popular
Flora- not keen
Florence - too popular
Francesca- would end up frankie
Freyja- too popular
Harriet - too popular
Heidi- cute
Honor - nope
Indiana (Indie)- like
Ingrid- love
Iona - love
Isla / Eila- too popular
Isolde- like
Isotta- not keen
Louisa- like
Lucinda- not keen
Luna- too popular
Mary - too old fashioned
Nancy- love
Nell- nope
Ottilia - like atilla the hun?
Pippa- like
Poppy- like
Romilly- love love has always been a fave
Rowena / Rowenna- not sure how to say
Sarah- too old fashioned
Thebe- bit out there
Theia- nope
Tilda- like
Xanthie - love

Ughmaybenot · 07/05/2020 15:10

Beatrice
Francesca
Harriet
Heidi
Indiana (Indie)
Nell - cute nn for Eleanor
Rowena / Rowenna (I also like Lowenna and morwenna)

Left the ones I like. A lot of those are very try hard, sorry, and some of the spellings personally offend me!

minipie · 07/05/2020 15:06

Floure?

Like Floor?
Or like Flour?

Neither is great.

Fleur is lovely.

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Edenember · 07/05/2020 15:04

Thankyou @Megan2018 😘

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Edenember · 07/05/2020 14:52

@sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav yeah.. middle names are even more up in the air than first ones 😂 far from decided. Obviously wouldn’t put those 2 together xXx

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Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav · 07/05/2020 14:45

I love Florence but if your thinking of Floure as a middle name then that won't work!! 😂 I really do love Eliza but would thi k nicknames would be more likely be liz or lizzy like they would be for Elizabeth

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Edenember · 07/05/2020 14:42

@orangedod Thankyou X

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peperethecat · 07/05/2020 14:38

Honestly I think it's the worst of the lot. Confused

I will take your word for it that it is a name.

orangedod · 07/05/2020 14:37

Agnes
--Alyse
Arrietty --
Aurora
--Beatrice
Betsey
Cecily
Clara
Daisy
Eliza
Eloisa--
Erika
Eve
Flora
Florence
--Francesca
Freyja --
Harriet
Heidi
Honor
Indiana
Ingrid
Iona
Isla
Isolde
--Isotta
Louisa
Lucinda--
Luna
--Mary
Nancy
Nell
Ottilia --
Pippa
--Poppy
Romilly
Rowena
Sarah
Thebe
Theia
Tilde --

For record, Ivy and Zorah are both really cool!

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Edenember · 07/05/2020 14:30

It’s pronounced completely differently to Fleur but as it would be a middle name only myself my nearest and dearest and the child would need to know how to say and spell it really.

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peperethecat · 07/05/2020 14:13

I've never heard of it and it's drawing a blank on Google. I definitely wouldn't use it. People will think you just can't spell Fleur.

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Edenember · 07/05/2020 14:03

@NC4Now surname 2 syllables beginning with a T. 2 middle names, to use some up 😂

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Edenember · 07/05/2020 14:02

@peperethecat yep

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Edenember · 07/05/2020 14:00

@Lifeaback Thankyou xx

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peperethecat · 07/05/2020 13:58

Is Floure even a name?

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Edenember · 07/05/2020 13:54

@peperethecat Floure.not keen on Fleur

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SonjaMorgan · 07/05/2020 13:49

Lots of these will be spelt incorrectly. Some are a bit stuffy and old fashioned. Some are cute but not great adult names.

My favourites would be Iona and Clara.

Megan2018 · 07/05/2020 13:40

I have listed my favourites, but it’s generally a good list!

Arrietty
Beatrice
Cecily
Clara
Daisy
Eliza
Flora
Florence
Francesca
Harriet
Heidi
Lucinda
Nancy
Nell
Ottilia
Pippa
Romilly
Thebe
Tilda
Xanthie

peperethecat · 07/05/2020 13:40

Floure? Or Fleur?

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Edenember · 07/05/2020 13:37

@RoryGilmoree Thankyou for your input X

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Edenember · 07/05/2020 13:34

I’ve actually forgot one, I like Floure but only as a middle name

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MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 07/05/2020 13:31

Cecily Agnes is 💖💖💖

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 07/05/2020 13:30

Agnes nice
Alyse x
Arrietty bad bad bad
Aurora x sleeping beauty so would be awful if not a stunner, plus merciless treating
Beatrice yes
Betsey lovely but spell Betsy
Cecily 💖
Clara 💖
Daisy lovely but doesn't fit in with some of your other selection
Eliza 💖
Eloisa ok but Eloise better
Erika x
Eve x
Flora x
Florence so so
Francesca
Freyja is your child going to have a lifetime of telling people how to spell/pronounce it?
Harriet x
Heidi x
Honor NO
Indiana (Indie) NO
Ingrid x TOO harsh sounding
Iona lovely
Isla quite common but ok with this spelling
Isolde nice
Isotta x
Louisa x
Lucinda love
Luna 💖
Mary lovely
Nancy 💖
Nell x
Ottilia x Ottillie better
Pippa x
Poppy x
Romilly
Rowena / Rowenna x
Sarah x
Thebe no
Theia no
Tilda x rice
Xanthie no and I don’t know why

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Edenember · 07/05/2020 13:30

@MrMeSeeks Phoebe would’ve been on the list but it’s my cats name x

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