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Chic girls names

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ThrillTheaker · 17/05/2020 11:46

Looking for help with girls names. I'd describe the style name I like as quite chic sounding but not too frilly or flowery. Nothing too popular like Grace, Ava, Isla etc, prefer known but unusual/less used names.

Names I have so far in order of preference are:

Claudia (the 'lame' meaning doesn't bother me)
Felicity (I see this is rising in popularity though)
Bianca
Sylvie (DH's suggestion)

In addition, if anyone could think of any similar to this list that we could consider, fabulous x

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Jasmineben · 22/05/2020 14:57

Blanca
Mathilde
Clara
Christina
Evelyn
Theodora
Georgiana
Josephine
Florence
Bernadette

Scruffyoak · 22/05/2020 14:36

I also prefer Sylvia to sylvie

IndiaMay · 22/05/2020 12:38

Verity, Blythe, Mallory, Etta, Hermione, Vivienne, Dulcie, Margot, Marianne, Betsy, Julia, Juliette, Isobel, Hazel, Arabella, Pollyanna, Tabatha, Tessa, Bridget, Briony

pinkpinecone · 21/05/2020 12:48

@DamnYankee it might be vague but the law is pretty inseparable from the concept of Liberty. Fair enough you don't like it though Wink

DamnYankee · 20/05/2020 22:50

Liberty is a pretty vague legal term. Hmm
Still not crazy about the name...

Good luck, OP!

pinkpinecone · 20/05/2020 22:35

@DamnYankee it's another virtue name like Honor and Liberty.

Liberty can also be a legal term

nameberry.com/babyname/Clemency

LetItGoHome · 20/05/2020 22:29

Think Audrey oozes style. ♥️

Normandy144 · 20/05/2020 22:04

To answer your question, my Claudia hasn't said she doesn't like her name(I have asked her) but she is only just 7 so I don't know if it's too early to hate your name? I don't particularly like my name and think I was more vocal about it from about 9 or 10.
I can't remember the complete list but others I liked were Lydia, Gabriella, Valentina, Saskia, Charlotte, Amber, Violet, Imogen and Avery.

DamnYankee · 20/05/2020 05:17

Claudia is great! Most of the little girls of my acquaintance think they and their names are awesome.

And they are!!

DamnYankee · 20/05/2020 05:14

So many good ones. Alice! Elizabeth! Honor!
Do know a Liberty, too (15)...she's a lovely girl and very talented!

Clemency, though. That's a legal term.

"an act of mercy by a person in authority toward someone who has committed a crime, esp. by reducing a punishment: The governor refused to grant him clemency, and he was executed at 9 a.m. yesterday".

So that's a no.

choli · 20/05/2020 04:57

Sylvia is a much better name than Sylvie.

ElizabethMainwaring · 20/05/2020 04:40

Sylvie brings to mind Sylvie Guillem. The very epitome of chic. As a teenager I saw a South Bank Show about her and became a little bit obsessed!
I wish I could link photos.

Ineedabreak19 · 20/05/2020 04:32

I know a Claudia and a Claudine and they are both lovely women.

No to Bianca as it is too Eastenders soap for me.
Felicity is relatively unheard of in my area, I only know of one girl by that name.

Natalia
Beatrice
Louisa
Clarissa
Clara
Melissa
Valeria
Audrey
Evalina
Katerina

Wheresthebiffer2 · 20/05/2020 01:08

Yes Yes Yes to Sylvie.
Or Celeste.

Hatscats · 19/05/2020 17:06

Elizabeth (Eliza)
Florence
Elodie
Iris

pipnchops · 19/05/2020 15:52

Darcey

Scruffyoak · 19/05/2020 15:52

Nancy
Clarissa
Melissa
Bridie

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ThrillTheaker · 19/05/2020 14:50

Estelle and Nina are definitely options. For those of you who already have a little Claudia, out of curiosity, what were your other options? Does she like her name?

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Normandy144 · 19/05/2020 14:38

I have a Claudia so am biased but it is a great name and also not bothered by the meaning (it has stayed the same in popularity in the last 7 years since we have used it). I wonder if the meaning of the name puts people off.

pinkpinecone · 19/05/2020 14:30

Of your list I like Claudia the most then Sylvie and Felicity. I like Bianca but it makes me think of Eastenders.

A few more suggestions below.

Valentina
Juliette
Estelle
Romy
Nina
Greta
Clemency
Clara

Atalune · 18/05/2020 18:56

Lyra
Decca
Lucinda
Margot (but becoming very popular)
Lisle

Spied · 18/05/2020 18:51

Lydia
Carla
Perdita

Womanlywiles · 18/05/2020 18:44

I knew a little girl in Germany called Slyvie. She had a German dad and American mum. She would be about 12 now. It definitely was very sweet and lovely and worked in both English and German.

AnneKipanki · 18/05/2020 17:14

Rosalind
Merle
Dorcas

daphnerose · 18/05/2020 17:11

Delphine
Audrey
Margot
Edie
Clara
Molly (idk to me it seems cool)
Rosa
Eve
Fleur
Florence or Flo
Aurelia
Minna
Aimee
Imogen/Immy
Alana
Ingrid
Isabelle

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